Playboy 1988 12 Dec

Gala Christmas Bonanza!

Playmate of the Month 
Kata Karkkainen (cover and inside) photographed by Stephen Wayda and Byron Newman.

Interview 
Cher by Eugenie Ross-Leming and David Standish.

20 Questions 
Gene Simmons by David Rensin.

Features 
""Man With a Past" by Pete Hamill 
"Crack" by Jimmy Breslin 
"The Bod for '90" by Richard and Joyce Wolkomir 
"Road Warrior" by Malcolm Smith with Lee Green 
"Playboy's College Basketball Preview" by Gary Cole 
"It Ain't Toontown" by Harlan Ellison.

Playboy's Playmate Review 
Susie Owens, Emily Arth, Diana Lee, Kata Karkkainen, Terri Lynn Doss, Eloise Broady, Laura Richmond, Kari Kennell, Shannon Long and Helle Michaelsen.

Sex Stars of 1988 
Jessica Rabbit, Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Hanks, TOm Cruise, Cher, Sonia Braga, Vanna White, Eddie Murphy, Phoebe Legere, Michael Jackson, Pamela Des Barres, Samantha Fox, Vanessa Williams, Prince, Michael Crawford, Vanity, Linda Kozlowski, Mike Tyson, RObin Givens, Donald and Ivana Trump, Janet Jones, Wayne Gretzky, Greta Scacchi, Virginia Madsen, Brigitte Nielsen, Jessica Hahn, Carrie Leigh and Kimberly Conrad.

Lysette Anthony.