People Today (1950 Hillman Publication) comic books 1956-1969

Volume 12, Issue 5 - March 7, 1956. Cover photo of Lili St. Cyr. A tamer version of magazines like Playboy and Esquire, featuring celebrity profiles, articles on contemporary culture, and plentiful cheesecake photography. This issue features a profile and photo spread of burlesque stars Lili St. Cyr and her half-sister, Dardy Orlando. Also featuring an expose of 1950s Tokyo. Inside Toyko's Red Light District; Those Fabulous St. Cyr Sisters; Are Those Lies About Godfrey Lies? 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 12, Issue 7 - April 4, 1956. Cover photo of Diane Webber. A tamer version of magazines like Playboy and Esquire, featuring celebrity profiles, articles on contemporary culture, and plentiful cheesecake photography. This issue features pinup model Diane Webber and a Gahan Wilson article. Virgin Birth: What Are the Facts?; The Strange Life of Frankie Carbo; Diane Webber. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $131.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 12, Issue 12 - June 13, 1956. Anita Ekberg cover and article. Pocket-sized, 4" x 6", 68 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $151.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 12, Issue 14 - August 1956. Judy Foster cover and article. Pocket-sized, 4" x 6", 68 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $131.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 12, Issue 16 - October 1956. Cover photo of Yana. A tamer version of magazines like Playboy and Esquire, featuring celebrity profiles, articles on contemporary culture, and plentiful cheesecake photography. This issue features British singer and USO performer Yana, and a Top 10 list of pinup stars. America's 10 Most Wanted Women; What Americans Taught the French About Sex; Yana: Bob Hope's TV Discovery. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 12, Issue 17 - November, 1956. Cover photo of Marian Stafford. A tamer version of magazines like Playboy and Esquire, featuring celebrity profiles, articles on contemporary culture, and plentiful cheesecake photography. This issue features profiles of jazz legend Dave Brubeck and champion boxer Joe Louis. Also featuring an article about 1950s TV stars, including Jackie Gleason, Steve Allen, and Ed Sullivan. How the Army Fights Vice; That TV Panic!; The Sad Truth About Happy Pills; Ballet Goes Torrid. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $141.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 12, Issue 18 - December 1956. Pat Sheehan cover and article. Four-page article with photos on George Reeves making a department store appearance as Superman. Pocket-sized, 4" x 6", 68 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.15.

Volume 13, issue 2 - February 1957. Judy Tyler Cover and Article. Also includes articles on Liberace, and Gina Lollobrigida in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. 4-in. x 6-in., 66 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 14, issue 2 - August 1957. Gus Thorner Cover and Article. Also includes articles on how to beat insomnia, and a photo-spread actress Janet Lake. 4-in. x 6-in., 66 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.15.

Volume 14, Issue 3 - September 1957. Cover photo of Ziva Ro-Dann. A tamer version of magazines like Playboy and Esquire, featuring celebrity profiles, articles on contemporary culture, and plentiful cheesecake photography. This issue features the first-ever winner of the Miss USA competition, Jackie Loughery. Also featuring an article about Frank Sinatra. How to Cure Those Headaches; Frank Sinatra; Should We Ban the Passion Pits? 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 14, Issue 5 - November 1957. Cover photo of Dawn Richard. A tamer version of magazines like Playboy and Esquire, featuring celebrity profiles, articles on contemporary culture, and plentiful cheesecake photography. This issue features gossipy coverage of the love life of Hollywood legend Ava Gardner. Also featuring an article on the rise of women's boxing. Chiropractors: Healers or Humbugs?; Let's Not Arrest Prostitutes; Ava Gardner: Does She Hate American Men? 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $2.50 View scan Staple rust.

Volume 14, issue 6 - December 1957. Jackie Loughery Cover and Article. Also includes articles on Mitzi Gaynor and Irish McCalla. 4-in. x 6-in., 66 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $9.00

Volume 15, issue 3 - March 1958. Ingrid Goude Cover and Article. Also includes articles on Frank Sinatra's apparent troubles with helping daughter Nancy Sinatra in show business and Nadine Ducas. 4-in. x 6-in., 66 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.15.

