Maxim Magazine October 1996 Michelle Vintage Mens Lifestyle Issue SKU 1485

Original Maxim Magazine – October 1996, Issue 18, an early UK-era issue of the men's lifestyle magazine dating from the mid-1990s.

The front cover is dominated by a studio fashion/glamour photograph, with the cover text referring to the featured model simply as “Michelle” and the headline “SCOOP!”. The issue has the classic early Maxim presentation, with a clean white background, oversized red masthead and a mixture of lifestyle, entertainment, relationships, fashion, motoring and general-interest features.

This is particularly interesting as an early Maxim collectible from 1996, well before the title became one of the major men's lifestyle magazines of the late 1990s and 2000s.

Magazine Contents & Features

The photographed contents pages show a substantial range of material, including:

• “Powder Room” – lifestyle/model feature
• Modern Dilemmas
• “How Much For The Little Boy?” – feature concerning football's emerging talent
• “Crisis? What Crisis?” – men's lifestyle/appearance feature
• “Stand By Your Naan” – humorous food-related feature
• Turning Point – personal story concerning life after a father's death
• “I Lost 11 Stone In Six Months”
• “The World's Greatest Love-In?”
• Suits You! – men's suit and fashion advice
• The Great All-Rounders – footwear feature
• Grooming and personal-care coverage
• DIY/motoring material
• Technology and camcorder coverage

The regular-section contents also show coverage of:

• Current affairs and entertainment
• Science
• Advice and humour
• Men's fashion
• Gadgets and technology
• Reviews
• Food and drink
• Mail-order products
• Reader interaction and subscriptions
• Back-issue collecting

The magazine also references entertainment coverage involving names such as Eddie Murphy, Demi Moore, Patricia Arquette, Greta Scacchi and Susan Sarandon, alongside a feature mentioning Courteney Cox.

The photographed contents page specifically credits the month's cover model as Michelle, photographed by Jeany Savage, with styling and production credits also printed beneath.

Issue Details

• Publication: Maxim
• Issue: 18
• Date: October 1996
• Original UK Cover Price: £2.50
• Format: Men's lifestyle magazine
• Era: Mid-1990s / early Maxim
• SKU: 1485

Condition

This is a pre-owned vintage magazine and does show genuine age and handling wear.

From the supplied photographs, visible condition points include:

• Noticeable rubbing and wear along the spine, particularly toward the lower section.
• Bottom-left front-cover corner wear, including surface loss/rubbing and a slightly softened corner.
• General edge wear around the front and rear covers.
• Light creasing and handling marks to the cover.
• Some small surface scuffs and marks consistent with a magazine approaching 30 years old.
• The top edge has a little waviness/handling wear rather than sitting completely flat.
• Corners show varying degrees of softening and minor knocks.
• Rear cover and spine show further light rubbing and storage wear.
• Internal pages shown appear secure, readable and generally well preserved, with normal age-related handling and light page-edge wear.
• No major missing sections or severe internal tears are evident in the supplied photographs.

Overall, it presents as a good collectible reading copy for its age, but it should not be considered mint or near-mint. The visible spine, edge and corner wear should be taken into account.

A strong period piece for collectors of Maxim, 1990s men's magazines, vintage lifestyle publications and early issues of the title.

Please study all photographs carefully, as they form an important part of the condition description and show the exact magazine supplied.