Empire Magazine January 1993 Kevin Costner The Bodyguard Meryl Streep Chaplin SKU 1539

Original Empire Magazine – January 1993, featuring Kevin Costner prominently on the front cover with coverage linked to The Bodyguard.

Full date: January 1993
Original UK cover price: £2.00
SKU: 1539

This is a strong early-1990s issue of Empire, with a major Kevin Costner / The Bodyguard focus and several additional features covering notable films, actors and the previous year in cinema.

The front cover is dominated by a large portrait of Kevin Costner, accompanied by the headline:

“Another Nice Little Earner With The Bodyguard?”

This gives the issue particular appeal to collectors of Kevin Costner, The Bodyguard, 1990s movie memorabilia and vintage Empire magazines.

Main Cover Features

The cover highlights:

• Kevin Costner / The Bodyguard
• Meryl Streep – “In The Empire Interview”
• Chaplin – on-location coverage
• 1992’s 50 Best Videos To Buy
• 1992 – How Was It For You? – an ultimate review of the year
• Every new film and video reviewed inside

The combination of current-at-the-time film coverage and the large retrospective on 1992 makes this a particularly representative issue from the period.

Kevin Costner / The Bodyguard

The principal feature centres on Kevin Costner around the release era of The Bodyguard.

The cover gives Costner a full-page portrait treatment, making this an attractive issue for collectors of the actor and fans of the film. The Bodyguard became one of the defining mainstream films of the early 1990s, so this contemporary magazine coverage has good period appeal.

Meryl Streep

The cover also advertises a dedicated Meryl Streep Empire Interview, with her portrait displayed on the lower-left side of the cover.

This adds further interest for collectors of major Hollywood actors and actresses.

Chaplin

The top banner advertises:

“On Location With Chaplin”

This refers to coverage connected with the 1992 film Chaplin, another notable title from the period.

1992 Retrospective

The lower section promotes:

“1992 – How Was It For You? The Ultimate Review Of The Year”

alongside the cover-top feature:

“1992’s 50 Best Videos To Buy.”

These retrospective sections make the magazine useful as a snapshot of film culture, releases and home-video recommendations from the end of 1992 and beginning of 1993.

Condition

This is an original pre-owned magazine from January 1993 and shows general age and handling wear consistent with a magazine of this age.

Visible condition points include:

• General light surface marks and rubbing to the front cover
• Some wear along the spine and left-hand edge
• Slight softening/creasing around corners and edges
• Small areas of edge wear, particularly around the lower-left and lower-right corners
• Minor handling marks across the pale cover background
• Slight curvature/warping from age and storage
• Main cover artwork, text and colours remain clear and presentable
• No major front-cover tear is obvious from the supplied image

Overall, I would describe it as a good used vintage copy with age-related handling and edge wear.

Please examine the supplied photograph carefully, as it forms an important part of the condition description.

Original Extras / Included Items

Any free gifts, supplements, inserts, pull-outs, promotional items or other extras that may originally have been supplied with this magazine are no longer included unless specifically shown in the photographs.

You are purchasing the magazine itself as pictured.

Packaging

UK orders: Sent securely in a hardback envelope.

International orders: Sent in a cardboard mail-size box for additional protection during transit.

SKU: 1539