Volume 15, issue 4 - April 1958. Venetia Stevenson Cover and Article. Also includes articles on America's 9 Loveliest Women, and Daring Movies you Can't See! 4-in. x 6-in., 66 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 15, issue 5 - May 1958. Jayne Mansfield cover and article. Also includes articles on The Secret Meaning of your Hobbies, and an Earth Kitt photo-spread! 4-in. x 6-in., 66 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $9.00

Volume 16, issue 1 - July 1958. Includes articles on Paris' newest night life sensation Abbe Lane, and Brigitte Bardot! 4-in. x 6-in., 66 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.15.

Volume 16, Issue 2 - August 1958. Cover photo of Mitzi Gaynor. A tamer version of magazines like Playboy and Esquire, featuring celebrity profiles, articles on contemporary culture, and plentiful cheesecake photography. This issue features an article about Mijanou Bardot, French actress and sister of pinup and film legend Brigitte Bardot. Also featuring model Abbe Lane. Why Do Movie Stars Go for Gigolos?; Lifers Risk Their Lives; Baby Bardot: Brigitte's Sister Also Sizzles. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 16, Issue 3 - September 1958. Cover photo of Nicole Maurey. A tamer version of magazines like Playboy and Esquire, featuring celebrity profiles, articles on contemporary culture, and plentiful cheesecake photography. This issue features an article about the Kinsey Report, one of the first academic studies of human sexuality, which had just been released. Also featuring a sports article asking "What's Wrong with the Red Sox?" America's Six Sexiest Jobs; Pocket Guide to Kinsey's Latest Findings; What It's Like to Win $500,000. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 16, issue 4 - October 1958. Mamie Van Doren Cover and Article. Also includes articles on What Alan Freed Really thinks about Rock and Roll, Anita Ekberg and Barbara Wilson! 4-in. x 6-in., 66 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 16, Issue 5 - November 1958. Joan Collins Cover. Celebrity gossip magazine. 4-in. x 6-in., 66 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $32.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 17, issue 1 - February 1959. A tamer version of magazines like Playboy and Esquire, featuring celebrity profiles, articles on contemporary culture, and plentiful cheesecake photography. This issue features gossipy coverage of Elizabeth Taylor's affair with Eddie Fisher, father of Carrie Fisher. Also featuring a pictorial of Asian-American burlesque and pinup star Barbara Yung. He's Shooting for the Moon; Prostitution Lives On; Bad Men of the Old West; Gimmicks Used by Card Cheats; Parisian Love School; Grafting Human Organs for Miracle Cures; Is a Basketball Fix in the Works?; Terror in the Bull Ring; Eddie - Debbie + Liz = Sex-tangle; Man with the Most Phenomenal Memory in the World; Take a Bath with Lisa; Exciting Dances by Chinese Star; Girl with the Mostest; The Girl on the Flying Trapeze. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 17, issue 9 - November 1959. Articles include a look at the film "Lady Chatterly's Lover," Hazel Sutton and Marigold Russell. Celebrity gossip magazine. 4-in. x 6-in., 66 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.15.

Volume 17, issue 11 - January 1960. A tamer version of magazines like Playboy and Esquire, featuring celebrity profiles, articles on contemporary culture, and plentiful cheesecake photography. This issue features an article about the early days of French religious group Alliance Universelle, and one about the changing nature of New York's Greenwich Village. Also featuring a pictorial of pinup star Chelo Alonso. The Party Boston Banned; Are American Youth Immoral?; Bigotry in Greenwich Village. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 17, Issue 12 - February 1960. "The 10 Loveliest Pin-Ups in America!" Celebrity gossip magazine. 4-in. x 6-in., 66 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.15.

Volume 18, Issue 1 - February 1960. A tamer version of magazines like Playboy and Esquire, featuring celebrity profiles, articles on contemporary culture, and plentiful cheesecake photography. This issue features the articles The Kissing Carnival and The Man Who Will Not Die, and a Top 10 list of pinup stars. The Kissing Carnival; The 10 Loveliest Pin-ups in America; The Man Who Will Not Die! 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 18, Issue 2 - March 1960. A tamer version of magazines like Playboy and Esquire, featuring celebrity profiles, articles on contemporary culture, and plentiful cheesecake photography. This issue features an article about contraception controversies, and one about violence against women. The Fight Over Birth Control; The Women Slappers. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.15.