PLAYMATE: Marilyn Monroe (page 19 - photo courtesy of John Baumgarth Co., Melrose Park, Illinois) - presented as "Sweetheart of the Month."

COVER: Marilyn Monroe

PICTORIALS: What makes Marilyn (Marilyn Monroe); Open Letter from California is 3 pages of an unnamed model swimming nude.

PAGES: 42

Cover: Believed to be Margie Harrison possibly on both sides, superimposed with Mr. Playboy character (models apparently came from beauty pageant judeged by Bob Hope on pages 36-38)

PICTORIALS: Playboy Goes to an Art Ball (4 pages from gala at Plaza Hotel in NY with MGM star Rita Gam and model Laura Raynair); Nudes by Andre de Dienes.

PAGES: 52

FEATURES: Humor: Harry Riddle, Attorney at Law, by Max Schulman; Sports: Scoring a TV Fight - with photos from Chuck Davey - Carmen Basilio bout; Lace (3 pages of comics by Milt Caniff); A Scandal in Bohemia by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Christmas Party (2 pages of comics by "Hef"); Fiction: Bird of Prey by John Collier; Bob Hope Picks a Beauty for your Christmas Stocking (3 pages of photos). 

COVER: Yvonne Menard

PICTORIALS: Paris Hot Spots with Yvonne Menard (5 pages)

FEATURES: Fiction by Erskine Caldwell, New Cabin; Cartoons Frankie and Johnny by John Held, Jr.; The Adventure of the Copper Beaches by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; VIP on Likker (cartoons by Virgil Partch); Satire: My Gun Is The Jury by Julien Dedman; Boxing 1954 with photos of Rocky Marciano and Ezzard Charles.

PAGES: 52

PLAYMATE: Dolores del Monte

COVER: Joanne Arnold

PICTORIALS: Sex Sells a shirt which features sexy Joanne Arnold.

FEATURES: Ray Bradbury's Fehrenheit 451 (part 1); The Medicine Man by Erskine Caldwell; Humor: Your Mind and How It Works by Roger Price; The Magic Box 2 pages of comics by Arv Miller; Johns, the Outhouse Beautiful.

PAGES: 52

COVER: Generic

PICTORIALS: Playboy's Eyeful - 3 pages of unnamed nude model.

FEATURES: Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 (part 2); Jaaz: The Metronome All Stars featuring photos and story on Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Jack Teagarden, Harry James, Bob Haggert, Gene Krupa and others; Article: Sin In Paradise by William Bradford Huie (microprint illustration by Art Paul); Humor by Earl Wilson, The Body Beautiful; Satire: Advice on the Choice of a Mistress by Benjamin Franklin; Pleasures of the Oyster by Thomas Mario

PAGES: 52

PLAYMATE: Joanne Arnold

COVER: Generic

PICTORIALS: Surgery - 4 pages of unusual (sado-masochistic) photographs by Lejaren 'a Hiller

FEATURES: Humor: Three Day Pass by Max Schulman; Fahrenheit 451 (part 3) by Ray Bradbury; Kill the Umpire by Jack Strausberg; How to Apply for a Job by Shepherd Mead (1st article by Mead);

PAGES: 52

PLAYMATE: Margie Harrison

COVER: Generic

PICTORIALS: Outside with de Dienes - 3 pages of nudes by Andre de Dienes

FEATURES: A Woman of Fifty by W. Somerset Maugham; One Man's Meat (how women stack up) by Charles Armstrong; The Top of the Heap by Shepherd Mead; Profile of Orson Welles by Ray Russell; Playboy's Dream Car; VIP on Women (comics); Open Season on Bachelors by Burt Zollo; Humor: Testing Your Personality by Roger Price; Robert Mitchum

PAGES: 52

PLAYMATE: Neva Gilbert

COVER: Simone Silva

PICTORIALS: Hi-Yo, Silva! Minus Mitchum, She's Galloping Off to Las Vegas. (Simone Silva); Evolution of the Bathing Suit

FEATURES: The Boss's Breeches by Thorne Smith; What's Happening to Baseball? by Jay Arnold; A Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson; Junior Executive satire by Shepherd Mead; Our Feathered Friends cartoons by Ferril & Folsom.

PAGES: 52

PLAYMATE: Arline Hunter

COVER: Yvette Dare

PICTORIALS: A Bump, a Grind, and a Gimmick features Evelyn Treasure Chest West, Lily St. Cyr and Yvette Dare

FEATURES: The Builder -- Frank Lloyd Wright Intends To Be the Greatest Architect of All Time, by Ray Russell; The Star Maker by Robert C. Ruark; Red Lights and Hot Music by James H. Lavely; Summertime Sports by Jay Arnold; The Flying Machine by Ray Bradbury; Planning and Delegating satire by Shepherd Mead; Street Scenes cartoons by Hef (Hugh Hefner).

