What was your 1st magazine?

[sr71blackbird]

When I was a young lad, I had Highlights, and then Boyslife.  What was your first magazine?

[MrPink]

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[Don Stugots]

WWF with miss elizabeth on the cover.

[Jughead]

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[Midkiff]

<font size="3">totally MAD and Boys Life!</font>

[reeshy]

Boy's Life and Catholic Teen!!!!!

[J.Clints]

<strong>Don Stugots</strong> wrote:<br />WWF with miss elizabeth on the cover. <p>I had this one too. And the MAD magazine with the WWF characters. </p>

[burrben]

highlights

[ralphbxny]

<strong>burrben</strong> wrote:<br />highlights <p>Same for me....then PWI and The Wrestler soon followed!!</p>

[HBox]

<img src="http://www.geocities.com/magikarp129/np50.jpg" border="0" width="406" height="541" />

[FezPaul]

<strong>jughead46041</strong> wrote:<br /><img src="http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9G_Rq7cNO9F7ioAnTijzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN 0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=127eg2nvk/EXP=1173390940/**http%3A//www.collectmad.com/madcoversite/mad180id.jpg" border="0" width="295" height="408" /> <p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">Absolutely.</font></strong></p>

[Judge Smails]

<p>Though I later moved on to MAD, my first was the poor man's MAD:</p><p><img src="http://imagehost.epier.com/56109/Cracked%20Mag%20July77.JPG" border="0" width="352" height="460" /></p>

[PapaBear]

<strong>Judge Smails</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Though I later moved on to MAD, my first was the poor man's MAD:</p><p><img src="http://imagehost.epier.com/56109/Cracked%20Mag%20July77.JPG" border="0" width="352" height="460" /></p><p>Dito.</p>

[busybeeman]

<img src="http://www.magazines.com/magcom/covers/0/06/953/0069534_l.gif" border="0" width="175" height="226" />

[Hottub]

Also Mad and Boy's Life.

[SouthSideJohnny]

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[TjM]

<p>PC Gamer</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by TjM on 3-7-07 @ 6:39 PM</span>

[cougarjake13]

sports illustrated

[sailor]

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[JesterOfSadness]

Boy's Life, Highlights, Ranger Rick, and if it counts...Zoobooks.

[hedges]

<hr color="cococo" align="left"></font><strong>JesterOfSadness</strong> wrote:<br>Boy's Life, Highlights, Ranger Rick, and if it counts...Zoobooks.<hr color="cococo" align="left"><p></p>

I haven't heard Highlights or Ranger Rick mentioned in probably 30 years. I can't remember if I had subscriptions to either.

My first subscription I can remember was Sports Illustrated.

[MHasegawa]

Gamepro

[FUNKMAN]

Mad

[cougarjake13]

<strong>MHasegawa</strong> wrote:<br />Gamepro <p>that was my second</p>

[LilLibra]

<p>Barbie magazine. <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/lol.gif" border="0" /></p><p>I was so excited to get my very own mail with my name on it and everything.</p>

[Cleophus James]

<img src="http://www.magazineline.com/images/covers/6Cbig.jpg" border="0" width="400" height="541" />

[barjockey]

<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/10/Oui_premiere.jpg/180px-Oui_premiere.jpg" border="0" width="180" height="248" />

[WhistlePig]

http://static.flickr.com/67/161184710_8dddfd9e05.jpg

[Gvac]

<p>My parents got me a subscription to Baseball Digest when I was 8 years old. </p><p>I'm still a subscriber 33 years later.&nbsp; </p>

[drjoek]

Mad Magazine Ive subscribed to the magizine since 1970. My parents said I would rot my brain. Still have the magazine in the waiting roomof my office. Kids still read it but their parents pick it up first.<img src="http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w307/drjoek/alfred_e_neuman_thumb1.jpg" border="0" width="257" height="334" />

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by drjoek on 3-11-07 @ 10:00 PM</span>

[Rockvillejoe]

&nbsp;photoplay&nbsp;&nbsp;

[Reephdweller]

I don't remember exactly which was the very first, though it was likely somewhere between Mad, Highlights, and Cracked. I do also remember getting&nbsp;Dynamite magazine, though that was later on.

[angelinad128]

<p><img src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:LOpa7reMhHZG_M:http://www.netmagazines.com/images/product/0780.jpg" border="0" width="81" height="109" /></p><p>I had also entered an essay contest can't remember exactly what the exact topic but it had to do with drugs.&nbsp; I won $100 and it was published.</p>

[weekapaugjz]

as mentioned by many, i believe highlights was my first, i also got ranger rick and zoo books around the same time.&nbsp; i also got sports illustrated for kids when that first came out.

