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The May 1984 issue of GQ (Gentlemen’s Quarterly) featured a then up-and-coming Donald Trump in a spotlight article that contributed to his early rise as a public figure beyond real estate. This was one of the earliest major lifestyle magazine profiles to frame Trump not just as a businessman, but as a symbol of 1980s ambition, style, and wealth.

Key Details:

Cover: Donald Trump did not appear on the cover. Instead, the issue followed GQ’s tradition of featuring fashion-oriented male models during that era.

Article Title: The Trump profile inside was titled “The Expanding Empire of Donald Trump” (or similar wording).

Focus: The article highlighted Trump’s burgeoning real estate projects, including the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Trump Tower, and his aspirations for Atlantic City casinos. It painted him as a young, aggressive mogul on the move.

Tone: GQ portrayed Trump as charismatic and confident, with a flair for publicity and a taste for luxury that aligned perfectly with the decade’s "greed is good" ethos.

Cultural Significance:

At the time, Trump was in his late 30s and not yet the household name he would become. This article marked one of the earliest moments the national media began treating him as a celebrity entrepreneur rather than just a developer. GQ's attention helped cement his image as a brand in the making.

Thomas Murphy, Reagan

Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry and Robert Stack of The Name of the Game

New York extra, Supplement

Cover by H. W. Brown. Includes "Three Thousand Years" by Thomas Calvert McClary.

Faith Hill

78 pages plus covers, standard size. Mix of black and white and color interior photos.

America's Long Vigil, a chronology of how TV covered the John F. Kennedy assassination and its aftermath

Fashion Model, golf

Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Ted Knight and Lydia Cornell of Too Close for Comfort

Diana Canova of I'm a Big Girl Now

Valerie Bertinelli of One Day at a Time

Large arrow-shaped double-sided promo poster for KISS solo albums. 19-1/4 inches wide by 21 inches high. Approximately 2 mm thick. Small print on poster reads "rock steady Production Inc.", "Casablanca Record and FilmWorks", and "(c) 1978 AUCOIN MANAGEMENT, INC. BY AGREEMENT WITH KISS (R) PRINTED IN U.S.A."

Cover by Matt Fox. Includes "The Dweller In Darkness" by August Derleth.

58 pages plus covers and catalog pages, standard size, side stapled. Nudist/naturist collection with club directory. Illustrated throughout with b/w photos.

Marlon Brando

Includes "Make Mine Light" by Arch Whitehouse.

Includes "Farewell To Balloon Racing" by Samuel Taylor Moore.

Includes "Death In A Cockpit" by Arthur J. Burks.

Tempest Bledsoe and Malcolm-Jamal Warner of The Cosby Show

Wall of Fame, stars

Judy Garland, Mantle

8-3/8" x 10-3/4". 48 pages plus covers.

Cover by John Howitt. Includes "The Flame Master" by Grant Stockbridge.

Cover art by W. Langdon Kihn. Articles include "Submarine Power Plants" by Christopher W. Coates (p. 209). "The Indians of the Northwest Coast" by Ronald L. Olson (p. 183).

Cover by Rudolph W. Zirm. Includes "By Night They Creep" by Ray Cummings.

Fashion Models

Includes "Plains Soaring" by Lewin Barringer.

Cover by John Howitt. Includes "Reign Of The Death Fiddler" by Grant Stockbridge.

Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Includes "Marionettes, Inc." by Ray Bradbury.

JFK Assassination

Cover by John Howitt. Includes "Satan's Death Blast" by Grant Stockbridge.

Cover by Rogers. Includes "There Shall Be Darkness" by C. L. Moore.

Features "The Terrible Stork" by Kenneth Robeson.

Cover by J. Allen St. John. Includes "The Opener Of The Way" by Robert Bloch.

Includes "We Fly The Silvaire De Luxe" by William Winter.

Includes "Gild The Sword With Gold" by Phil R. Sheridan

192 pages, measures 6-5/8" x 9-5/8". Black and white interior photos. Featured stories: Old-Time Railroad is His Backyard Hobby; $500 For One Paper Doll (Eisner); Mechanics of Killing.

Includes "The Pure Evil" by Kenneth Robeson.

