A pegleg, a pith helmet, a pistol, a dagger, and a dead body! You don't get much more adventure pulp than this cover by Peter Stevens on, what else, ADVENTURE. This issue is also of interest because it contains the novella "Jewel of the Java Sea" by Dan Cushman, which I assume he expanded into the novel of the same title that Gold Medal published a few years later. Also on hand are Georges Surdez, Jim Kjelgaard, Max Kesler, and William Fuller, along with lesser-known authors Robinson McLean, Ian Lasry, and Richard S. Porteous, who wrote under the odd pseudonym "Standby". I don't own this issue, but if I did, Cushman and Surdez would be enough to prompt me to read it.
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I found a beat up copy of Jewel of the Java Sea at an estate sale. It was missing the first 15 pages but I read it anyway and really enjoyed it. I'm a fan of Cushman, love his westerns.
I've owned a copy of the Gold Medal paperback for many years but have never read it. I've got to start getting around to these things!
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