[Fezticle98]

National Georgraphic &amp; SI

[bobrobot]

<img src="http://www.monstrula.de/extras/magazine/monstersoffilmland/no038.jpg" border="0" width="427" height="565" />

[ralphbxny]

<strong>angelinad128</strong> wrote:<br /><p><img src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:LOpa7reMhHZG_M:http://www.netmagazines.com/images/product/0780.jpg" border="0" width="81" height="109" /></p><p>I had also entered an essay contest can't remember exactly what the exact topic but it had to do with drugs.&nbsp; I won $100 and it was published.</p><p>I remember Jack and Jill! Congrats on the publishing....no wonder you write so well...your a published author!!</p>

[flavopop]

<p>My brother would get me a subscription to BasbeballDigest for a birthday present every year from ages 7 -15.&nbsp; I thought it was cool to have m ail coming to the house in my name.&nbsp; </p><p>I also remember using my allowance to always get a MaD Magazine at the Supermarket once a month.&nbsp; </p>

[BLZBUBBA]

SPORT...Not SPORTS ILLUSTRATED...Just SPORT.

[Stankfoot]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a350/stankfoot/creepy.jpg" border="0" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Kevin]

either WWF, or WCW. Do not remember.

[Mike Teacher]

<p>I can only remember the magazine I read on my first airplane flight; Nun's Life.</p><p>Got to see the cockpit and everything. </p>

[Bossanova]

<p><img src="http://mattbcomic.com/mattbmedia/cover-century.jpg" border="0" width="302" height="395" align="bottom" /></p>

[docgoblin]

<p>http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/356/famousmonsterswg3.jpg</p><p><font size="2"><strong>This is an actual scan of the first magazine I ever owned. I sold it on eBay five years ago.</strong></font></p>

[high fly]

<p>Got the Boys Life automatically by joining the Cub Scouts.</p><p>I don't recall a subscription until I was an adult.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[patsopinion]

sports illustrated for kids

[ppanda]

<p>My first was...</p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Penthouse-Magazine-1-Year-Subscription_W0QQitemZ300090812493QQcategoryZ29257 QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting"><img src="http://www.discountmags.com/shopimages/products/normal/penthouse.jpg" border="0" width="149" height="200" align="middle" name="SelfHostedImage" /></a></p><p>Actually I am not joking.&nbsp; My dad used to leave these out on the cofee table when I was like 6 and I would look at them constantly.&nbsp; I&nbsp;didnt understand at the time why I was so compelled to look through them constantly&nbsp; I think it might have been my dads way of exposing me early to the females so I was a jump ahead of my peers in grammar school.&nbsp; My folks were pretty open about sex.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But my first actual subscription was to....</p><p><a href="http://www.nwf.org/kidZone/kzPage.cfm?siteId=3&amp;departmentId=81"><img src="http://www.nwf.org/nwfWebAdmin/imageVault/rr_0703_cover.jpg" border="0" width="122" height="152" name="unnamed" /></a></p><p>Cuz I was really into nature.. and still am.</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by ppanda on 3-19-07 @ 10:18 PM</span>

[Leticia]

<p>Even though I'm not into sports now, I was when I was a kid. </p><p>My first magazine was <em>Sports Illustrated For KIds</em>&nbsp;. Yup... then i fell into the trapo of YM and teen poeple. ...haha. i don't really read magazines anymore... maybe the occasional MAD.</p>

[angelinad128]

<strong>ralphbxny</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>angelinad128</strong> wrote:<br /><p><img src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:LOpa7reMhHZG_M:http://www.netmagazines.com/images/product/0780.jpg" border="0" width="81" height="109" /></p><p>I had also entered an essay contest can't remember exactly what the exact topic but it had to do with drugs.&nbsp; I won $100 and it was published.</p><p>I remember Jack and Jill! Congrats on the publishing....no wonder you write so well...your a published author!!</p>Thanks. Actually I always did well with creative writing &amp; making stories out of randon photos in college. ( I was a communications major).&nbsp; Who knows, maybe there is a book in me waiting to come out!

[ralphbxny]

<strong>Gvac</strong> wrote:<br /><p>My parents got me a subscription to Baseball Digest when I was 8 years old. </p><p>I'm still a subscriber 33 years later.&nbsp; </p><p>I love that dumb mag. I still read it also.</p>

[jafter]

<p>It was probably MAD but I also used to read Creem Magazine.&nbsp;&nbsp; Boy Howdy!!!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://music.iupui.edu/albright/may76.jpg" border="0" width="350" height="473" /></p>

[jafter]

<strong>WhistlePig</strong> wrote:<br /><img src="http://static.flickr.com/67/161184710_8dddfd9e05.jpg" border="0" width="390" height="500" /> <p>Damn Whistle Pig I have not seen that magazine since elementary school.&nbsp; Flashbacks to 1975</p>

[Chigworthy]

My grandpa always subscribed my family to National Geographic and Reader's Digest.&nbsp; I loved reading the &quot;Drama In Real Life&quot; in Reader's Digest.&nbsp; These where great true life stories of people falling into pits of lye, getting pieces of their skull kicked off by horses, etc.&nbsp; Great shit for a little kid to read.

[Coach_Mac]

http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/sports/images/mariners/sikids-griffey.JPG

[JamMaster]

http://www.booksamillion.com/mag/covers/0/05/019/0050198.jpg

[ChoppedLiver]

Mad, Cracked, CarToons

[BoxerAF]

National Geographic when I was 9. I even had theese leather cases that came at the end of the year. dadalso tossed me a copy of playboy when i was ten.

[PunkMojo]

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q71/rchobo/alfred.jpg\MAD and Trouser Press