Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (2024)

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (1)

  • Categories:1970s, 1980s, 1990s, , Vintage magazines, Vintage television shows
  • By Nancy J Price
  • Added or last updatedApril 25, 2023

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Dynamite magazine’s tagline was “For the 1980s kid,” and for a solid decade there — plus a few years on either side of the eighties — they lived up to the slogan.

Published by Scholastic Press for 18 years (from March 1974 to March 1992) the magazine was a little bit of pop culture paradise delivered to the mailboxes of kids across the US. Here’s a look back!

The Waltons in Dynamite Magazine (April 1974)

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ALSO SEEFew thought 'The Waltons' could succeed (1973)

Herbie – The Love Bug (October 1974)

The Love Bug Returns: Herbie Tells All

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ALSO SEEEscape to Witch Mountain: Disney's 1975 classic movie with two paranormal orphans & a flying Winnebago

Born Free’s Elsa the Lioness (Nov 1974)

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (4)

The main cast of “All in the Family”! (January 1975)

All about ‘All in the Family’, featuring the Bunker family!

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (5)

ALSO SEEHow 'All in the Family' set TV records - plus the show intro & theme song (with lyrics)

John Denver (March 1975)

Singer/actor John Denver and Dynamite: Farrrr-out

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (6)

Little House on the Prairie TV show cast (May 1975)

Little House on the Prairie: A Big Story!

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (7)

Vintage Dynamite Issue #12 (June 1975)

Welcome to the Dynamite Monster Bash!

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (8)

Dynamite Visits TV’s Land of the Lost! (July 1975)

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (9)

ALSO SEESid & Marty Krofft's 'Land of the Lost' TV show & their amazing amusem*nt park (1975)

Tony Orlando and Dawn, with Telma Hopkins (Oct 1975)

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (10)

ALSO SEETom Hanks gives thanks for Bosom Buddies (1981)

Bruce Lee Lives! (Nov 1975)

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (11)

Dynamite magazine: Invisible Man – David McCallum (December 1975)

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (12)

Donny & Marie (December 1976)

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (13)

Vintage Dynamite: The Six Million Dollar Man (Feb 1976)

Lee Majors as Steve Austin

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ALSO SEEThe Six Million Dollar Man: Lee Majors was stronger, faster, better in this classic '70s TV show

Cher! (1976)

Superstar Cher spends the day with Dynamite!

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ALSO SEESonny & Cher's hit TV variety show: Music, comedy... and divorce (1976)

Henry Winkler of ‘Happy Days!’ (April 1976)

Face to Face with Fonzie!

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (16)

ALSO SEEHow 'Happy Days' brought the '50s back - plus the opening credits & theme song

Let’s Go To The Hop! (June 1976)

Special Dynamite Fifties Party Issue, with Elvis Presley

ALSO SEEThe Twist dance fad: Almost everyone was doing it, from Chubby Checker to Ann-Margret - but some wanted it banned

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (17)

Space: 1999 Takes Off! (July 1976)

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (18)

Lindsay Wagner (September 1976)

Catching Up With The Bionic Woman!

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Laverne & Shirley (October 1976)

A Dynamite double feature! Laverne and Shirley and King Kong!

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (20)

ALSO SEELaverne & Shirley theme song & lyrics (1976-1983)

Happy Days (February 1977)

Fonzie and Pinky Face the Future! From the Happy Days TV show

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (21)

Captain & Tennille (March 1977)

A Dynamite duo — The Captain and Tennille

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (22)

What’s Happening!! sitcom (June 1977)

What’s Happening is What’s Happening!!

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Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (23)

ALSO SEEWhat's Happening!! Go behind the scenes on the popular '70s TV sitcom & see opening credits

The Brady Bunch cast (August 1977)

The Return of the Brady Bunch!

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (24)

Actress/model/style icon Farrah Fawcett (September 1977)

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ALSO SEEHow to get Farrah Fawcett's famous long feathered hairstyle from the '70s

The Hardy Boys: A Dynamite detective story! (October 1977)

Shaun Cassidy & Parker Stevenson

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (26)

ALSO SEEAbout The Hardy Boys-Nancy Drew Mysteries TV series from the '70s - plus cast pictures & opening credits

Catching Up With Logan’s Run! (December 1977)

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (27)

Meet Kristy McNichol (February 1978)

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ALSO SEELittle darling: Kristy McNichol, the young actress America adored in the '70s & '80s

Dynamite Magazine with cover of Shields & Yarnell (May 1978)

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ALSO SEEShields & Yarnell: The clever mime team who hit their stride in the '70s

Actress/model Cheryl Ladd (June 1978)

Cheryl Ladd of “Charlie’s Angels”

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (30)

The best of Dynamite – 50th issue (July 1978)

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (31)

Lou Ferrigno – The Hulk (Dynamite Magazine 1978)

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (32)

The Bee Gees VS. The Beatles (October 1978)

The Bee Gees VS. The Beatles! Who’s the greatest?

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (33)

ALSO SEEJohn Travolta lit up the dance floor with his disco moves in 'Saturday Night Fever' (1977)

The Secrets of Battlestar Galactica! (November 1978)

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (34)

ALSO SEEBattlestar Galactica: Revisit the vintage TV series that ran from 1978 to 1979, plus see the show's opening credits

Mork & Mindy – January 1979

Robin Williams & Pam Dawber

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ALSO SEERon Howard's rise from child actor to legendary film director was an epic Hollywood couldn't have written better

Meet the guys from CHiPS (February 1979)

Ponch & Jon, aka Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox

ALSO SEEPonch & John hit the roads as motorcycle cops in LA on CHiPs (1977-1983)

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Kristy McNichol & Leif Garrett (March 1979)

Kristy McNichol and Leif Garrett, from ‘Family’!

