FEATURES
18 Interview
Kaitlyn Ashley—The Performer of the Year!
46 On The Set
The World's Biggest Gangbang II
Jasmin watches Chong's gangbang wall come tumbling down!
54 Sneak Peek
A preview of Jenna's newest Wicked pixxx! REVIEWS
6 PURE
This film is pure filth!
12 COMIX
Janine plays a cartoon character who cums to life!
24 BUTTMAN'S ORGIES
From Prague & Rio
A taste of Russkie rump!
28 HERE COMES JENNY
And Jenny makes us cum!
30 LUNACHICK
Racquel Darrien has gone sexually insane!
38 PAWN SHOP
Don't lose your ticket!
40 FASHION PLATE
Heather Hunter—a little girl makes a big return!
44 BANGKOK BANGERS
An Asian invasion of giant boobs.
60 CARWASH
Lots of wet sex!
68 STRAP-ON SALLY 7
Definitely not your typical strap-on film!
79 HOLLYWOOD
HALLOWEEN SEX BALL
If you didn't see it, you wouldn't believe it!
82 MICROSLUT
"Gidget the midget" takes on the big boys!
88 HARDCORE SCHOOL GIRLS
Max Steiner's newest rough sex release!
90 BUTTSISTERS DO THE TWIN CITIES
A pair of pretty butts take on an entire city!
94 DIRTY TRICKS #2
John Leslie delivers a big winner!
98 HOUSE OF ANAL
Welcome home you anal freak!
102 JOEY SILVERA'S EXECUTIONS ON BUTT ROW
Cruel and unusual punishment!
108 PURITAN MAGAZINE THE VIDEO
The pioneers in paper porn venture into the world of celluloid!
112 SENSATIONS
Rebecca Lord's latest sexsation!
118 MUFFMANIA
They're hair to please!
126 BOOTYLICIOUS
It's a Black butt thang! DEPARTMENTS
34 Amateur Review
The latest raunch from Amateurville and Gonzoland!
64 Mary Arno's Top Ten
Pix that will melt your VCR!
72 Erotic Ephemeral
The 60s—a time for free love!
84 Cinema Obscura
Hong Kong's Fant-Asia Erotica films!
106 R-Rated
Taking a look at topless!
114 CD-ROM
The future of sex!
121 On-Line
Reporting live from the X-rated web!
Features in This Issue
Covergirl Racquel Darrian Photographed by Vivid
XXX-Clusive! Jasmin St. Claire Takes On 300 Guys!
Mircoslut: Gidget The Midget
Hong Kong Hardcore!
Kaitlyn Ashley interviewed by David Luger
Top 10 Raunchiest Films!
About Swank Confidential
Swank is an adult or pornographic magazine published in the United States. The first incarnation was launched by Victor Fox of Fox Comics in 1941 (and again in 1945) as a men's lifestyle and pin-up magazine in the style of Esquire. Around 1954–1955, it was relaunched by Martin Goodman, the founder of Marvel Comics, and ran spicy adventure or suspense fiction by the likes of Ian Fleming, Graham Greene, Norman Mailer and Arthur C. Clarke. Humorist Bruce Jay Friedman was an editor in the late 1950s.
Along with its sister title, Stag, the magazine was bought by the Magna Publishing Group in 1993. Following that acquisition, the format of Swank changed to include hardcore sex, such as the use of sex toys, lesbian sex, and sexual intercourse between men and women. There are also a series of DVDs and an official website produced under the Swank name. Magna Publishing Group was bought by 1-800-PHONESEX in 2015.
According to its current owner, Magna Publishing Group, Swank has been established for "well over 65 years". A men's lifestyle title called Swank was launched in the early 1940s, by Victor Fox. In a 2002 article for The New York Times, Matthew Flamm wrote of the magazine's genesis: "[Swank] can even draw a line to the same pulp publishing outfit – Martin Goodman's Magazine Management Company – that in 1939 started the comic book publisher that eventually became Marvel Comics, and that in the 1950s and 1960s employed future novelists like Mario Puzo and Bruce Jay Friedman as writers and editors." Beat poet John Fles also wrote for the magazine. In keeping with its connection to Magazine Management, in the early 1970s Swank ran a three-page comics section that was created by Vaughn Bodē, and continued by Bernie Wrightson and then Jeff Jones.
During its first two decades of operation, Swank had breaks in publication lasting up to several years. The original format was similar to that of the popular men's title Esquire. Magazine archivist Phil Stephensen-Payne gives the date of the first issue as August 1941 and suggests that, after perhaps seven issues, the publication folded and then relaunched in August 1945. Humphrey Bogart, Oscar Levant and Earl Wilson were among the guest contributors over this period.
A later incarnation celebrated its 20th birthday on the cover of the October 1977 issue. By that time, the content included music-related feature articles by journalist and author Michael Gross.
The Magna Publishing Group bought Swank, along with titles including Stag magazine, in 1993. The previous owner was Charles "Chip" Goodman, the son of Martin Goodman. At the time of the purchase, the company was known as Swank Publications and was part of the GCR Publishing Group, which also published non-pornographic magazines such as New Body and Victorian Accents.
About the Publisher, Swank
Swank is an adult or pornographic magazine published in the United States. The first incarnation was launched by Victor Fox of Fox Comics in 1941 (and again in 1945) as a men's lifestyle and pin-up magazine in the style of Esquire. Around 1954-1955, it was relaunched by Martin Goodman, the founder of Marvel Comics, and ran spicy adventure or suspense fiction by the likes of Ian Fleming, Graham Greene, Norman Mailer and Arthur C. Clarke. Humorist Bruce Jay Friedman was an editor in the late 1950s.
Along with its sister title, Stag, the magazine was bought by the Magna Publishing Group in 1993. Following that acquisition, the format of Swank changed to include hardcore sex, such as the use of sex toys, lesbian sex, and sexual intercourse between men and women.
