In the early 1960's, Helmut Riedmeier was a hugely popular physique model from Europe, where laws against photographing adult nudes were decriminalized sooner than those in the United States and Canada.
Adrien Gagnon makes his premiere on the blog with these photographs of Rocky Kent, who was 5' 3" and weighed 165 pounds at the time these images were taken.
I suspect this outstanding photograph of Bob Delmonteque was taken by Douglas of Detroit, who perfected double exposures like this one, but I am searching for confirmation.
In August, 1961, the Volume 11, Number 1 issue of Bob Mizer's magazine, Physique Pictorial, first featured dark-haired Juwa LaVonce posing with Howard Heidtmann and Don Hawksley.
Blond Howard is rapidly eclipsing Don Fuller as my favorite vintage beefcake model.