Vintage Men’s Magazines
The below list is an attempt to catalog as many vintage “men’s magazines” as is possible. Someday we will have links to histories about each one, but for now this will have to do 🙂 Of course, as usual, if you know of any not on this list, please comment below. Especially the German, French, Spanish and UK magazines that existed.
Keep in mind that these titles span the majority of English, European and US Censorship laws all the way through the 20th Century. The earliest magazines were printed in the 1930s, and we go up to 1989 on this site. By today’s standards some of these barely twitch as PG-13, but in the time period were likely hidden away, frowned upon, and outright banned by law and concerned citizens.
Print quality ranged from cheap newspaper quality pamphlets of a few pages to fully color glossy layouts depending on the era, the cost of publishing (one can make a guess on profitability based on how materials changed over time,) and how discrete they had to be on news stands and at stores.
These magazines came in several layout and content variants.
The Article Format
The earliest Men’s Interest Magazines seem to have mostly been full of articles on topics and stories of interest to men. War history, survival during history, grooming, politics, etc were all fodder. Most had an occasional sexy outfit (think Pre-Code Hollywood Sexy,) lingerie, or topless spread somewhere in the middle. They would sometimes have a number of sexy comics with risque jokes as filler. Playboy Magazine would follow, and make popular, this format.
A variant on the article format was the gossip rag. Topics were usually Hollywood and Celebrities and their scandals. This format literally still exists and brought us our Page 3 Girls from British Tabloid The Sun. But one notable exception was Scandolls. The magazine collected photos and stories of people caught in sex scandals, with a focus on women arrested for prostitution. The photos of the women were rarely very racy by today’s standards, but I can imagine it still being fairly popular especially under the guise of Christian Disapproval.
The Comic Format
Another popular format was the Comic Magazine. It would include pages full of hand drawn comics by the legends such as Bill Ward, all of which were sexy and risque. The women were always amazingly gorgeous, while men were middle aged and “normal.” The jokes would quite often center around the wealth of the man, leading one to wonder when the Sugarbaby culture really started.
The Art Figure Study Format
As a photographer, this format interests me the most. The magazines would be aimed towards photographers and artists under the guise of showing how to take photos or nude women, or draw nude women. The first few pages might talk about techniques and camera settings, but then it would have just pages and pages of women in various states of clothing. Some magazines would stick to pretending to be for artistic merit by having the models be fully dressed, before going topless or fully nude. Some would forgo the first part, and go topless or totally nude throughout the entire edition.
This format was where most photographers seemed to make their money. They would either sell full sets of photos to these types of magazines (and frequently sold the same set to multiple magazines,) or they would print up their own magazine to sell. This is also the format where models like Bettie Page became really popular. Photographers would usually also use these magazines to sell their content to the general public via mail order.
The Nudist Format
Somewhat unique in the Men’s interest magazine was the Nudist Format. These magazines were simply nudist lifestyle magazines. They occasionally had articles, but were usually full of nudists having fun at an Nudist camp. Photos were almost always of amateurs who attended the camps. While photos were usually of women, group photos would sometimes have men in them. They were never sexual. Beauty contests and having fun doing camp activities were a common theme.
Unfortunately these magazines would sometimes have photos of older teen girls in them. Fortunately none of these were meant to be geared towards pedophiles. They were merely caught in between laws that changed the age from 16 to 18 to appear in these magazines. For this reason though, we will very rarely present anything on this site from this format just to keep things legal.
The Burlesque Format
This is another of my personal favorite formats. And is a god-send for this site. These magazines were a combination of souvenir and marketing for the dancers. They were usually one off magazines, printed by Burlesque dancers, their managers, or the theater owners and sold along side the act. They tended to be more biographical, although some still managed to not say very much about the burlesque dancers shown. The quality could range drastically though from newspaper pamphlets to full color stapled magazines.
Frequently popular nude models would have one of these magazines dedicated to them, they were usually printed by the photographer and I doubt many models ever saw any profit from the magazine sales themselves.
The Story Format
This format was little used early on, but really came into its own in the 1980s. The magazine would have a set of photos of the model(s) inter-spaced with text telling a story. The progression of the story unfolded in the photos. By the 80s these were mostly full triple xxx photos and the stories were by far secondary to the pictorial. The titles of these magazines reflected that, and were usually the dirtiest of the dirty. Publisher Gourmet Editions was king of this format, publishing dozens of niche titles with names such as “Girls Who Crave Big Cocks,” “Anal Lust,” and “Aim to Please.”
The Body Building Format
The body building format was 100% for the gay male. Printed under the guise of improving your physique these magazines always showed well muscled men in various physical poses. Some magazines would have articles about the work outs meant to achieve that look. In the 1980s a few variations on this format with women came out, but they were never quite as popular.
Magazine List
Offshoot magazines are listed under their parent (when known.)
