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Action for Men [December 1961] ed. Anon. (Vista Publications, Inc., 25c, cover by Charles Copeland) Details taken from eBay listing. [Phil Stephensen-Payne]

Action for Men [March 1964] ed. Anon. (Vista Publications, Inc., 25c, cover by Mort Künstler) Details taken from eBay listing. [Phil Stephensen-Payne]
  • · Seaman Joe Andrews and His Guerrilla Girls · George W. Hayes · ts; The Only Yank at the Battle of Stalingrad, He Headed the Weirdest Vodka-And-Skirts Partisan Band to Fight on Any Front.; illus. James Bama
  • · Sin Capital of all Vice-Cities · Jack Stewart · ar; Teenage Girls Ask Men on Nude Swimming Dates and Sex Education Starts in the First Grade in the Pleasure-Mad Paradise of Sweden.
  • · Fantastic Saboteur Who Held Off a Jap Division · Manley Anderson · ts; Once the Young Officer Made His Escape, the Troops of the Rising Sun Faced a Mysterious Karate Terror Who Butchered Without Warning.; illus. Robert Powell
  • · Vito Genovese: Crime King of the World · Jack Kaplan · ar; He Started As a Cheap Hood and Wormed His Way Up Until He Was Giving the Executian Orders, and He Still Does—From Behind Bars.
  • · Bed and Board Bachelor Blonde: Evelyne Lacroix · Misc. · pi
  • · 83 Days Drifting—U. S. Navy’s Greatest Raft Ordeal · Alvin Nizer · ts; They Turned Into Scavengers of the Ocean, Eating Snails, Birds and Shark Meat Raw. But They’d Soon Start Dying Wholesale.; illus. Bob Stanley
  • · “I’ll Take any Woman—Work for any Country” · Col. S. S. Packett · ts; Mystery Man Alf Reid Could Handle Any Spy Job in the World for the Right Price, But He Ended Up on Peiping’s Must-Die List.; illus. Ray Johnson

Action for Men [November 1964] ed. Anon. (Vista Publications, Inc., 35c, cover by Charles Copeland) Details taken from eBay listing. [Phil Stephensen-Payne]
  • · Leyte—Bloodiest Naval Battle of All Time · Hanson W. Baldwin · ts; We Broke Japan’s Power at Sea, But Command Foul-Ups Almost Cost Us Our Invasion Forces and Military Experts Still Can’t Agree Who Was Wrong.
  • · Pvt. Proctor’s Nude Harem That Decoyed Rommel’s Afrika Korps · Edwin Johnson · ts; He Mixed Gin and Dames with a One-Man War That Made Him the Nazis’ Most Hunted Target; illus. Bob Stanley
  • · Sold by the U.S.: A Gun for Any Killer · S. David Pursglove · ts; A National Scandal: Crooks Can Buy “Scrap” Arms for Peanuts—And Murder Unlimited.
  • · Sex Life of the American Prostitute · Benjamin Morse, M.D. · ar; She May Be Cold As Ice, But She Can Make Any Guy Feel He’s the Only Man in Her Life
  • · Strip-and-Run Tease · Hank Warden · ss; If He Didn’t Find the Key to Her Passions, She Would Drive Him Crazy.; illus. Ray Johnson
  • · Secret Return of the Nazi Terror · John Godfrey · ts; 1964’s Staggering Expose: Hitler’s Thugs Are Ready for Another Bloody Stab at World Rule
  • · She’s a Gold Mine for A. T. & T.: Colleen O’Mara · Misc. · pi
  • · “Pilot All Shot Up…How Do I Land This Crate?” · Ray Michaels · ts; Green As Grass, He Had to Fly the Plane Home—To the Disastrous Nose Dive for the Runway; illus. George Wilson
  • · Pleasure Pen Hideout of Paris’ Female Cons · Allan Rand · ts; Police Had to Find the Underground Den of the Love-Sick Kidnapers and Their Male Victims; illus. Al Rossi

