80s Dreamer: September 2022

This magazine is a little-known also-ran to Countdown Magazine and Smash Hits in Australia.

Features -

had a short run between 1985 and 1987
mostly full-page black & white 'posters' of various pop bands and solo artists - mostly male.
POP THRILLER advertised itself as 'Australia's biggest selling pin-up poster magazine' - and 'not for wimps'.
generally had a focus band or artist for each issue, where they would have more photos and an editor piece or interview with the artist.
had a very strong focus on it's young readers, printing their correspondence and even featured a 'collectors corner' for buy/sell/swap advertisements, and a pen-pal section 'guy-gal pals', which both featured the requestor's actual contact addresses - ah the 80s.
appeared to retail for AUS$1.50 at newsagents.
"Mandy's pop meanderings' - a gossip piece similar to Molly's Humdrum featuring brain-dumps on all things pop culture (music, movies, Australian tours, new singles, etc). 'The Bitch' was also a regular feature, with topical and perhaps confronting viewpoints on various issues.
28 pages, the cover page being colour on the outside front and rear and black & white internal, glossy paper. The rest of the pages are all standard black & white, matte finish
during it's 3 year run, it was spread across three volumes of twelve issues for the first two years and seven issues in the third volume for it's last year. It also featured two 'Limited Edition' special issues, in 1985 and 1986.
The magazine changed names from POP THRILLER to YOU from volume two issue 12
YOU advertised itself as 'The Voice of Australia's Youth'
From volume 2 issue 7, the magazine stated that purchase of the magazine helps support homeless youths
Magazine concept appears to be the brain child of Frank Peters. Any information on this person or company would be appreciated!

If you have photos, scans or information to add (pretty please!), just message me via the comments with your email address - comments do not publish automatically, so this is a safe way to make initial contact).

The issues -

POP Thriller - Volume 1, Issue 1

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POP Thriller - Volume 1, Issue 2