 | Playmate of the Month: Mardi Jacquet, photographed by Richard Fegley Desert Fox | Whether she’s riding dune buggies or Arabian stallions, Miss October finds pleasure in an Arizona paradise |
 | The World of Playboy (with Playmate Vicki McCarty) |
| Playboy After Hours | |
| Playboy’s Travel Guide, by Stephen Birnbaum | |
| The Playboy Advisor | |
| The Playboy Forum | |
 | A Reporter’s Notebook: Women Against Sex | After an encounter with the lock-step thinking of feminist vigilantes, and observer responds with a few penetrating thoughts about sex and desire, by John Gordon |
 | Playboy Interview: G. Gordon Liddy | A candid conversation with the former “Sphinx” of Watergate about patriotism, Nazi Germany, will power and the virtues of being ruthless |
 | Fiction: Loon Lake | Wolf Woman, Lizard Man, Fanny the Fat Lady … the most horrifying people at the carnival were not its freaks, by E.L. Doctorow, illustrated by John Kurtz |
 | Attire: Playboy’s Fall And Winter Fashion Forecast | Tasteful conservatives styles coupled with a dash of the unexpected are the landslide winning looks for the months ahead, by David Platt; photographed by Stan Malinowski |
 | Attire: A Gentleman’s Basic Cold-Weather Wardrobe | Fashion staples for the months ahead — from outerwear and suits to sweaters, shirts and accessories, photographed by Don Azuma |
 | Article: Did The FBI Kill Viola Liuzzo? | Fifteen years ago, a white civil rights worker was slain in Alabama — and today that woman’s children charge the government with her death, by Johnny Greene, illustrated by John Collier |
 | Pictorial: Body Beautiful | If bodybuilder Lisa Lyon has her way, the term weaker sex may become a thing of the past, photographed by Mario Casilli |
 | Travel: It’s Not So Much Where As When You Go | For travel economy and enjoyment, turn the off season into your “in” season, by Stephen Birnbaum, illustrated by Kinuko Y. Craft |
 | Food: Spice From The East | Got the hots for something exotic? Try a Thai, Korean or Vietnamese dish, by Emanuel Greenberg, photographed by Ken Marcus |
 | Humor: Playboy’s Party Jokes |
 | Pictorial: Provocative Period Pieces | A collector shares his unique treasure trove of antique erotic art, photographed by Don Azuma |
 | Sports: The Sweet Spot In Time | We love sports for the same reason we love sex — that delicious moment when the feeling is just incredibly right, by John Jerome, illustrated by John Youssi |
 | Pictorial: Girls Of Canada | Canada has given us Joni Mitchell, Marshall McLuhan and David Steinberg — but they’ve obviously been holding out on us, photographed by David Chan (with Playmates Sylvie Garant, Kristine Winder, Virve Reid and Dorothy Stratten) |
 | Ribald Classic: The Wonder-Working Hand | From Cuentos Folkloricos de Chile, 1960, retold by Carlos Matachin, illustrated by Brad Holland |
 | Article: Heavenly Hosts | A Beginner’s guide to television evangelists |
 | Pictorial: LeRoy Neiman Sketchbook |
 | Humor: Playboy Funnies (Holistic Harry, The Kinky Report, Through Space and Time With Schwimmer and Jones, The Loner, It’s Great To Be Married, Reg’lar Rabbit, Annie & Albert, Hi-Jinx) |
 | Playboy’s Pipeline | Tips on keeping your lifestyle in high gear |
 | Playboy Potpourri | People, places, objects and events of interest or amusement |
 | Playboy’s New Age Primer | Useful information — from the interconnecting worlds of technology, parapsychology and social science — to help you enjoy the future |
 | Playboy On The Scene: Habitat | As the world turns |
 | Playboy On The Scene: Fashion | And the boot goes on, by David Platt, photographed by Steve Ewert |
 | Playboy On The Scene: Wheels | English dare: French flair, by Gary Witzenburg |
 | Playboy On The Scene: Grapevine (Morgan Fairchild and Erik Borman, Marvin Gaye, The Pretenders, Patti Lupone and Charles Pierce, Barbara Carerra, Bowser, Clint Eastwood) |
 | Playboy On The Scene: Sex News |
 Bernard Kliban |  Buck Brown |  Don Madden |  Eldon Dedini |
 Gahan Wilson |  John Dempsey |  Michael Ffolkes |  Mike Williams |
 Rowland Wilson |  Roy Raymonde |  Phil Interlandi |  Francis Wilford Smith |
 Oui ad |  Playboy Book Club ad |  Subscription ad (with Playmate Candy Loving) |  What Sort of Man Reads Playboy? |
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