FRONT AND BACK (1960-1980)

FRONT AND BACK

(1960-1980) 

          Magazines and komiks bearing the pictures of the same celebrity on both its front and back covers are said to be the favorites of collectors. During the late 1960s throughout the 1970s, some Philippine magazines featured the same celebrity on its front and back covers.

          Notable is Pogi Magazine for Men. Its first four issues were published by Pilipino Komiks, Inc., and the succeeding ones by ACE Publications, Inc. The magazine which contained mostly komiks pages bannered sexy celebrity covers, front and back, usually the back being the mirror image of the front cover.

Myra Luna
Pogi Magazine for Men (May 1, 1969).

 

Gina Stuarts
Pogi Magazine for Men (May 15, 1969).

Marilou Ver
Pogi Magazine for Men (May 29, 1969).



Lyn D’Arce
Pogi Magazine for Men (June 12, 1969).



Olga Apostol
Pogi Magazine for Men (June 26, 1969).

Sofia Moran
Pogi Magazine for Men (July 10, 1969).

Rosanna Ortiz
Pogi Magazine for Men (August 8, 1969).

 

          Two other releases from ACE Publications, Inc. – Sixteen (which was the predecessor of MOD magazine), and Darna (Lingguhang Komiks Magasin) had the same style of covers.

Marilou Destreza
Sixteen (May 26, 1969).

Vilma Santos
Sixteen (July 9, 1970).

 

Snooky Serna
Sixteen (December 14, 1970).

Vilma Santos
Sixteen (February 14, 1971).

Vilma Santos
Darna (Lingguhang Komiks Magasin, November 26, 1970).

Andy Poe, Liberty Ilagan and Amado Cortez
Darna (Lingguhang Komiks Magasin, May 14, 1971).

 

          Voodoo Illustrated Magasin and Eba at Adan Komiks/Magasin also featured the same cover layouts.

Vilma Santos and Edgar Montiz
Voodoo Illustrated Magasin (April 19, 1971).



Ed Finlan and Hilda Koronel
Eba at Adan Komiks/Magasin (May 28, 1970).

Vilma Santos, Nora Aunor and Snooky
Eba at Adan Starlight Komiks/Magasin (January 2, 1971).

FPJ, Susan Roces and Snooky
Eba at Adan Starlight Komiks/Magasin (January 16, 1971).

          Zoom Komiks Magasin had issues featuring the same celebrity on its front and back covers, but more of a collage of the celebrity’s photographs. Blue Book Magazine, on the other hand, released issues bearing the same front and back cover.

Amalia Fuentes
Zoom Komiks Magasin (August 3, 1968).

Nora Aunor
Blue Book Magazine (August 26, 1970).



 

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