Swank May 1993 May 1993 Magazine Back Issue

6 Ashley
This gorgeous blonde seductress is ready to please.
16 Letters
True carnal confessions from our lucky readers.
19 Heather, Cynthia & Bobbie
Their erotic gymnastics will drive you wild.
30 Dare Talk
Expert advice for the sexually curious.
33 Chelsea Lauren
Let her tease you to new heights of pleasure.
44 Wane's World
Taylor's torrid tales of lust and debauchery
47 Candie & Roger
You'll learn some hot new t from this turned-on twosome.
56 Down Mammary Lane
A breast-obsessed guide our second-favorite sex organ.
59 Sharon
Sensational sensuality in a built-to-please package.
64 Passion Ploy
Here's what happens when two beautiful wor s `all madly in lust.
66 Erin
This brunette beauty will leave you panting for more.
76 Jessica
An angelic beauty who is pure centerfold perfection.
84 Free Speech Under-Siege
Basic rights are still under attack.
86 Lynn & Paula
Girl-girl passions unleashed!
94 Veronica
Watch her part her moist lips just for you.
153 Goldie
This sophisticated blonde writhes to the occasion.

EDITORIAL NOTE
SWANK TALK
"The best of" is an overused phrase in this business.
And most of the time it's unadulterated bullshit. When a man really gets the chance to experience what is truly the best of anything, it's a damned occasion, a reason to celebrate. Our regular readers, connoisseurs of fine erotica all, know quality when they see it. That's why they're devoted fans. From our vantage point, from the lofty pinnacle of quality we've achieved, the only danger facing us is an all-too-easy slide down the slippery slope to mediocrity. Never fear. This issue of SWANK delivers that same incredible quality you've come to expect.
Of course you will, but you need look no further than Ashley, this month's opener, to see just how good the best can be. You'll have this alluring blonde eating out of your, er, hands in no time. Then turn a couple of pages for some threesome action that will re-ignite your imagination. Heather, Cynthia & Bobbie are a fiery trio you'll never forget. Next, blonde Chelsea Lauren provides the perfect contrast. This pretty, coy cutie has perfected the art of the tease to agonizing new heights.
You know that special come-hither look that's so crucial to a woman's appeal? Well, Veronica's got that and more. What she's got is a come-and-get-it body. And, finally, there's Goldie. She's that sophisticated blonde who lives up the street. Here, however, she doesn't just acknowledge your existence, she makes you think you're the only man left on earth.
Though it's our girls who make it all worthwhile, there are on occasion other issues that deserve serious attention. Take a look at Larry Wichman's in-depth report on book-banning, Free Speech Under Siege, and find out whythe books in our public institutions may have had to pass a purity test. Are our rights to publish and read SWANK next?
That's what it takes to be the best in this business. That and, of course, loyal, faithful readers like you.
The Editors

• Covergirl Ashley Lauren
• Hundreds Of Wide Open Poses! Close Up!
• Book Burnings! Modern Day Witch Hunts!
• Down Mammary Lane
• 3 Girls In Orgasm! Non-Stop exual Frenzy In Slow Motion!

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.