Playmate of the Month
Susan Smith photographed by Ken Marcus.

Interview
James Michener by Lawrence Grobel.

Features
"Ruthless Mothers: Money, Values and the Gimme Decade" by Donald R. Katz
"Fast Times at Ridgemont High" by Cameron Crow
"Playboy's Pigskin Preview" by Anson Mount.

Girls of the Southeastern Conference
Tawanna Sharp, Kimberly Lasseter, Casey Sweet, Gigi Aldridge, Debra Gregory, Syerelyn Jackson, Joan Villarosa, Lyndi Young, Juliana van Mierop, JoAnne Riggs, Marlene Hall, Eve Vaupel, Donna Crouch, Gina Todd, Jamie Kapeghian, Becky Lewis, Jena Clayton, JoAnne Henderson, Carol Darsey, Mary Landreth and Karen Paige photographed by David Chan and Arny Freytag.

Tarzan %26 Bo
Bo Derek (cover and inside) Sorry, Tarzan, but in John Derek's version of the ape man's saga, it's a spectacular Jane -- "10" of the jungle -- who steals the show. Photographed by John Derek.