Physique Pictorial vol. 9, #1, [inside states #9, Spring [released July] 1959: Spartacus cover
Los Angeles: Athletic Model Guild, 1959. Magazine. 32p. including covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, illustrated with b&w reproductions of artworks and photos by various artists, very good digest-size magazine in stapled pictorial wraps.
Two pages of Tom of Finland and cover and centerfold by Spartacus, cover numbered Vol. IX no 1 which is correct. Bob Mizer was the editor, publisher and primary photographer of the digest men's magazine. If one looks very closely between and below the b&w photos of bodybuilders in posing pouches one will find commentary on the art, the models, gay rights, law, religion and more by Mizer.
Cat.No: 185788
Price: $45.00
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