Seduced!

Title: Seduced! (MERIT 508)
Author: Damon Drake
Artist: "Sloan"
Year: 1960

"A love-starved blonde baits a sex-trap with an over eager redhead to satisfy her passion for men--and sadistic revenge!"

Categories: 1960s Sleaze and GGA

The Great Ones

Title: The Great Ones (Popular Library 248)
Author: Ralph Ingersoll
Artist: Unknown
Year: 1950

"All men found Letia alluring...even her husband."

Categories: 1950s Sleaze and GGA

Fair Game

Title: Fair Game (Popular Library 650)
Author: Karl Kramer
Artist: Ray Johnson (?)
Year: 1955

"She made the rules, then made men break them."

Categories: 1950s Sleaze and GGA

The Diamond Bikini

Title: The Diamond Bikini (Gold Medal s607)
Author: Charles Williams
Artist: Casey Jones
Year: 1956

Categories: 1950s Sleaze and GGA, Mystery and Thrillers

Cruise for Love

Title: Cruise for Love (CAROUSEL NO. 519)
Author: Jonathon Ward
Artist: Unknown
Year: 1964

"She wanted to take more than an ocean voyage."

Categories: 1960s Sleaze and GGA

Shakedown for Murder

Title: Shakedown for Murder (Avon T-288)
Author: Ed Lacy
Artist: Unknown
Year: 1958

Categories: 1950s Sleaze and GGA, Mystery and Thrillers

The Steel Mirror

Title: The Steel Mirror (Dell Mapback 473)
Author: Donald Hamilton
Artist: Robert Stanley
Year: 1950

"She had lured the man to where he could be slugged."

Categories: Mystery and Thrillers

Pop. 1280

Title: Pop. 1280 (Population 1280) (Gold Medal k1438)
Author: Jim Thompson
Artist: Robert McGinnis
Year: 1964

Categories: 1960s Sleaze and GGA, Mystery and Thrillers

My Private Hangman

Title: My Private Hangman / Prowl Cop (Ace Double D-147)
Author: Norman Herries / Gregory Jones
Artist: Unknown
Year: 1956

Categories: Mystery and Thrillers

Blood Money by Dashiell Hammett

Title: Blood Money (Dell 486)
Author: Dashiell Hammett
Artist: Robert Stanley
Year: 1957

Categories: Mystery and Thrillers

Dragon's Island

Title: Dragon's Island (Popular Library 447)
Author: Jack Williamson
Artist: Earle Bergey
Year: 1952

"She was a century ahead of her sex....'They're a superrace and their object is to rule the world!'"

Categories: 1950s Sleaze and GGA, Science Fiction and Fantasy

Inferno!

Title: Inferno! (A Scion Scientific Novel)
Author: John Russell Fearn (writing as Vargo Statten)
Artist: Ron Turner
Year: 1950

Categories: Science Fiction and Fantasy

2,000 Years On!

Title: 2,000 Years On! (A Scion Scientific Novel)
Author: John Russell Fearn (writing as Vargo Statten)
Artist: Ron Turner
Year: 1950

Categories: Science Fiction and Fantasy

The New Satellite

Title: The New Satellite (A Scion Scientific Novel)
Author: John Russell Fearn (writing as Vargo Statten)
Artist: Ron Turner
Year: 1951

Categories: Science Fiction and Fantasy

The Sun Makers

Title: The Sun Makers (A Scion Scientific Novel)
Author: John Russell Fearn (writing as Vargo Statten)
Artist: Ron Turner
Year: 1950

Categories: Science Fiction and Fantasy

Tony at the Ball Game

Title: Tony at the Ball Game and What He Learned About Women
Author: I. P. Freeley
Artist: Unknown
Year: c1945

The cover and a few images from a novelty joke and cartoon booklet featuring the cutest racist Italian caricature this side of Mario. In the booklet Tony visits a baseball game "Sox vs Reds" and describes what he sees in Chico Marx-flavored prose "One guy he come out wot has got da boxing glove on one hand and dog muzzle on da face." Tony then visits the bathroom and observes the various rites of women using the toilet, including the "Cautious Girl", "Bashful Girl", Acrobatic Girl" and others. Cartoon on nearly every page.

Categories: 1930s Sleaze and GGA, 1940s Sleaze and GGA, Tijuana Bibles, 8-Pagers

Tijuana Bible Glimpses

A few standout panels from some recently arrived Tijuana Bibles.

From top to bottom:

Sonja Henie and Tyrone Power in "Hot Stuff on the Ice"

Ophelia Pratt Presents Dan Dunn #9

Dorothy Lamour in "Purple Passion in the South Seas"


Categories: 1930s Sleaze and GGA, Tijuana Bibles

Pleasure Lodge

Title: Pleasure Lodge (Midwood F223)
Author: Peggy Swenson (Pseudonym of Richard E. Geis)
Artist: Unknown
Year: 1962

"Their outdoor sport was skiing--indoors they played a warmer game."

Categories: 1960s Sleaze and GGA

Odd Couple

Title: Odd Couple (Spotlight SB 313)
Author: Martin Mansfield
Artist: Bill Alexander (?)
Year: 1967

"It wasn't unusual that she earned her share of the family income as a hooker...The other half of their money came from Bob. On those evenings when he put on stockings and high heels...to earn at least a hundred bucks from the local Police Commissioner!"

Categories: 1960s Sleaze and GGA

Lost City of the Damned

Title: Lost City of the Damned (Pike Book No. 101)
Author: Charles Nuetzel (writing as Alec Rivere)
Artist: Unknown
Year: 1961

"Danger, Adventure and Forbidden Thrills awaited them."

Categories: 1960s Sleaze and GGA, Science Fiction and Fantasy