Men's Adventure Paperbacks

Men's Adventure Paperbacks:
From predecessors like Ian Fleming and Mickey Spillane, largely copying the success of Don Pendelton's Executioner series, the books listed below are for series characters in the varying genres of Men's Adventure, excluding Westerns.  This list is intended to be roughly comprehensive, though there are borderline cases (especially with spy and detective series) that could go either way.  Starting in the early 90s the field evolved into doorstop technothrillers by the likes of Tom Clancy, with only a handful of series surviving the decade.

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Vigilante:
Takes orders from no one.  Includes adventurers and self-funded, self-directed organizations.

.357 Vigilante aka The Jury(Ian Ludlow)
The Assassin (Peter McCurtin)
The Avenger (Chet Cunningham)
Black (Joseph Nazel)
Book of Justice (Jack Arnett)
Bronson: Street Vigilante (Philip Rawls) 
Chameleon (Jerry Laplante)
Chant (David Cross)
Death Squad (Frank Colter)
Death Wish (Brian Garfield)
Defender (Jerry Ahern)
Doctor Death (Herb Fisher)
Eagle Force (Dan Schmidt)
Executioner (Don Pendleton)
Gannon (John Whitlatch)
Gannon (Dean W. Ballenger)
Hawk (Dan Streib)
Hellrider (Dan Killerman)
Hit Man (Kirby Carr)
Hitman (Norman Winski)
Hunter (Norman Conway)
The Hunter (Ralph Hayes)
Jason Striker (Piers Anthony)
Kenyatta (Al C. Clark / Donald Goines)
K'ing Kung Fu (Marshall Macao)
The Liquidator (R.L. Brent)
Lone Wolf (Mike Barry)
MacMorgan (Randy Striker)
The Marksman (Frank Scarpetta)
Max Donovan (Riall Nolan)
MIA Hunter (Jack Buchanan)
Mission of Alex Kane (John Preston)
Mondo (Anthony de Stefano)
Mystic Rebel (Ryder Syvertsen)
Nazi Hunter (Mark Mandell)
Night Hunter (Robert Faulcon)
Ninja Master (Wade Barker)
Overload (Bob Ham)
Penetrator (Lionel Derrick)
Psycho Squad (Rick Dade)
Revenger (Jon Messmann)
Revenger / Stark (Joseph Hedges)
Shadow Warrior (Joseph Rosenberger)
Sharpshooter (Bruno Rossi)
Soldato (Al Conroy)
Steel Lightning (Kevin Sherrill)

Vick Merritt: Man of Justice (Jake Cafferty)
Vigilante (V.J Santiago)

Agents
Spies, special agents, individuals who take orders from someone.  More spies at Spy Guys & Gals.

Agent 0008 - Clyde Allison
Agent for Cominsec (Ralph Hayes)
American Avenger (Robert Emmett)
Aquanauts (Ken Stanton)
Baroness (Paul Kenyon)
Big Brain (Gary Brandner)
Black Samurai (Marc Olden)
Black Swan (JJ Montague)
Blood (Allan Morgan)
Body Smasher (Jan Stacy)
The Butcher (Stuart Jason)
Butler (Philip Kirk)
Cabot Cain (Alan Caillou)
Cherry Delight / Sexecutioner (Glen Chase)
C.O.B.R.A. (Joseph Rosenberger)
Coltray (David Alexander)
Coxeman (Troy Conway)
Death Merchant (Joseph Rosenberger)
Decoy (Jim Deane)
Destroyer (Warren Murphy & Richard Sapir)
Double Agent (TSR)
Dracula (Robert Lory)
Enforcer (Andrew Sugar)
The Expeditor John Eagle (Paul Edwards)
The Girl from Pussycat (Ted Mark)
Hawk Macrae (Albert Barker)
Hawker (Carl Ramm)
The Inquisitor (Simon Quinn)
Justin Perry: The Assassin (John Revere)

Lady from LUST (Rod Gray)

Kane's War (Nick Stone)

Kung Fu / Mace (Lee Chang, C.K. Fong)
Malko / SAS (Gérard de Villiers)

