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.

For more information click here: Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman’s Co-creator Joe Shuster

Well now Ian has just launched a brand-new website for his wares and also posted a preview of his upcoming instructional video on straps and strapping.

I’ve been using Ian’s products for years and they are simply superb. You can view his video clip above or visit Ian’s website by clicking the banner below.

I doubt anyone remembers Kingpin, the 2003 NBC mini-series about a Mexican drug lord and his family. Other than featuring Sheryl Lee, who played dead girl Laura Palmer on Twin Peaks, the only notable element of the show was the adult caning references in one episode.

Basically, the drug lord is working with an eccentric English chemist who likes caning the ladies. To keep business running smoothly, the drug lord’s brother hires a professional bottom to entertain the Englishman. Here’s how that conversation goes:

Woman: “So this guy, he knows how to handle a cane? I don’t want him hitting me in the wrong places.”

Man: “It seems like he knows what he’s doing. He’s English.”

Woman: “If he’s really good, who knows? I might even have an orgasm. Maybe two. It’s happened before.”

Unfortunately, the off-screen caning session does not go well, with the Englishman getting a knife in the chest after he puts his cigarette out in the working girl’s mouth.

Sorry Guv’nor. That’s what happens when you ignore a lady’s safe word on this side of the pond.

We’re confident that no animals were spanked during the shooting of Alison Miller and Allaurua Shane’s new Sorority Sisters video, though the sound of paddle smacks did make a certain four-legged extra flee the scene.

The little fellow begins the video clip safely tucked under Alison’s legs, but he is obviously alarmed by the pistol-crack sounds of wood splatting against naked girl flesh.

The well-dressed canine did nothing to help Allaura in her time of need, though as you can see at the bottom of the post-spanking photo, he did give her leg a conciliatory sniff after the paddling had concluded.

(Photos and Video Clip courtesy of Firm Hand Spanking.)

Have you ever noticed how portrayals of non-consensual BDSM-type activities are considered perfectly acceptable within works of science fiction or fantasy, but those same acts are still (often) judged as taboo or downright silly when practiced by consenting adults for mutual enjoyment?

I submit into evidence the July 1979 issue of The Savage Sword of Conan, which any kink-curious teen could purchase from the magazine rack at Safeway for the modest sum of one U.S. dollar. No age restrictions and no raised eyebrows at the checkout counter.

This particular comic tells the story of a nearly-naked wench who is suspended by her wrists and mercilessly interrogated by the whip-wielding Amazon queen. The plucky gal eventually slips out of her restraints and goes scampering around the dungeon to rescue Conan, wearing just her welts and a ragged loin cloth.

Yep, that was a dollar well spent.

However, if an adult magazine in 1979 had published a serious article entitled Girl-on-Girl Whipping Fantasies, you certainly wouldn’t find that issue at the supermarket. It would most likely be relegated to the “Special” section of the creepy adult video store.

So the moral of this story is: It’s apparently fine to portray acts of bondage and flagellation in mainstream media – as long as the participants aren’t enjoying themselves. (Because that’s perverted.)

Back in 1996, my exposure to spanking videos was still fairly limited – you mostly had to buy them on VHS tapes via mail order – so when the documentary Fetishes: Mistresses & Domination at Pandora’s Box played on HBO, I really hoped that it might feature a corporal punishment scene. And it did!

Filmmaker Nick Broomfield took a documentary crew inside Pandora’s Box, a high-end S&M parlor on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, where he interviewed several ProDoms and their clients, and even filmed some actual sessions.

One segment in particular piqued my interest: A professional bottom named Mary discussed her personal corporal punishment fantasies and then participated in an intense caning scene. Here are a few excerpts from Mary’s interview:

“My fantasy is to submit to a very powerful, dominant woman.”

“I grew up in a male-dominated household and was constantly being punished for being out of line. I remember getting sexual satisfaction out of this.”

“I consider myself a masochist, but I’ve used this asset to pay my bills. It’s a wonderful way to make a living.”

“Sometimes I’m a schoolgirl and I get spanked.”

I’ve posted a couple of video stills from Mary’s caning session. As you can tell from her bottom welts, the gal can take a respectable thrashing – and despite her tears, she really likes it.

Here’s a juicy anecdote that didn’t appear in the published article. It involves Miss Chris’s days as a Catholic schoolgirl and her male Phys-Ed teacher who liked to brandish a fraternity paddle in class.

Memories of the Coach’s Paddle:

One day the coach lined us up in the auditorium and was inspecting our uniforms, walking up and down the rows of students. Being very tall, I was always at the back of the line.

I must have had this grin on my face when he finally got to me, because he stopped and said, “Why are you smiling? Do you think this is entertaining? Is the prospect of getting this paddle funny to you?”

I was stunned speechless. First of all, I didn’t know I was grinning! I was also horrified at the thought at being paddled.

I never did get paddled in school, but I listened very closely when the other students were paddled. The coach would take them by the ear or the upper arm and lead them to the back of the auditorium where his office was. We couldn’t see what was going on back there, but we could hear it.

We would hear some muffled voices at first, and I could tell the coach was scolding in a very low, calm voice. Then we would hear sort of a higher-pitched pleading and begging coming from the naughty student and then suddenly it was quiet – and then we heard the paddle hitting the bottom!

Usually it was over the uniform, plus the athletic tape wound around the paddle muffled the sound. But we would hear three or four big whacks and then usually the student would start to cry and eventually the coach would lead the sobbing, contrite student out of the office and put him back in the ranks. The student would be sniffling, smearing away tears and rubbing his backside.

And I didn’t understand why it was so stimulating! – Miss Chris