The edition also featured Traci Lords as the "Pet of the Month". It was later discovered that Lords was only 15 years old at the time of the shoot, using a fake ID to enter the industry. This eventually led to the issue being considered contraband in many jurisdictions due to its underage content.
The primary driver for the issue's record-breaking sales—estimated at 5.3 million copies—was the publication of unauthorized nude photographs of Vanessa Williams , who was the reigning at the time. September 1984 Penthouse .pdf - Added By Request
Penthouse ’s "Forum" was a user-submitted erotica section famous for its punchy, hyperbolic prose. The September 1984 issue contains a legendary "Forum" letter (often referred to by archivists as "The Marine’s Wife" letter) that became an urban legend. Whether fact or fiction, this letter has been copy-pasted into countless erotic websites over the last 40 years. Having the original scanned PDF proves the provenance of that text, which is why researchers request it. The edition also featured Traci Lords as the