Condition: Excellent

Ban the Bra is a 1968 vintage paperback novel written by Jay Martin (a pseudonym for Morton J. Golding) and published by Lancer Books. It is a campy, counterculture sci-fi comedy featuring cover art by Stanley Borack.

Publication Details

• Author. Written by Jay Martin, which was a pen name used by author Morton J. Golding (who also wrote Fondle with Care). [1]

• Publisher & Catalog Number. Released as a paperback original by Lancer Books in 1968 under catalog number 73-695 with an original cover price of 60 cents.

• Cover Art. Illustrated by pulp and paperback artist Stanley Borack, known for his vibrant, painted covers across sci-fi, romance, and sleaze genres. 

• Physical Features. First editions were printed with purple-dyed page edges, a common signature of vintage Lancer paperbacks. 

Plot & Premise

• The Hook. The back cover bills the story with the tagline, "Turn on! Tune in! It's orgies for everybody when a pair of hip mad scientists invent a sex gas!"

• Storyline. The plot follows Gerry Ransom, who gets tangled up in chaotic misadventures involving an uninhibited young woman named Marvell and her twin brothers, Brick and Slick. When the twins invent an experimental "sex-expanding" gas, Gerry ends up caught in the middle of wild complications, rival enemies, and psychedelic 1960s hijinks. 

Availability & Collecting

• Current Market. Because it is an out-of-print 1968 pulp paperback original, copies are strictly found on the secondhand and vintage collector market.