PAGES: 52

PLAYMATE: Jackie Rainbow

COVER: Generic

PICTORIALS: Italian actress Gina Lolabrigida; Jane, Britain's fetching comic stripper

FEATURES: Hope on Golf by Bob Hope; Inspecting a Navel by Earl Wilson; Satchmo Bops the Boppers! (Louie Armstrong); Black Country by Charles Beaumont; Virginity by Frankenstein Smith; Roll Out the Rolov, by Harry C. Crosby Jr.; Business Meetings, by Shepherd Mead; Embarrassed People cartoons by William Steig; Punch's New Yorker

PAGES: 52

PLAYMATE: Madeline Castle

COVER: Madeline Castle

PICTORIALS: Nudity and the Foreign Film - 4 pages, featuring films from Europe, especially France, England and Germany, which were the vanguard of the nude movie movement of the late 50s and early 60s.

FEATURES: Appearance and Reality fiction by W. Somerset Maugham; Hollywood and the Gladiators satire by Ray Russell; Sports, Block that Yok! by Jack Strausberg; satire, How to Write Memos by Shepherd Mead.

PAGES: 52

PLAYMATE: Diane Hunter

COVER: Generic.

PICTORIALS: Around the World -- Paris in New York.

FEATURES: Personality - Old Tiger (David Garroway) by Rolf Malcolm; The Persistent Nude by Ernest Leogrande; Boxing on the Ropes by Jay Arnold; Was My Face Red! by Dr. I.Q.; Be an Idea Man! satire by Shepherd Mead; August Afternoon by Erskine Caldwell; The Treating of Mental Illness by Roger Price; Brother Boozers cartoons by Virgil Partch.

PAGES: 52

PLAYMATE: Terry Ryan

COVER: Terry Ryan

PICTORIALS: Photographing a Playmate - Terry Ryan; Las Vegas Skin Game - Marlene Dietrich meets model Terry Moore.

FEATURES: Fiction: I'm Yours by Charles Schafhauser; Humor: The Passionate Poetess by Max Schulman; Sports: Sports' Craziest Year by George Jennings; Satire: Make Research Work for You by Shepherd Mead.

PAGES: 52

PLAYMATE: Bettie Page

COVER: Generic

PICTORIALS: Babylon, U.S.A. - photo shoot at the Artists Equity Masquerade Ball, including Deborah Kerr, Tina Louise and show judges Betsy Von Furstenberg, Celeste Holm and others; Bettie Page

FEATURES: Fiction, The Concrete Mixer by Ray Bradbury; Carnival by Erskine Caldwell; The Ears of Johnny Bear by John Steinbeck; Playboy visits an art party.

PAGES: 52

PLAYMATE: Jayne Mansfield

COVER: Arlene Kieta & Leigh Lewin

PICTORIALS: Nelja Ates, Broadway's Turkish Delight in Josh Logan's "Fanny"; Voluptua, TV's Goddess of Love

FEATURES: Fiction, The Most Important Story by John W. Jakes, A Change of Air by Ivan Gold, Red Beans and Ricely Yours personality profile of Louis Armstrong by Charles Beaumont, satire, How To Make Money by Shepherd Mead, Boxing 1955 by Ed Pazdur; Ribald Classic by Guy de Maupassant.

PAGES: 56

April 1955

PLAYMATE: Marilyn Waltz

COVER: Leigh Lewin

PICTORIALS: Nude Advertising

FEATURES: Fiction, The Hunger by Charles Beaumont; A Tithe for Charity by P. G. Wodehouse; Cocktail Quiz by Joseph C. Stacey; humor, Modern Art as a Hobby by Roger Price; satire, How to Play Company Politics by Shepherd Mead; humor, The Faithful Servants by George J. W. Goodman; five pages of cartoon drawings by Arv Miller, Worldly Wisdom; two pages of cartoons by Virgil Partch (VIP), Drinking Companions.

PAGES: 56

May 1955

PLAYMATE: Margueritte Empey

COVER: Generic

PICTORIALS: Double Exposure, pictorial by Bunny Yeager featuring herself, Terry Shaw and Bettie Page

FEATURES: Fiction, The Eighty Yard Run by Irwin Shaw; personality profile of Steve Allen by Keith Hefner; satire, How to be a Fair-Haired Boy by Shepherd Mean; comic drawings, Peope at Parties by Abner Dean; satire, The Murder of Conan Doyle by Ray Russell

PAGES: 56

June 1955

PLAYMATE: Eve Meyer

COVER: Donna Klime

PICTORIALS: Eve Meyer, photographed by Russ Meyer; The Society of Illustrators Show

FEATURES: Fiction, In the Cards by John Collier; satire, Handling Your Ad Agency by Shepherd Mead; Playboy's All Time All-Star Jazz band features photo and article on Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Sinatra and others

PAGES: 56

PLAYMATE: Janet Pilgrim, Playboy's Office Playmate

COVER: Janet Pilgrim

PICTORIALS: Tempest Storm

FEATURES: Fiction, The Crooked Coronet by Michael Arlen; A Steady, High-Type Fellow by Herbert Gold; Ribald Classic by Balzac; satire, High, Proud Hills by Ray Russell; article, A Vote for Polygamy by Jay Smith; Jack Cole sketches, Man About the Beach.

