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January 1985

Very Good
$12.00


Holiday Anniversary Issue  
Playmate of the Month
Joan Bennett photographed by Richard Fegley.

Interview
Goldie Hawn (cover) by Lawrence Grobel, cover photographed by Arny Freytag.

20 Questions
Diane Lane by David Rensin.

Features
"Redefining Smart" by William F. Buckley Jr.
"Fathers, Sons, Blood" by Harry Crews
"Wholesome Blues" by Larry L. King
"The Women and Dogs in My Life" by Willie Morris
"Freaks and the American Ideal of Manhood" by James Baldwin.

The Girls of Rock 'n' Roll
Apollonia Kotero, Debra Raye, Pam and Paula Mattioli (twins), Natalie Pace, Bettina Koster, Dale Bozzio, Terri Nunn, Grace Jones, Bebe Buell, Becky LeBeau, Freida Parton, Brinke Stevens, Linnea Quigley, Steivie Nicks, Judi Dozier, Pat Benatar, Khari Paige, Tina Turner, Pamela Stonebrook, Diana Ross, June, Bonnie and Ruth Pointer, Dilithium Cristil (a.k.a. Celena Allen), Vanity and Cheryl Rixon photographed by Ken Marcus.

Playboy's Bloopers, Boners and F**k-Ups
Terri Welles, Hope Olson, Patti McGuire, Gig Gangel, Kym Herrin, Cathy St. George, Suzi Schott, Cyndi Wood, Kimberly McArthur, Joan Bennett, Kym Malin, Patricia Farinelli, Marlene Janssen, Linda Rhys Vaughn, Patricia McClain, Daina House, Laura Misch, Cathy Larmouth, Connie Kreski, Sheila Mullen, Shannon Tweed, Patty Duffek, Lynda Wiesmeier, Gail Stanton and Ashley Cox.

Playboy's Playmate Review
Lesa Ann Pedriana, Roberta Vasquez, Justine Greiner, Suzi Schott, Kim Evenson, Debi Johnson, Dona Speir, Tricia Lange, Karen Velez, Liz Stewart, Penny Baker, Patty Duffek.

Playboy Magazine
February 1985

Excellent
$30.00
Playmate of the Month
Cherie Witter photographed by Arny Freytag and Richard Fegley.
Interview
Steve Jobs by David Sheff.

20 Questions
Brian De Palma by Jim Jerome.

Features
"The Fine Art of Cocksurety" by Gary A. Taubes
"Excavations" by Wayne Fields.

The Girls of Texas
Susan Barnes, Rebecca Culmer, Crystal Louise Kahl, Lesia Kahl, Leia Lane, Robin Goodland Shaun Sharmaine Stauffer, Shirley Johnson, Deborah Ann Negus, Donna Marie, Staci Gordon, Julie McCullough (cover photographed by Stephen Wayda), Connie Lynn Stafko, Julee Lynne Burris, Suzanne DeLaney, Pamela Saunders, Barbara Diane Thompson, Marty Crider, Moira Ann, Sheila (twins) and Laura Stone, Lori Lynn Summerford and Dayna Parsons photographed by David Mecey.

Paper Dolls (photographer Art Kane's new book masks his models in mystery)
Kriss Ziemer, Tara Shannon and Janice Dickinson.
 

Playboy Magazine
March 1985

Very Good
$10.00

Playmate of the Month
Donna Smith photographed by Steve Wayda.
Interview
60 Minutes (Ed Bradley, Harry Reasoner, Mike Wallace, Morley Safer, Dan Rather and Diane Sawyer) by Morgan Strong.

20 Questions
Bob Giraldi by Bill Zehme.

Features
"What Else Do Women Want?" by John Gordon
"Type Dirty to Me" by Robert E. Carr
"Quarterly Reports: Dollars in the Sky" by Andrew Tobias.

Understudies (four overwhelming playmates of the year prove that less is more)
Barbara Edwards, Marianne Gravatte, Shannon Tweed (cover) and Monique St. Pierre photographed by Stan Malinowski.

Toni Westbrook (U.S. Park Ranger) photographed by David Mecey
 

Playboy Magazine
April 1985

Excellent
$25.00

Playmate of the Month
Cindy Brooks photographed by Steve Wayda.
Interview
Wayne Gretzky by Scott Cohen.

20 Questions
Joel Hyatt by Bill Zehme.

Features
""Cafe Flesh" and Me" by Jerry Stahl
"Signals" by Daniel Mark Epstein
"What I Learned at Sea" by Reg Potterton.

Rock Video Gets Hot
Cheryl Rixon, Dagmar Peterson, Natalie Pace, Debra Raye, Brenda Holliday, Ava Cherry, Kimberly McArthur and Michelle Rohl photographed by Larry L. Logan.

Playmate Sisters
Toni and Cathy St. George, Gail and Lonny Chin, Donna and Natalie Smith (cover photographed by Stephen Wayda), Leilani and Alana Soares photographed by Ken Marcus.
 

Playboy Magazine
May 1985


Excellent
$25.00

Playmate of the Year
Karen Velez (cover) photographed by Richard Fegley and Arny Freytag.
Playmate of the Month
Kathy Shower photographed by Richard Fegley and Stephen Wayda.

Interview
Boy George by David and Vicki Sheff.

20 Questions
Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns by Lawrence Linderman.

Features
"Campus Sex" by James R. Petersen
"Rookie" by Dwight Gooden with Richard Woodley
"The Fall of Saigon" by David Butler.

