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 are the release of a new tanning oil just before the summer season. Or a movie about the Revolutionary War released the week of July 4th. These kinds of thematic connections provide an 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 QUARTERLY” 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, a la Major Donald E. Keyhoe, to the bizarre antics of “abductee” George Adamski, this issue is filled with all kinds of delights. And if dry, exposing text isn’t your thing, you can revel in the fun piece on Gerry Anderson’s early TV series UFO, or Gary Lovisi’s look at “Space-Sploitation” paperbacks. Their regular Gallery 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.