PAGES: approx. 72

PLAYMATE: Pat Lawler

COVER: Joanne Arnold

PICTORIALS: Gowland's Cool Pool, photos by Peter Gowland of model Joanne Arnold

FEATURES: Fiction, The Croooked Man by Charles Beaumont; Uncle Fred Flits By by P. G. Wodehouse; article, Don't Hate Yourself by Jules Archer; satire, Sex In Business by Shepherd Mead;

PAGES: 56

PLAYMATE: Anne Fleming

COVER: Jayne Mansfield

PICTORIALS: Marilyn Monroe

FEATURES: Fiction, The Closed Shop by W. Somerset Maugham; Spy Story by Robert Sheckley; Sammy Davis Jr.; Mixing the Perfect Martini

PAGES: 64

PLAYMATE: Jean Moorehead/Johnnie Nicely

COVER: Marilyn McClintock

PICTORIALS: A Stripper Goes to College - pictorial of Patti Waggin; Swenska Flicka - pictorial of Anita Eckberg.

FEATURES: College Issue; fiction, The Taming of the Rake by Anson Mount, The King by James Jones

PAGES: 64

PLAYMATE: Barbara Cameron

COVER: Barbara Cameron

PICTORIALS: Gina Lollobrigida; West Coast Strippers

FEATURES: Fiction, Burnt Toast by Mack Reynolds; All Married women Are Bad, Yes? by Herbert Gold; profile of Jonathan Winters by Victor Lownes III; Interview with Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins and J. J. Johnson.

PAGES: 64

PLAYMATE: Janet Pilgrim

COVER: Janet Pilgrim

PICTORIALS: A Holiday Evening With Janet Pilgrim; Burlesque in Tokyo

FEATURES: Playboy's Christmas Cards; Fiction, A Classic Affair by Charles Beaumont; The Next In Line by Ray Bradbury; article, Uncovering A Nudist Wedding by Earl Wilson; satire, The First ASap of Manhood by Shepherd Mead

PAGES: 64

PLAYMATE: Lynn Turner

COVER: Jean Moorehead

PICTORIALS: First two dozen Playmates (9 pages), including Jean Moorehead, Margaret Scott, Arline Hunter, Neva Gilbert, Jayne Mansfield, Madeline Castle, Marguerite Empey, Diane Hunter, Marilyn Waltz, Janet Pilgrim, Pat Lawler, Marilyn Monroe, Margie Harrison, Terry Ryan, Dolores Del Monte, Joanne Arnold, Eve Meyer, Anne Fleming, Jackie Rainbow, Barbara Cameron, Bettie Page..

FEATURES: Fiction: Advice About Women by Erskine Caldwell; Last Will and Testament by Rex Fabian; Love, the Healer by Herbert Gold; I Like Blondes by Robert Bloch; 5 pages of illustrations by Jack Cole, Cole's Forecast for 1956; Ribald Classic, A Narrow Escape by Voltaire; Satire: Beware of a Hasty Marriage by Shepherd Mead.

PAGES: 72

COVER: Four ladies with Mr. Playboy

PICTORIALS: Will Success Spoil Jayne Mansfield - 2 pages of photos with text by Earl Wilson.

FEATURES: Fiction: Mary by John Collier and Crack Of Doom by Don Marquis (full page illustration by Leroy Neiman; Travel: How To Get Stoned on Fifty Cents; Article: The Long Blue Nose of the Law, by Noble and Averbuch; Profile of Stan Kenton by Bill Russo (with great photos by Herman Leonard); Boxing 1956 by Ed Pazdur; satire: Playright on a Hot Tin Roof by Ray Russell.

PAGES: 72

PLAYMATE: Marian Stafford (first fold-out Playmate)

COVER: Marian Stafford

PICTORIALS: An Evening With Eve- 2 pages of Eve Meyer (photos by Russ Meyer)

FEATURES: Fiction by D. K. Broster, Couching At The Door,and Herbert Gold, The Psychodynamist; Articles: by Ray Bradbury, The First Night of Lent; Jules Archer, The Great Guessing Game; 2 pages of cartoons by Peter Porges, Porges Painters; Ribald Classic by Voltaire, The Pitfalls of Prettiness.

PAGES: 72

PLAYMATE: Rusty Fisher

COVER: Bunny Logo in Black and White (1st appearance of the signature Bunny logo)

PICTORIALS: Diana Dors, known as "England's Marilyn" - DD in 3D

FEATURES: Fiction: The Cruise of the Aphrodite by H. E. Heckelmann; Taste by Roald Dahl; satire: Selecting Your First Wife by Shepherd Mead; article: The Sport of Sports Car Racing by Jack Olsen; Goodman a la King - musings on Jazz by Benny Goodman.

PAGES: 72

PLAYMATE: Marion Scott

COVER: Dolores Taylor

PICTORIALS: Singer Meg Myles - The Lynx with the Lusty Larynx; Jazz Record Jackets Go Jazzy - pictorial review of some of the more creative LP jackets of the day inclduing Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Hampton and Getz and others.

FEATURES: Fiction: The Splendid Source by Richard Matheson; The Shooting of Judge Price by Erskine Caldwell; The Monster Show by Charles Beaumont; Personality Profile of Victor Borge; Humor from Arv Miller; Satire, Training Your First Wife by Shepherd Mead; article on Jazz Record Jackets.

