Ain’t Misbehavin’: The Untimely Disappearance of Sexy Pin-up Goddess Bettie Page

In 1957, she turned her back on an industry that virtually worshipped her. A witch-hunt sparked by horror comics was largely to blame.

Paco Taylor
5 min readApr 16, 2018

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Pin-up and fetish model Bettie Page (1923–2008) as seen gracing the covers of various men’s magazines in the 1950s

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Paco Taylor

Paco writes about Eastern & Western pop culture, history, and art. He has bylines at CBR, G-Fan, Comics Beat, NeoText, and Nextshark | stpaco@gmail