Saga [The Magazine for Men] (2 vintage adventure magazines, 1961, 1969) by Silverman, Al, and John J. Plunkett (editors); Ray Houlihan (cover art) - 1961, 1969

Macfadden Publications / Gambi Publications, 1961, 1969. Good. Distributed by ID/MAC, B/W/Color throughout, 96pp. Two vintage adventure magazines featuring fiction, true accounts, war essays, sports, with brief pin-up layouts (non-nude). Long-running, 1950-1980s, pulpy, and more emphasis on celebrities in later issues.V22 N6, September 1961: Ray Houlihan cover/illus., Thomas Ives, Joe Hyams, Michel Peissel, Edward Linn, Lee Greene, Cpl. Hugh Jenkins, Dale Shaw, John Foster, Bruce Lee, Alfred Bercovici, James Collier, Alice Delman, Booton Herndon, Ed Valigursky, Norman Baer, Thomas Beecham, Orin Kincade, Norman Saunders, Dom Lupo, Sylvia Getsler; incompetent doctors, Nungesser, Gary Cooper, Jim Reed bomb car, lost Mayan city, NYC saloons, Big Sam Dale, nuclear tragedy, gambling school, Korean War, Herman Melville, photo contest, Colt revolvers, Custer to Korea, record albums, Mason shoes ad. V39 N1, October 1969: Elephant hunt cover, Warren Smith, Len Guttridge, Long John Nebel, Donn Munson, Lt. Harry E. Rieseberg, Emile C. Schurmacher, Arturo F. Gonzalez, Jr., Ben Cropp, Arky Gonzalez, Tom Quinn, Bill Crespinel; Joe Weider ads, hunting w/ actor Alex Cord, James Earl Ray & Martin Luther King, Jr., Reinhard Gehlen spy, military mutiny, tuna-boat war, psychometry, lost treasure fleet, fantastic Mamie Van Doren 4pp, Barrier Reef sharks. Good only (1961), Very Good Plus (1969).