PAGES: 72

PLAYMATE: Gloria Walker; ;

COVER: Sally Todd (cover also states: "Now Printing 1,000,000 Copies")

PICTORIALS: Champagne Flight to Vegas - Playmate Sally Tood and her jet-setting date.

FEATURES: Fiction: A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury; Nunc Dimittis by Roald Dahl; Compendium on Chess with pictorial, fiction and article on how to improve your game and a short history of chess; Humor: The Darendinger Build-Up by William F. Nolan.

PAGES: 72

PLAYMATE: Alice Denham

COVER: Generic Suitcase

PICTORIALS: Actress Marla English, "The Girl In The Peek-A-Boo Pants". The pictorial is supposed to be Ms. English's swan song as the Hollywood mavens wish her to keep her clothes on.

FEATURES: George Wein, the original promoter, covers the 3rd Newport Jazz Festival with super photos of Dinah Washington, Pee Wee Russell, Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Woody Herman , Chet Baker, Louis Armstrong, Gerry Mulligan and others; early LeRoy Neiman sketches in the attire article; Ribald Calssic is "The Woman in the Case," by Anton Chekov; three pages of Clemtine cartoons by artist Jean Bellus; satire, "The Catcher in the Wry," by Robert Turner; fiction by Alberto Maravia, "The Truckdriver"; Anthony Boucher, "Nellthu"; Playmate Alice Denham also has a fiction story in this issue, "The Deal."

PAGES: 72

PLAYMATE: Jonnie Nicely, who was featured in October 1956 as the girl turned down to be the centerfold, returns to the gatefold triumphant due to reader demand.

COVER: 0000

PICTORIALS: "The Ekberg Bronze", features three pages plus four page B&W insert of Swedish actress Anita Ekberg in figure studies for sculptor Sepy Dobronyi; pictorial: "Piltdown Painting Party" showcases trendy "bohemian" Chicagoans out on a graffiti painting spree of downtown road underpasses.

FEATURES: article by novelist Evelyn Waugh, "The Death of Painting," decries the faults of modern art; fiction, "You Can't Have Then All" by Charles Beaumont; "Ad Lib Exit" by Willard Marsh; 4-page insert of cartoons by Shel Silverstein (1st appearance).

PAGES: 72

PLAYMATE: Dane Arden

COVER: Diane Harmsen

PICTORIALS: "Filming the Follies Bergere" is five pages of the showgirls and stars of the famous Paris theater.

FEATURES: "Hemingway," by Jed kiley, profiles the famous author through personal experiences with him in Paris; a massive 8-page layout on Playboy's Penthouse Apartment, complete with drawings; John Lardner profiles Floyd Patterson, then eyeing the heavyweight crown (with photos); fiction by John Wallace, "Get Out Of My Life"; Robert Sheckley, "Love Incorporated"; two fashion drawings by LeRoy Neiman for the attire section

PAGES: 80

PLAYMATE: Janet Pilgrim

COVER: Joan Bradshaw

PICTORIALS: Janet Pilgrim's date at Dartmouth; For Export Only - scenes from European films.

FEATURES: Fiction: The Right Kind of Pride by Herbeert Gold; Hospitality by Lesley Conger; A Pound of Flesh by Anson Mount; Hemingway: A Ttitle Bout in Ten Rounds by Jed Kiley; A second look at Playboy's penthouse apartment - the bedroom, study and bath; Playboy Jazz Poll.

PAGES: 88

PLAYMATE: Betty Blue

COVER: Generic

PICTORIALS: The Lock on the Barroom Door - article by Jonathan Rhoades with photos by Mike Shea details Chicago's Gaslight key club with scantily clad waitresses and upscale acoutrements, a precursor of Hefner's very own Playboy Clubs.

FEATURES: Fiction: A Flourish of Strumpetsby Richard Matheson, The Lover of the Coral Glades by Adrian Conan Doyle, and The Flip Side by Charles Einstein; Humor: Falconry: Who Needs It? by P.G. Wodehouse; article on Nat King Cole in the studio; "pastiche" on Hemingway by Jed Kiley; Satire: Selecting Your Second Wife by Shepherd Mead.

PAGES: 88

PLAYMATE: June Blair

COVER: All of the 1956 Playmates

PICTORIALS: Playmate Reviewfeatures all of the 1956 Playmates including Janet Pilgim, Elsa Sorensen, Johnnie Nicely, Marion Scott and the rest in a five page layout.

FEATURES: Fiction, In a Season of Calm Weather by Ray Bradbury with three pen and ink drawing by Pablo Picasso (two full page), The Hustler by Walter S. Tevis, and The Mask and the Maiden by John Collier; New Year's Resolutions by George Jessel, Fed Astaire, Jimmy Durante, Phil Silvers and others in a series of short articles; satire, The Handling of Women in Business by Shephrd Mead; Patrick Chase on Travels in Mexico.

PAGES: 80

PLAYMATE: Sally Todd

COVER: Jayne Mansfield

PICTORIALS: The New Jayne Mansfield - Five stunning pages of Ms. Mansfield.

