Janus was an up market version of Mentor which had been published at the end of the sixties, and for its early editions managed to acquire a few models who were prepared to accept actual punishment, and allow their welts to be shown in colour. The UK Authorities soon clamped down on this, and for many years it was illegal to do so.
This led to Janus concentrating on well produced, illustrated photo stories, excellent art work by Paula Meadows, Hardcastle and others, who were not shy of depicting lurid welts, if only in black and white. They also featured short, but very erotic stories, by the likes of Richard Manton and Julie Holmes, which together meant that during the seventies and eighties Janus was, indeed, the spanko`s bible.