Oh, how the mighty have fallen! As a child of the 80's, I can tell you that magazines were paramount in the door-to-door ministry. They were used as proof, right at the door, of just how close to "The End" everyone was. This is particularly true of anything from the year 1984. It's really hard to convey to anyone not alive during that time just how it was constantly drummed into our heads that we'd never get old, never even get to high school (much less graduate from it) and walk into the New Order waaaaaay before the year 2000 even.
I graduated in 1997. My son graduated 25 years after me, and is now nearly thru his Freshman year of college.