FEATURES: The 1957 Playboy Jazz All-Stars includes super photos of Benny Goodman, Stan Getz, Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Kenton, Frank Sinatra and others; Fiction, The Traveling Salesman by Robert Bloch, The 44-Year-Old Boy Disc Jockey by Herbert Gold, and A Second Father by Budd Schulberg; Silverstein and Cole team up on A Valentine for Her; satire, Make Mine Mulligatawny! by william Iversen; Pamela Moore asks if American men are ashamed of sex in Love In The Dark; Blake Rutherford reviews fashion collector's items.

PAGES: 80

PLAYMATE: Sandra Edwards

COVER: Generic

PICTORIALS: Zsa Zsa Gabor in Las Vegas; The Vargas Girl with commentary by John Campbell, marks Alberto Vargas' first appearance in Playboy with five pages of outstanding illustrations.

FEATURES: Playboy's 4th Annual Boxing Preview by John Lardner, featuring: Floyd Patterson, Tommy "Hurricane" Jackson, Willie Pastrano, Eddie Machen, Archie Moore, Chuck Spieser, Willi Besmanoff, Gene Fullmer, Sugar Ray Robinson, Joey Giardello, Ellsworth "Spider" Webb, Carmen Basilio, Tony De Marco and many others; A pastiche on Hemingway by Jed Kiley; fiction, Night Ride by Charles Beaumont, The Decent Thing to Do by Dion Henderson, and Triplicate Twisteroo by Fredric Brown; articles, The Gray Flannel Beachcomber by Avery Atwood and Cockpit Capers by Roger Wilco.

PAGES: 80

PLAYMATE: Gloria Windsor

COVER: Elaine Conte

PICTORIALS: SEXONLEX-the most pulchritude-packed palazzo in all of New York - article and photos by Carl Bakal, describes the hustle of 480 Lexington Avenue, a block-long building filled with the studios of advertising photographers and frequented by gorgeous models;

FEATURES: Fiction, The Sergeant and the Slave Girl by T. K. Brown III, All Through The Night by Nelson Algren, and Victory Parade by Henry Slesar; humor, The Power of Positive Thinking by William Iversen; The Compleat Sports Car Stable; Exurbanites at Play by A.C. Spectorsky (Spec); Hemingway - Pastiche, by Jed Kiley; Ribald Classic is The Wayward Wife by Guy De Maupassant.

PAGES: 80

PLAYMATE: Dawn Richard

COVER: Steamship collage by Art Paul

PICTORIALS: Li'l Abner's Gals by comic strip creator Al Kapp, presents the cast of the Broadway play, including Daisy Mae played by Edith Adams, Moonbeam McSwine (Carmen Alvarez), Stupefyin' Jones (Julie Newmar), and Appassionata Van Climax (Tina Louise),The Postal Peel of Peaches Page - an enterprising British stripper uses the postal system to her unique advantage.

FEATURES: Fiction, Master of the Revels by Al Morgan, The Not Nice Guy by Herbert Gold; Little Land of the Big Wheel by John Sack, explores the inner workings of Monaco; humor, The French They Are a Funny Race by William Iversen, and Return to Tokyo by Shel Silverstein; Tiger Hunt in Cooch Behar by Prakash C. Jain with photos from India.

PAGES: 80

PLAYMATE: Carrie Radison

COVER: White with Playboy cufflinks lower right

PICTORIALS: Winters, the WinnerLisa Winters (Playboy readers' favorite Playmate from 1956); The Back- VikKi Dougan in low-cut outfits.

FEATURES: Fiction by George Langelaan, The Fly; the phemomena of Rock 'n' Roll is discussed in Rock 'n' Rollby Jazz columnist Leonard Feather; profile of comedian Mort Sahl in A Real Free Form Guyby Rolf Malcomb; satire, Enter the Handsome Strangerby Ray Russell; first appearnace of LeRoy Neiman's Femlin on Party Jokes page; and a superb full-page photo of Hugh Hefner on page three opposite "Playbill."

PAGES: approx. 80

PLAYMATE: Jean Jani

COVER: Lisa

PICTORIALS: Playboy's Yatch Party with plenty of photos of the models (first names only given) - Lisa (covergirl), Sheila, Shirley and Dawn.

FEATURES: Fiction, Mistress of Porcosito by Gerald Kersh, A Very Human Story by Henry Swados, and The Champion of Outer Mongolia by Archie Oldham; humor, Silverstein in Scandinavia and The Sinister Trade Mark Plot by William Iversen

PAGES: 72

PLAYMATE: Dolores Donlon

COVER: Dolores Donlon

PICTORIALS: The View from the Penthouse - voyeuristic pictorial - shot from above - of a girl stripping down for nude sunbathing

FEATURES: Fiction, Incident off Land's End by Jacob Hay, Balance Sheet by Morton Fineman, and Do Nice Artistic Girls? by Herbert Gold; Humor, Take Your Seats by Ray Russell; pastiche, Hemingway by Jed Kiley; 2 pages of sports car cartoons, Denison's Sports Cars; Profile of magazine model Lionel Wiggam.

