When Hugh Hefner started Playboy Magazine with the first issue in December 1953 I am sure he never imagined the impact that Playboy Magazine would be such an important part of American culture.  Since I was only 2 at the time of the launch of Playboy Magazine, I can't comment about the impact that it initially had but I have to admit, when I was about 12 I remember finding a copy in an old building near our house in upstate NY.  It remained hidden under my bed for a long time before it was discovered one day by my mother who was doing a spring cleaning.  This has been repeated over and over each and every day year after year.  Now with the advent of the web and the instant access to all kinds of adult material, the traditional hiding of a Playboy Magazine may now be a thing of the past.  But to those who experienced both the joy of looking at your first centerfold, and then the humiliation of it being discovered under your bed or between the sheets, collecting Playboy Back Issues will help you reminisce to those happy days of your youth.