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Indicia Publisher: HMH Publishing Co. Inc.
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Volume: 15
Pages: 222
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Content Items: 35 (2 stories, 0 covers)
Editor(s): Hugh M. Hefner (editor, publisher); A. C. Spectorsky (associate publisher, editorial director)
Disclose Notes: Lou Myers cartoons in ad for Grand Mariner cognac on page 24. Unsigned cartoon in ad for Whisper breath-spray on page 39. William Steig cartoon in Portage Porto-Ped Shoes ad on page 45.
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Binding: saddle-stitched (v1#1 - v32#9); perfect bound (v32#10 & up)
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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
I don't think much of the Emperor's new clothes, but did you get a load of the Empress'?
The Emperor and the Empress walk naked through the town.
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Page 83. Based on the short story "The Emperor's New Clothes" by Hans Christian Andersen.
Stone Age Sex

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
historical, humorous
Twelve cartoons imagining relationships between men and women in cave-man days, with emphasis on the "man hits the woman on the head and drags her home" stereotype.
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Pages 97-101.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous, religious
Noah
I'm sorry, son—if I let YOU, they'll ALL want to.
As Noah is loading the Ark, his son wants to bring two wives along.
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Page 113.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Alberto Vargas [as Vargas] (signed, painting)
Alberto Vargas [as Vargas] (signed, painting)
Alberto Vargas [as Vargas] (signed, painting)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Vargas
Well, if you're afraid you'll hate yourself in the morning, Mr. Thornton, we can always sleep until noon.
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Pages 132-133. Two-page pin-up. Reclining dark blonde with white high heels, white headband, and oversized pop art earrings.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Doug Sneyd [as Sneyd] (signed)
Doug Sneyd [as Sneyd] (signed)
Doug Sneyd [as Sneyd] (signed)
Doug Sneyd [as Sneyd] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
What are you putting under 'occupation' this year?
The girls in the brothel work on their income tax forms.
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Page 136. Part of "Brothel" series.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Madden (signed)
Don Madden (signed)
Don Madden (signed)
Don Madden (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
That's fascinating. Then what does the boa constrictor do to its prey?
A young man has a girl in his clutches on a couch under the pretense of giving an animal behavior lesson.
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Page 152.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
William O'Brian [as O'Brian] (signed)
William O'Brian [as O'Brian] (signed)
William O'Brian [as O'Brian] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Would a HATE group of twenty-five qualify?
An clerk at an airlines reservation desk is unsure whether a group would qualify under their "special fares for accredited groups."
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Page 154.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Brian Savage (signed)
Brian Savage (signed)
Brian Savage (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Here's our written consent. Are you joining the Army? Getting married? Leaving the country? Or what?
A disengaged father, engrossed in a television program, signs a form for his teen son without reading it.
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Page 156.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Buck Brown (signed)
Buck Brown (signed)
Buck Brown (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Bwana, what are your views on civil rights, integration, open housing and black power?
A lone white man, heading a long safari in a savanna, is asked some political questions by his black porters.
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Page 157.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Richard Taylor [as R. Taylor] (signed)
Richard Taylor [as R. Taylor] (signed)
Richard Taylor [as R. Taylor] (signed)
Richard Taylor [as R. Taylor] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
But, dearest, with all your money, you surely didn't think for one minute that I'd let YOU do the housework?
A man who has married a frumpy, but rich woman, brings her to her mansion, which he has equipped with five attractive maids in short skirts.
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Page 162.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Donald Reilly (signed)
Donald Reilly (signed)
Donald Reilly (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
I handle creative inspiration and he helps with ideas for promotion, serialization, and subsidiary rights.
A writer is visited by his muse, but she has an agent.
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Page 164.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
... Hello, Audubon Society ... ?
Two huge vultures perch on top of a phone booth. The man inside calls the Audubon Society for advice.
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Page 165.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
E. Simms Campbell (signed)
E. Simms Campbell (signed)
E. Simms Campbell (signed)
E. Simms Campbell (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Say, isn't that Mustaffah—one of my eunuchs?
In a Middle Eastern marketplace, a sultan spots one of his eunuchs getting friendly with a woman in a burqa.
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Page 169.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dana Fradon [as D. Fradon] (signed)
Dana Fradon [as D. Fradon] (signed)
Dana Fradon [as D. Fradon] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
I refuse to pay that portion of my tax that does NOT go for war!
A flag-waving veteran tells an Internal Revenue clerk that he only wants to pay the part of his taxes that pay for war.
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Page 177. The punchline is a take on people who protested Vietnam by only paying their taxes that didn't go to the military.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Marty Murphy (signed)
Marty Murphy (signed)
Marty Murphy (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Gosh, Miss Whitbeck ... I though you said you were a NUDIST!
A man is invited into a woman's apartment, but finds she is a Buddhist, complete with a seated statue of Bhudda, instead of a nudist.
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Page 178.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
I'm going to throw away my prepared speech.
A speaker at a podium makes a grand show of tossing his notes, but after stumbling to give a speech, bends over to pick up the notes.
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Page 181. Nine panels, eight of which are pantomime.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mischa Richter [as Richter] (signed)
