Sunday, September 21, 2014

Paperback 817: Hero's Lust / Kermit Jaediker (Lion 156)

Paperback 817: Lion Books 156 (PBO, 1953)

Title: Hero's Lust
Author: Kermit Jaediker
Cover artist: Lou Marchetti

Yours for: $17

Lion156

Best things about this cover:
  • "The Quick Brown Fox wants you should shaddup!"
  • That tie has a mind of its own.
  • I like the puffy letters.
  • Miss Axilla, 1953
  • Seriously, though, she's pretty damned hot and I enjoy what she is wearing.  I can't recall seeing a top quite like that on paperback covers before. Spaghetti straps!

Lion156bc

Best things about this back cover:
  • OK, +1million points for the juxtaposition of "the City stank" with her armpit.
  • Aw, I was sad to see the writer give up on the alliteration there in the first paragraph. I can think of at least one double-hard-C phrase that could substitute for "harlot's smile"...
  • "Damnfool" is a first-rate adjective.

Page 123~

"No prostitute walks our streets."

The whole page is a delightfully delusional newspaper editorial.

~RP

[Follow Rex Parker on Twitter and Tumblr]
at

2 comments:

  1. DemetriosXSeptember 22, 2014 at 1:38 AM

    Overall, she's great, but what the hell is she doing with her arms? At first I thought she was putting her hair up, but her hands aren't positioned for that. Maybe she's adjusting her wig?

    ReplyDelete
  2. VictoriaDecember 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM

    I think that woman looks about fifty years old, so I'm surprised to see her described as "hot" and "great". Just my opinion.

    ReplyDelete