Penthouse (USA) Year 1988 Magazine Back Issues
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Penthouse Mar 1988
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Penthouse March 1988 Features
Covergirl Toni (Nude) photographed by Donald H. Milne
Pet of the Month is Jacqui De La Cruz photographed by Walter Ferrier
Jessica Hahn: Her Affair With A 14-Year-Old
Apartheid: American Evangelicals' Dirtiest Secret
Punishments That Fit The Crime
Medical Genocide, Part 18: The Military Guinea Pigs | |
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Penthouse Apr 1988
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Penthouse April 1988 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Delia Sheppard (Nude) photographed by Bob Guccione
The P.T.L.: Jim & Tammy's Empire Of Sex, Sin & Sleaze
Satire: Hofmekler's People
Men's Rights: Women Who Kill
In Defense Of Doctors
Jackie Mason interviewed by Joseph Di Mona | |
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Penthouse May 1988
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Penthouse May 1988 Features
Covergirl & Pet of the Month Centerfold Kelley Wild photographed by Earl Miller
Exclusive: Oscar Arias: How To end The War In Nicaragua
Panty Parties: Dealing Dildos In Suburbia
Q. What Makes The Political Pamperings Of Pat Robertson & Jesse Jackson So Necessary?
Cashing In On Christ
Oscar Arias Sanchez interviewed by Marc Cooper and Greg Goldin | |
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Penthouse Jun 1988
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Penthouse June 1988 Features
Covergirl Micky Honsa (Not Nude) photographed by Earl Miller
Pet of the Month is Lisa Davies photographed by Earl Miller
The Chinese Mafia In America
Pet Of The Year Play-Off
A Ride On the Safe Side
The "Forgotten War" Is America's Shame | |
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Penthouse Jul 1988
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Penthouse July 1988 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Micky Honsa (Nude) photographed by Earl Miller
Swaggart: The Lady, The Story, The Pictures
America's National Health Disgrace by B.D. Colen
Perils Of Rock & Roll In China
The Cardinal Of The Kremlin by Tom Clancy
Michael Spinks interviewed by Allen Barra & Michael Caruso | |
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Penthouse Aug 1988
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Penthouse August 1988 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Lisa Aiton (Nude) photographed by Earl Miller
Why America Must Lose The Olympics
The Best Big Whorehouse In Puerto Rico
Forex Trading: Fastest And Richest Game On Wall Street
Rating The Reverends: The Scandals That Are Shaping An Era
Dr. Robert Peter Gayle interviewed by Thomas Hauser | |
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Penthouse Sep 1988
Anniversary
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Penthouse September 1988 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Twyla Martak (Nude) photographed by Carl Wachter
Exclusive: George Bush: Strange Family Ties
Morton Downey, Jr: The Real Racists
Stephen King: 'Nightmares In The Sky'
Smokers: Mad And Fighting Back
Dave Parker interviewed by Lou Sahadi | |
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Penthouse Oct 1988
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Penthouse October 1988 Features
Covergirl Melissa Morgan (Not Nude) photographed by Earl Miller
Pet of the Month is Tami Hogen photographed by David Schoen
Exclusive: The C.I.A.'s Secret Iran Files
The Irish Mob: New York City's Bloodiest Gang
Look Who's Standing Up For Nuclear Power
Born-Again Wrestling's Real Live Killing Machine | |
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Penthouse Nov 1988
Special Election
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Penthouse November 1988 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Deborah Laufer (Nude) photographed by Hank Londoner
Paula Parkinson: Dan Quayle, Jack Kemp, And Other Would-Be Lovers
Secret Service Secrets: Groupies, Pickups, Flying Bullets, And Former Presidents
Sandra Bernhard: Madonna And The Rest Of My Top Sex Fantasies
Voting for Life or Death by Tad Szulc
Senator Bill Bradley interviewed by Glenn Plaskin | |
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Penthouse Dec 1988
Holiday
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Penthouse December 1988 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Kimberly Taylor photographed by Earl Miller
All in the Family: The Mob After Hours
Handwriting Analyst Reads And Rates The Candidates
Wall Street Psychologists On The Secret Lives Of Their Patients
The Meanest, Bloodiest Job In America
Daniel Ortega Saavedra interviewed by Scott Wallace | |
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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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