Mischa Richter [as Richter] (signed)
Mischa Richter [as Richter] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous, military
You were on Madison Avenue once. How would YOU convice them we're winning?
Top military brass try to find a way to convince the public they are on the winning side in Vietnam.
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Page 182.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Marty Murphy (signed)
Marty Murphy (signed)
Marty Murphy (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
For the perennial 'girl next door' you ain't bad, kid ...
A movie producer does an audition on a casting couch.
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Page 185.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Today, kids like to tell it like it is.
Two businessmen walk by a small boy writing sexual-oriented graffiti on a wall.
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Page 186.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Buck Brown (signed)
Buck Brown (signed)
Buck Brown (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
You're just perfect for this commercial, Miss Cousins. Now, let's hear you say 'I use Groovy Floor Wax on all my floors' ...
The casting crew for a commercial force a young woman to audition for the part in the nude.
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Page 188.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sidney Harris [as S. Harris] (signed)
Sidney Harris [as S. Harris] (signed)
Sidney Harris [as S. Harris] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Sorry—this isn't my diocese.
A man asks a priest to minister to a man who's been hit by a car, but the priest says it's not his territory.
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Page 189.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Who the hell do you think you're kidding, Grobwitz?
A sculptor makes a huge sculpture of a woman's breast, then labels it "Electric Light Switch."
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Page 190.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Gahan Wilson (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
historical, humorous
Sherlock Holmes
Would you care to step out of the shop and see how it looks in the fog, Mr. Holmes?
Sherlock Holmes is buying a new overcoat and the salesmen encourages him to step out and see how it looks in the London fog.
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Page 193.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Buck Brown (signed)
Buck Brown (signed)
Buck Brown (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
The Devil
Right now, I'm up to here in souls—what say we bargain for something else??
The Devil propositions an attractive young woman.
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Page 196.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Glenn Bernhardt [as Bernhardt] (signed)
Glenn Bernhardt [as Bernhardt] (signed)
Glenn Bernhardt [as Bernhardt] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
I only drink to be sociable.
An intoxicated man makes an excuse as he sits at otherwise empty bar.
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Page 198.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Allen (signed)
Stan Allen (signed)
Stan Allen (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Beverly, can't you ever do anything right? HE'S supposed to hide in the closet.
A man surprises his wife cheating on him. But the man is in the bed and the wife is hiding in the closet, the reverse of the usual situation.
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Page 199.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
You're not fooling anyone, Rafferty. Put Miss Hoskins down and get back to work!
A man tries to sneak a nude woman into a storeroom for mannikins, but doesn't fool his boss.
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Page 201.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
B Kliban (signed)
B Kliban (signed)
B Kliban (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
But, gee, Howard, there must be more to sexual freedom than this!
In the midst of an orgy, a girl has some doubts.
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Page 202.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Addis (signed)
Don Addis (signed)
Don Addis (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
We can't hear you counting, Miss Phelps.
A woman on her back doing a bicycling exercise has her bosom covering her face.
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Page 206.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Barney Tobey [as B Tobey] (signed)
Barney Tobey [as B Tobey] (signed)
Barney Tobey [as B Tobey] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Well, who are we robbing of their initiative today?
Two Internal Revenue Service agents look through a file cabinet.
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Page 207.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Buck Brown (signed)
Buck Brown (signed)
Buck Brown (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Mabel? You'll never guess what just flew through my window.
A lower-class housewife is frying something while talking on the telephone.
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Page 212. Cartoon is a parody of a Dove dish-washing detergent TV commercial, in which a dove flies into a kitchen.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sidney Harris [as S. Harris] (signed)
Sidney Harris [as S. Harris] (signed)
Sidney Harris [as S. Harris] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Say, Marge—here's a nice young couple who saw our ad for the wife-swapping club.
A couple who advertised a wife-swapping club are visited by male and female police officers.
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Page 213.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Donald Reilly (signed)
Donald Reilly (signed)
Donald Reilly (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Oh, miss ...
A man with homemade wings perched at the top of a building shouts a warning to a woman sun-bathing on the balcony below.
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Page 213.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Buck Brown (signed)
Buck Brown (signed)
Buck Brown (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
With me you always act like sex is dirty!
An unkempt man is upset when he finds his wife in bed with another man.
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Page 214.
Room with a View

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Claude Smith [as Claude] (signed)
Claude Smith [as Claude] (signed)
Claude Smith [as Claude] (signed)
Claude Smith [as Claude] (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous
A man is shown an apartment with a view of an attractive woman getting dressed in the apartment building next door. After signing the lease, he finds the apartment is that of his landlord, who pulls the blinds down.
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Page 217. A six-panel pantomime story.

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