Blaze (2 vintage adult magazines, Bonnie Logan & Madeline Castle covers, 1959)
MacGill, Fergus, Shelly Lowenkopf, Al Zareck, Connie Sellers as Larry Tritten, B.J. Simmons (contributors); Doug Weaver as Sebastian, Charles Dennis, Keyes (illus.); Nimble Nick (photography)
Los Angeles & Hollywood, CA: Art Enterprises, Circa 1959. Both circa 1959-60. B/W throughout, 47pp, color centerfold. Two vintage adult magazines featuring brief island-themed fiction & photo settings, buxom models, w/ cartoons & very little ad space; some emphasis on models who like jazz. Notable for Connie Sellers & Doug Weaver contribution(s). Short-lived, maybe 10 issues (at least 6). An early [American] Art Enterprises/Parliament title. Better production values could have kept it going. V1 N1: Wisconsin native & pin-up model Bonnie Logan aka Laura Lee, noted for her appearances in adult magazines like Adam, & for her work as a singer and in burlesque. Bonnie appears on both wrapper panels & 5pp, w/ measurements noted 41-24-37, 120lbs "of beautiful muscle." Betty Peters poolside center/7pp, Hawaii prostitution, June Wilkinson 6pp, western fiction, slender Daphne 4pp, Sharen Towne on trampoline 4pp, ads (Lili St. Cyr, Margie Moran, Adam magazine records, Lorraine Burnett, Shirley Kilpatrick & Jackie Hilton & Arline Hunter "stag movies," Virginia Bell, Honey Bee, Bettie Page). V2 N1: 1954 Playboy Playmate & sometimes nudist Madeline Castle front panel. Mischelle 5pp, "Night of Terror" (Tritten), blonde Boo Boo Barlow w/ big champagne bottle 4pp, Lisa Denn 6pp, Suzanne Raine 6pp/center, a fairy tale, pert Gina Held 4pp, like ads from V1 N1, Joyce Wagner (Betty Peters) poolside 4pp, Colette Berne "Hollywood Color Club" ad, Yubiwaza ad, sultry uncredited model rear panel. Both Very Good Plus. Uncommon. Steve Sullivan, "Glamour Girls: The Illustrated Encyclopedia," #335 (Logan) & #840 (Castle), 1999. Todd Frye, "Collecting Vintage Men's Magazines," 2013. [Book ID: 125898] [Magazines]