Action for Men [March 1965] ed. Anon. (Vista Publications, Inc., 35c, cover by Earl Norem) Details taken from eBay listing. [Phil Stephensen-Payne]
  • · Man-Hungry Females—Dr. Douglas Webb’s Weird Clinic · Tedd Thomey · ts; They Gave Him Their Bodies and Their Money…All But One Who Played an Even Hotter Game—A Sexy Beauty in Nothing But a Blue Bra; illus. Bob Stanley
  • · “Convention Girls"—New Come-On Racket · C. K. Winston · ar; Lush Dolls in Business, Feeding Jaded Tycoons New Thrills—With Passion Prepaid
  • · “Find and Destroy the Giant Guns of Brao” · Leon Lazarus · ts; Ranger Barker’s Island Fortress Mission Against Nazi Terror in Yugoslavia; illus. Al Rossi
  • · Shocking Truth Behind Air Crash “Misses” · Robert J. Serling · ar; One Bolt Out of Place Will Flip a Jet Into a Tailspin—Beyond the Point of No Return
  • · The Winter 2000 People Turned to Ice · Stanley S. Jacobs · ar; All Over Europe They Faced Annihilation in the 20th Century’s Worst Freeze
  • · International Spree of a Footloose Doll: Karen Melchior · Misc. · pi
  • · Hitler’s Great Time Bomb Raid to Wreck London · Frederick Philcox · ts; A Single GI Commando in a Desperate Battle Against Germany’s TNT Secret Weapon
  • · My 1964 Nightmare with Ecuador’s Head-Shrinking Tribe · V. Parsons · ts; If They Found Me Watching Their Terrible Rites, I Wouldn’t Even Have Time to Scream
  • · Sariguan Island: Strangest Marine Campaign · Dean W. Ballenger · ts; Target of Japan’s Dirtiest Kill Plot: 20,000 U.S. Soldiers in the Marianas; illus. Samson Pollen

Action for Men [September 1966] ed. Anon. (Vista Publications, Inc., 35c, cover by Charles Copeland) Details taken from eBay listing. [Phil Stephensen-Payne]
  • · Nymph Who Took Over Las Vegas [Tom Marco] · L. W. Blanco · ss; The Superspy Had to Trap the Lush Blonde and Her Gang of Traitors Deep Inside Nevada—Before They Could Trigger Nuclear Ruin.; illus. Al Rossi
  • · Wrong Men Behind Bars · Frank L. Remington · ar; One Convict Out of Five Has to Go Through the Worst Penal Horror of All—Framed for Life, or Death Row.
  • · “Mitch” Paige: Only Marine Alive on Suicide Ridge · Saul Braun · ts; Medal of Honor Epic on Guadalcanal: A Lone Sergeant Faced a Horde of Japs with One Round of Ammo Left in His Belt.; illus. Mort Künstler
  • · How to Be a Better Love Partner · Dr. A. Joseph Bursteln · ar; From a Doctor’s Casebook: Any Man Can Turn His Mate Into a Raging Lover—And Their Intimacy Into Uninhibited Delight.
  • · The Night Flight 629 Disappeared · Jack Stewart · ar; When the Plane Blew Up, Crash Experts Had to Trace the Cause—Freak Accident or a Maniac’s Mass Murder Revenge.
  • · The Hushed-Up Scandal of Russia’s Sin Stockades · Richard Gallagher · ts; Siberia’s “Rehabilitation” Compounds Have Become Vice Cities Primed to Explode with Their B-Girl Inmates’ Man-Mad Fury.; illus. Samson Pollen
  • · Are You One of America’s 150,000 Missing Heirs? · Richard Farrington · ar; Today’s Hottest Hunt Is for People Who Don’t Even Know They Can Board the Gravy Train Special and Become Millionaires.
  • · Cloud 9 Redhead: Sandy Novak · Misc. · pi
  • · Autopsy: Medical Miracle—or Nightmare? · Stanley Jacobs · ts; The Men Who Cut Up Dead Bodies May Seem Like Born Butchers, But They’re Skilled MDs Dedicated to Saving Human Lives

Action for Men [January 1968] ed. Anon. (Vista Publications, Inc., 35c, cover by Earl Norem) Details taken from eBay listing. [Phil Stephensen-Payne]
  • · The Violent Women · John T. Matthews · ts; “I Went Straight; I Exposed the Syndicate; I Expect to Be Murdered,” Said the Author. His Death Was Quick and Brutal.; illus. Earl Wilson
  • · Michele Ray—"Mystery" Cover Girl the Cong Sent Back · Alexander Boswell · ts; A Sleek Ex-Model Vanished in Vietnam’s Guerrilla-Hot Jungles and Walked Back Out in the Black-Pyjama Uniform of the Enemy.
  • · How to Get a Company to Bankroll You · Richard Gallagher · ar; Tired of Punching a Time Clock, Goofing Off on a Dead-End Job? Here Are the Names of Outfits and How They Will Stake You to a Rich Future.
  • · “My 10 Nights in Sin Romp City” · John Godfrey · ts; A Shocking, Inside Account of a City Where Orgies Are As Common As Picnics, Narcotics As Easy to Get As Aspirin—And Where the Law Keeps It That Way.
  • · 7,000-Man Wall-of-Flesh Cold-Steel Death Charge · Noel Kraft · ts; A Bunch of Green Kids Turn Into Fighting Devils As They Take on an Army of Kill-Crazy Fanatics.; illus. Bruce Minney
  • · Smut Buttons: Social Protest or Pornography? · David Lloyd · ar
  • · Cashing in on the “Sin Pin” Craze · Anon. · ar; Money-Grubbing Manufacturers Are Piling Up Loot
  • · Cross-Pacific Escape Run of Mike “Rammer” Hopkins · H. J. Warmdt · ts; Sea Legend or the Last Victim of a Man-Hungry Traitor? Hopkins’ Answer Was at the End of a Bull-Like Breakout Cruise and in the Hold of His Leaking Freighter; illus. Mort Künstler
  • · Weird Storms That Can Drive You to Rape, Kill and Loot · Stanley Jacobs · ts; One Man Murders His Pal Because “The Wind Told Me To"…A Girl Is Ravaged by a Stranger Yelling "I Have To…It’s the Storm"…They May Have Been Telling the Truth.
  • · Night School Tease · Allen Proctor · ss; The Tight-Bloused Blonde’s Writhing, Hungry Body Told Farrow What He Wanted to Know About “Teacher.”; illus. Samson Pollen
  • · What You Didn’t See at Expo 67: Sandi Frost · Misc. · pi

