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Celebrity Silhouettes

in Order of Appearance in Regular Issues

Article Title Celebrity or Popular Character Comparisons Issue / Date
Celebrity Silhouettes…or…Which Famous Person is Which? Ronald Reagan — Gumby, Barbra Streisand — The Shadow, Larry Fine — Bozo The Clown, Elton John — Mr. Zip Code, Kenny Rogers — Fozzie Bear, Gene Simmons — Chewbacca, David Ogden Stiers — Captain America, Tip O'Neill — Fred Flintstone, Jimmy Carter — Howdy Doody, Diana Ross — Jabba The Hutt, Grace Jones — Frankenstein, Ted Koppel — Alfred E. Neuman 257 — Sep 1985
More Celebrity Silhouettes Sgt. Slaughter — Smokey The Bear, Cher — The NBC Peacock, Sade — Olive Oyl, Whoopi Goldberg — Raggedy Ann, John McEnroe — Lucy Van Pelt, Larry Hagman — Bullwinkle, Gloria Steinem — Cathy, David Brenner — Opus, Pat Sajak and Vanna White — Barney and Betty Rubble, Orville Redenbacher — The Joker, The Cosby Show's "Rudy" — Snoopy 272 — Jul 1987
Still More Celebrity Silhouettes Robin Leach — Sesame Street's Ernie, Kaddafi — Nancy, Patti LaBelle — The Alien, John Cougar Mellencamp — Lil' Abner, Don Johnson — Max Headroom, Roger Ebert — Marvin, Don King — The Wishnik Troll, Ferdinand Marcos — Dondi, Newhart's Larry, Darryl & Darryl — Snap, Crackle & Pop, Prince Charles — Jughead, Linda Evans — The Sphinx 278 — Apr 1988
Celebrity Silhouettes

Excerpt from Still More Celebrity Silhouettes — from #278, April 1988