Modern Man is a now defunct monthly men's magazine

Magazine

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 founded in 1952 and running for several decades. Predating Playboy

Playboy

Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...

, Modern Man focused on items of interest to adult men, with an emphasis on soft-core pornography

Pornography

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, sex

Human sexual behavior

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, humor, automobile

Automobile

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s and popular culture. It featured photographs of many well-known models and actresses, including Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, singer, model and showgirl who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s....

, Pat Sheehan, Bambi Hamilton, June Blair

June Blair

June Blair is an American model and actress. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1957 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Hal Adams.Blair made her first television appearance in 1954...

, Tara Thomas, Jayne Mansfield

Jayne Mansfield

Jayne Mansfield was an American actress working both in Hollywood and on the Broadway theatre...

, and Mamie Van Doren

Mamie Van Doren

Mamie Van Doren is an American actress and singer; who rose to popularity as Universal Pictures's version of 20th Century Fox's Marilyn Monroe....

, as well as questionable look-alikes.