PAGES: 72

PLAYMATE: Jacquelyn Prescott

COVER: Jacquelyn Prescott

PICTORIALS: Westerns Are Better Than Ever features Gun Fever star, Jana Davi; Frankie and Johnny written by Kai Winding with photographs by David Linton, a jazzy retelling of the hot ballad.

FEATURES: Opinion by John Steinbeck, Open Season on Guests; Francis Wallace's College Football Preview, with photos of John Crow, Alex Karras, Lou Michaels and others; fiction, The Prince and the Gladiator by Al Morgan; "Pastiche" on Hemingway by Jed Kiley; humor, The Blooper Girls by Lawrence Durrell;

PAGES: 80

PLAYMATE: Colleen Farrington

COVER: Janet Pilgrim

PICTORIALS: Latin Quarter Lovlies - showgirls of Miami's hottest district;

FEATURES: Fiction, Party Girl by John Wallace, The Cure by Robert Bloch, and The Secret Formula by Henry Slesar; Shel Silverstein in London; 1958 Playboy Jazz Poll; The Compleat Fidelitarian by John M. Conly, features high-end hi-fi equipment of the day.

PAGES: 88

PLAYMATE: Marlene Callahan

COVER: unknown

PICTORIALS: Loren vs. Mansfield - famous Hollywood Sex Star feud between Sophia Loren and Jayne Mansfield

FEATURES: Fiction, The Deadly Wil to Win by Charles Beaumont, City Fables by Hoke Norris; Playboy on Poker by John Moss with girl stripping in card pictorial; article, Corrida on bullfighting by Barnaby Conrad with four pages of exceptional photos by Mike Shea; Ella Fitzgerald meets Duke Ellington by Leonard Feather

PAGES: 88

PLAYMATE: Linda Vargas

COVER: Linda Vargas & Lisa Winters

PICTORIALS: Alone with Lisa - 4 pages of Lisa Winters

INTERVIEW: Hugh Hefner (interviewed by Mike Wallace)

FEATURES: 4th Anniversary Issue: Vance Packard: The Manipulators ; Ralph Malcolm: The Little World of Harvey Kurtzman ; Harlan Draper: Quotemanship ; H. Allen Smith: The Impolite Sex ; John Sack: Right Little, Tight Little Island; Budd Schulberg, fiction: The Barracudas ; Gerald Kersh, fiction: Something On His Mind ; Thomas Mario: Your Just Desserts ; Jules Janin: The Loveliest Ladder ; Patrick Chase: International Datebook [February Delights]

PAGES: 88

PLAYMATE: Elizabeth Ann Roberts

COVER: Gloria Windsor, Lisa Winters, Marian Stafford, June Blair, Jean Jani

PICTORIALS: 5-page Playmate Review featuring all of the 1957 Playmates.

FEATURES: "Silverstein in Paris", Fiction by Jack Kerouac, The Rumbling, Rambling Blues

PAGES: 72

PLAYMATE: Cheryl Kubert

COVER: Generic

PICTORIALS: The "Nude" Jayne Mansfield

FEATURES: 1958 Jazz All-Stars

PAGES: approx. 72

PLAYMATE: Zahra Norbo;

COVER: Michiko Hamamura/Brigitte Bardot

PICTORIALS: Michiko Hamamura/Brigitte Bardot

FEATURES: 1958 Boxing Preview

PAGES: approx. 72

PLAYMATE: Felicia Atkins

COVER: Generic

PICTORIALS: Minsky In Vegasfeatures Vegas showgirls Alexis Van Cort; Marilyn Dann and Shawn Daly.

FEATURES: Fiction by John Steinbeck, The Short-Short Story of Mankind,John Wallace, A Stretch In Siberia and Herbert Gold, Weird Show; article by Bernard Asbell on The Little world of Orville K. Snav; 3 page article on LeRoy Neiman, Painter of the Urban Scenewith four paintings;

PAGES: 80

PLAYMATE: Lari Lane

COVER: Lari Lane

PICTORIALS: Tina Louise and Robert Ryan in God's Little Acre; Pictorial article by Richard German, photographed by Ormond Gigli, The Birth of a Broadway Show features Tony Randall and Abbe Lane in rehearsals with Jose Ferrer on the set of "Oh Captain!"; Adieu, Tristesse features Elga Andersen, Jean Seberg, Deborah Kerr and David Niven, at Aly Khan's French Riviera villa for the film by the same name.

FEATURES: The Life and Death of a Spanish Grandee by Ken W. Purdy, a retrospective on the death of the Marquis de Portago; Fiction, This One Is On the House by Pat Frank, Hard Bargain by Alan Nourse, The Man In The Well by Berkely Mather; article, Wizards of a Small Planet by Anthony Boucher; Thomas Mario on food; Blake Rutherford on attire.

PAGES: 80.

PLAYMATE: Judy Lee Tomerlin

COVER: Judy Lee Tomerlin

PICTORIALS: Photographing your own Playmate - a 5-page pictorial guide and tips on photographing a Playmate, with Judy Lee Tomerlin as the eager subject; A Toast To Legs; San Francisco "On the Town" features great photos from some of the city's most renouned evening haunts - Ann's 440 Club, Fairmont's Circue Room, the Blackhawk (with the Dave Brubeck quartet playing), Top o' the Mark, Fisherman's Wharf, the Nob Hill Papagayo Room, Ernie's, the Iron Horse and more.

