# Looking for obscure men's adventure series **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 14, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-obscure-mens-adventure-series/822945 "2018-10-14T18:36:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-obscure-mens-adventure-series/822945/1 "2018-10-14T18:36:54Z")
Along with “The Executioner” and "The Destroyer’, there were an untold number of lesser series like “The Penetrator”, “The Enforcer”, “The Baroness” and even “The Inquisitor”(Vatican Assassin :rolleyes:). The one I am looking for ran to three or four books(I think) and was about an adventurer that had survived being in the immediate vicinity of an atomic weapon of some sort, gaining some abilities in the process. Any help would be greatly appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-obscure-mens-adventure-series/822945/2 "2018-10-14T19:44:08Z")
Not The Hulkinator? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-obscure-mens-adventure-series/822945/3 "2018-10-14T19:45:12Z")
> **[The Weirdest Spy Action Novels Ever Published](https://gizmodo.com/the-weirdest-spy-action-novels-ever-published-1685259336)** > > The "Men's Adventure" novel is a strange thing. At the height of its popularity, in the late 60s and 70s, it was being written by dozens of peculiar and reclusive authors. But the influence of this weird genre is still felt today. Here's the strange... See last entry: TNT ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-obscure-mens-adventure-series/822945/4 "2018-10-14T19:49:12Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > [The Weirdest Spy Action Novels Ever Published](https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-weirdest-spy-action-novels-ever-published-1685259336) > > See last entry: TNT That’s it! ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-obscure-mens-adventure-series/822945/5 "2018-10-14T22:08:35Z")
I’m an obscure man, and I know nothing about this. Therefore, I’m not so sure about its validity. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-obscure-mens-adventure-series/822945/6 "2018-10-14T22:11:37Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > I’m an obscure man, and I know nothing about this. Therefore, I’m not so sure about its validity. 🙂 Totally valid-I’ve read them in the distant past, but had blanked out on the title. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-obscure-mens-adventure-series/822945/7 "2018-10-14T23:41:50Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > I’m an obscure man, and I know nothing about this. Therefore, I’m not so sure about its validity. 🙂 But you’re only one obscure man. The OP clearly asked about obscure men. So you’re going to need to find another obscure man to validate your lack of knowledge on this series. I’d like to help but I’m too well known. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-obscure-mens-adventure-series/822945/8 "2018-10-15T03:56:49Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > But you’re only one obscure man. The OP clearly asked about obscure men. Hmmmmm. You’re right. And my name isn’t even Jude. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-obscure-mens-adventure-series/822945/9 "2018-10-15T04:20:07Z")
“The Penetrator?” Are you serious? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-obscure-mens-adventure-series/822945/10 "2018-10-15T04:47:45Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > “The Penetrator?” Are you serious? And his name? Mark Hardin. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-obscure-mens-adventure-series/822945/11 "2018-10-15T16:09:57Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > and even “The Inquisitor”(Vatican Assassin :rolleyes:) I remember that one! “The only secret agent who has to do penance when he kills someone.” ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-obscure-mens-adventure-series/822945/12 "2018-10-15T16:26:26Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > [The Weirdest Spy Action Novels Ever Published](https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-weirdest-spy-action-novels-ever-published-1685259336) > > See last entry: TNT Their description of the “Men’s Adventure” genre sounds an awful lot like a description of most LitRPG I’ve ever encountered (except more D&D-type stories). . ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-obscure-mens-adventure-series/822945/13 "2018-10-15T19:21:28Z")
I find [this website to be an excellent source](http://spyguysandgals.com/default.aspx) of information about the genre.