MEN’S ADVENTURE Quarterly Issue # 11
The UFO Issue
Edited by Robert Deis & Bill Cunningham
Subtropic Productions, LLC.
143 pgs
In publishing, as
well as any other business ventures, timing is crucial. Examples being the
release of a new tanning oil just prior to the summer season. Or a movie about
the Revolutionary War released the week of July 4th. These kind of
thematic connections provide extra marketing boost to whatever it is being
pitched. Thus, it is this reviewer’s opinion that editors Bob Deis and Bill
Cunningham are two of the luckiest publishers today with the debut of their 11th
issue of their “MEN’S ADVENTURE QUATERLY” focusing on the UFO craze of the
1950s and 60s at the same time Americans are caught up in the recent hubbub
surrounding the sightings of Unidentified Flying Drones. These first appeared
on the East Coast at the start of Dec. and have now spread across the entire
country.
Could these drones
be the work of the same aliens who sent UFOs to spy on us during the days of
the Cold War? Or maybe the drones, like those UFOs are the work of Russian or
Chinese spy cabals? Who knows? Much like the UFOs of bygone days, our own
government is anything but forthcoming. What is it they are hiding now?
Happily, Deis and
Cunningham don’t hide a single thing in this cornucopia of articles and
photographs detailing the history of these sightings that so captivated
America’s imagination after World War II. From factual articles by experts ala
Major Donald E. Keyhoe to the bizarre antics of “abductee” George Adamski, this
issue is filled with all kinds of delights. And if dry, expose text aren’t your
thing, you can revel in the fun piece on Gerry Anderson’s early TV series UFO,
or Gary Lovisi’s look “Space-Sploitation” paperbacks. Their regular Gal-lery
section also features tributes to Ann Francis, Mara Corday and Patricia Laffan.
All in all, another great issue. We just wonder how long before they devote an issue to the UFDs. Unidentified Flying Drones.
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