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Men's Adventure

Epic and Heroic Narrative

Men's adventure is a genre of magazine that was published in the United States from the 1940s until the early 1970s. Catering to a male audience, these magazines featured pin-up girls and lurid tales of adventure that typically were promoted as true stories narrated in first-person by the participants or in an 'as told to' style. Usual stories included wartime feats of daring, exotic travel or conflict with wild animals. These magazines were also colloquially called "armpit slicks", "men's sweat magazines" or "the sweats", especially by people in the magazine publishing or distribution trades.

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United States 1
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Pin-up girls and lurid tales of adventure promoted as true stories 1
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1. Men's adventure magazine
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    Men's adventure is a genre of magazine that was published in the United States from the 1940s until the early 1970s.
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    these magazines featured pin-up girls and lurid tales of adventure that typically were promoted as true stories narrated in first-person by the participants
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