Esquire (1933 Esquire, Inc.) Magazine comic books 1984-1986

Man At His Best. In this issue: Dubious Achievement Awards of 1983; A New Sports Column by Pete Dexter; Why "Scarface" Should Terrify Brian De Palma; Ted Koppel - ABC's King of Night; When a Dog Writes a Best-selling Book; Our Man in Honduras; Newest Fashions from Italy; and Curing Hangovers. Cover price $2.50.

Man At His Best. In this issue: The New Passion of the Eighties - A Special Valentine's Report on Men and Their Money; A Father's Story by Bob Greene; War - Who Is the Real Enemy?; Cheers - The Toughest Turnaround on TV; The Professional Victim; How to Buy Computer Books; and European Fashions. Cover price $2.50.

Vol. 101 #3 - Man At His Best. In this issue: The Collection - Best Buddies and Fine Clothes...The Endurance of Quality. Plus: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Is Still a Minority of One; Men and Women - The Big Thaw; The Revolution in Radio; Ten Diseases That (Honestly) You'll Wish You'd Never Heard About; The Lionization of Robert Dole; and The Forgotten Fonda. Cover features Paul Maxursky and Robin Williams. Cover price $2.50.

Vol. 101 #4 - Man At His Best. The Esquire Summer Traveler. In this issue: The Best Beaches in the World: Jumping into Summer Waters - Listen to Jamaica by Bobbie Ann Mason, The Danube Blues by Alan Furst, Southern California Beach Towns by Charlie Haas. Plus: A Special Report - Redefining "Blue Collar" by Adam Smith; Nicholas von Hoffman on the Hottest Scene in Washington; A Proposal for Education; and John Cleese, Solo. Cover price $2.50.

Vol. 101 #5 - Man At His Best. In this issue: Ultimate Fitness - The Esquire Guide to Conditioning, Participating, and Winning; The Physically Fit Man - Ten Keys to High-Level Health and Athletics; Bill James Surveys the '84 Baseball Season; Angel Cordero - The Toughest Man on Four Legs, by Pete Dexter; Dreamgirls - The Supremes' True Story; Special Report - Cashing In on Outer Space; and The Billion-Dollar-Merger Maestro, Bruce Wasserstein - His Incredible Getty Deal, by Paul Cowan. Cover price $2.50.

Vol. 102 #1 - Man At His Best. In this issue: How Champions Do It - An Insider's Guide to Olympic Excellence, by Charles Siebert. (On the pommel horse, the gymnast must keep his hips out and his body in a straight line, like a long stick swinging from the shoulders. His basic move is a double leg circle, in which the gymnast swings both legs together in even circles above the horse, quickly displacing his hands each time his body sweeps through, to allow for an uninterrupted flow. See page 101.) Plus: Thomas B. Morgan on the Reporters Who Covered Vietnam. And: Jimmy Carter, Reexamined, by Tom Wicker. Cover features Olympic gymnast Mitch Gaylord. Cover price $2.50.

Vol. 102 #2 - Man At His Best. In this issue: Take This Magazine on Vacation! The Best of Summer Reading by John Updike, E.L. Doctorow, Robert Stone, Joyce Carol Oates, Ken Kesey, James Salter, Jayne Anne Phillips, Tobias Wolff, William H. Gass, Joy Williams and Richard Yates. Plus: A Report of Works in Progress by Tom Robbins, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Philip Roth and 50 other great American writers. Also: Fishing Rods, Ice Cream and New England Inns. Cover price $2.50.

Vol. 102 #3 - Man At His Best. In this issue: The Esquire Fashion Collection - Bright Fashion Ideas for the Professional. Plus: Arlo Guthrie Goes Home Again; The Other Children of the Holocaust, by James Reston, Jr.; The Chip Wars - Silicon Valley vs. Japan; Nutrition for the Fast Lane, by Jane E. Brody; How New Is the New "Wall Street Journal"?, by Richard Levine; How to Speak to Bartenders; and The Perfect Hat. Cover features Jack Cooney, attorney. Cover price $2.50.

