Deidre Hall & Drake Hogestyn: Soap Opera Digest
Covers Through The Years
Soap Opera Digest announced the
return of Deidre Hall as Marlena on the 8/20/91 cover. Drake (Roman II)
appeared with Wayne Northrop (Roman I) on the 10/1/91 cover.
The 12/10/91 cover featured Drake (now John Black) and Staci
Greason (Isabella) in happier times, before Isabella gave birth to Brady and
died of cancer in 1992. On the 6/22/93 cover, Drake and Dee shared one last
cover with Wayne Northrop (Roman) before he departed in 1994.
The 4/27/93 cover featured Deidre with son David, whom she
had with the help of a surrogate mother.
Drake shared two covers in 1994 (1/18/94 and 10/25/94) with Thaao
Penghlis (Tony; rewritten in 2007 to be Andre posing as Tony) and Eileen
Davidson (Kristen).
Deidre's turn as a possessed Marlena (with yellow eyes) was
featured on the 1/31/95 cover. The 11/7/95 cover celebrated the 30th
anniversary of "Days" and featured Dee and Drake along with Melissa Reeves
(Jennifer), Peter Reckell (Bo), Kristian Alfonso (Hope) and Frances Reid
(Alice).
Eileen Davidson (Kristen) with Drake and Dee on the 4/23/96
cover. Drake & Dee are the featured photo on the 4/22/97 "Days" cover,
with smaller insets of Austin Peck (Austin), Christie Clark (Carrie), Kristian
Alfonso (Hope) and Peter Reckell (Bo).
Drake was featured with an abundance of Eileen Davidson
characters (Kristen & Susan) on two covers in 1997: 5/13/97 and
7/1/97.
Dee and Drake prepared for John & Marlena's wedding on the
7/22/97 cover, a wedding which was interrupted by Roman's (now Josh Taylor)
return from "the dead." A few months later, on the 11/4/97 cover, it was John's
turn to interrupt Marlena and Roman's wedding.
Drake appeared with Jaime Lyn Bauer (Laura) and two Eileen
Davidson's (Susan & Kristen) during Eileen's last few months on the
show on the 3/3/98 cover. Dee and Drake were reunited on the 5/5/98
cover.
The 5/4/99 cover featured small photos Drake and Kristian
Alfonso (Gina), along with Austin Peck (Austin), Lauren Koslow (Kate) and
Arianne Zuker (Nicole). Dee and Drake prepared for John & Marlena's 1999
wedding on the 7/13/99
cover.