Liberace

Roy Clark

1979 Aucoin KISS Colorforms Playset with cardboard standups approx. 6 inches tall. Box measures approximately 12 inches by 8 inches by 1 inch. Missing a couple of pieces (One each of Peter & Mad Rock Promoter's arms).

Willie Mays

Standard size. 184 pages plus covers. Cover: Wayman Tisdale

42 pages plus covers, standard size, side stapled. Nudist/naturist collection. Illustrated throughout with b/w photos.

Double-sided magazine pinup of Eric Singer. Measures approximately 21" x 31". Laminated.

Cover by John Giunta. Includes "The Trail Of Cthulhu" by August Derleth.

Howard Cosell

Cover by Jon Arfstrom. Includes "Hell's Bells" by Duncan H. Munro.

A Day with Dean Martin

Yvette Mimieux, Stars, Art Carney

David Caruso of NYPD Blue

66 pages, standard size. Black and white interior photos. Featured story: "Slumber Party at Annette's!". (c) 1959, 'Teen Publications, Inc.

1996 NFL season preview (26 regional covers). Drew Carey of The Drew Carey Show(Cleveland area)

Judy Garland, stars

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Includes "Passport To Pax" by Kendell Foster Crossen.

Includes "Webbed Hands" by Ferdinand Berthoud.

Mel Harris, Brittany Craven, and Ken Olin of thirtysomething

Large KISS German concert promo poster. 23-1/2 inches wide by 33 inches tall. Print on poster reads "Dienstag, 30. Okt. '84 - 20 Uhr DUSSELDORF - PHILIPSHALLE Karten an allen bekannten Vorverkaufsstellen" and "phonogram".

Singer & Serviceman, stars

64 pages plus covers, standard size, side stapled. Black and white interior photos with several color pages and a color centerfold of Lisa Varga. Other named models: Valerie French

June 1980

Lawrence Welk

Cover by Earle Bergey. Includes "The Seed From Space" by Fletcher Pratt.

Double-sided poster from magazine. Front features poster of the group on stage. Back includes 2 smaller group photos. Measures approximately 11" x 16". Laminated.

Joe DiMaggio. 6-1/4" x 8-1/4". 26 pages.

Super Circus Mary Hartline and Claude Kirchner

Cover by C.C. Serf. Includes "Black Chant Imperial" by Robert E. Howard.

"Three Fly With Satan" by Robert J. Hogan.

58 pages, standard size. Black and white interior photos. Cover: Mutsuko. Center Fold: Mickey Jines

Ted Kennedy's

66 pages including covers, standard sized, side stapled. Nudist/naturist collection with club directory. Illustrated throughout with b/w photos with 11 color pages.

George McGovern

66 pages, spiral bound. Color center page.

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Issue, featuring Lucy Lawless and Kevin Sorbo of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, William Shatner, and cast members from Space: Above & Beyond

(c) 1985 KISS. Book measures approximately 11 inches by 14 inches.

Chuck Connors of Branded

154 pages, measures 6-5/8" x 9-5/8". Black and white interior photos. Featured stories: Mickey Mouse Sound Tricks Revealed, Great Inventions of Famous Men. (c) 1936, Modern Mechanix Publishing Co.

Double-sided poster from a magazine. Measures approximately 15-1/2" x 20-1/2". Laminated.

Jim Lovel

58 pages. (c) 1978 Almo Publications, Inc / Rock Steady Productions, Inc. / Casablanca Record and FilmWorks.

Jackie O.

Audrey Meadows & Jackie Gleason

Includes "The Lonely Planet" by Murray Leinster.

74 pages plus covers, standard size. Mix of black and white and color interior photos.

96 pages, standard size. Black and white and color interior photos. Centerfold: Kathy Douglas

74 pages, standard size. (c) 1978 Sterling's Magazines Inc.

Karl Malden & Michael Douglas of The Streets of San Francisco

Mnt. Climbers, Wrestling

Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Includes "Red Sun Of Danger" by Brett Sterling.

Includes "Typewriters In The Sky Part 1" by L. Ron Hubbard.

Cassius Clay, Superman

"Scourge of the Sky Monster" by Robert J. Hogan.

Includes "And So To Death" by Cornell Woolrich.

Year Reviewed, Mantle

Cover by Rogers. Includes "Magic City" by Nelson S. Bond.

