PLAYMATE: Karen Foster

COVER: Pamela Anderson (1st appearance)

PICTORIALS: Girls of the SEC; Julie McCullough, who appeared on the cover of Playboy (2/85 and 9/86), and as a Playmate (2/86), returns in a sizzling pictorial while she stars in "Growing Pains"

INTERVIEW: Keith Richards

20Q: Geena Davis

FEATURES: Chris Miller, who wrote the original movie, pens "Return to Animal House"; the annual pigskin preview features college all-Americans Major Harris (WVa), Emmitt Smith (Florida), Mark Carrier (USC) in team photos; super Absolut fold-out ad.

PAGES: 178