Comments: Started off as "Magic and More Backstage" and ran from V1N1 Jan 1982 through N100 Apr 1990.

Contents (Most of 1989 - missing Nov & Dec; first date is cover date, 2nd is published date):

Issue 85, January 1989 (Oct 1989)
601 The Handkerchief in the Cigarette (The Devil, Giuseppe Piumatti): silk vanished and found inside a lit cigarette
603 From Fleas to Floating Girls: continuing series - Bill Neff's Madhouse of Mystery
605 12 Steps to Putting It All Together: Step 9, practice
606 Siegfried & Roy: show review
607 The Costumer (Philip Morris): two single pane comic strips
608 The Green Room: about this issue

Issue 86, February 1989 (Oct 1989)
609 Tonny Van Rhee
610 Tony Van Rhee's Turnover Changes: card utility move
610 - The Basic Switch Move
611 - Method 1
612 - Method 2
613 - Method 3
614 From Fleas to Floating Girls: continuing series - One hour school show
615 12 Steps to Putting It All Together (Windley): Step 10, routines you would like to do
616 The Green Room: about this issue

Issue 87, March 1989 (December 1989)
617 Mini-Maxi Triple Coincidence (Tonny Van Rhee): regular card and Jumbo cards match, several times
620 From Fleas to Floating Girls (Windley): continuing series - finding a new girl for the shoe
622 12 Steps to Putting It All Together (Windley): Step 11, those effects you always intented to go back to
623 Sid Lorraine: a dedication in honor of his passing
624 The Green Room: about this issue, and a bit more about Sid Lorraine

Issue 88, April 1989 (Dec 1989)
625 Drawn and Quartered (Bob Bowers): a simple heads and tails coin switch, with a twist
626 - Magician's Card Flip: another magician's gag
626 - Penny and Dime: magician's gag
627 - Bower's Miracle: for the wide guy in the crowd
628 That Was the Decade That Was - Goodby to the Eighties: essay about magic in the 80's
629 From Fleas to Floating Girls (Windley): continuing series - the end of the series!
632 The Green Room: about this issue

Issue 89, May 1989 (February 1990)
633 The Three Second 4 Ace Trick (James Sansotera): Spectator selects 4 Aces
635 A Memory: a school story about memorization and a simple lesson
638 Astro Disks I - The Dark Side of the Moon (Jim Magus): review by Herb Newman
638 The Costumer (Philip Morris): two single-pane comic strips
639 From Fleas to Floating Girls (Windley): continuing series - epilogue
640 The Green Room: about this issue

Issue 90, June 1989 (March 1990)
641 The Floating Cig (The Devil, Giuseppe Piumatti)
642 - PK Setup
642 - Without Drink in Hand
643 The Nineties: Up and coming performers
644 ...And Company: new continuing series - a long hot summer
646 On the Road Again: Windley's touring show
647 The IBM/SAM Challenge: pleas for a combined club insurance
647 The Constumer (Philip Morris): comic strip
648 The Green Room: about this issue

Issue 91, July 1989 (April 1990)
649 Mike Bornstein Houdinizes a Card: card vanishes from card case, a clever principle
651 ...And Company: new continuing series - Windley's investigation begins
652 Publicity Photo
654 Magic Trivia
654 The Costumer (Philip Morris): one pane comic strip
655 Gone But Not Forgotten: list of magicians who passed in the 1980s decade
666 The Green Room: about this issue, what is PK Magic

Issue 92, August 1989 (May 1990)
667 Ho-Ho-Ha-Ha-Ha-Hee-Hee: gag crawling thingy
659 The Bottom Deal (Ken Beale): a false demonstration of bottom dealing
660 ...And Company: new continuing series - the investigation gets interesting
662 $500 Mil Orlando Magic Park: an editorial
663 L$%ae!: making a mystical chest of drawers
663 The Costumer (Philip Morris): single pane comic strip
664 The Green Room: about this issue

Issue 93, September 1989 (June 1990)
665 The Chateau of Shadows: Reprint of Comic book 'Dr. Neff Mystery of the Other World", in honor of Dr. Neff
667 Narrative: about Dr. Neff
670 Photos: some small B&W photos of Dr. Neff in performance
672 The Green Room: about this issue

Issue 94, October 1989 (July 1990)
673 How to Catch a Ghost! (Bill Neff): getting the spectator to jump
675 A Commentary by Lee Earle: on emotional impact
676 ...And Company: new continuing story - the mystery solved
677 The Costumer (Philip Morris): two more single-pane comic strips
678 The True Story of the American Museum of Magic
679 Mentalism Inner Secrets I by Stanton Carlisle: a review
679 The Costumer (Philip Morris): more single pane cartoons
680 The Green Room: about this issue

----missing issues 95 and 96 for this year----