Playboy and mother. However, the publisher of an unrelated men's adventure magazine, "Stag," contacted Hefner and informed him it would file suit to protect their trademark if he were to launch his magazine with that name. Hefner, his wife Millie, and Sellers met to seek a new name, considering "Top Hat", "Gentleman", "Sir'", "Satyr", "Pan" and "Bachelor" before Sellers suggested "Playboy". The first issue, in December 1953, was undated, as Hefner was unsure there would be a second. He produced it in his Hyde Park kitchen. The first centerfold was Marilyn Monroe, although the picture used originally was taken for a
Gallery (magazine) Gallery (magazine) Gallery is a men's magazine published by Magna Publishing Group. It is one of the more popular "skin" magazines that arose on the "Playboy" magazine pattern in the 1970s. "Gallery" was launched by Ronald L. Fenton and trial attorney F. Lee Bailey in Chicago, Illinois. The first issue appeared on newsstands in November 1972 bearing an uncanny resemblance to "Playboy" magazine. When "Playboy" publisher Hugh Hefner sent a letter to Bailey pointing out the similarities, the layout of "Gallery" was quickly changed. Financial difficulties plagued the magazine from the start, causing Bailey to leave during its inaugural year.