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (37)

The Muppets (May 1979)

Kermit And Miss Piggy: A Muppet love story?

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (38)

ALSO SEEThe Muppet Show theme song, famous guest stars, and how the hit TV show started (1976-1981)

Gary Coleman (October 1979)

Gary Coleman: A talk with TV’s top teen

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (39)

The Dukes of Hazzard cast (November 1979)

The Duke boys and company

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (40)

Steve Martin (December 1979)

Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy!

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Buck Rogers: Then and Now! (February 1980)

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (42)

Greg Evigan (April 1980)

B.J. and The Bear — A special talk with Greg Evigan

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (43)

John Schneider (June 1980)

Meet John Schneider from Dukes of Hazzard

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (44)

Mark Hamill (September 1980)

The Empire Strikes Back – Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (45)

Singer/actor Shaun Cassidy (October 1980)

Shaun Cassidy in ‘Breaking Away’

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (46)

‘That’s Incredible!’ cast (November 1980)

“We’re on the Cover of Dynamite! That’s incredible!”

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (47)

Scott Baio (December 1980)

Dynamite spends a Happy Day with Scott Baio!

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (48)

The Dukes of Hazzard (January 1981)

Meet Tom Wopat of ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’!

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (49)

ALSO SEEThe Dukes of Hazzard theme song & lyrics (1979-1985)

The Greatest American Hero & Superman (1981)

Starring William Katt & Christopher Reeve

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (50)

ALSO SEEChristopher Reeve takes flight as Superman (1978)
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Buck Rogers and Wilma: TV’s Fun Couple of the Future! (March 1981)

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (51)

ALSO SEELip Smackers from Bonne Bell: The super trendy vintage lip balm from the '70s & '80s

Dynamite magazine with Bugs Bunny (May 1981)

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (52)

TV Kids – Then and Now! (July 1981)

This issue featured “One Day at a Time” star Valerie Bertinelli on the cover

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (53)

Special Collector’s Issue – All About Bummers! (August 1981)

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (54)

Amazing Randi Dynamite magazine cover (November 1981)

Master magician The Amazing Randi tells the truth about the fakes!

ALSO SEE: How do magicians do the sawing a person in half trick?

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (55)

Happy Tenth Birthday, M*A*S*H! (December 1981)

Caricatures of the stars of MASH graced this Dynamite cover: Alan Alda (“Hawkeye”), Loretta Swit (“Hot Lips”), Jamie Farr (“Klinger”)

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (56)

Rick Springfield (January 1982)

Meet Rick Springfield!

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (57)

Melissa Gilbert All Grown Up! (March 1982)

The Little House on the Prairie star on the cover of Dynamite magazine

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (58)

Matt Dillon: Tells How His Good Looks Get in His Way (January 1983)

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (59)

ALSO SEEMatt Dillon: An insider's talk with teen actor & 'The Outsiders' star (1983)

Square Pegs: The Hottest TV Hit Of The Year! (February 1983)

Sarah Jessica Parker and Amy Linker on the cover of Dynamite magazine

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (60)

ALSO SEESquare Pegs: The '80s TV series that starred Sarah Jessica Parker, from its much-buzzed beginning to its surprise demise

Ricky Schroeder of Silver Spoons (April 1983)

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (61)

ALSO SEEAbout Silver Spoons, the '80s sitcom that made Ricky Schroder a pre-teen idol - plus the TV show opening credits & theme song

Star Wars: C-3PO/Anthony Daniels (June 1983)

The ‘Return of the Jedi’ – A talk with the man inside C-3PO

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (62)

ALSO SEEIn 1977, the movie Star Wars took off, and broke records all across the galaxy

Dynamite’s greatest hits! (July 1983)

Featuring C-3PO and R2-D2, David Hasselhoff as Knight Rider, and Dynamite’s Greatest Hits

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (63)

ALSO SEE10 totally trendy '80s Trapper Keeper notebooks & binders

David Hasselhoff (September 1983)

Knight Rider is Dynamite! An Exclusive interview with David Hasselhoff

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (64)

DON’T MISS: The ultimate guide to all the ABC Afterschool Special episodes, from the 70s to the 90s

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (November 1983)

Luke Skywalker And Princess Leia: What’s Next After Jedi?

Dynamite magazine had 1970s & 1980s celebrities GenX kids loved: See 60 classic covers here! - Click Americana (65)

Michael J. Fox (March 1984)

Meet Michael J. Fox, star of ‘Family Ties‘!

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ALSO SEEFamily Ties: A hit TV show all on its own (1985)

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  • Tags: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, actors, actresses, before they were famous, laura ingalls wilder, little house books, magazine covers, movies, sid and marty krofft, singers, television, vintage celebrities
  • Added or last updatedApril 25, 2023
  • Comments: 5 Comments

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  1. What, no Starsky & Hutch?

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    1. Just for you, I looked it up – and was surprised to find out that they were never on the cover of Dynamite! (Bananas magazine, yes – but not Dynamite.) But you can still fix here. :-)

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  2. There was a Kate Jackson cover … left out my favorite Angel. Fun looking at these!

    Thanks

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  3. Copies of “Dynamite” were distributed to us every month or so when I was in elementary school in the mid-1970s (I think we might have gotten an abridged version). Interest in them depended on who was on the cover; I recall that the Fonzie issue caused quite a stir. Although I don’t remember seeing that issue, putting “All in the Family” was an interesting choice for a kids’ magazine, as that was definitely not a kids’ show.

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  4. I remember ordering these from a scholastic newsprint 4-page form ca. 1975-77 (preteen years). I had three issues: the Hardy Boys, Charlie Brown & Snoopy (w/ an aqua background…not listed in this article), and the special Fifties party issue. Memories!

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