44 pages including covers, standard size. Black and white interior photos with airbrushed nudes.

Cover by F. Tinsley. Includes "Aviation Cades And The U. S. Fleet" by John R. Hoyt.

50 pages plus covers, standard size, side stapled. Black and white interior photos.

October, 1962. 8-1/2" x 11". 92 pages. Cover: Willie Mays.

Lucille Ball

Rita Moreno, Valerie Curtin, Rachel Dennison, Jean Marsh and Peter Bonerz of 9 to 5

The early issues were published in the format of Macfadden's "true story" magazines. To add versimilitude, the magazine was illustrated with double-exposure photographs and the stories often carried double bylines in the form "by X as told to Y," where X

Darren McGavin of Riverboat

Arlene Dahl, Rizzuto , Lucy

Includes "To Heaven Standing Up" by Paul Ernst.

Tennessee Ernie Ford

Mitch Miller

58 pages plus covers, standard size, side stapled. Black and white interior photos, a color centerfold and 2 full page, full color nudes.

Cover by Earle Bergey. Includes "The Star Of Life" by Edmond Hamilton.

Fall Preview

Alan Young and Mister Ed

Gisele MacKenzie

1977 Casse-Tete KISS DESTROYER jigsaw puzzle #1548 by KISS/Aucoin Inc. Puzzle has 200 pieces and measures 11 inches by 17 inches when complete. Box measures 13 inches by 8 inches by 2 inches. All pieces included.

Don Rickles

Mike Connors of Mannix

64 pages including covers, standard sized, side stapled. Nudist/naturist collection with club directory and news. Illustrated throughout with b/w photos with 9 color pages.

Fall Preview

The Best and Worst We Saw

Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Includes "The Lovers" by Philip Jose Farmer. Featuring George Chance, a stage magician turned hero, The Ghost, Super-Detective (as it was originally called) was a low-budget effort from the start, featuring only the lead novel

8-1/2" x 10-3/4". 80 pages. Cover: Bart Starr

Sonny & Cher

Cover by F. Tinsley. Includes "Destroyers Of The Air" by Lieut. W. M. Wood.

Avery Brooks of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Betty Page.

Includes "The Ether Robots" by Frank Belknap Long

Edward Byrnes

Kate Mulgrew, Tim Russ, and Robert Beltran of Star Trek: Voyager

Cover by Anderson. Includes "The Star Kings" by Edmond Hamilton.

Margaret Truman

Formerly THE WIZARD.

1966 TV Set Buyers Guide

Cover by Harold S. DeLay. Includes "In The Walls Of Eryx" by Kenneth Sterling & H. P. Lovecraft.

Postcards inserted.

Sophia Loren

Ho Chi Minh

68 pages, spiral bound.

Cliff Arquette as Charley Weaver

Lauren Bacall

64 pages, standard size. Black and white interior photos. Cover: Lisa Davis. Center Fold: Audrey Vogel.

Includes "The Fifth Face" by Maxwell Grant.

50 pages, standard size. Black and white interior photos and centerfold.

Presented by Amateur Screen and Photography Magazine. 68 pages including covers, standard size, side stapled. Black and white interior photos.

Sputnik, Baseball

Features "The Awful Dynasty" by Kenneth Robeson.

Final issue.

Final issue.

"White Wings for the Dead" by Robert J. Hogan.

Apollo 9, Williams

"Flight of the Death Battalion" by Robert J. Hogan.

Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Includes "Other Eyes Watching" by Polton Cross.

"Here Flies the Hawk of Hell" by Robert J. Hogan.

High School

Includes "Time Column" by Malcolm Jameson.

RFK

(6/69)

Fashions, Fiber McGee

Cover by Rogers. Includes "Crisis In Utopia" by Norman L. Knight.

Features "The Well Ones" by Kenneth Robeson.

Cover by John Howitt. Includes "King Of The Red Killers" by Grant Stockbridge.

Starlet

August, 1960. 8-1/2" x 11". 92 pages. Cover: Mickey Mantle

Mary Tyler Moore, Georgia Engel and Valerie Harper

Full length novel: "Fight Or Die" by James M. Calvert, Jr.

Final issue thus, continuing as WONDER STORIES.