what magazine did marilyn monroe appear on the first issue?
In an introduction to Volume 1, Number 1, it clearly states that Playboy not 'a family magazine'. Original: The first copy of Playboy magazine featuring Marilyn Monroe as centerfold is to go under the hammer Thursday in Los Angeles. Huge success: Dated December 1953, it is the first appearance of the Playboy Bunny, decked out in a smoking jacket with a pipe in his mouth.