Pulp Fiction, 1942 · page 115 of 116
10 Story Detective, July 1942 — page 115: what you’re looking at
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# This Page: Advertisement This is a full-page advertisement for Charles Atlas's bodybuilding course, featuring the famous "Dynamic Tension" exercise method. The ad includes photographs of Atlas displaying his physique and testimonials from apparent customers claiming dramatic physical transformations. The advertisement promises that readers can develop a muscular "he-man body" in just 15 minutes daily, regardless of their current condition. It emphasizes appeal to both men (for beach confidence and attraction) and women (for admiration). A coupon at the bottom allows readers to request a free book titled "Everlasting Health and Strength." This represents typical mid-20th-century fitness advertising found in pulp magazines.
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but if you want to see a real HE-MAN BODY... wear do people say when they see you on aed . the beach? Then you show what you REAL LY : are—a HE- MAN or a weakling! Do girls’ eyes give you the silent “ha-ha”? Or can you FEEL their admiring glances? And don’t think clothes can cover a flat chest, skinny arms, pipe- stem legs EITHER! People KNOW when a man’s got a puny build like Caspar Milquetoast—or when his personality glows with smashing strength, rippling muscles, tireless energy! A fellow like that is BOUND to be the life of the party! Do YOU want to be that kind of a man? Then listen to THIS— In Just 15 Minutes a Day I'll Prove | Can; Make YOU a New Man Too! Zz That’s what I said—15 minutes a day! That’s all I need to PROVE—regardless of how old or young you are, or how ashamed you may be of your present physique—that I can give you a body men envy and women admire. Biceps that can dish it out, and a muscle-ridged stomach that can take it. pp ta A full, deep barrel-chest. Legs that never tire. A Here’s PROOF A tough, sinewy back. An all-around physique that can a laugh at ANY kind of rough going. . ! hot Today, a wave of FITNESS is surging omen Right Here! pee) America! Suppose YOU are called to the colors! 7 a ; World’s Will your body be the laughing-stock of the company havea 4a” normal chest. Fan a or will it command the envy of ycur buddies? Why —L.A.S., Illinois veloned RIGHT NOW many soldiers and sailors in active “My doctor thinks your Man” course is fine. Have put 2” on my chest and '/2” on my neck.”’ —B.L., Oregon service are using my methods. They know that a MAN’S body means “easier going,” more fun and quicker promotion! Would You Believe | Was Once A 97-lb. Weakling ? Yes, I was—a miserabk 97-pound bag of skin and bones! But you’d never believe it to look at me now, would you? Through my discovery of “Dynamic Tension” I changed myself into “The World’s Most Perfectly- Developed Man.” I’m LIVING PROOF of the miracles “Dynamic Tension” can perform—right in the privacy of your own home! NOW—will you give my method 15 minutes a day to get the kind of HE-MAN build you have always longed to have? P= eee ee ee eee ee eed “‘My muscles are bulging, | feel like a new man. Chest measures 33”, an increase of 5”, my neck increased 27,” ‘6(14” gain on biceps and (” more on chest!”’ —J.F., Penna. i CHARLES ATLAS, Dept. 49-w { FREE BOOK “EVERLASTING HEALTH (gy 115 East 23rd Street, New York, N. Y. | ” T t th f that ste f ‘‘Dynamic Tension’? I t AND STRENGTH ye will “help make. a New Man of the—give me a Renina, | 7 7 1USK oO an 2 muscular evelopment. en me your eae ee oe iedeedee Went y free SpGcE, “Everlasting Health and Strength.’ : and Strength,” absolutely free. No wonder i as I nearly 2,000,000 men have sent for this big AGS: chop deen-= A ees Ge © eS & BEE cements 1 ' , . ; int te plainl 48-page story of “Dynamic Tension’’—illustrated Ee” Eee EN Wain Needs i with action photos of myself and some of my | pupils. You’ll not only read about my secret of AGGKESS) aq acu & CHRON Si Guiellvie = cues o eieneoa a) sisteenawe w eels &I s I “Dynamic Tension’’—but you SEE PROOF of it! | CHARLES ATLAS, Dept. 49-W, 115 East 28rd CEES ie. oe > Adie Bint cnc ae Pmmme<o' State . onus aes | Street, New York, N. Y. comicaooks (CO) im