Drum: Sex in Perspective, CENSORED, Vol V, No 2, April 1965, VG staplebound, gay interest

Polak, Clark P., Philadelphia: The Janus Society of America, April 1965. 

English, Very Good, SC, 8vo, 8 5/8" x 5 1/4", 35 pp. 

Staplebound in pictorial wraps. Notable shelf wear, some wear to edges and tips, minor soiling to interior and exterior, censored stamp to front panel, "we regret that several pages within had to be censored" and minor oxidation to staples. Redacted pages include 11-12 the section "Tropic of Crabs" and the continuation with the header "Crabs, from 12." on page 32-32. Includes black-and-white images and Harry Chess That man from A.U.N.T.I.E comic by A. Jay. Volume five, Number two of the monthly magazine Drum: Sex in Perspective features an update on Max Doyle's sodomy court case, review of Hublert Selby Jr.'s Last Exit to Brooklyn, A Beginner's Guide to Cruising, 3-page Portfolio by John Paignton with black-and-white photographs of men in bathing suits, and information on the homophile movement. Published by Clark P. Polak and the Philadelphia-based homophile activist group, the Janus Society, Drum was thwe first periodical to publish full male nudes and the first gay serial comic in the US. Scarce in the trade.