The Man from CHARISMA (Ted Marks)
The Man from ORGY (Ted Marks)
Man From Pansy (Don Rico)
Man From Planet X (Hunter Adams)
The Man From TOMCAT (Mallory T. Knight)
Mark Dean Mercenary (Peter Buck)
Mind Master (John Rossman, Ian Ross)
Mr. Dynamite aka Max Galan (C. H. Guenter)
Nick Carter: Killmaster (Nick Carter)
Operation Hang Ten (Patrick Morgan)
The Peacemaker (Adam Hamilton)
Pulsar (Robin Moore)
Raker (Don Scott)
Reefe King (Albert Barker)
Rig Warrior (William Johnstone)
Shield (Preston MacAdam)
Slam (Dan Matthews)
The Smuggler (Paul Petersen)
Special Operations Executive (Jack Crisp)

Su-Lin Kelly (Robert Franklin Murphy)
Terminator (John Quinn)
TNT (Doug Masters)
Track (Jerry Ahern)
Tracker (Ron Stillman)
Veil (George C. Chesbro)

Cop/Fed
There are plenty more detective and procedurals in this era.  These are the ones trashy and violent enough to be Men's Adventure.

Airport Cop (Charles Miron)
Black Cop (Dom Gober / Joseph Nazel)
C.A.T. (Crisis Aversion Team) (Spike Andrews)
Chopper Cop (Paul Ross)
John Crown (Terry Harknett)
Dirty Harry (Dave Hartman)
The Headhunters (John Weisman)
Little Saigon (Nicholas Cain)
Murder Master (Joseph Rosenberger)
Narc (Robert Hawkes)
Razoni & Jackson (William Murphy)
Joe Ryker (Nelson DeMille)
Super Cop Joe Blaze (Robert Novak)
Stakeout Squad (D.A. Hodgman)
Stryker (William Crawford)

Private Eye
includes bounty hunters, insurance investigators, freelance fixers, etc.  These are ones with a Men's Adventure vibe.  Find more at Thrilling Detective.

Arrow (Walter Deptula)
Lincoln Blackthorne (Geoffrey Marsh)
The Bodyguard (Richard Reinsmith)
Bounty Hunter (Hank Nuwer)
Cage (Alan Riefe)
Crockett (Brad Lang)
Dakota (Gilbert Ralston)
Dark Angel (James D. Lawrence)
The DC Man (James P. Cody)
Handyman (Jon Messmann)
Hardball (William Sanders)
Hardman (Ralph Dennis)
Hardy (Martin Meyers)
Heller (Frank Roderus)
The Hook (Brad Latham)
Killinger (P.K. Palmer)
Owl (Robert Forward)
Raven (Donald Mackenzie)
Renegade Roe (L.V. Roper)
Shaft (Ernest Tidyman)
Shannon (Jake Quinn)
Stone (Jack Seward)
Stoner (Ralph Hayes)
Superspade (B.B. Johnson)
Triphammer (Douglas Enefer)

Criminal

Adrano For Hire (Michael Bradley)
Crime Minister (Ian Barclay)
Godmother (R.T. Larkin)
Iceman (Joseph Nazel)
The Illusionist (John P. Radford)
Mafia: Operation... (Don Romano)
Ms. Squad (Mercedes Enfield)
Nolan (Max Allan Collins)
Quarry (Max Allan Collins)
Radcliff (Roosevelt Mallory)

Occult Investigator
There are many, many more occult investigators, but these crossed a bit into Men's Adventure

Chill (Jory Sherman)
Sabat (Guy N. Smith)
Satan Sleuth (Michael Avallone)
Takers (Jerry Ahern)

Paramilitary/Mercenary:

Able Team (Dick Stivers)
Ape Swain (Daniel Da Cruz)
Black Berets (Mike McCray)
Black Ops (Michael Kasner)
Mike Brent (George Fennel)
Chopper Ops (Mack Maloney)
Cody's Army (Jim Case)
Confirmed Kill (Mike Morris)
Contract (Colin Lynch)
Counter Force (Dan Streib)
Cross (Andrew Vachss)
Dagger (Carl Stevens)
Deadly Force (Mark Dixon)

Dennison's War (Adam Lassiter)

Depth Force (Irving A. Greenfield)

Devon's Way (Rod Pennington)
Dog Teams (William Johnstone)
Donovan's Devils (Lee Parker)
Eagle Attack Team (Larry Hicks)
The Force (Jake Decker)
Hard Corps (Chuck Bainbridge)
Killsquad (Frank Garrett)
INTERSECT (John Cannon)
Israeli Commandos (Andrew Sugar)
Liberty Corps (Mark Kelly Roberts)
The Mercenaries (Jon Hart)
Mercenary (Leon DaSilva)
Omega (Patrick F. Rogers)
Phoenix Force (Gar Wilson)
Point Team (J.B. Hadley)
The Protector (Rich Rainey)
S-Com (Steve White)
SEALS (Steve MacKenzie)