FEATURES: Fiction, Sex on Sawdust by Daniel P. Mannix, and The Sign of Scorpio by Charles Mergendahl; Humor and sketches by Shel Silverstein in Italy; Profile of jokester Harry Kurnitz by Richard Gehman; food and drink by Thomas Mario.

PAGES: 80

PLAYMATE: Linne Nanette Ahlstrand

COVER: Joyce Nizzari

PICTORIALS: Pocket Size Parisienne features AgnÈs Laurent in the French film, Un Amour de Poche (Pocket Love); Music To Make Your Eyeballs Pop displays some of the more risque record jacket art of the day, including Les Baxter's "La Femme", Johnnie Mann's "Night" and Nelson Riddle's "Sea of Dreams" among others;

FEATURES: Fiction, The Devil To Pay by Stephen Barr, The Sweet Sadness by Philip Lee Smith, The Skindiver and the Lady by T. K. Brown III; Leonard Feather uncovers Six Records in Search of a Penthouse in his never-ending search for the ultimate jazz recordings; Richard Armour parodies musclemen in Age of the Chest.

PAGES: 72

PLAYMATE: Myrna Weber

COVER: Myrna Weber, Marian Stafford, Nancy Crawford, Joyce Nizzari

PICTORIALS: History Revisited with various greats from the past (Napoleon, Archimedes, Marco Polo, others) and models.

FEATURES: Fiction by Henry Slesar, A Very Rare Disease,and Robert Bloch, Word of Honor; humor by William Iversen, You Gotta Have Heart; opinion, Eros and Unreason in Detroit,by John Keats; Leonard Berstein and architect Mies van der Rohe in "On The Scene" segment; three pages of Jules Feiffer cartoons in The Sick Little World of Jules Feifferwhich originally appeared in the Village Voice, and are Feiffer's first appearance in Playboy; charcoal sketch by LeRoy Neiman with Slezar's story; full page Diner's Club ad (the world's first credit card).

PAGES: 72

PLAYMATE: Teri Hope

COVER: Teri Hope

PICTORIALS: The Bosomintroduces 18-year-old June Wilkinson to America in 5 pages.

FEATURES: Playboy's Pigskin Preview and 1958 Preview All-America team (Darrell Royal - coach); three pages of cartoons by Jack Cole, The Subliminal Pitch; Playmates Lisa Winters, Linda Vargas and Janet Pilgrim help a college boy pick out a wardrobe in The Well-Clad Undergrad; fiction by Herbert Gold, Sleepers, Awake, Michael Shaara, The Peeping Tom Patrol, and Browning Norton, The House of Hate; Philip Wylie reports on The womanization of America; article on campus pranks by Frank Kilburn Coffee, Howls of Ivy.

PAGES: 88

PLAYMATE: TWO PLAYMATES: Mara Corday and Pat Sheehan back to back on centerfold

COVER: Babette, Pat Sheehan, Mara Corday

PICTORIALS: The Pros of Paris features French call girls; Les Girls, Les Girls - pictorial features Girls of the Lido on stage at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas.

FEATURES: Fiction, Perchance to Dream by Charles Beaumont, Montage by Ray Russell; 1959 Jazz Poll Ballot; 2 great pages of cartoons in Never Darken My Door Again by Phil Interlandi; a guide to wine - The Verities of Vino.

PAGES: 96

PLAYMATE: Joan Staley

COVER: Marianne Gaba

PICTORIALS: Peekaboo Brigitte features a collection of nude scenes from the films of Brigitte Bardot; The Cards Are Stacked - sexy cards - featuring nude models - for all occasions.

FEATURES: Satire, Oh Well What the Hell by John D. Keefauver is a take-off on the poetry of Lawrence Ferlinghetti; Robert George Reisner contributes a personality profile on Frank Sinatra; Sketches and humor by Shel Silverstein in Switzerland; Fun and Fashion on Skis by Iselin and Spectorsky; fiction, The Marvelous Lover by Joyce Engelson, The Jam by Henry Slesar, and A Sock In The Jaw by Ken Purdy.

PAGES: 96

PLAYMATE: Virginia Gordon

COVER: generic

PICTORIALS: Playmate Review with Joan Staley, Elizabeth Ann Roberts, Mara Corday, Myrna Weber, Joyce Nizzari and others.

FEATURES: Jules Feiffer, PG Wodehouse, Ben Hecht; LeRoy Nieman painting.

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PLAYMATE: Elanor Bradley

COVER: Elanor Bradley

PICTORIALS: 00000

FEATURES: 1959 Jazz All Stars; Jules Feiffer; Lenny Bruce profile.

PLAYMATE: Audrey Daston

COVER: Myrna Weber

PICTORIALS: June Blair, "The Classic Figure"

FEATURES: Silverstein in Spain by Shel Silverstein; fiction, The Noise by Ken W. Purdy; illustrated cartoons by Jules Feiffer; Ray Russell.

