Penthouse (USA) Year 1981 Magazine Back Issues
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Penthouse Jan 1981
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Penthouse January 1981 Features
Covergirl & Pet of the Month Centerfold Suzee Pai Photographed by Pat Hill
Laetrile: Guess What? We've Been Testing The Wrong Drug
The Case Against Sex Education
The World's Most Outrageous Car
The Incredible Shrinking Lady
Robert Altman interviewed by Lawrence Linderman | |
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Penthouse Feb 1981
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Penthouse February 1981 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Brenda Holliday (Nude) photographed by John Copeland
Sex In Russia: Ignorance And Brutality
The New Right: Merging Church And State
Bad Girls: Sad Sirens Of the Silver Screen
Dumb Is Delightful: Dubious Honors For The Masses
Jesse Jackson interviewed by Richard Ballad | |
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Penthouse Mar 1981
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Penthouse March 1981 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Delfina Ponti (Nude) photographed by Cedomir V. Komljenovic
Why Russia Is Unprepared For War
Catholic Junkie Poet Musician Jim Carroll
The Adolf Hitler Fast Food Franchise
Why Not the Worst? by Walter Stewart
Reverend Jerry Falwell interviewed by Sasthi Brata and Andrew Duncan | |
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Penthouse Apr 1981
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Penthouse April 1981 Features
Covergirl Joanne Latham (Not Nude) photographed by Bob Guccione
Pet of the Month is Sherry Moran photographed by Allan J. Wash
How Corruptible Is The IRS?
Enforcing The Sex Tax
Millionaire Whiz Kid
Moral Majority Gift Catalog | |
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Penthouse May 1981
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Penthouse May 1981 Features
Covergirl Lisa Capuano (Not Nude) photographed by Pat Hill
Pet of the Month is Cody Carmack photographed by W.E. Barnes and Donna Barnes
Exclusive Tapes: The Last Moments Of Jonestown
Penthouse Infiltrates Secret Society Of Bilderberg
Baby Sex Stars
Begging Letter from the Reverend Jerry Falwell | |
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Penthouse Jun 1981
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Penthouse June 1981 Features
Covergirl Joanne Latham, Danielle Ginibre, Carol "Tamara" Davis, Danielle Deneux (Nude) photographed by Bob Guccione, Stan Malinowski, Pat Hill, John Copeland
Pet of the Month is Angela Giovanni photographed by Earl Miller
Intimate Sex Lives Of JFK, Hitler, Presley, Monroe, Harlow
Reagan Cabinet: To War Or Not To War
Fast Women (Literally), How Women Buy Men
Paul Lewis interviewed by Arnold Abrams | |
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Penthouse Jul 1981
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Penthouse July 1981 Features
Covergirl Candice Bell (Not Nude) photographed by Jerry Pasternak
Pet of the Month is Michelle Bauer photographed by Carl Wachter
Regan's Economy: The Fatal Flaw!
Business And Entertainment: The Great American Hostage Boom!
Burt Reynolds's Roommate: No More Bones To Break!
Interview With Roy Cohn by Peter Manso: Fearsome And Unlovable? | |
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Penthouse Aug 1981
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Penthouse August 1981 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Corinne Alphen (Nude) photographed by Bob Guccione
Government VS. Free Enterprise
The "Sexoid" Epidemic
The Man Who Made Ronald Reagan Rich
Larry Holmes interviewed by Lawrence Linderman
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Penthouse Oct 1981
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Penthouse October 1981 Features
Covergirl Sheila Kennedy (Not Nude) photographed by Pat Hill
Pet of the Month is Connie Lynn Hadden photographed by Pat Hill
Mud Wrestling Ladies
Sexual Malpractice
Embryo Patrol: Big Mother Is Watching
What's Wrong With The American Court System? | |
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Penthouse Dec 1981
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Penthouse December 1981 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Sheila Kennedy (Nude) photographed by Bob Guccione
Jerry Falwell: The Prophet Motive
Albert Ellis: Analyzing Your Erotic Dreams
Merle Haggard: The Years In San Quentin
Plus: Mad Love, Murder, Dirtbiking, And The Brain Of Arnold Schwarnezegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger interviewed by James Delson | |
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1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023Penthouse is a men's magazine that was founded by Bob Guccione in 1965. It combines urban lifestyle articles and soft-core pornographic pictorials, that eventually, in the 1990s evolved into hardcore. Although Guccione was American, the magazine was founded in 1965 in the United Kingdom, and started selling Penthouse in the United States in September 1969. At the height of its success, Guccione was considered to be one of the richest men in the United States.
