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MANDATE (SEPTEMBER 1978, VOLUME 4, NUMBER 41)

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Bodybuilder Michael Muncie is cover man and Mandate Man for September 1978, shot by Roy Blakey, with San Francisco, gay theatre and Gotham inside.

Condition
PublisherPublisher unknown

1 in stock

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Vintage is final sale. Every mark we mention is in the photos.

Condition report

Good. A blank white label sits on the front cover below the tagline. No tears or creases visible on the cover in the scans. Back cover not photographed.

PagesNot fully verified

Catalog facts
FormatMagazine, color covers, color and black-and-white interior
DateSeptember 1978 (contents page)
IssueVolume 4, Number 41
Issn0360-1005
PublisherModernismo Publications Ltd., New York (publisher: George Mavety)
CoverMichael Muncie, photo by Roy Blakey
Cover linesSummer When It Sizzles; Gay Theatre: Crimes Against Nature; Canada's Stratford: The World, A Stage; Caught in the Act: Gotham; Where the Men Are in San Francisco
ArticlesFilming in New York; Disc Scene; Lancer, or: Roger Rides Again; The Mandate Man: Michael Muncie; Roller Arena
ModelsMichael Muncie
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Why it matters

Late-70s Mandate at full stride, mixing a mustached bodybuilder centerfold with theater, disco and city guides in one issue.

The copy in hand

What we checked before listing it.

GradeGood

Good. A blank white label sits on the front cover below the tagline. No tears or creases visible on the cover in the scans. Back cover not photographed.

PagesNot fully verified

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