This cover of Adam magazine dates from July 1969, and as always there’s conflict depicted. The art illustrates Ted Schurmann’s story, “Deadly Efficient,” which is about a disgruntled secretary who helps rob her employer. What’s she disgruntled about? Well, it’s a story from a 1969 men’s magazine, so what do you think the problem would be? That’s right—her boss doesn’t love her. But the very hour after the robbery, the boss calls up the secretary (not knowing yet that his office has been ransacked) and admits he has feelings for her, which leaves her to try to undo the theft before it’s discovered. That effort backfires in the expected ways, leaving the corpse of her accomplice and a lot of questions behind. It’s a decent story, so we weren’t surprised Schurmann also published a couple of novels. But it looks as if Adam may have given him his first shot. Its role as a platform for new writers is yet another reason it was one of the best men’s magazine around. We have twenty-five scans below, including a shot of British model/actress Eve Eden in panel twelve.
