Action Male! · Vol. 1 No. 6 / 1978

Volume One, Number Six, the "1978 Edition" from House of Milan Corp. in Los Angeles, knows exactly what it is, and TAU's "Viewpoint" editorial says so in its opening line: "We don't claim to be anything else!" What follows is a surprisingly earnest sermon on obedience and the master and slave bond, closing with a reminder to be man enough to take responsibility for caring for your "slave." Then the readers take over in "Trips," with fantasies mailed in from Hollywood, England, Paris and San Diego, including one man's very detailed treatment for a rubber-jockstrap jack-off film.

The cover lists everything else: Rex Brandon and Paul Seton as "Super Hot Lovers," centerfold Gregg Strom as a "Fantastic New Discovery," the S&M fiction "Pleasure Bound," a "Nude Wrestling!" photo article, the "new 8 MM action film" Leather Lovers and Rob Davis, "Ex-Marine Super Turn-On!" Bishop gets the inside front cover to himself with a kneeling, muscled man in a ball gag, studded collar and a full set of straps beside a peaked leather cap, and the red back cover is a wall of reader personals, each one pointing to its page in the club listings.