For many years Penthouse fell somewhere in between Playboy and Hustler in terms of explicitness (and respectability). Almost from the start the pictorials showed female genitalia and pubic hair when this was still considered by many to be obscene. Simulated sex, but not penetration or male genitalia, followed, then, several years later, male genitalia, including erections, could be seen. In addition, Penthouse attempted to maintain some level of reading content, although usually of a more sexually oriented nature than Playboy.
Probably the most famous issue of Penthouse was its September 1984 issue, which was the largest selling issue of any magazine in history. This issue featured photos of Vanessa Williams, who was the current Miss America, from early in her modeling career. Williams posed for the series of black and white photos with another female model, engaging in simulated lesbian acts. While Williams' pictures created the most publicity at the time, the issue would later become even more controversial because of its centerfold, Traci Lords. Lords posed nude for this issue at the beginning of her career as an adult film star. It would later be revealed that Lords was underage throughout most of her career in pornography and was only fifteen when she posed for Penthouse. As a result, the issue is illegal to own if the centerfold is intact, falling under the laws against child pornography. The September 1984 issue also featured an interview with John Travolta, a feature on Boy George, and a pictorial on a pornographic actress, Hyapatia Lee.
In 1992, an issue between the magazine and United States Navy surfaced. The United States Navy reacted negatively on the issues of circulation and distribution around the military base. Distribution and sale of adult titles is said to be inconsistent with the rules and regulations concerning sexual harassment and human dignity.
The Military Honor and Decency Act signed by President Clinton in 1996 stated that the Secretary of Defense may not permit the sale or rental of sexually explicit material on property under the jurisdiction of the Defense Department. Also, a 1998 Supreme Court ruling held that a military base is not a public forum.
In 1998, caught between the widespread availability of pornography on the Internet and the growing popularity of non-explicit "men's magazines" like Maxim, Penthouse decided to change its format and began featuring sexually explicit pictures (ie: actual oral and vaginal penetration). It also began to regularly feature pictorials of female models urinating, which up until then had been considered a defining limit of illegal obscenity as distinguished from legal pornography. The new format ended up losing subscriptions and newsstand circulation for the magazine.
Videocassettes gained popularity and the steady rise of the Internet are some reasons that caused the steady decline of Penthouse Magazine circulation and other pornographic magazines like Playboy Magazine and Hustler Magazine. The Internet provided a cheaper and multiple avenues of satisfaction for customers who sought privacy. After struggling for years, in April 2002, Guccione announced that Penthouse Magazine was going out of business.
On July 2003, Bob Guccione lost his famous Penthouse Mansion. The mansion was composed of two townhouses built in 1879. Rebuilt in 1920s by Jeremiah Milbank, it was one of the largest private residences in Manhattan. At the height of prestige, Guccione bought the mansion in 1975.
On August 12, 2003, General Media, the parent company of the magazine, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In October 2003, it was announced that Penthouse magazine was being put up for sale as part of a deal with its creditors. In October 2003, an announcement of the sale of Penthouse Magazine circulated.
On October 4, 2004, General Media emerged from bankruptcy and was renamed the Penthouse Media Group. It is now owned by Marc Bell, a south Florida real-estate developer, who intends to soften the content of the magazine.
Starting with the January 2005 issue, Penthouse Magazine no longer showed pictures of an explicit nature, being touted as an alternative to FHM Magazine. Penthouse Magazine nixed explicitly nude photos of male and female genitalia. The change improved the declining sales. However, sales still did not reach the same circulation numbers of Penthouse Magazine at the peak of the magazine.
In 2005, Penthouse Media Group had a total circulation of 326,358 copies. Penthouse Magazine continues to increase sales as it works to become a competitor of the adult entertainment genre.
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