Crocodilans: Alligators, crocodiles, gharials, caimans. When I was a kid, alligators and crocodiles were among my favorite animals. The were the closest thing today to a dinosaur.
The crocodile order emerged from the archosaurs 250 million years ago as the pseudosuchians. The pseudosuchians were dominant that they kept the dinosaurs (another branch from the archosaurs) from the top-spot until the end of the Triassic Period. Crocodiles somehow made it through the K-T extinction event 66 million years ago and were apex predators in subsequent times and places.
Bob Deis and Bill Cunningham have put together another great issue of Men’s Adventure Quarterly. No. 9 is a “Croc Attack” theme.
Contents:
| Title | Author |
| Editorial | Bob Deis |
| Intro to “The Avenging Crocodile | Bob Deis |
| The Avenging Crocodile | Brian O’Brien |
| Intro to “Give Me Back My Arm” | Roy Baker |
| Mort Kunstler Civil War Art | Bob Deis |
| Gator Ground | Robert Edmond Alter |
| Men’s Adventure Down Under | Andrew Nette |
| Doug Rosa Art Pictorial | Bob Deis |
| My Bloody Battle With a Croc | Bill Gentry |
| Intro to “Curse of the Crocodile” | Bob Deis |
| Curse of the Crocodile | Doug Stock |
| Crocodile Cults | Bob Deis |
| Blood for the Crocodiles | Alan Goodall-Smith |
| The Women of the Astounding She Monster | Pictorial |
| Intro to “Death Duel With a Croc” | Bob Deis |
| My Hand-To-Jaw Death Duel with a Croc | Leon Lazarus |
| What a Croc!: Pulp Genre Cinema | John Harrison |
| Intro to “Worst Horror Story of WW2” | Bob Deis |
| The Worst Horror Story of WW2 | Sal Principe |
| How the Sausage is Made | Bill Cunningham |
| Intro to “Monster Crocodiles” | Bob Deis |
| We Fought the Monster Crocodiles | Frank S. Forrest |
| Croc Attack! A Gallery of Gator Goodness | Pictorial |
The contents range from “true stories as told to,” fiction stories, and actual events. This issue is filled with men’s adventure magazine cover and interior illustrations. As per usual, the prose pieces are short and action filled. There are stories set in Africa, Burma, Jamaica, and British Guiana.
A treat for me was the inclusion of a story by Robert Edmond Alter. Alter was one of the last great magazine fiction generalists. His specialty was sea creature stories though he wrote crime, thrillers, historical, spy fiction etc. I am still amazed some paperback collections of stories from Adventure and Argosy weren’t rushed out in the wake of the success of Jaws. He covered the ground first that made Peter Benchley famous.
Format is 8.5 x 11 inches, perfect bound, soft cover. You can order at menspulpmags.com.
Hi Morgan – Many thanks! Bill Cunningham and I greatly appreciate your shout out for the MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #9. See you at PulpFest 2024 I hope.
– Bob