Unlike the monthly magazine, which features a variety of articles, opinion columns, and works of fiction, only minimal text was included in the Special Editions, mostly consisting of captions of the photographs and readers' letters. Book of Lingerie premiered in 1984. and continued through 2012, changing it's name to just "Playboy's Lingerie" in 2002. The series published 149 Issues, and is arguably one of the more popular Special Editions.