Today’s issue of the Australian men’s adventure magazine Adam hit newsstands this month in 1966, and bears interesting cover art meant to illustrate the story “Lust for Power,” which was written by Roderic J. Fiddoc. Again, Fiddoc? You don’t see the guy for years, then he pops up twice in consecutive issues. Well, what’s Rod got for us this time? In his story a spy named Berget infiltrates a revolutionary movement in an unnamed French colony with the aim of foiling the efforts of its leader Carbonera. The art depicts the moment Berget and Carbonera turn on each other, with a woman named Gretta who had been used as bait in a betrayal scheme caught in the middle. It’s an okay story but it’s clear Fiddoc was undone by editorial constraints, as the tale ends prematurely and poorly.
This Adam represents a landmark for Pulp Intl. It’s the one hundredth issue we’ve shared. Someone emailed us that it felt like we were teasing people, showing scans but not making the magazines available for download. Time has shown that to be a good decision. We upload more original scans than any pulp related website we’re aware of, and they’re sometimes taken en masse by others without a thought of acknowledgment (which is why we appreciate the credit we get from good Tumblrs like Mudwerks). Everyone borrows art—a panel, or two. But several sites have systematically scoured innumerable scans from us (usually the nudes) without giving a single credit. So while we could share images 2000 pixels wide, keeping them small indicates to those in the know that the bloggers and Tumblrs with lousy ethics aren’t uploading original scans—much as they try to pretend. Twenty-eight panels below.