21
300 Asian Dolls
50+ Plus
Ace
Adam
After Hours
Aktueel
All Man
Amazons
American Nudist Leader
Australian Sun and Health
Ave ! (German)
Baby Doll
Bachelor
Bagatel
Banned
Barred
Battle Cry
Beau
Beauty Parade
Best for Men
Big Ones International
Billed Magasinet
Bizzare
Black Silk Stockings
Blast
Blue Book (UK)
Blue Weekend
Blushes
Bondage Life
Bounce
Bra Busters
Breast Bondage
Broad Views
Busen
Busen Extra
Busty Sexplosiv
Butterfly
Caballero
Cabaret
Cancans de Paris
Candid Kamera
Candy
Caper
Carnival
Cash
Cash (Dutch)
Cats
Cavalcade
Cavalier
Ceske Loznice
Chic
Chic
Chick
Chicks and Chuckles
Cinema Blue
Cinema Blue
Cinema Love
Click
Climax
Climax Cavalcade
Climax of Copenhagen
Cloud 9
Club
Color Cavalcade
Color Orgie
Color Party
Color Passion
Color Sperma
Connoiseurs Choice Modeling Review
Cover Girl
Cover Girls
Daisy (Denmark)
Dandy in Hose
Danish Hard-Core
Darling Sex
Devil
Diamond Collection
Diamond Stud
Dinovision
Dolls & Dolls
Dominate
Dude
Dynamic
Ebano
Eden
Ejaculation
Eldorado
Elite (Canada)
ERO
Erotic Desire
Erotic Fantasies of Teenagers
Eroticat
Eroticon
Erotisk Tvang
Erotyka
Escapade
Escort
Eve
Eve secrete (French)
Excelsior (Italian)
Exotic
Exotic Adventures
Extase
Extasy
Extaze
Eye
Eyeful
Famous Models of Paris
Fascination
Februs
Fiesta
Fiesta Magazine (French)
Fifteen
Film Figure
Finland’s Erotica
FKK Reisefuhrer
Fling Festival
Follies
For Men Only
French Frills
French Follies
Frivol
Frolic
Frontières (French)
Gala
Gallery
Garter Parade
Genesis
Gent
Gentlemen
Gin Fizz
Gin Fizz (Italian)
Girl Illustrated
Girls
Girls and Gags
Glamorgirl Photography
Glamour Photography
Glo (French)
Golden Girls
Happy Weekend
Harem
He
Health & Efficiency
Heels & Hose
Heissen Votzen
Helios
Hi-Life
High
High Heels
High Society
Highball
Hustler
Hustler
Inside Foxy Lady
Inside Foxy Lady
Inside Foxy Lady
Inspirace
Interviu (Spanish)
Jaguar
Jaybird Journal
Jayne Mansfield
Jem
John Savages Notebook
Journal of Love
Juggs
Juicy Jugs
Khmer
Kiss Colour
Kitten
Knave
Knave (UK)
Knight
Laff
Late Night Extra
Le Ore
Le Sexy
Leg Show
Leo
Lesbian Lovers
Look
Love
Love-In
Lovebirds
Lucky Sex
Lui
LUI (French)
Lust
Lust (UK)
Macho
Mad Cap
Male
Man – The Man’s Picture Magazine
Man to Man
Man’s Pleasure
Mans Adventure
Mata Ratos
Mayfair
Men
Men only
Mens world
Men’s Digest
Mentor
Mermaid
Mini
Mini Meisjes
Mini Sex
Missie
Missy
Mistress
Modern Girls
Modern Man
Monsieur
Mr.
My Porno Girls
Naturist & Reisen
Neues Bild
New Direction
New Man
Night Society
Nude Living
Nudism Golden Days
Nudism Today
Nudist Holiday
Nugget
Nylon Double Take
Nylon Flash
Nylon Surprise
Ogle
OKM
Orgas Intim
OSE’ (French)
Others
Oui
Paff
Parade
Parade Carnival / Carnival (UK)
Paris
Paris Music-Hall (French)
Partner
Pascha
Peaches Photo Gallery
Peep Show
Peppy!
Peri (Turkish)
People Today
Perverted Orgies
Petting
Petting Girls
Phoebe
Pic
Picture Sex
Picture Week
Piff
Pink
Photo
Play Girls
Playbirds Continental
Playdames
Playmate
Playmen
Playstar
Plus (French)
Pocket Porno
Pocket Press
Point (The Male Point of View)
Poppin Mamas
Popsuckle
Porn Revy
Porno
Porno Chick
Porno Club
Prince
Probe (UK)
Pulsions (French)
Pussies Wide Open
Raff
Rage
Raider
Rammler
Range (UK)
Rapier
Rapture
Rascal
Ravers
Real Combat
Real Men
Rosie
Rogue
Sally Roberts in Bondage
Samlet
Sarah Foster Tate in Bondage
Satana
Satin Flash
Scamp
Scandolls
Scantie
Scene for Men
Schwanger Girls
Schwanger Sex
Scoop Magazine
Seductress
Sex Games (UK)
Sex Intim
Sex Medicin
Sex Orgies
Sex Show
Sex Special
Sex Spezial
Sex Strip
Sex to Sexty
Sex-Trip
Sexorama
Sextra Blatt
Sexual Fantasy
Sexus
Sexy
She
Show Girl
Showoff
Sir!
