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
The First President of Japan manga was published on "Bart" magazine of the publisher Shueisha between 1998 and 2000. In Japan it was first published in "tankōbon" format through a single omnibus edition in December 1998. Then a new edition of three volumes was published through the "Super Playboy Comics" label from December 1999 to April 2000. An American edition was published by Gutsoon! Entertainment on its magazine "Raijin Comics", starting from the second issue in January 2003. The graphic novel version had four volumes that were published between July 9, 2003 and January 6, 2004. A spin-off series, also written by Hidaka, but this