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Issue Details

Issue #[1]
Published Summer 1968
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 68
Editing ?
Notes Indicia: Teen-In, Summer Issue, 1968. Published by Tower Comics, Inc. Executive and editorial offices at 185 Madison Ave., N.Y. Copyright pending. Single copies 25ยข.

Cover Details

Genre Teen

1 page Sonny and Cher illustration

Genre Teen
Pencils ? (photograph)
Inks ? (photograph)
Notes inside front cover; black and white photo pinup of the singers.

7 page Tippy story "Beach Ball Up"

Genre Teen

1 page Jamie Lyons text article "The Music Explosion"

Genre Teen
Pencils ? (photograph)
Inks ? (photograph)
Colors ? (photograph)
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Notes The Music Explosion was an American music group best known for a 1967 Top 10 hit, "Little Bit O'Soul." Lead singer Jamie Lyons died in 2006 at age 57. Black and white photo of The Music Explosion accompanies the article.

1 page text article "Secret Family Feuds of the Cowsills"

Genre Teen
Pencils ? (photograph)
Inks ? (photograph)
Colors ? (photograph)
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Notes The Cowsills are an American performing family who were the inspiration for the fictional Partridge Family on TV. The band was signed by MGM records in 1967, and the band's first album included the hit single "The Rain, The Park and Other Things." Black and white photo of the Cowsills accompanies the article.

6 page Go-Go story "Go Going Gone"

Genre Teen

2 page text article "Tune in on Teens"

Genre Teen
Letters typeset
Notes Fashion tips submitted by readers, with black and white line drawings.

1 page text article "Summertime Parties"

Genre Teen
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Notes Black and white line drawings accompany article.

5 page story "Just A Second"

Genre Teen

1 page text article "How to Handle Boys -- and Romance"

Genre Teen
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1 page text article "Eric Burdon and the Animals"

Genre Teen
Pencils ? (photograph)
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Colors ? (photograph)
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Notes Eric Burdon was frontman for the group The Animals, an English music group of the 1960s best known for their hit "The House of the Rising Sun." Black and white photo accompanies the article.

1 page text article "Hair Styled for Summer"

Genre Teen
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Notes Line drawings accompany article.

6 page story "Scientifically Yours"

Genre Teen

1 page text article "Will He See You in September?"

Genre Teen
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Notes Line drawings accompany article.

2 page text article "The Girl That I Marry"

Characters Peter Noone, "Herman's Hermits" Bill Cowsill, "The Cowsills" Mickey Dolenz, "The Monkees" Dino Danelli, "The Young Rascals" Davy Jones, "The Monkees" Eric Clapton, "The Cream" Tim Buckley Jim Morrison, "The Doors"
Synopsis Top recording stars speak out about the girl of their dreams. How well do you measure up?
Genre Teen
Pencils ? (photograph)
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Notes Black and white photo head shots accompany article.

2 page Teens Ask Tippy letters page

Genre Teen
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2 page Fashioned for Fall illustration "Doodles by Jeannemarie Volk"

Genre Teen
Notes line drawings of fashions

9 page story "Dream Love"

Genre Romance
Pencils Chic Stone (signed)
Inks Chic Stone (signed)

1 page Donovan illustration

Genre Teen
Pencils ? (photograph)
Inks ? (photograph)
Notes inside back cover; black and white photo pinup of the singer Donovan (born Donovan Phillips Leitch, 1946, Glasgow, Scotland). He is a singer-songwriter who emerged from the British folk scene of the 1960s.

1 page Herman's Hermits illustration

Genre Teen
Pencils ? (photograph)
Inks ? (photograph)
Notes back cover; black and white photo pinup of the group.