Swank May 1973 May 1973 Magazine Back Issue

4 ABOUT THE AUTHORS
9 SWANK INTERVIEW:
IMUS IN THE MORNING . . by Marie Dorval
13 STRAIGHT TALK ON WAY-OUT SEX . by W. D. Sprague, Ph. D.
16 WINE . . . by Pietro Gamba
16 WOMEN . . . by Niles Watson
17 ... and SONG ... by Jean Paiva
20 GRAPHOLOGY: INSTANT ANALYSIS and WHY IT WORKS . . . by Michael Zimmer
24 LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON
26 CAN YOU DIE DOING IT IN BED? . . . by Paul Brock
29 HOW TO SPOT A CARD SHARK . . . by Cyprian Richards
33 ANNIKA: ACCENTUATING THE POSITIVE
38 "THE STAR". . . fiction by Arthur C. Clarke
40 PRIAPISM: THE ETERNAL ERECTION ... by Paul H. Little
42 FASHION FINDS: HOW TO GET BELTED (and like it!)
46 FAR-OUT SEX FROM THE FAR EAST . . . by D.R. Butler
48 INSIDE LOOK AT CAMPING OUT
53 SWANK SWEETHEART: ANN MARIE PELLGRIN
60 THE SWINGERS GUI DE TO HOUSTON . . . by Tom Decker
66 "SHOW BIZ CONNECTIONS" . . . fiction by Bruce Jay Friedman
68 ISLAND-HOPPING THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN . . . by Bill Hamilton
74 THE SUPERMARKET SUPERCHEF ... by Robert E. LaRose
76 HILDE: SHE'S GOT HIGH HOPES
80 THE SEXUAL ADVANTAGES OF BEING A "DIRTY OLD MAN!" . . . by Norman Jackson
83 PUZZLES FOR PASSING THE TIME . . . by Eric Doubleday

• The Sexual Advantages of Being a Dirty Old Man
• Going Down to Houston
• Far Out Sex From the Far East
• How to Spot (And Deal With) a Card Shark
• Don Imus interviewed by Marie Dorval

Swank is a pornographic magazine for heterosexual men published in the United States. It includes 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.

The Magna Publishing Group bought Swank along with dozens of other pornographic titles, including Stag, in 1993 from Charles "Chip" Goodman, the son of Martin Goodman, founder of Marvel Comics. According to the New York Times, Stag and 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 1950’s and 1960’s employed future novelists like Mario Puzo and Bruce Jay Friedman as writers and editors.”

At the time Magna purchased the magazines from Goodman, the company was known as Swank Publications, and was a part of the GCR Publishing Group, which also published non-pornographic magazines, including such titles as New Body and Victorian Accents.

The Magna Publishing Group's website includes the claim that Swank has been established for "well over 65 years." A magazine called "Swank" was founded by Fox Features Comics founder Victor Fox in the 1940s. This early version of the magazine was a knockoff of Esquire, but eventually evolved to its current format. The magazine has had breaks in publication of several years during its history, so the "over 65 years" claim may be disputed by some media historians.