 

Playboy Magazine
June 1985


Very Good
$12.00

 

Playmate of the Month
Devin DeVasquez photographed by Richard Fegley.
Interview
Sparky Anderson by Ken Kelley.

20 Questions
Tom Watson by Warren Balbacker.

Features
"The Secret Life of Laurence Lorence" by Laurence Gonzalez
"The Rat-Race Diet" by Stuart M. Berger, M.D.
"Quarterly Reports: Systems" by Andrew Tobias.

The Lens of Love (Pompeo Posar celebrates 25 years as the dean of playboy photographers)
Laura Young, Donna Michelle, Majken Haugedal, Cyndi Wood, Patti McGuire, Paulette Lindberg, Claire Rambeau, Connie Mason, Marlene Appelt, Uschi Hu, Britt Fredriksen, Vinka Skansi, Bobo Zuvic, Jane Birkin, Barbara Schantz, Joan Collins, Vikki La Motta, Rita Jenrette and Terry Moore.
 

Playboy Magazine
July 1985

Very Good
$12.00

Playmate of the Month
Hope Marie Carlton photographed by Richard Fegley.
Interview
Rob Reiner by David Rosenthal.

20 Questions
Jamie Lee Curtis by David Rensin.

Features
"Who's in Charge Here?" by Susan Squire
"The VCR Ate My Brain" by Paul Slansky
"Volleyball Gods" by Mike Sager.

Grace Jones and Dolph Lundgren photographed by Helmut Newton,
 

Playboy Magazine
August 1985

Excellent
$30.00

Playmate of the Month
Cher Butler photographed by Richard Fegley.
Interview
Fidel Castro by Dr. Jeffrey M. Elliot and Mervyn M. Dymally.

Personality
"Skating on the Other Side of the Ice" (Steven Wright) by Stephen Randall.

20 Questions
Ron Howard by David Rensin.

Features
"Hot Secrets" by David Black
"Good Enough to Dream" by Roger Kahn
"Two by Four" by William Jeanes, Brock Yates, Bill Neely and Gary Witzenburg.
 

Playboy Magazine
September 1985


SOLD OUT

Playmate of the Month
Venice Kong photographed by Richard Regley and Kerry Morris.
Interview
John Huston by Lawrence Grobel.

Personality
"Rating (Brigitte) Nielsen" by Bruce Williamson.

20 Questions
Billy Crystal by David Rensin.

Features
"Cops" by Mark Baker
"The Moral Superiority of (A) Men (B) Women" by Anthony Brandt
"Revenge of the Quiet Man" by Peter Dexter
"Quarterly Reports" Systems II: The Sequel" by Andrew Tobias
"Playboy's Pro Football Preview" by Anson Mount.

Madonna (cover and inside) cover photographed by Herb Ritts, inside photographed by Lee Friedlander and Martin H. Schreiber.

This is Playboy's last stapled issue.
 

Playboy Magazine
October 1985

 

Collector's Edition
 
SOLD OUT

 

Playmate of the Month
Cynthia Brimhall photographed by Richard Fegley.

Interview
John DeLorean by Robert Scheer.

20 Questions
Rosanna Arquette by Claudia Dreifus.

Features
"The Self-Crucifixion of Cathleen Crowell Webb" by Elizabeth and Edwin Black
"Sportsmen--A Story" by Thomas McGuane
"Playboy's Pigskin Preview" by Anson Mount.

Guys
Clint Eastwood, Robert Mitchum, Paul Newman, Lee Marvin and Frank Sinatra with entourage photographed by Terry O'Neill (none nude).

Girls of the PAC 10
C.C. Shanahan, Kendra Lee Crass, Rhonda Williams, Donna Bennett, Christine Winge, Lori Bow, Catherine Piersall, Carmela Dempsey, Becky LeBeau, Christina Misa, Kimberley Kristeen, Kimberly McHone, Judy Malana, Ellen Lundy, Romona Turner, Kristin Hera, Lisa Thompson, Tana Olsen, Leslie Anne Chamberlain, Dayna Murray, Rebecca May Henderson, Tanna Paige, Connie Whicker, Tina Sherman and Wendy Vincent photographed by David Chan.

Jerry Hall photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Sherry Arnett (cover) photographed Stephen Wayda.

Playboy Magazine
November 1985

Excellent
$25.00


 
Playmate of the Month
Pamela Saunders photographed by Kerry Morris.
Interview
Sting by David and Victoria Sheff.

Personality
"Klaus Kinski & the Thing" by Marcelle Clements

20 Questions
Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas by David Rensin.

Features
"Modern Girls" by David Seeley
"Riding the Trend Trend" by David Owen
"Pay Me Now or Pay Me Later" by Carl H. Stone.

The Women of Mensa
Elizabeth Rogers, Janel Killheffer, Joy Johnson, Donna Howell, Sheri Blair, Valerie Coel and Joann Harjes photographed by Arny Freytag.
 

Playboy Magazine
December 1985

Excellent
$20.00

Gala Christmas Issue

 

Playmate of the Month
Carol Ficatier photographed by Richard Fegley and Stephen Wayda.

Interview
Bill Cosby by Lawrence Linderman.

Personality
"Brooke Shields Walks on Glass" by O'Connell Driscoll.

20 Questions
Huey Lewis by David and Victoria Sheff.

Features
"Why Drug Enforcement Doesn't Work" by Laurence Gonzales
"Sexual Passages" by D. Keith Mano
"Quarterly Reports: Read the Prospectus" by Andrew Tobias.