1950s Magazine Covers

Scroll down and check out some vintage magazine covers from 1950 - 1959

New covers added 12SEP2026!

George Eiferman passed away in 2002, but back in the 1950's he was part of Mae West's Revue...a Las Vegas act that featured scantily-clad bodybuilders as a "chorus line".

Reg Park graces the cover of Muscle Power in May 1953. Check out the tribute website to Reg, who passed away in 2007: https://www.regpark.net

Reg Park again...June 1952.

August 1952...during the Korean War

October 1953 Giant Muscle Building Issue of Muscle Builder

September 1958 , back when matching swimsuits were "a thing"

December 1958. John Grimer...considered by many to be amongst the greatest from the "all-natural" era of bodybuilders in the 1930s and 1940s.

Read his story here

January 1954. Cover star Yas Kuzuhara, the year he won Mr. USA.