Action for Men [November 1969] ed. Anon. (Vista Publications, Inc., 40c) Details taken from eBay listing. [Phil Stephensen-Payne]
  • · Underground Terror Mission to Stop the Reds’ Atomic Plot · Martin Fass · ts; The Hard-Bitten Yank Agent Had to Tunnel from a Brothel Into a Foreign Embassy to Rescue a Top Nuclear Scientist from His Commie Captors.; illus. Earl Norem
  • · The Travelling Salesladies—Sin for Sale…On the Road · Alex Austin · ts; Smart Prostitutes from the Big City Have Learned to Multiply Their Income by Working One-Night Stands in the Sticks.
  • · Assignment: Shot Down Japan’s Deadliest Air Admiral · Richard Gallagher · ts; They Handed Lt. Thomas Lanphier a Schedule Depending on Split-Second Timing, Barely Enough Fuel, a Wave-Skimming Flight Plan, and a Simple Order: Get Yamamoto.; illus. Bob Schulz
  • · The Girl in the Bar · Alex Guy · ss; She Was the Impossibly Perfect Woman Every Man Dreams About, and Matt Could Have Her with No Strings Attached. But Every Dream Ends…; illus. Charles Copeland
  • · Suicidal Games American Men Play: Danger Every Weekend · Harrison Richards · ar; From Friday Evening to Sunday Night, Thousands of American Males Gamble Against Fantastic Odds in the World’s Most Perilous “Sports.”
  • · Money-Hungry Airlines…They Spend More on Food Than on Safety · Noel Kraft · ar; Modern Rulers of the Skyways Spend Millions on New Movies, Fancy Meals, and “Free” Booze…But Hardly One Cent on Safety.
  • · New York’s Honor Cop Who Tracked His Father’s Killers · Al Robbins · ts; With No Clues, He Turned Himself Into a Ruthless Human Bloodhound Stalking Manhattan’s Most Dangerous Crime Jungles to Find the Slayers—Or Die!
  • · I Fought South America’s Brutal Harem Bandit King · Robert Scott, as told to Eugene Joseph · ts; He Knew That Even Sacrificing Himself Would Not Save the Two Gorgeous Women from Rape and Torture by the Vicious Renegade.; illus. Earl Norem
  • · Why Women Over 30 Turn on for Younger Men · Dr. Noel L. Russ · ar; Case Histories from This Noted Psychologist’s Confidential Files Prove That These Females Prefer to Get Their Kicks with Fellows Under Thirty

Action for Men [November 1971] ed. Anon. (Vista Publications, Inc., 50c) Details taken from eBay listing. [Phil Stephensen-Payne]
  • · The Death Commandoes · Donald Honig · ts; Two Yanks and Three German Killers…They Hated Each Other, But They Had to Pull Off World War II’s Strangest Mission.; illus. Bruce Minney
  • · What Every Man Must Know About Women’s Breasts · Ron Butler · ar; A Noted Sexologist Tells the Secrets of the Opposite Sex’s Most Intriguing erotic Zone.
  • · Expedition to the Lost City of Gold · Bothwell Phillips · ts; Our Mission Had Hardly Begun, and Two Men Already Lay Dead. Yet We Still Had to Face Some of the Most Savage Terrain on the Face of the Earth.; illus. Emmett Kaye
  • · Psycho Murderers Stalk Our Streets · Jay Levin · ar; Knives, Guns, Bricks, or Clubs—These Deranged People Pick Up the Nearest Object When the Urge Hits Them and Attack Anyone Who Is Standing in Their Way.
  • · Swinging Vacations for Swap Couples · Bob Schiller · ar; An Exclusive Inside Report on the Latest Passion Craze Sweeping Through the USA’s 8 Million Husband-And-Wife Traders.
  • · Credit Bureaus Can Wreck Your Life! · Ray Lunt · ar; By 1973 They Expect to Have Extensive Computer Files on Everybody in the Country. But Here’s the Vital Information Needed to Protect Yourself.
  • · Forty-Second Street…Sex Supermarket U.S.A. · Alex Austin · ar; It’s Only an Area a Few Blocks Long, But It’s the Hotest, Swingingest Place in the Country, Where You Can Get Anything for a Buck.
  • · “I Survived Alaska’s Sea of Ice” · John Godfrey · ts; Some Men Just Refuse to Die Even When Swept Overboard by a Wall of Icy Water. Seaman Johnson Kept Swimming, Even Though Help Couldn’t Arrive in Time.
  • · Naked When You Want Me · Larry Powell · ss; Jordan Blew Into Town Looking to Make a Few Dollars—Until He Ran Into a Wild Blonde with More Than Money on Her Mind.
  • · “I’m Going to Steal Your Car Tonight!” · Jack Ledbetter · ar; Every Day One Car Is Stolen Every Thirty Nine Seconds. Now a Top Heistman Tells You What You Can Do to Protect Yourself.

