Viz Magazine October 2010 Issue 199 Brian Cox Roger Mellie Profanisaurus SKU 1479

Original Viz Magazine, Issue No. 199, October 2010, with a bright yellow illustrated front cover centred around a humorous weightlifting / strongman-style cartoon and a large “WORTH THE WEIGHT” headline.

The main illustration shows a moustached cartoon character in a black-and-white striped outfit attempting to lift a bent bar above his head, presented in the exaggerated slapstick style associated with Viz. The vivid yellow background, oversized VIZ masthead and blue border make this a particularly bold-looking issue.

Across the top of the cover is the feature:

“Who’s the Best Doc Cox? It’s Brian vs Biggun!”

This is accompanied by two photographic headshots, including Brian Cox, and is presented as another of Viz’s celebrity and television-related spoof features.

Another major cover feature promotes Roger Mellie, with the headline:

“Roger Mellie Launches His Massive New Profanisaurus”

The cover also depicts copies of a spoof Viz reference book titled “Das Krapital – Roger’s Profanisaurus”, tying into the magazine’s long-running Profanisaurus feature.

A competition is prominently promoted toward the lower-right with the statement “25 Books Must Be Won!”

The bottom of the cover lists numerous established Viz strips, characters and regular features, including:

• The Fat Slags
• Farmer Palmer
• Spawny Get
• Tasha Slappa
• Copper Kettle
• Tinribs
• The Critics
• Major Misunderstanding
• Letterbocks
• Top Tips

Overall, this is a characteristic early-2010s Viz issue combining classic recurring comic characters, celebrity parody, Roger Mellie, Profanisaurus humour and competition content.

Magazine / Item Details

• Publication: Viz
• Issue: No. 199
• Full date: October 2010
• Type: British humour / comic magazine
• Original UK cover price: £3.20
• Main cover headline: “Worth the Weight”
• Brian Cox featured in the “Best Doc Cox” cover promotion
• Roger Mellie prominently featured
• Profanisaurus / Das Krapital spoof book feature
• 25 Books Must Be Won competition advertised
• Featured characters and strips include The Fat Slags, Farmer Palmer, Spawny Get, Tasha Slappa, Copper Kettle, Tinribs, The Critics and Major Misunderstanding
• Regular features Letterbocks and Top Tips advertised
• Barcode and “Not For Sale To Children” notice visible along the lower-left side
• Bright yellow cover with strong blue border and large VIZ masthead

Condition

Condition assessment is based on the single supplied front-cover photograph only. The back cover and interior pages are not shown, so their condition and completeness cannot be fully assessed.

This copy has noticeable handling and storage wear, with particularly significant wear around the spine and bottom-left corner.

The left-hand spine shows extensive rubbing, whitening and repeated horizontal stress creases along much of its length. There are several small nicks and worn areas along the spine edge.

The bottom-left corner is notably worn and damaged, with visible crushing, folding and fraying around the corner and lower spine area. The blue border and cover edge in this section are visibly creased and distorted.

There are additional creases running inward from the left edge, particularly around the middle and lower portions of the cover. The front cover also shows general handling ripples and light surface creasing.

The top-left corner has rubbing and slight bending, while the top edge shows some minor waviness.

The bottom edge has general shelf/handling wear, including rubbing and slight curling. The bottom-right corner also shows some light bending and edge wear.

The cover remains bright and colourful overall, with the main artwork, issue number, headlines and text all clearly readable despite the wear.

No obvious handwriting or major staining is visible in the supplied image.

SKU 1479