1980
Issue 41
July/August
GIANT 100-PAGE FORMAT with wraparound cover by Steranko and 40 pages on The Empire Strikes Back plus bonus portfolio; interviews with director Irv Kershner and production illustrator Ralph McQuarrie; George... more
Issue 42
September
THE NEW HEROES OF HOLLYWOOD! Star Wars, Empire and Beyond: exclusive George Lucas and Gary Kurtz interviews; Blues Brothers director John Landis interview; Flash Gordon storyboard bonus book; Christopher Reeve... more

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Issue 43
November/December

Info RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK production art poster book by Steranko; film fear: John Carpenter, Joe Dante, David Cronenberg interviewed; Frank Oz on Yoda and the Muppets;... more
1981
Issue 44
February/March
SPECIAL BONUS INSERTS! Striking Jane Seymour cover from East of Eden; Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits; on the set of Dragonslayer; John Boorman's Excalibur; first look at Arnold Schwarzenegger in Conan;... more
Issue 45
April/May

Info HOLLYWOOD'S HEAVYWEIGHT HEROES! Raiders of the Lost Ark: Harrison Ford interview; Jamie Lee Curtis interview; the soul of Isaac Hayes; Morgan Fairchild pictorial; Heavy Metal Movie 80-page... more
Issue 46
CINEMA SUPERSTARS AND DIRECTORS! Raiders of the Lost Ark: Steven Spielberg interview; on the set with Harrison Ford in Blade Runner; John Landis interview on An American Werewolf in London;... more

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1982
Issue 47
April/May
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW ISSUE! Arnold Schwarzenegger as Conan; Stephen King on Creepshow and future projects; outspoken William Devane interview; Nastassia Kinski in One from the Heart; Nick Nolte and Debra Winger... more

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Issue 48
FANTASY, HORROR, SCIENC FICTION! Fantastic Sybil Danning pictorial and cover; on the road with Mel Gibson in Mad Max 2;Harrison Ford in Blade Runner; Clint Eastwood in Firefox; Conan director... more

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Issue 49
FILM PREVIEW ISSUE! Sandahl Bergman: interview with Conan's woman warrior; Ridley Scott's Blade Runner foretells dark future; Robert Bloch on Psycho II; Richard Gere in An Officer and a Gentleman;... more
1983
Issue 50
ALL-MALE BLOCKBUSTER! Revenge of the Jedi: Ralph McQuarrie production art; intimate interview with Dynasty's Joan Collins; Armand Assante as Mike Hammer in I, the Jury; Tom Selleck on the High... more

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Issue 51
SUPERSTAR INTERVIEW SPECIAL! Challenging conversations with Clint Eastwood, Bruce Dern; exclusive Debbie Harry interview on music, movies and Videodrome; on location with Richard Chamberlain in Thorn Birds; behind-the-scenes on Psycho... more
Issue 52
June/July
RETURN OF THE JEDI SPECIAL! Photo-packed double-length interview with director Richard Marquand; Sean Connery returns as Bond in Never Say Never Again; Hal Needham interview; Price, Lee, Cushing and Carradine... more
Issue 53
SCIENCE FICTION EXPLOSION! Mark Hamill bids farewell to the Force in a final double-length interview; Nicholas Meyer after Star Trek: The Day After; Loni Anderson pictorial profile; Mr. T talks--and... more
1984
Issue 54
Dec.'83/January
BOND IS BACK! Never Say Never Again: Sean Connery tells why he said Never Again to Bond's most dangerous mission; sultry assassin Barbara Carrera profiled; Billy Dee Williams' rogue's eye... more

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Issue 55
May
ALL-WOMAN ISSUE! Sizzling Sybil Danning pictorial interview; on location with Brooke Shields in Sahara; Jessica Lange interview; Jane Seymour behind-the-scenes with Tom Selleck in Lassiter; Jennifer Jason Leigh tells how... more

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Issue 56
ON THE SET WITH INDIANA JONES! Harrison Ford in a blockbuster full-color 12-page pictorial on the making of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom; behind-the-scenes of Walter Hill's Streets... more

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Issue 57
BIG INTERVIEW SPECIAL! A pulse-pounding parlay with Conan the Destroyer's woman warrior, Grace Jones; Godfather of Film John Huston interview; Rod Steiger on his pain and passion; George Segal on... more

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1985
Issue 58
February
KILLER THRILLERS! Tom Selleck in Runaway; Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop; Richard Gere in The Cotton Club; Mel Gibson and Sissy Spacek in The River; Melanie Griffith in Fear... more
Issue 59
BABES & BRAWLERS! Super Sybil Danning pictorial interview; Mel Gibson in Mad Max 3; Harrison Ford in Witness; Sylvester StalIone as Rambo; Roger Moore as Bond in View To A... more