Soldier for Hire (Robert Skimin)
SOBs (Soldiers of Barrabas) (Jack Hild)
Soldier of Fortune (Peter McCurtin)
Soldier of Fortune Magazine Presents (various)

Soldiers of War (William Reed)
The Specialist (John Cutter)
The Specialists (Chet Cunningham)
Springblade (Greg Walker)
Stony Man (Don Pendleton)
Sub Wars (James Good)
Surgical Strike (Jerry Ahern)
They Call Me the Mercenary (Alex Kilgore)
Warhawks (James Keith) no Amazon presence
Wild Geese (Daniel Carney)
Z-Comm (Kyle Maning)

War
WWII and Vietnam, mostly

Assault (J.M. Flynn)
Boxer Unit OSS (Ned Cort)

Deathshop (Jon Barton / John Harvey)

Dekker's Demons (Alex Webb)

Force Five (Jeff Rovin)
Glasshouse Gang (Gordon Landsborough)
Gunships (Jack Hamilton Teed)
The Killers (Klaus Nettson / Klauz Netzen)
Mac Wingate (Bryan Swift)
McLeane's Rangers (John Darby / Michael Jahn)
Rat Bastards (John Mackie / Len Levinson)
Saigon Commandos (Jonathan Cain)
SAS (James Albany)
Scorpion Squad / Vietnam: Ground Zero (Eric Helm)
Sea Wolf (Bruno Krauss)
Sergeant (Gordon Davis)
Strike Force: Falklands (Adam Hardy)
Survivor of Nam (Donald E. Zlotnik)
Tunnel Rats (Cliff Banks)

Historical
Captain Shark (Richard Silver)
Casca (Barry Sadler)
Fox (Adam Hardy)
Gladiator / Eagles (Andrew Quiller)
Slaves of the Empire (Dael Forest)
The Vikings (Neil Langholm)
Wolfshead (Arthur Frazier)

Post Apocalyptic

Afrikorps (Bill Dolan)
Ashes (William J Johnstone)
Blade (David Robbins)
CADS (John Sievert)
Deathlands (James Axler)
Doomsday Warrior (Ryder Stacy)
Eagleheart (CT Westcott)

Earthblood (James Axler)
Endworld (David Robbins)

Freedom's Rangers (Keith W. Andrews)
Freeway Warrior (Joe Dever)
The Guardians (Richard Austin)
Last Ranger (Craig Sargent)
Last Rangers (Jake Davis)
The Marauders (Michael McGann)
Mutants Amok (Mark Grant)

Omega Sub (J.D. Cameron)

Outlanders (James Axler)
Outrider (Richard Harding)
Phoenix (David Alexander)
Roadblaster (Paul Hofrichter)

Seventh Carrier (Peter Albano)

Storm Rider (Robert Baron)

Survival 2000 (James McPhee)
The Survivalist (Jerry Ahern)
Swampmaster (Jake Spencer)
Traveler (DB Drumm)
Warlord (Jason Frost)

Wasteworld (James Barton)
Wingman (Mark Maloney)
The Zone (James Rouch)

Sci Fi

Attar the Merman (Robert Graham)
Balzan of the Cat People (Wallace Moore)
Cade (Mike Linaker)
Cadre One (Robert O'Riordan)
Cybernarc (Robert Cain)
Horn (Ben Sloan)
Jake Strait (Frank Rich)
Mathew Swain (Mike McQuay)
Night Whistlers (Dan Trevor)
Richard Blade (Jeffrey Lord)
Simon Rack (Laurence James)
Steele (J.D. Masters)
Time Raider (John Barnes)
Time Mercenaries (Kevin Randle & Robert Cornett)
Warbots (G. Harry Stine)
Warkeep 2030 (Michael Kasner)

This covers the late 1960s to early 1990s.  The links on the title are to Trash Menace reviews.  Click here for links to series available for ebook.  If you're shopping at Amazon anyway, consider doing so after following a link - a portion of the proceeds will help keep the trash flowing.

For descriptions, author bios, and title lists, read Serial Vigilantes of Paperback Fiction: An Encyclopedia from Able Team to Z-Comm.  More reviews at Paperback Warrior, Glorious Trash, and The Mighty Blowhole.  Also check out the Facebook group Men's Adventure Paperbacks of the 70s & 80s where some of these authors hang out.