 | Playmate of the Month: Jean Manson, photographed by Dwight Hooker Not Just Another Pretty Body | Halfway up the Hollywood ladder, Playmate Jean Manson reflects upon the lower rungs |
| Dear Playboy | |
| Playboy After Hours | |
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| The Playboy Forum | |
 | Playboy Interview: Erich von Daniken | A candid conversation with that publicist for ancient astronauts, the best-selling author of the cult classic “Chariots of the Gods?” |
 | Fiction: Venus or the Virgin? | Ah, the mysteries of the Mediterranean mind, wherein every virtue is women into its opposite, by Sean O’Faolain |
 | Pictorial: Brown Sugar | is the Rolling Stones’ sweetly sensuous name for rock singer Claudia Lennear, photographed by Dennis Scott |
 | Article: The Atmosphere People | To the viewing public, they’re extras; in their own world, they’re stars, by William Murray, illustrated by Sharleen Pederson |
 | Attire: The Joy of Sox | At last, a frank illustrated guide brings new light to what man has been keeping a dark secret, by Robert L. Green, photographed by Don Azuma |
 | Article: Band | A bunch of heavily armed, drug-mangled Texas bandits set out to win the west again — between gigs, by Laurence Gonzales, illustrated by Joe Proietti |
 | Pictorial: Instant Warhol | Pop art’s fair-haired boy puts some of his favorite people on Polaroid, by Andy Warhol |
 | Modern Living: Cat’s Meow | Just what the captain ordered: This 24-foot fiberglass catamaran mates twin-hulled stability with loads of living space |
 | Humor: Coward’s Almanac | All the things you ever wanted to know about fear but were too chicken to ask, by Marvin Kitman |
 | Fiction: It Came to Pass | The last time something like this happened, three wise men showed up from the east, by Chris Dickey, illustrated by Kerig Pope |
 | Humor: Playboy’s Party Jokes |
 | Article: Down and Out and Female | As if hustling drinks and johns for a living isn’t bad enough, there’s always jail and the cops, by James McKinley, illustrated by Christian Piper |
 | Humor: Ffurther Alphabetical Sex | Twenty-six more reasons why you should mind your P’s and Q’s, by Michael Ffolkes |
 | Drink: Down the Hatch, Amigo! | Tequila comes north of the border to teach gringos what booze is all about, by Thomas Mario, photographed by Bill Arsenault |
 | Article: The Hard Hearts | Five tough men for the savage Seventies, illustrated by Eraldo Carugati |
 | Fiction: The Conquest of the Washington Monument | Let’s face it, the Lincoln Memorial had been a piece of cake compared with this, by Stan Dryer, illustrated by John O’Leary |
 | Pictorial: Here Comes the Bride | Being a romantic fantasy about a wedding night to remember, photographed by Richard Fegley |
 | Ribald Classic: The Tale of the Two Ganders | From The Arabian Nights, retold by Jonah Craig, illustrated by Brad Holland |
 | Sports: Playboy’s Pro Football Preview | An early line on teams and players in both conference of the N.F.L., by Anson Mount, illustrated by Doug Johnson |
 | Humor: Thoreau Never Mentioned the Damned Bugs! | The trouble with nature is it’s all outdoors, by Jim Hougan, illustrated by John Hunt |
 | Personalities: On the Scene (Susan Rennie and Kirsten Grimstad, Kinky Friedman & The Texas Jewboys, Steve Williams) |
 | Playboy Potpourri |
 Alden Erikson |  Bernard Kliban |  Buck Brown |  Dink Siegel |
 Doug Sneyd |  Edmond Kiraz |  Eldon Dedini |  Erich Sokol |
 Gahan Wilson |  John Dempsey |  Phil Interlandi |  Roy Raymonde |
 Francis Wilford Smith |  Don Madden |
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