Action for Men [September 1972] ed. Anon. (Vista Publications, Inc., 50c) Details taken from eBay listing. [Phil Stephensen-Payne]
  • · Breck’s Bastards · Grant Freeling · ts; The Stolen Tank Was a Perfect Protection Against the Nazis-But They Hadn’t Counted on the Blonde Hooker Who Was Out to Blow Their Cover!; illus. Mort Künstler
  • · Year-Round ’Sun-and-Sin’ Paradise · C. K. Winston · ar; Acapulco Girls Are the Most Willing and Luscious of All Travel Spots-Both East and West…And Anyone Can Score!
  • · “Our Death Race with the Snake-Worshipping Headhunters of New Guinea!” · Roland Empey · ts; The Film Crew Had Stumbled Into the Natives’ Forbidden Valley—And Now They Had to Pay the Grisly Consequences for Their Mistake!; illus. Samson Pollen
  • · The “Underground” Sex Tigress · Charles Blackrock, M.D. · ar; For the Wildest Lovemaking Action Ever, Hip Guys Pick the Almost-Beautiful Girl—And She’s Yours for the Taking Once You Spot Her!
  • · Color TV Repair—America’s Fastest Growing Racket · Al Lowe · ar; Any Crook Can Set Himself Up As a TV Repairman in Most States—And Take You for Every Cent You’ve Got If Stronger Laws Aren’t Passed!…
  • · Attack of the Giant Mandrills · Pete Hollister, as told to Tom Christopher · ts; Hundreds Had Died from the Steel Jaws of the Hideous Troop of Baboons, Who Attacked with the Cunning of a Human Army!
  • · Imported “Minicars”: Our Highways’ No. 1 Death-Trap · Wes Porter · ar; Immune to Detroit’s Safety Standards, Foreign Manufacturers Dump Their Worst Junk on Us, Killing Thousands of Drivers Every Year!
  • · Bedroom Game with a Blonde Doctor · Alex Austin · ss; Steve Was Anxious to Recover in a Hurry—But One Taste of Dr. Keaton’s “Special” Bedside Manner Changed His Mind Fast!
  • · The “Scuba-Killer” of Treasure Key · Will Storm · ts; A Greed-Crazed Madman Had Marooned the Three Men and Three Girls on a Tiny Remote Island, Leaving Them to Starve!
  • · What’s Your Girlfriend’s “Bedroom Profile"? · Donald Bogen · ar; Which of the Five Basic Types Is Your Lover? The Answers to This Test May Surprise You Even More Than You Think!

Action Adventure Stories

Action Adventure Stories [# 1, 1st May 1997] ed. Tom & Ginger Johnson (Fading Shadows, $5.00, 80pp, ph)

Action Adventure Stories [# 2, 2nd May 1997] ed. Tom & Ginger Johnson (Fading Shadows, $5.00, 80pp, ph)

Action Adventure Stories [# 3, 1st June 1997] ed. Tom & Ginger Johnson (Fading Shadows, $5.00, 80pp, ph)

Action Adventure Stories [# 4, 2nd June 1997] ed. Tom & Ginger Johnson (Fading Shadows, $5.00, 80pp, ph)

Action Adventure Stories [# 5, 1st July 1997] ed. Tom & Ginger Johnson (Fading Shadows, $5.00, 80pp, ph)

Action Adventure Stories [# 6, 2nd July 1997] ed. Tom & Ginger Johnson (Fading Shadows, $5.00, 84pp, ph)

Action Adventure Stories [# 7, 1st August 1997] ed. Tom & Ginger Johnson (Fading Shadows, $5.00, 80pp, ph)

Action Adventure Stories [# 8, 2nd August 1997] ed. Tom & Ginger Johnson (Fading Shadows, $5.00, 80pp, ph)

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