Playboy comic books issue 1

1st printing.

With the first centerfold image of the radiant Marilyn Monroe, Hugh M. Hefner masterminded a cultural icon: Playboy's Playmate of the Month. This voluptuous new edition celebrates every nude centerfold from every issue of Playboy, from 1953 to February 2016.

Initially published a decade ago, and now comprehensively updated, this must-have edition boasts 734 nude centerfolds and decade openers from literary luminaries, including an all-new essay by Elizabeth Wurtzel on the last decade of centerfolds, and a redesigned package that perfectly captures the complete cultural and aesthetic arc of the Playboy centerfold.

Hardcover, 8-in. x 13-in., 844 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $75.00.

First Printing. 1972. Collection of Alden Erikson's cartoons published in Playboy. Softcover. 8.25" x 11". 160 pages. Partial color, partial B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Softcover, 8" x 10 3/4", 112 pages, full color, Adults Only. Cover price $5.95.

1st printing. By Cole. A collection of cartoons from Playboy artist - Cole. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 80 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $1.00.

1st printing. By Damon Brown. Foreword by Pamela Anderson. "I only read it for the articles." Few modern punch lines (and lies!) are as iconic as this one. But humor and good writing aside, the true allure of Playboy are the magazine's spectacular cover images. Now Hugh Hefner has chosen 200 of Playboy's breathtaking, innovative covers for this lush retrospective, digitally reproduced and in color. Acclaimed author and long-time Playboy writer Damon Brown explores how the magazine's newsstand decisions made an indelible impact on American culture. Hardcover, 9 1/2-in. x 12 1/2-in., 320 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $35.00.

First Printing. 1970. Collection of John Dempsey's cartoons published in Playboy. Softcover. 8.25" x 11". 160 pages. Partial color, partial B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Written and illustrated by Bernard Kliban. A collection of Bernard Kliban's comic strips. MATURE READERS. 8-in. x 11-in., 80 pgs, full color. Cover price $6.95.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $18.00 View scans

A collection of jokes and humorous illustrations from Playboy magazine. Cover price $0.75.

First Printing. 1971. Collection of Phil Interlandi's cartoons published in Playboy. Softcover. 8.25" x 11". 160 pages. Partial color, partial B&W. Cover price $2.50.

2nd Edition - 1st printing. By Chester Brown. The Playboy is a memoir about Brown's adolescence, sexuality, and shame that chronicles his teenage obsession with the magazine of the same name. Exploring the physical form of comics to its fullest storytelling capacity, a fifteen year-old Chester is visited by a time-traveling adult Chester, and the latter narrates the former's compulsion to purchase each issue of Playboy as it appears on newsstands. Even more fascinating than his obsession with the magazine is Brown's need to keep this habit secret, and the great lengths to which he goes to avoid detection by, at first, his family, and then, later, by girlfriends. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 176 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $16.95.

Add to cart Very Good $130.00

1st Printing. Collected and Edited by Hugh Hefner. Featuring more than 825 sophisticated cartoons, and over 420 full color illustrations. Hardcover, 9 1/2-in. x 12 1/2-in., 324 pages, PB&W/PC. MATURE READERS Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. Edited by Gary Groth and Greg Sadowski. Introduction by Daniel Clowes. The definitive retrospective of the American satirist widely regarded as one of the most influential - and funniest - cartoonists of the second half of the 20th century. The Mad Playboy of Art includes representative samplings from Elder's best-known work from Mad, Panic, and Playboy's "Little Annie Fanny", and also: A 20,000 word biographical Essay by Gary VandenBergh tracing Elder's life and career, copiously illustrated with work from 1933 to the present; Over a hundred pages of comics and illustrations from such obscure magazines as Trump, Humbug, Help!, and Pageant; The legendary Goodman Beaver stories, reprinted for the first time in the same format in which they were drawn and originally published in 1961 and 1962; Paintings, portraits, still lifes, caricatures and sketches from Elder's personal collection. Softcover, 9" x 12", 392 pages, full color. Cover price $49.95.

Playboy looks at 1970's youth culture with articles and pictorials. Includes an interview with Peter Fonda. 8.5" x 11", 198 pages, full color. MATURE Cover price $2.50.