Here’s what you should get dad for Father’s Day

Hey, dad, we got your back. And your front. The top of your head. Get the picture? Well, for Father’s Day you can do a lot worse than read this column to get a sense of what to get that strong, silent pop of yours.

GQ

Granted, GQ — and these other titles, for that matter — isn’t going to satisfy those on an Old Navy or Walmart budget, but it does offer splurge-y Topman suits for $400 and $70 jeans, to more high-end choices worn by Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski in a photo shoot re-creating his off-season party escapades. If pictures are worth a thousand words, what to make of the shot of the “Gronk” in a $3,700 Salvatore Ferragamo jacket touching a woman’s rear while she is climbing a palm tree? At the very least, the Jet foe is impeccably dressed for the occasion. Looking for something beyond the surface? A compelling read on Melania Trump examines her roots. (The homeland variety, not the hair color.) As it turns out, the Slovenian beauty’s dad is a lot like her husband Donald, beyond being about the same age. Melania’s pop is a salesman who takes the air out of a room, loves fine cars and looks a lot physically like Trump. Even cooler is the feature that does a deep dive on gang life in East Flatbush, profiling red-hot rapper Ackquille Pollard aka Bobby Shmurda. Pollard’s manager tried to get him to move from East Flatbush to Florida so he could focus on his music, but Pollard had trouble breaking free and has since been charged with crimes and is awaiting trial while sitting in jail. The reporter lays out a convincing scenario of how Pollard may be trapped regardless of what a jury ultimately decides.

Esquire

Esquire is all about classics, as in how to fashion the modern “Mr. Burberry.” Want to buy your dad $200 swimming shorts, or a $325 canvas tote bag? This is the mag for you. The long-running king of the gentleman’s mag recommends (natch!) classic black suits, wireless headphones and a selection of $600 watches. The mag also does a Trumpian “yuuge” favor for Rochester’s chamber of commerce, noting not one but two bars on its list of the Best Bars in America. Believe it or not, that tops the number of Big Apple taverns. For a watering hole gift for dad, consider a visit to Seamstress on East 57th Street, which barely snuck into the top 10. Oh, and pops, do yourself a favor and don’t waste any time on the fawning question-and-answer feature on director Woody Allen.

Maxim

Maybe dad is flashier than a Mr. Burberry type? (Note to readers: feel free to skip to the next item if you don’t have “The Big Short” dough, or aren’t curious about what the ultra-rich might be getting the father who has everything.) Maxim is true to its name when it doles out this purchase item: supreme single malts for $31,000. That’s right, about two zeroes beyond what you think would be the most expensive tipple you could imagine. Oh, or how’s about a re-creation of the Shelby Cobra sports car for only $95,000 as opposed to the $2 million originals? A surface level feature on Elon Musk, in which it appears the reporter spent little actual time with Musk, works as an ad for Tesla’s new $35,000 Model 3 cars. For those who see humor in getting the old man hot and bothered, Maxim, at $4.99 apiece, delivers with pictures in “The Hot 100 Beautiful Women” issue.

Cigar Aficionado

Cigar Aficionado isn’t just about supplying dad with super stogies. The mag is dedicated to promoting the good life, with pages of recommendations on watches, monk-strap shoes, golf irons, TV sets, etc. The cover feature on Sean Combs, now 46 years old, offers a glimpse into how much “Diddy” is driven. The rapper mogul, worth more than $700 million, also is a runner, having finished the New York City Marathon in a little over four hours. He sees his TV network and products as a way to create a dream world where folks can enjoy the Combs life — limousine driver not included.

New Yorker

Imagine reading the news of the day in Talk of the Town. But New Yorker Editor David Remnick leads the section with a piece that says one of the only ways Donald Trump can win the November election is if there is a major terrorist attack. Then, Sunday, there was Orlando. The liberal standard-bearer shows its colors with a cover cartoon showing Hillary Clinton as a battered boxer ready for the next round. This week will certainly be critical for both combatants.

New York

New York gives the little-known third national party candidate — Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson — some long-neglected attention. A profile by Mark Jacobsen, detailing his amazing claim to have climbed Mount Everest on the broken leg, does a fine job outlining his non-athletic toughness. Current poll numbers give Johnson 12 percent of the vote, compared to 42 percent Clinton and 39 for Trump. In 2012, Johnson managed a measly one percent.

Time

Time not only dedicates its cover to the late, great Muhammad Ali, but also 15 pages of print, not including full-page pictures. Don’t miss the short opinion piece by scribe Alice Park, who raises the important question of whether head blows from boxing contributed to Ali’s Parkinson’s despite the family believing otherwise.