Spanking Art: Secret Identity

In yet another example of real life being stranger than fiction, the hardcover book Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman’s Co-creator Joe Shuster reveals how a giant of American popular culture became involved with a series of underground BDSM publications called Nights of Horror.

Filled with illustrated tales of spanking, bondage, voyeurism and other taboo activities, these low-budget magazines were accused of inciting youth violence and eventually became the focus of a U.S. Supreme Court obscenity case.

It’s all very bizarre, which makes Secret Identity a great read. The book is also filled with dozens of classic BDSM illustrations, reproduced from the few surviving copies of Nights of Horror.

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