Malevue · No. 1
Malevue No. 1 called itself “Photo Studies and Articles for the Gay Community” and listed Jim Kepner’s “The Gay Cure?” right beside three bedroom sets.
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Vintage is final sale. Every mark we mention is in the photos.
Condition report
Good. A sturdy first issue with good color, light edge rubbing and a vintage Brown Elephant price sticker on the front. Every mark is in the photos.
Flaws notedCover wear, Writing, stamps, or labels
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The story
The inside cover of Malevue No. 1 lays out the whole deal: one article, "The Gay Cure?" by Jim Kepner, and three photo studies, Terry Barnes and Jerry Erwin, then Tim Burr, Tom Burk and Mack, then Joe Souci and Bob Rand. The pictures are credited to the Stephens Agency at 6000 Sunset Boulevard, Suite 209, in Hollywood.
The rooms are pure motel, with striped bedspreads, a buttoned vinyl headboard, a seascape over the bed and a TV set keeping watch on the cover. Two men in jeans make out on their knees across a pair of twin beds, a trio piles onto a geometric-print spread, and the back cover labels its three-way "Educational Material," which is one way to put it.
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Why it matters
A first issue that names every man in it, credits a Hollywood agency on Sunset Boulevard and puts Jim Kepner on the contents list next to the sex.
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What we checked before listing it.
Good. A sturdy first issue with good color, light edge rubbing and a vintage Brown Elephant price sticker on the front. Every mark is in the photos.
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