[MineralMan]

"I'll bet for each of them, there are a dozen that have gone under."

No doubt there are, as have many other magazines of various types. You made the point that a magazine that didn't have naked women in it but included serious articles and interviews wouldn't survive.

I gave you three prominent examples, off the top of my head. To find more would require enough research to see which serious magazines today were being published in the early 1950s. Trust me...there are plenty. You were incorrect in your supposition, simply based on the three publications I named.

Yes, many magazines have folded. That's business.

[Antoninus]

You made the point that a magazine that didn't have naked women in it but included serious articles and interviews wouldn't survive.

No, that wasn't my point. My point was that minus the titty pics, Playboy was one of thousands of similar magazines that existed in the 1950s--the vast majority of which are now defunct. Playboy, sans boobage, would have most likely gone under as well.

You were incorrect in your supposition, simply based on the three publications I named.

No, I wasn't. I'm sorry you misunderstood it.