Publication: FHM Magazine
Issue: 128
Full Date: September 2000
Original Cover Price: £2.90
Main Cover Star: Sarah Michelle Gellar

This is an original UK issue of FHM Magazine from September 2000, featuring a major US Babe Special built around Sarah Michelle Gellar and a selection of prominent American actresses and celebrities from the period.

The issue is a particularly strong snapshot of late-1990s/early-2000s celebrity, film, television, fashion and popular culture, with a mixture of interviews, photography, lifestyle features, fashion, humour, gadgets and FHM's regular departments.

Sarah Michelle Gellar Cover Feature

Sarah Michelle Gellar dominates the front cover, making this a particularly attractive issue for collectors of:

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Sarah Michelle Gellar memorabilia
• 1990s / Y2K television memorabilia
• Vintage FHM magazines

The front promotes her as part of a large “US Babe Special”, with the magazine devoting substantial coverage to contemporary American film and television personalities.

Inside, the contents page confirms a feature beginning around page 196, covering Sarah Michelle Gellar alongside other prominent American actresses.

Other Famous People Clearly Shown

Katie Holmes

Katie Holmes is clearly pictured on the contents page, with her image prominently presented near the top of the page.

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan is also clearly photographed in the contents section, with his feature beginning around page 189.

His feature discusses his film career, physical stunt work and action-movie persona, making this issue additionally interesting to martial-arts and action-film collectors.

Holly Valance

The contents section includes a feature on Holly Valance, connected with her Neighbours career and early television profile.

Major Features Shown in the Magazine

The photographed contents pages reveal a particularly large issue with a broad mixture of entertainment and lifestyle material.

Notable features include:

Sarah Michelle Gellar / American Beauties – a substantial celebrity feature focusing on leading American actresses of the period.

Jackie Chan – feature on the internationally famous martial-arts star and actor.

Katie Holmes – clearly pictured within the issue.

Holly Valance – television feature tied to her Neighbours fame.

Bangkok / Thailand feature – travel and nightlife material.

Fashion Special – a substantial autumn fashion section covering designer clothing, footwear and style.

World of Firearms – editorial feature looking at different weapons.

How To Handle A Crisis – lifestyle/advice feature.

John C. Reilly – entertainment interview/feature.

There is also a large amount of material covering gadgets, scooters, interiors, unusual sports, health, humour and reader stories.

Fashion & Y2K Culture

This issue contains a substantial Autumn/Winter fashion section, promoted on the cover as a 42-page fashion feature.

The photographed contents pages show:

• Designer clothing
• Footwear
• Casual menswear
• Autumn fashion
• Scooters and transport
• Gadgets
• Interior design
• Lifestyle products

For collectors interested in Y2K design, fashion and advertising, the magazine provides a strong period reference from the year 2000.

Regular FHM Sections

The photographed pages also show many of FHM's recurring departments, including:

Letters – reader correspondence.

Reporter – news, culture and unusual stories.

Confession – humorous and personal stories.

Bar Room Jokes – regular humour section.

FHM Expert Dads – advice/lifestyle material.

Fashion Special – extensive clothing and style coverage.

Hardware – gadgets and technology.

Machines – transport and motoring.

Hospital – health-related material.

Laboratory of Lard – FHM's humorous lifestyle testing.

Endzone – sporting material.

True Stories – unusual real-world stories and reader-style features.

Collector Appeal

This issue should be particularly appealing to collectors of:

• Sarah Michelle Gellar
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer memorabilia
• Katie Holmes
• Jackie Chan
• Holly Valance
• Vintage FHM Magazine
• Y2K celebrity magazines
• 2000s men's lifestyle magazines
• Film and television memorabilia
• Early-2000s fashion and popular culture

The Sarah Michelle Gellar cover is the standout feature and gives this issue particularly strong crossover appeal with television and Buffy collectors.

Condition

Pre-owned vintage magazine in good used condition for its age, with visible signs of handling and storage. Please study all photographs carefully as they form an important part of the condition description.

The front cover remains bright, colourful and highly presentable, with Sarah Michelle Gellar's cover image and the large FHM masthead displaying strongly. There is visible age-related rubbing and light surface marking across the cover, together with wear along the outer edges and corners. The top-left/spine area shows some rubbing and minor compression, while the lower corners have light knocks and handling wear.

The magazine has a slight natural curve/waviness from storage rather than sitting perfectly flat. The spine appears complete and still holding the magazine together, although there is noticeable shelf wear and rubbing along the spine edges.

The photographed internal pages remain bright, clean and fully readable, with good colour. Some page-edge curling, minor creasing and general handling wear are visible, but nothing shown suggests major internal damage.

The rear cover has general surface and edge wear consistent with a magazine dating from 2000.

Overall, this is a solid original collector/readers copy, but it should not be considered mint.

Postage & Packaging

The magazine will be carefully protected for dispatch.

Depending on the finished parcel size, it will be packed using sturdy cardboard and/or protective bubble wrap, with particular care taken around the cover, spine, corners and page edges to reduce the chance of bending, crushing or other transit damage.

SKU 1463