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Playboy #1 (HMH Publishing, 1953) Condition: FN. This issue started a multimedia phenomenon and made Hugh Hefner a household...
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Playboy #1 (HMH Publishing, 1953) Condition: FN. This issue started a multimedia phenomenon and made Hugh Hefner a household name. It's the very first Playboy magazine, which caused a splash by featuring some 1949 nude photos of Marilyn Monroe, but also held readers' interest thanks to a canny mix of features, including jokes, cartoons, and pictorials, but also a piece by Ambrose Bierce, a Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle, a jazz article, and an article commending college football's return to the one-platoon system. The mag's introductory text says, "If we are able to give the American male a few extra laughs and a little diversion from the anxieties of the Atomic Age, we feel we've justified our existence." This is an attractive copy, with a three-inch crease on the back cover standing as the only negative. It's one of the better specimens we've seen of an issue that's not easy to find in any condition!Auction Info
2005 October Comic Auction #818 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
October, 2005
14th-15th
Friday-Saturday
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