True Men Stories Year 1957 Magazine Back Issues

True Men Stories was published from 1956 to 1973. It’s a classic and relatively classy example of the genre (by men’s pulp mag standards). Most issues feature excellent cover paintings and interior art by some of the best pulp artists, like Hulsey, Clarence Doore, Norm Eastman and others, though unfortunately the artists are often uncredited. True Men Stories also has a nice spicy, “manly” mix of pulp fiction and non-fiction stories that are great fun to read. In fact, the headlines and concepts of some of the stories are entertaining in themselves. For example, the February 1957 issue had several classic “killer creature” stories. The one Hulsey did the cover art for is titled “LIZARDS FROM HELL.” In Hulsey’s painting, they look like small iguanas, which are generally vegetarians. On the inside, the story features a stock photo of a different lizard that looks like one of the slow-moving desert species that would probably be hard-pressed to attack anyone.