This cover boasts only two headlines, one of which we dropped a little red heart in the middle of—to go with the flexed arm that resembles a heart? Was that the connection? We’ll never know, but it appears that if you have an arm that looks like his you’ll have women posing on it seductively.
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March 1984
Obviously for Samir Bannout, Lion of Lebanon, we needed to have a live lion on the cover with him. Why wouldn’t we?
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July 1985
It was a classic role reversal. We took former NFL running back Ed Marinaro, handed him a tiny dumbbell, and stuck him in a feminine pose that was typical of covers back then. Female bodybuilder Peggy Bertelsen, meanwhile, assumed the dominant masculine pose, for a cover that, while we can appreciate the sentiment, doesn’t hold up too well.
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May 1986
Get in shape like Steve Bond and women will tear off your spandex, too! Nothing says “sensuous and strong” like this gesture of affection.
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September 1986
Are they laying on a roof? A parking lot? It’s certainly not a beach, but this is our issue featuring the “Swimsuit Spectacular.”
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January 1987
Another cover that uses the word “sensuous” in a headline. Let’s not even talk about how the woman is posing or her facial expression.
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May 1987
It seems like some of our worst covers were swimsuit issues, but at least this one has some water going on and not just people laying in swimsuits on cement…right?
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March 1989
Check out this headline: “Calf implants—We ask the man who owns one!” Just one calf implant? We’d hate to see what the other leg looks like. We also made a list with five bullet points…then left two bullets blank.
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December 1990
Another bad swimsuit edition—look at that desperate look of longing on the woman’s face.
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October 1992
A greased up, nameless woman caressing and hanging on the cover man. Must have been a top seller? Mike O’Hearn even got to grace two of them—lucky him.
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December 1992
Here’s O’Hearn again just two months later—the women are multiplying.
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June 1993
Were these swimsuit issues for men or women?
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July 1994
Three months in a row of bad covers. None of the models on this cover are looking in the same direction and one of our big stories for the month was about “Lean, Shapely Legs.”
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August 1994
That smile, fake tan, and young woman—add on the word “sex” scrawled underneath and this doesn’t seem creepy at all, does it?
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September 1994
Caitlyn Jenner (formerly known as Bruce) wore this unfortunate pink getup. It didn’t do her many favors.
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October 1996
Let’s start with the title being filled in with clouds that remind us of Windows 98…no, we won’t continue.
This cover boasts only two headlines, one of which we dropped a little red heart in the middle of—to go with the flexed arm that resembles a heart? Was that the connection? We’ll never know, but it appears that if you have an arm that looks like his you’ll have women posing on it seductively.
March 1984
Obviously for Samir Bannout, Lion of Lebanon, we needed to have a live lion on the cover with him. Why wouldn’t we?
July 1985
It was a classic role reversal. We took former NFL running back Ed Marinaro, handed him a tiny dumbbell, and stuck him in a feminine pose that was typical of covers back then. Female bodybuilder Peggy Bertelsen, meanwhile, assumed the dominant masculine pose, for a cover that, while we can appreciate the sentiment, doesn’t hold up too well.
May 1986
Get in shape like Steve Bond and women will tear off your spandex, too! Nothing says “sensuous and strong” like this gesture of affection.
September 1986
Are they laying on a roof? A parking lot? It’s certainly not a beach, but this is our issue featuring the “Swimsuit Spectacular.”
January 1987
Another cover that uses the word “sensuous” in a headline. Let’s not even talk about how the woman is posing or her facial expression.
May 1987
It seems like some of our worst covers were swimsuit issues, but at least this one has some water going on and not just people laying in swimsuits on cement…right?
March 1989
Check out this headline: “Calf implants—We ask the man who owns one!” Just one calf implant? We’d hate to see what the other leg looks like. We also made a list with five bullet points…then left two bullets blank.
December 1990
Another bad swimsuit edition—look at that desperate look of longing on the woman’s face.
October 1992
A greased up, nameless woman caressing and hanging on the cover man. Must have been a top seller? Mike O’Hearn even got to grace two of them—lucky him.
December 1992
Here’s O’Hearn again just two months later—the women are multiplying.
June 1993
Were these swimsuit issues for men or women?
July 1994
Three months in a row of bad covers. None of the models on this cover are looking in the same direction and one of our big stories for the month was about “Lean, Shapely Legs.”
August 1994
That smile, fake tan, and young woman—add on the word “sex” scrawled underneath and this doesn’t seem creepy at all, does it?
September 1994
Caitlyn Jenner (formerly known as Bruce) wore this unfortunate pink getup. It didn’t do her many favors.
October 1996
Let’s start with the title being filled in with clouds that remind us of Windows 98…no, we won’t continue.