Vol. 102 #5 - Man At His Best. In this issue: The Secret Love of a Man's Life..."It is a sexual turn-on that conceals inadequacies. It is a brutal, deadly game but the best game there is. It is for men what childbirth is for women. It is like lifting the corner of the universe and looking at what is underneath." Why Men Love War, by William Broyles, Jr. Plus: Cheers! - An Indispensable Guide to Home and Holiday Entertaining. Also: Men and Women and the New Vanity, by Gay Talese. Cover price $2.50.

Man At His Best. In this issue: Success! It is the religion of the Eighties. Everyone pursues it. Only the most driven and talented achieve it. Few know how to live with it. Or without it. In the Grip of Success by Frank Rose, and On the Edge of Success by Joe Kane. Plus: The Prime of Sissy Spacek, and The Powers of Dr. J. Cover price $2.50.

Vol. 103 #3 - Man At His Best. In this issue: The Pain of the Divorced Father..."He lives in another house, or even in another city. He consoles himself with the notion of 'quality time.' His constant nightmare is of a disaster miles away. He is haunted by the horrible truth: there is no substitute for being there." Uncle Dad, by C.W. Smith. Plus: The Esquire Collection, including an unprecedented Fashion Portfolio by Diane Keaton, Peter Beard, Jacques-Henri Lartigue and others. Also: Just Another Day in Space, by James Reston, Jr. Cover price $2.50.

Man At His Best. The Esquire Summer Traveler. In this issue: 30 Great Adventure Vacations - Where to Go to Test the Body and Calm the Soul. Plus: Men, Babies, and the Male Clock - What Happens When the Alarm Rings? Also: America's Top Trial Lawyer Takes You Through an Unforgettable Case. Cover price $2.50.

Man At His Best. Ultimate Fitness. In this issue: Getting the Most out of the Six Big Ones - Racket Sports, Swimming, Weight Training, Biking, Basketball, Running. Plus: The New Lost Generation - The Kids of the '70s by David Leavitt. And: The Private Mick Jagger by Jay McInerney. Cover price $2.50.

Vol. 103 #6 - Man At His Best. In this Golden Collector's Issue of 1985: The Soul of America. Two years ago, Esquire went looking for the real America. We found it. Featuring: Uptown Posh by Tom Wolfe; Cowboy Spirit by Ken Kesey; Politicking by Sally Quinn; Blind Faith by Jane Howard; Power and Ambition by Peter Davis; Sports Mania by David Halberstam; Southern Loyalty by Guy Martin; Professional Pride by William Kennedy; Conspicuous Consumption by C.D.B. Bryan; Thinking Big by Bob Greene; Mind Tripping by George Leonard; Wall Street Fever by Michael M. Thomas; Survival by Bill Barich; Unabashed Obsession by George Plimpton; and others. Cover price $2.50.

Man At His Best. In this issue: Jamie Lee Curtis - Hollywood's steamiest starlet busts out. Details inside. Plus: For Sale! Dream Houses for the '80s by Young Architects with Vision. And: C.D.B. Bryan on John O'Hara - A Stepson's Memoir. Cover price $2.50.

Vol. 104 #2 - Man At His Best. In this issue: America, you asked for it! Summer Reading's back! Spend your vacation with William Styron, John Updike, Alice Walker, Kurt Vonnegut, Ann Beattie, Peter Matthiessen, Robert Stone, Frank Conroy and Debra Spark. Plus: Tributes and Progress Reports from Tom Robbins, Donald Barthelme, Walker Percy, Richard Yates, Gail Godwin, Jay McInerney, Raymond Carver, Grace Paley, Tom Wolfe and Joyce Carol Oates. Cover price $2.50.

