FEATURES
36 ALL THE JUICE'S DETAILS
AC's Pillow-Talkin' Porn Star Gets All The Juice On OF
62 DEAD ON ARRIVAL
What A Long, Strange Trip It Still Is!
84 HIGH ANXIETY
Fallin' Angels-Parachutes Are For The Birds!
148 LIFESTYLES CONVENTION
San Diego's Swingfest-3,000 Horny People On The Loose! DEPARTMENTS
4 SEXPRESS MAIL
Lusty Letters Straight From Our Box To Yours.
8 THE PIT STOP
Wierd Stories About Even Wierder People!
90 VIDEO VOLTAGE
Dun-Her and Bad Girls II.
110 HOMEBODIES
Exhibitionists From Your Neck Of The Woods!
138 KINKY CONFESSIONS
Listen In On Horny Chicks' Spicy Secrets! PICTORIALS
10 OPEN INVITATION
When Dana Throws A Party, Everybody Cums!
22 ON THE ROAD
The Ponderosa Sun Club-Roselawn, Indiana.
48 DEEP IN DEBT
Helen Makes A Pussy Payoff To Gino.
70 ALL BI THEMSELVES
Danielle's And Kylie's Monday Night Munch! 1
96 TART OF THE MONTH
Eva St. James-She's Got The Picture-Perfect Pussy!
113 HOMEBODY OF THE MONTH
Lori-She's In Touch With Herself!
124 BOARDING PASS
Kurt Fuels Lauren's Pie In The Sky!
192 CANNED HEAT
Misty Rain-Taking on Cocks By Storm!
Features in This Issue
Covergirl Eva St. James (Nude Centerfold)
Live Action: 3000 Swingers Swa Sex!
Exclusive Story & Nude Photos: O.J.'s Pal Gets Screwed!
Sky Diving Baredevils! Hot Airgasm Pix!
Misty Rain
About Cheri
The adult magazine, Cheri started publishing in 1976.
Peter Wolff was the brains behind Cheri magazine. God knows, he had the experience and the track record. By 1976, he had already worked on magazines such as Rogue, Topper, Bachelor, Ace, Follies, Frolic, Gala, Tab, Vue, Jaguar, Duke, Stud, Escapade, Daily Girl, Caper, and Gallery, to name but a few. He’d even been the editor of rival magazine High Society.
As indicated in Taschen’s History of Men’s Magazines, “Publishers would hire Peter to start a magazine, and while his magazine would be incredibly innovative and profitable, he’d be partying and obviously having way too much fun. As part of his deal with any publisher, he always insisted on a tab at a convenient bar, with his own table. He was a compulsive gambler and four-pack-a-day smoker. His office was littered with betting stubs, cigarette butts, take-out food, random slides, and manuscripts. His t-shirts and jeans were stained, and his long gray hair was often unwashed: he was fat and not particularly handsome. And yet he managed to have sex with most of the models, through his immense charm and intelligence. He never believed a publisher could fire him, but eventually the drinking, the arrogance, plus spending tons and tons of money, would always be too much for them. So they’d dump him… and get his great ideas.”
But to view Wolff as purely an adult magazine veteran is to underestimate and undervalue him. His first experience as an editor was on a student newspaper at Queens College, when he was active in the Women’s Liberation and Civil Rights Movements, even risking his life in black voter registration drives in the South. He became involved in the world of counter-cultural publications in the late 1960s, before becoming involved in erotic magazines. But Wolff differed from the vision of porn magnates like Hugh Hefner and Bob Guccione in that he had little time for the fantasy world of the beautiful people. He was fascinated in the sexual interests of common men – and their wives. He wanted to democratize the content and involve the readers directly in the magazines he produced.
In early 1976, Carl Ruderman needed a figurehead to divert attention from his position as publisher. He hired Peter Wolff – but Wolff suggested he appoint a nominal female 'publisher' instead. And not just any female – he wanted a glamorous woman already associated with the New York sex scene. Wolff suggested adult film actress Bree Anthony, star of porno hits Oriental Blue, The Vixens of Kung Fu, Highway Hookers, and others. Appointing Bree Anthony proved a smart idea – and selecting her eventual successor, adult film actress Gloria Leonard, an even smarter one.
Wolff was fired by Ruderman after the first two issues, May and June 1976, but soon found a home at Cheri, the magazine that would prove to be his most lasting success.
About the Publisher, Cheri
Magna Publishing Group, Inc. is an American publishing company headquartered in Paramus, New Jersey. Founded in 1975, the company publishes a number of magazine titles and is one of the largest publishers of pornographic magazines in the United States with titles such as Cheri, Club, Swank, Genesis, Gallery, Gent, as well as "nearly 60 total adult titles". The company has only 1 to 10 employees. On December 22, 2015, Magna Publishing Group was purchased by 1-800-PHONESEX for an undisclosed amount.
