September 1984 issue of Penthouse. How to convey the magnitude of the frenzy?
Maybe this does it. Peter Bloch, Penthouse‘s then-executive editor: It was the best-selling issue of Penthouse of all time. Hands down. A complete sellout in, like, two days. You couldn’t get a copy. So there were guys paying—and this is something I saw with my own eyes—a dollar for a peek. A peek!”
Or this. Richard Bleiweiss