PLAYMATE: Nancy Crawford

COVER: generic

PICTORIALS: Playboy's Weekend Hideaway; Tina Louise

FEATURES: Fiction by Herbert Gold; Shel Silverstein sketches.

PAGES:

PLAYMATE: Cindy Fuller

COVER: Fran Stacy, Mary Jane Fuller, Cindy Ralston

PICTORIALS: Playboy's House Party pictorial with Dottie Sykes, Bonnie Harrington, Fran Stacy, Mary Jane Ralston and Cindy Fuller

FEATURES: Britons at th Ballpark pictorial featuring Peter Ustinov, Hermione Gingold and Commander Whitehead at Yankee Stadium; 2-page Gahan Wilson cartoon feature; Fiction by Robert Sheckley, Triplication; single-page Jules Feiffer cartoon, Passion; Joyce Nizzari and Frank Sinatra on the set of A Hole In The Head in Slick Chick Flick Pick.

PAGES: 88

PLAYMATE: Marilyn Hanold

COVER: Marilyn Hanold

PICTORIALS: Oriental Sex

FEATURES: Full page LeRoy Neiman painting of "Romanoffs"; "Origins of the Beat Generation" by Jack Kerouac; Jules Feiffer cartoon; fiction by Ken Purdy.

PAGES: 108

PLAYMATE: Yvette Vickers

COVER: Yatching "Mr. Playboy"

PICTORIALS: Tania Velia

FEATURES: Beat poetry by Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso; Oscar Levant profile; Leonard Feather previews Playboy's First Jazz Festival in Jazz, Jazz, Jazz;three pages of cartoons by John Dempsey with captions by Francis D. Collins, Two's A CrowdFiction by Herbert Gold, The Incredible Adventures of Dino; single-page Jules Feiffer cartoon, Superman; 9-page Yachting article includes gear and photos of Chris-Craft 55-foot Constellation, Huckins Linwood 53 Fairform Flyer, Newporter 40-foot cruising ketch, Matthews 42-foot convertible sedan cruiser and others.

PAGES: 96

PLAYMATE: Clayre Peters

COVER: Clayre Peters

PICTORIALS: June Wilkinson, The Bosom In Hollywood

FEATURES: Playboy on the Town in Chicago; four pages of sketches by Shel Silverstein, Silverstein Among The Arabs; fiction: novelette by Herbert Gold, The Sender Of Letters and Henry Slesar, Incognito; single-page Jules Feiffer cartoon, Moment of Truth; article by Ralph Ginzburg, Cult Of The Aged Leader depicts Dwight D. Eisenhower's waning days in office.

PAGES: 104

PLAYMATE: Marianne Gaba

PICTORIALS: Bunny's Honeys pictorial of playmates photographed by Bunny Yeager including Bunny herself, Joyce Nizzari, Cindy Fuller, Lisa Winters, Bonnie Harrington and Mary Jane Ralston.

FEATURES: Anson Mount presents Playboy's College Football All-America preview with photos of Ara Parseghian, Don Meredith, Dick Bass and Billy Cannon; four pages of cartoons by Jack Cole (who died in 1958) in Cole Remembered; Jazzman Lester Young profiled by Leonard Feather; two-page Jules Feiffer cartoon, A Meeting At The Summit; Olver Kinkaid critiques pageantry in The Miss America Joke

PAGES: 124

PLAYMATE: Elaine Reynolds

COVER: Elanor Bradley

PICTORIALS: Elaine Stewart and Kim Novak

FEATURES: Shel Silverstein in Africa, Herbert Gold, Jules Feiffer, Ken Purdy, great two-page ad for Columbia Records featuring Sammy Davis, Jr., Johnny Cash, Henry Mancini, Tony Bennett and other stars.

PAGES: 118

PLAYMATE: Donna Lynch

PICTORIALS: "Hollywood Goes European" features Linda Cristal and John Saxon in scenes from film "Cry Tough"; Beds From Other Times and Places features classic beds with classy models.

FEATURES: 14-page Compendium And So To Bed; 3 pages of Arnold Roth cartoons, Holiday Office Parties; fiction by Henry Slesar, A Cry From The Penthouse, william Link and Richard Levinson, The Joan Club and Noel Clad, A Long Time To Swing Alone; satire by Andy Rooney, From The Desk Of Milton Cronin; single-page Jules Feiffer cartoon, The Humanist; three fashion drawings of men's robes by LeRoy Neiman; Theodore Bikel, Joe Hyams and Morris Levy in "On The Scene" segment.

PAGES: 112

PLAYMATE: Ellen Stratton

COVER: generic

PICTORIALS: Building a Better Brigitte featuring foreign beauties, Pascale Petit, Jacqueline Sassard, Sophie Destrades, Estella Blain, Gisele Gallois, Annette Vadim and Bardot herself.

FEATURES: Fiction by Ray Russell, Alberto Moravia and Jack Kerouac; Jules Feiffer cartoon; Roald Dahl; Gahan Wilson parodies Sherlock Holmes; LeRoy Neiman paintings: "The Moore County Hounds"

PAGES: 124