Vol. 104 #4 - Man At His Best. In this issue: 31 Special Vacations for Two. Featuring Hawaii's Beaches by Leonard Michaels, and An African Odyssey by Tom Robbins. Plus: The Man Who Captured the Mountain Men by Richard Ben Cramer. And: Linda Ronstadt Talks About Love, Sex, and Hostility by Ron Rosenbaum. Cover price $2.50.

Man At His Best. In this issue: My Father, My Country - A Powerful Story of Divided Loyalty by Rian Malan. Plus: The Outstanding Bars and Restaurants of 1985; A Tribute to the Great Ella Fitzgerald; and Wicked Wickets - Our Reporters Play Championship Croquet. Cover price $2.50.

Man At His Best. The Esquire 1985 Register. In this Golden Collector's Issue of 1985: Presenting America's New Leadership Class - Men and Women Under Forty Who Are Changing the Nation. Business & Industry; Arts & Letters; Science & Technology; Education & Social Service; Politics & Law; Entertainment, Sports & Style. Cover price $2.50.

Vol. 105 #4 - Man At His Best. In this issue: 60 pages of Great Summer Travel; A Gentleman's Guide to R&R; Adam Smith on the Barons of Buy-outs; Love At First Sight - Esquire and Michelle Pfeiffer; My War with ABC News by Geraldo Rivera; and Harvard Business '49 - The Class That Rules America. Cover price $2.50.

Vol. 106 #1 - Man At His Best. In this issue: A Good Person's Guide to Sin. Featuring: Garrison Keillor on Lust; William F. Buckley, Jr. on Envy; Roy Blount, Jr. on Greed; plus a Few Devilish Words from Nora Ephron. Also: An Undercover Report on Miami Vice by Bob Greene. And: Trial by Fire - The Making of a Doctor. Cover features Danny DeVito and Anita Morris. Cover price $2.50.

Vol. 106 #2 - Man At His Best. In this issue: Pleasures of Summer Reading! Get Away from It All with Great Writing by E.L. Doctorow, John Edgar Wideman, Donald Barthelme, Richard Ford, Thomas McGuane, Raymond Carver, Louise Erdrich, Tim O'Brien and Joy Williams. (Third Best-Selling Year!) Plus: Gay Talese - Memories of an Italian Boyhood. And: A Survey of America's Best Authors, Featuring Saul Bellow, Ken Kesey, Toni Morrison, John Irving and 54 Others! Cover price $2.50.

Vol. 106 #3 - Man At His Best. In this issue: How to Buy Clothes - The Essential Guide for the American Man. Plus: Scandal at The Wall Street Journal - The Inside Story; The Billionaire Boys Club - A Tale of Murder and Money in L.A.; Yannick Noah; Faye Dunaway; and Great New Writing by Gay Talese. Cover features Tim McCarver, the Wise and Sporty Voice of Baseball. Cover price $2.50.

Vol. 106 #4 - Man At His Best. In this issue: The Leading Man, 1986 - The Triumph of Brains and Brawn. Plus: The Consummate Guide to Winter Vacations; The Continuing Memoirs of Gay Talese; A New Monthly Column by John Gregory Dunne; and David Halberstam on the Japanese Car Invasion. Cover features William Hurt, Thinking-Man's Actor. Cover price $2.50.

Vol. 106 #5 - Man At His Best. In this issue: What's So Funny About David Letterman? An Inquiry into Stupid Pet Tricks and the Lost Art of Conversation by Tom Shales. Plus: Sigourney Weaver - Out of Sorts in Africa; The Outstanding New Restaurants of 1986; Adam Smith on Investment Banking; and New Fiction by William Kennedy. Cover features David Letterman, Talking Head. Cover price $2.50.

Man At His Best. The 1986 Esquire Register. In this issue: Americans at Work: A Special Year-end Edition. What Are You Doing with the Rest of Your Life? Featuring Steven Jobs, Debra Winger, William Styron, Bernadette Peters, and the Artists, Scientists, Lawyers, and Others Who Are Defining the Modern Meaning of Work. Cover price $2.50.