Loaded Magazine April 1995 Issue 12 Vic Reeves Bob Mortimer Catherine Zeta Jones SKU 1488

Original Loaded Magazine – April 1995, Issue 12, with a £2 cover price.

A strong early issue from Loaded’s first year, featuring Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer prominently on the front cover in one of the magazine’s typically surreal comedy-led layouts. The issue also contains a substantial Catherine Zeta-Jones feature alongside a wide mixture of comedy, television, sport, travel, music, fashion and 1990s lifestyle material.

The cover headline reads:

“Vic and Bob say you can’t beat your meat – well you can here!”

The cover also promotes:

• Catherine Zeta-Jones
• Spike Milligan
• Aston Villa
• Ronnie Biggs
• Nathan McAvoy
• David Coulthard
• Snowboarding
• Paris and Dublin travel/drinking features
• UFO-themed humour
• General 1990s entertainment and lifestyle content

Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer

Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer are the principal cover personalities.

The contents pages list their feature as:

“Vic & Bob – Meet the boys…”

The pair are pictured together in the issue with the same distinctive surreal comedy style associated with their television work during the period.

This makes the issue particularly appealing to collectors of 1990s British comedy, The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer, Shooting Stars and early Loaded material.

Catherine Zeta-Jones Feature

A particularly notable interior feature is devoted to Catherine Zeta-Jones, listed in the contents as:

“Catherine Zeta Jones – Drinks us under the table”

The photographed spread shows a substantial black-and-white glamour/portrait feature titled “Happy Zeta”, discussing her career following The Darling Buds of May and her move into film work.

Several large-format photographs of Catherine Zeta-Jones are visible in the supplied images, making this one of the standout celebrity features in the issue.

Other Visible Features

The contents pages show a very broad selection of material, including:

• Snowboarding
• Andy Townsend
• Dublin
• Irvine Welsh
• Harry Hill
• High-street fashion
• Bodyguard school
• UFO / alien-themed humour feature
• Travel and nightlife
• Football
• Music
• Comedy
• Technology
• Reviews and lifestyle material

The magazine also includes a visible David Coulthard Formula One feature/image, alongside football personalities and comedy contributors.

Magazine Style & Era

This is a particularly good example of early mid-1990s Loaded, when the magazine was developing its mixture of:

• British comedy
• Celebrity interviews
• Football
• Formula One
• Music
• Fashion
• Travel
• Nightlife
• Humour
• Lifestyle journalism
• Large-format photography

The visual style is very recognisably mid-1990s, with bold typography, collage-style contents pages, exaggerated headlines and a mixture of serious interviews and deliberately irreverent features.

Condition

Pre-owned vintage magazine with visible age and handling wear.

From the photographs:

• Front cover remains complete and highly presentable overall.
• There is noticeable surface rubbing and scuffing, particularly through the darker printed areas.
• The left spine edge shows rubbing and wear, including some whitening where the printed surface has worn.
• The bottom-left corner is visibly creased and worn.
• Lower cover edge has general storage wear and some light curling.
• Small creases and handling marks are visible around the outer cover edges.
• The upper corners show lighter wear consistent with age.
• Some surface scratches and small marks are visible across the front.
• Interior pages shown appear clean, readable and securely bound.
• Some pages show normal age-related edge toning and light handling wear.
• Centre fold areas appear intact in the photographed sections.
• No obvious major page loss is visible in the images.
• No obvious writing or ownership marks are visible in the photographed areas.
• Rear cover shows general rubbing and edge/corner wear but remains intact.
• Spine appears structurally sound, although clearly used.

Overall this is a good vintage reading/collector copy with honest age-related wear, rather than a mint example.

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

Postage & Packaging

The magazine will be carefully packed for transit.

Depending on parcel size, it may be protected using stiff cardboard reinforcement, bubble wrap and/or a cardboard box, with particular care taken around the spine, corners and edges to help prevent further bending, rubbing or crushing during delivery.

SKU 1488