Snappy
Softly
Sonnenfreunde (German)/Gymnos Sundeck (UK)
Sonri Sas (Spanish)
Sparkle
Spice
Spree
Squeeze
Stag
Stare
Stellungen
Stimulation
Stingers
Stop (France)
Storm
Striparama
Sun Era
Sundail
Sunshine and Health
Super Extazis
Supersex
Swagger
Swank
Swedish Erotica
Sweet Little 16
Sweet Pussy
Tab
Taboe
Teenagers – Young Adults In The Sun
Teeners from Holland
Tempo
Terrific
The Dude
The Girl Watcher
The Naturist
The Nudist Idea
The Nudist Way
Tib Bits of Beauty
Tidlosa
Tienerstrip
Tomkat
Tonight
Top Sex
Topper
Tops
Topsy
Torso
True Danger
True Men Stories
TUK
Uncensored
Unisex
Urban Nudist
Velvet
Vue
Week-end Sex
Wildcat
Wink
Wochenend (German)
Wolf Bait
World of Men
Xotica
Young Love
Production Companies and Printers
Briarwood magazines
Oriental Delight
Capital Books
(UK)
Cloud
Mentor
SBS
Sexpose
Torso
Gourmet Editions
Aim to Please
Anal Discovery
Ass Masters
Big Fuckin’ Tits
Buttered Buns
Climax in Live
Cum
Eating Pussy
Girls Eating Girls
Girls Who Crave Big Cocks
Girls Who Love To Sit On It
Gourmet Special
Hipchicks
Hot Affair
Hot Fashion
How Sweet It Is
Joys Of Erotica
Loads of Lust
Lusty Ladies
Matched Pair
Oral Ecstasy
Sex World
Sexy Slut
Showgirl
Smooth Moves
Summer Heat
Superstars of Film
Sweet Cream
Taboo
The Insatiables
Threeway Connection
Late Night Extra
(British)
Nachtexpress (German)
Pleasure (UK)/Plaisir (German)
Royale
Marquis Magazines
A’Hole
Babes & Bubbles
Big Bosoms
Shaved Pussy
Street Girls
Strokers
Suzie’s Six
Tit Parade
Nuance
269 Hot Lasses
Bashful Innocence
Bicycle Nymphs
Black Asses
Black Heat
Black on Wheels
Black Tennis Nymphs
Breast Babes
Cinnamon Stick
Finger Lickin’ Good
Jogging Nymphs
Legs
Oriental Jewels
Oriental Kittens
Sex Sisters
Skateboarding Nymphs
Shaved Slits
Sports Cars Nymphs
Sporty Babes
Swedish Sex Kittens
Tempting Ticklers
Wet, Wild, and Black
Wet T-Shirt
Winter Nymphs
Parliament
High Time
Nightline
Pagan
Satan’s Scrapbook
Trojan
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Exciting Cinema
Fantastic
Nylon Flash
Nylon Surprise
Satin Flash
Sexy Laughs
Smooth Satin
Penthouse
Penthouse Letters
Penthouse Loving Couples
Playboy
Playboy’s Bathing Beauties
Playboy’s Blondes, Brunettes & Redheads
Playboy’s Celebrating Centerfolds
Playboy’s College Girls
Playboy’s Cover Girls
Playboy’s Girlfriends
Playboy’s Girls of Playboy
Playboy’s Girls Of Summer
Playboy’s Girls of the World
Playboy’s Girls of Winter
Playboy’s Hardbodies
Playboy’s International Playmates
Playboy’s Lingerie
Playboy’s Little Annie Fanny
Playboy’s Natural Beauties
Playboy’s Nude Celebrities
Playboy’s Nude Playmates
Playboy’s Nudes
Playboy’s Personalities
Playboy’s Playmate Tests
Playboy’s Playmates 15 Years
Playboy’s Playmates in Bed
Playboy’s Pocket Playmates
Playboy’s Real Sex
Playboy’s Sexy Girl Next Door
Playboy’s Sisters
Playboy’s Supermodels
Playboy’s Voluptuous Vixens
Playboy’s Wet & Wild
Playboy’s Wet & Wild Women
Playboy’s Working Women
Private
Pirate
Seventeen
Seventeen Schoolgirl
Seventeen Special
Seventeen Teenagers
Silwa Magazines
PowerSex
Rosette
Topsy Production (Denmark)
