Esquire (1933 Esquire, Inc.) Magazine comic books 1989-1991

Vol. 111 #5 - Man At His Best. In this issue: Ultimate Health and Fitness! Sex and Other Pleasures: Laugh - it can help the immune system; Stay Married - it's cheaper, and you might live longer; Hug Your Kids - it reduces their stress hormones; Use It or Lose It - just thinking about sex builds disease-fighting neuropeptides; Then Use It Again - sex raises your oxygen intake and alleviates depression. Plus: The War Between Blacks and Jews - An Epic History by Taylor Branch. Cover price $2.50.

Vol. 111 #6 - Man At His Best. In this special issue: Private Lives! Robin Williams, One Leg at a Time; Michael J. Fox's Nuptials in Hell; Tom Hayden's Original Sin; Muhammad Ali's Lonely Rounds; Groucho Marx Dines In; and James Woods Cuts a Rug. Cover features Robin Williams. Cover price $2.50.

Vol. 112 #1 - Man At His Best. Come to Our Summer Reading Bash! In this issue: Jay McInerney skewers his critics; Jackie Collins reveals her most intimate secrets; John Updike comes on to Anne Tyler; and James Salter has a belt with Irwin Shaw. Plus great short fiction you can take to the beach! Cover features Jay McInerney. Cover price $2.50.

Vol. 112 #2 - Man At His Best. In this issue: Women We Love...and Women We Don't. Who Knows? - Roseanne...she's awfully tough to get a handle on; Who Else? - Madonna...one of the century's great inventions; Who Cares? - hopesomething...really, we'd like to stay and chat, but we're only in town for a month! Plus: The Tragic Saga of John Edgar Wideman by Chip Brown. Cover features Madonna. Cover price $2.50.

Man At His Best. In this issue: Unforgettable Women - The startling vision of Robert Mapplethorpe, with text by Joan Didion. Plus: Peter Jennings - His Own Worst Enemy? The anchor revealed, by Elizabeth Kaye. Also: Special Edition for Retailers - Trade Talk. Cover features Susan Sarandon. Cover price $2.50.

Vol. 112 #4 - Man At His Best. In this issue: Confessions of a Lousy Lover - Paul Newman would like a few minutes of your time to prove that he's human. Plus: A Journey Through Texas with Bill Moyers; Pete Hamill Trails John Gotti; and Mike Lupica Hails Broadway Joe. Cover features Paul Newman. Cover price $2.50.

Vol. 112 #6 - Man At His Best. From All of Us to All of You! In this issue: 41 Great Dumb Jokes to Get You Through the Holidays. Plus: Norman Mailer on God; Michael Herr on the King of Gossip; Pete Hamill on the Man of the Decade; Frederick Exley's Diane Sawyer Fetish; Joseph Nocera on Boyd Jefferies; Mike Lupica's Sports Predictions; Stanley Bing's No-Pain Exercise Plan; and Philip Caputo on the Year's Worst Crime. Cover features Billy Crystal. Cover price $2.50.

Man At His Best. In this issue: A famous writer has a mistress. They meet in a room with no bed. They have sex. They tell lies. They play games with each other. Then he exposes it all in a book. Deception by Philip Roth. The first look at a startling work. Plus: Gorbachev - Comrade Personality Puts on a Show. And: Clothes with Taste - Italian and French Dressing for Spring. Cover price $2.50.

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Man At His Best. In this issue: Burn the jerky ties. Trash the wimpy tweeds. Nuke the baggy suits. Lose the lumpy raincoat. Torch your closet. How to Get Dressed. The American Man's Wardrobe, 1990. Plus: Abortion - What Guys Go Through. And: The Man Who Walked on Air, by Mike Lupica. Cover price $2.50.

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Man At His Best. In this issue: Your career clock is ticking! Is it Time to Get Out? How to recognize and conquer your midcareer crisis. Plus: Racism Goes to College by Pete Hamill; Magic Johnson, Yuppie by Mike Lupica; and Tom Robbins - World Premiere of His Next Best Seller! Cover features Richard Lewis. Cover price $2.50.

