This rare and vintage copy of ADONIS Vol. 2, No. 4, dated November 1956, the art magazine of the male physique is a must-have for any fan of bodybuilding or vintage physique photography. The magazine features photography of young muscular and partially dressed men / males in posing straps or less. It also has JOHN TRENTON by TOGOF STUDIO on the front cover and BOB HOVER by TOGOF STUDIO on the back. The pocket-digest / magazine is in very good near fine condition. See photos for condition.

MODELS / STUDIOS FEATURED
Ross by HERB DIXON
Bob Delmonteque and Ken Acosta by VULCAN STUDIO
Arney Payne by ATHLETIC MODEL GUILD / AMG / A.M.G.
Arney Payne by SPARTAN
and many more...
PHYSIQUE & ART STUDIOS

Athletic Model Guild, 1936 W. Ilth Street, Los Angeles (6), California.
Apollo International, 5880 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood 28, California
ARAX, 31 Blvd., Raspail, Paris Ville, France.
Bruce of LA, 11762 Kensington Road, Los Alamitos, California.
Bond Photos
Glenn Bishop Studio, P.O. Box 461, Grand Haven, Michigan, U.S.A.
Cal-Models, Box 285, San Francisco (1). California,
Champion Studio
Colart, 76 King Street, Southall, Middlesex, England. County burham, Eatedand.ane South, Darlington,
Dolphin
Douglas of Detroit
Foto-Grafo, Box 326, Sundbybers. Sweden.
Fredon, P.O. Box |407, Milwaukee (1), Wisconsin,U.S. A.
James A. Hills, P.O. Box 4989, San Francisco (I).California.
Hoffman, 60 Raeburn Place, Edinburgh 4, Scotland.
Hussar
J. ROME, Box 2303, Hollywood (28), California.
Kris Studio, Box 1251, Chicago (90), Illinois, U.S.A
Mark One, Box 32, Lachine, Quebec, Canada,
MacLane Studios, Box 9012, Queen Anne Station, Seattle (9), Washington.
Master Physiques, Box 247, Union City. New Jersey, U.S.A
MILO, 601 S. Vermont, Los Angeles (5), California, U.S.A.
Peppino, Corso Palermo 108c, Torino, Italy.
Pacific Films, 716 Key Route Blvd.. Albany. California, U.S.A.
Productions International, 5880 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood 28, California.
Pagan, 6 Nicholas Croft, Manchester,4 England.
Quaintance Fine Arts Studio, P.O. Box 192. Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A
Royale,110 Denbigh Street, London S.W.I.. England
STAN of Sweden, Ejdergartan 10, Gothenburg 0, Sweden.
Sunshine Beach Club
North Star, 21 Wascana, Toronto, Ontario Canada
Ecsian. Number One, Orme Court, London W.2..
SEAY, 1406 Pacific Avenue, Venice, California, U.S.A.
Spectrum, Box 35, Station E, Cincinnati (19)
T.Y.C., Box 365, El Cerrito, California, U.S.A.
Titan, P.O. Box 1313, San Francisco (1), California, U.S.A
Vic White
Don Wright, 67 Bedford Street, New York 14, N.Y.. U.S.A.
Willard, Box 2660, Grand Central Station, New York (19), New York, U.S.A.
Ronald Wright, Berkeley Studio, 5 Mead Lane, Hertford, England.
J. Zenith, 5880 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood (28), California, U.S.A.
BRIEF HISTORY OF PHYSIQUE CULTURE MAGAZINES

Publisher Joe Weider of world wide bodybuilding magazines, Your Physique, Muscle Power, Muscle Builder, Muscle, Flex, American Beauty etc. and Mr Universe, Mr Olympia and others contest fame.

Body Beautiful and Adonis magazines were put together by Lon Hanagan for Joe Weider of bodybuilding fame in the 1950's. Joe Weider realized that he had a large gay following for his bodybuilding magazines (Your Physique). His magazine also has a very talented gay staff of Lon Hanagan and George Quaintance who created the first covers for Bob Mizer's Physique Pictorial magazine. Lon created Body Beautiful as well as Adonis magazines which were first published in England and later in America.

Joe Weider was a Canadian bodybuilder and entrepreneur who co-founded the International Federation of Bodybuilders (IFBB) with his brother Ben Weider. He was also the creator of the Mr. Olympia, the Ms. Olympia and the Masters Olympia bodybuilding contests.

These magazines had men in posing straps in softer Grecian poses rather than the hard muscle flexing that were offered in Weider's muscle magazines.

In December 1945, Gay pornography pioneer Bob Mizer founded Athletic Model Guild, or AMG. Mizer's AMG produced Physique Pictorial, the first all-nude and all-male magazine, and the film Beefcake documents his work and the growth of the beefcake magazine industry. H. Lynn Womack published magazines such as Manorama, MANual, Fizeek, and Trim and was involved in the U.S. Supreme Court case MANual Enterprises v. Day (1962). From 1964 to 1967, Clark Polak published DRUM magazine.

In the 1960's, the pretense of being about exercise and fitness was dropped as controls on pornography were reduced. By the end of the decade gay pornography became legal, and the market for beefcake magazines collapsed.

Due to recent delivery issues with the USPS I prefer to ship all magazines, digests and paperback books via Priority Mail. Up to $100 of insurance is included in this price. If you require additional insurance please let me know before I invoice you. I'm selling my collection of vintage 1950-1980s gay pulp paperback novels, pictorial and hardcore magazines, physique photography, magazines, artwork and other LGBTQ ephemera.