Archive for the 'Marilyn Monroe' Category

When Hugh Hefner first came up with the innovative idea of a men’s magazine devoted totally to men’s interests and to photographs of some of the world’s most famous and beautiful women, beginning with his first issue in December 1953, completely attributed to Marilyn Monroe, little did he know that he had opened himself a Pandora’s box for a myriad of additional editions of Playboy magazine.

Among them, and by no mean the least collected was Hef’s introduction of Playboy College Girls Special Edition which is released periodically, but creating no less excitement among readers and collectors alike, than the regular monthly issues.

Among one of Playboy’s best loved College Girl models is Davin Lexen who appears on the cover of College Girls magazine March/April 2005.

Wearing just a multicolored student style scarf, Davin hides the real voluptuous curves that lie beneath and can be explored in full throughout the glossy pages of this issue of Playboy College Girls which includes the girls of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Probably the most iconic Playboy bunny girl in history, along with the most recognized movie star throughout the world, Marilyn Monroe certainly left a mark on Hugh Hefner and his Playboy publication.
When Hefner first conjured up the idea of a magazine for men he wanted his first issue to be filled with Marilyn Monroe and nothing else.
The magazine, which had its debut in December 1953, only had a print run of 54,000 copies, and had a lasting and collectable First Lady on the cover, in the form of Monroe.

To attract people to the magazine Hefner bought the rights to a nude photo of Marilyn Monroe and so the Playboy Empire was born.To attract people to the magazine Hefner bought the rights to a nude photo of Marilyn Monroe and so the Playboy Empire was born.Since the original copy only sold 54,000 copies, they are extremely rare now a days and sell for in excess of $5,000 each, if they can be located.
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So, with that in mind, and with the demand for the issue to complete many a die hard Playboy collector’s appetite, Christmas 2006 saw Hef issuing an exact replica of the original 1953 Marilyn Monroe Playboy magazine with only 2 differences between the original 1953 and the replica. In the upper right hand corner of the front cover the square is larger on the reprint, and there are 3 staples on the replica not 2 as on the original.

The replica issue can be bought for as little as $100.00 and would be a true investment for the future.

Once again, only printing 20,000 will make this issue much sought after in years to come and is already a difficult issue to find. A piece of history to pass on from generation to generation.

Following Hefner’s success in his magazine enterprise he went on to use the Gentlemen Prefer Blondes star on the cover of 5 more issues of his world famous magazines, September 1955, May 1979, January 1997, January 1999 and December 2005.