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Issue 60
July
SWORDS, SORCERY, SCIENCE FICTION! Mel Gibson and Tina Turner in Mad Max 3; Clint Eastwood in Pale Rider; Sylvester Stallone as Rambo; Katharine Hepburn profile; Red Sonja's Brigitte Nielsen interviewed;... more
Issue 61
September

SECOND PRINTING MAD MAX AND BEYOND! Exclusive double-length interview with Mad Max 3 director George Miller; Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories; Dynastic conversation with Linda Evans and John Forsythe;... more
Issue 62
December-Feb
ACTION FILM SHOWCASE! Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone in King Solomon's Mines; Robert Redford and Meryl Streep in Out of Africa; Sylvester Stallone in Rocky IV; Michael Douglas interview; Charles... more
1986
Issue 63
February
ALL-WOMAN ISSUE! Sybil Danning cover and photo layout; intimate conversation with Meryl Streep; Kathleen Turner goes wild; Wendy O. Williams: skull-ripping rap; Caroline Munro close-up; Glenn Close on stardom's edge;... more

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Issue 64
BATTLE OF THE CINEMA STARS! Showdown: Stallone vs. Schwarzenegger; Tom Cruise in Legend; Kurt Russell in Big Trouble in Little China; Rob Lowe and Demi Moore in About Last Night;... more
Issue 65
August
ALL-STAR INTERVIEW ISSUE! Robert Redford; Jack Nicholson; Kurt Russell; Aliens director James Cameron; Walter Matthau; Tony Perkins; Lois Hamilton; Karen Black; Under the Cherry Moon's Kristin Scott Thomas; Richard Chamberlain... more
1987
Issue 66

SECOND PRINTING BEHIND-THE-SCENES SPECIAL! Tom Cruise, Paul Newman in The Color of Money; Harrison Ford in Mosquito Coast; George Takei on Star Trek IV; Blue Velvet's David Lynch... more
Issue 67
April
SUPERSTAR PROJECTS! Star Trek IV: Leonard Nimoy interview; Timothy Dalton: the new Bond; Eddie Murphy raises hell with The Golden Child; Clint Eastwood in Heartbreak Ridge; Sylvester Stallone in Over... more
Issue 68
PIN-UPS & POWERHOUSES! Mel Gibson on location in Lethal Weapon; Don Johnson on violence and vice; Timothy Dalton in The Living Daylights; Bruce Willis and Kim Basinger in Blind Date;... more
Issue 69
October
ALL-WOMAN ISSUE! Behind-the-scenes with The Witches of Eastwick; Sybil Danning pictorial; Madonna in Who's That Girl? Mariel Hemingway interview; Nancy Allen on location in Robocop; Diane Lane in The Big... more

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1988
Issue 70
Dec./January/February/March
CINEMA SIRENS & SCREEN CHAMPIONS! Sizzling Sybil Danning cover and pin-up calendar! Sylvester Stallone interview; Linda Kozlowski; behind-the-scenes with Spielberg's Empire of the Sun; hot Madonna interview; Bruce Willis; Goldie... more

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Issue 71
ALL-INTERVIEW ISSUE! The ABC's of Michael Jackson; Steven Seagal talks tough; George Lucas conjures Willow; Sherilyn Fenn; Don Johnson; Bruce Willis; River Phoenix; Changing Channels with Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds,... more
Issue 72
July
SUMMER FILM EDITION! Arnold Schwarzenegger in Red Heat; Sylvester Stallone in Rambo III; profile of David Bowie; Cher shares her career; Spielberg and Who Framed Roger Rabbit; Eddie Murphy in... more
Issue 73
October/November/December
HOLLYWOOD UNCOVERED! Pin-up packed, double-length dialogue with Elvira; Mel Gibson shines in Tequila Sunrise; Patrick Swayze; Matt Dillon; a spine-tingling talk with Freddy Krueger aka Robert Englund; Dolph Lundgren in... more
1989
Issue 74
Dec.'88/January/February/March

SECOND PRINTING COMING ATTRACTION ACTION! Mel Gibson; Arnold & Danny DeVito team as Twins; face-kicking conversation with Jean-Claude Van Damme; Nick Nolte; Kathleen Turner; Timothy Dalton earns his... more

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Issue 75
April/May/June
SUPERWOMEN OF CINEMA! Manhunting with Sybil Danning in LA Bounty; Alison Doody does her duty in Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; Nancy Mette; Amanda Pays battles underwater Leviathan;... more
Issue 76
EXCLUSIVE BATMAN COVERAGE! Special four-part, photo-packed expose of the Caped Crusader's most explosive adventure, starring Michael Keaton, Kim Basinger, and Jack Nicholson; Kate Capshaw dances and romances in Black Rain;... more
Issue 77
SCREAM QUEENS, STRIPPERS & SHOOT-OUTS! Hot Linnea Quigley cover and photo layout; Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick; Julia Roberts in Steel Magnolias; Paul Newman ignites Blaze; Jane Fonda and... more