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The First Publisher’s Statement by Larry Flynt in 1974
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Originally published July 1974
Anyone can be a playboy and have a penthouse, but it takes a man to be a Hustler. With this philosophy in mind, we are launching the most sophisticated men’s magazine of the century.
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