COVER STORY La Toya Jackson: a bigger Thriller than brother Michael. Contributing Photographer Stephen Wayda shot the cover produced by West Coast Photo Editor Marilyn Grabowski. La Toya's hair and make-up are by Clint Wheat, A La Mode/L.A.; the stylists were Lee Ann Perry and Jennifer Smith-Ashley. Earring is by Andre Van Pier, New York; cuff is by Michael Schmidt, New York. As for our Rabbit, he's quite a stud!
3 PLAYBILL
11 DEAR PLAYBOY
15 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS
34 SPORTS DAN JENKINS
38 MEN by ASA BABER
40 WOMEN by CYNTHIA HEIMEL
43 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
47 DEAR PLAYMATES
49 THE PLAYBOY FORUM
59 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: Tom Hanks—candid conversation
70 LET'S MAKE A DRUG DEAL—article REG POTTERTON
74 SHE'S WITH THE BAND—pictorial text by PAMELA DES BARRES
82 KING BEE—fiction T CORAGHESSAN BOYLE
84 THE SEXY WORLD OF SCUBA DIVING—modern living GEOFFREY NORMAN
90 RETURN OF THE MARTINI—drink JIM ATKINSON
92 FANCY'S GROUPER—fiction BOB SHACOCHIS
94 20 QUESTIONS: FRED DRYER
96 MY BROTHER'S FIRST CLIMB—article CRAIG VETTER
98 LOVE, LAURIE—playboy's playmate of the month, Laurie Jo Wood
110 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor
112 GOOD MORNING, BARRY LEVINSON—personality Dan Greenburg
115 FASHION FORWARD—fashion HOLLIS WAYNE
120 GRANNY'S HISTORY OF PLAYBOY—humor Buck Brown
122 DON'T TELL Michael—pictorial
140 FAST FORWARD
171 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE