CUBA : Sugar, Sex, and Scandal
Edited by Robert Deis & Wyatt
Doyle
# new texture
159 pages
Once again Bob Deis & Wyatt
Doyle have released a new anthology from their series; “The Men’s Adventure
Library Journal” titles. As ever, they’ve dug into their amazing collection of
vintage Men’s Adventure Magazines (MAMS for short) and put together a series of
articles, fiction and illustrations all focused on the theme of Cuba and its
bloody history.
It’s a truly weird approach telling the
history of people via such articles, but in its own way the tropical island’s very
make up seems soaked in pulpish gore and horror; never mind the action and
adventure. The pieces are typical sensationalist exposes such as “Havana’s Amazing
Flesh Market,” to “Castro’s Commie Blueprint to Take Over Latin America.”
Fiction wise there’s “Bayamo’s Night
of Terror,” by Don Hogan. A ghastly account of life in one of Cuba’s worst
prison hell-holes. As for special
features, the book offers up some truly wonderful examples of artist Norm
Eastman’s work for the MAMS and then there is an all too short pictorial
featuring the lovely model Eva Lynd recounting her own one time trip to Cuba.
Beautiful assembled and laid out, “CUBA
: Sugar, Sex and Slaughter” is representative of a time when drugstores magazine
racks were filled with some of the most lurid, explosive stories ever to grace
a pulp page. This book is just another lesson delivered by two experts who
really know their stuff. A welcome
addition to any pulp library.
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