Man At His Best. Summer Reading 1990. In this issue: Savage Tales of Love - let's get cool, cruel, and unbearably romantic. Unforgettable stories by Saul Bellow, Geoffrey Wolff, Rachel Ingalls and more. Plus: How the Government Feeds George Steinbrenner by Joseph Nocera. And: Has American Writing Gone to Hell? by Edward Hoagland. Cover price $2.50.

Vol. 114 #2 - Man At His Best. In this issue: Women We Love...and Women We Don't. She's Cold! - Laura Palmer from Twin Peaks...a little stiff at parties, but then so are we; She's Bold! - Marla Maples...best sex we never had; Now It Can Be Told! - the results of our Perfect Woman Poll...sorry, Marge Simpson, hair isn't everything. Plus: Fall Fashion Outlook - We See Italy, We See France. And: Peter Bogdanovich Rides Again by Barbara Grizzuti Harrison. Cover price $2.50.

Man At His Best. The American Rebel Series. In this issue: Jack Nicholson Is Us. We Are Jack Nicholson. Steve Erickson on the man, the myth, and his movies. (Have we created a monster?) Plus: The Further Resurrection of Jackie Mason. And: How to Dress Like a Guy Who Loves to Dress. Cover price $2.50.

Man At His Best. The American Rebel Series. In this issue: Tom Wolfe Versus Everybody Else! A status report on the master of vanities by Lisa Grunwald. Plus: What Dan Rather Would Rather Not Say. And: Taking Aim at the American Hunter by Joy Williams. Cover price $2.50.

Man At His Best. The American Rebel Series. In this issue: Michael Jordan's Great Leap Forward by John Edgar Wideman - is he our new DiMaggio? Plus: Why It's Better to be Nasty Than Nice by David Rieff. And: The Best New Restaurants in America by John Mariani. Cover price $2.50.

Man At His Best. In this issue: Jane and Ted's Excellent Adventure by Jerry Adler - imagine a middle-aged celebrity millionaire marrying someone his (or her) own age. Plus: New columns by Jim Harrison and George Plimpton; Jerry Lewis Tells All; European Suits; and Busting Heads with the Hooligans. Cover features Jane Fonda. Cover price $2.50.

Man At His Best. In this issue: Roll Over Elvis - The Second Coming of Jim Morrison; Save the Last Dance for Rudolf; Harry Connick, Jr. Suits Up; and Gojiro - 21st-Century Fiction by Mark Jacobson. Cover price $2.50.

Man At His Best. In this issue: Ellen Barkin on Sex & Love and that whole cheesecake thing by Philip Weiss. Plus On the Ground in Saudi: John Sack with the 1st Infantry; Geraldine Brooks with the Party Boys of Islam; and Denis Johnson Without Authorization. And Exclusive: The New John Sayles Novel. Cover price $2.50.

Man At His Best. In this issue: Cynical? Of course. Tough? You bet. Ambitious? Sure. Ethical? If it comes to that. The Nowhere Generation Tries to Get Real by Jonathan Alter. Plus: Mailer & Vidal. Cover features James Spader and John Cusack of True Colors. Cover price $2.50.

Man At His Best. In this issue: How Bush Made It - A Portrait of the President as a Young Man by Richard Ben Cramer. Plus: Michael Keaton - The Bat Goes On; 'The Rumor' by John Updike; and Olympic Fashion. Cover price $2.50.

Man At His Best. In this issue: Sleeping Around by Anonymous - A Sexual Memoir of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. And The Writer in Hollywood: Robert Towne; Aljean Harmetz; 'The Warren Beatty Project'; John Gregory Dunne; and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Cover price $2.50.

The Magazine for Men. In this special issue: Wild Men and Wimps. Advice and Love Songs from Camille Paglia, Joan Jett, Patti Davis, Naomi Wolf, Erica Jong, Jackie Collins, Helen Gurley Brown, Barbara Kruger, Judy Tenuta, Christy Turlington, Suzanne Vega and Robert Bly. Cover features Jeff Bridges of The Fisher King. Cover price $2.50.

The Magazine for Men. In this issue: Oh My God! (It's Christmas) Season's Greetings from Spike Lee, Sting, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Snoopy, the Republican National Committee, Daryl Gates, and Madonna (Not). Plus: Annie Leibovitz - Behind the Images. And: Gay Talese's New Book. Cover features Madonna. Cover price $2.50.