Zoo Magazine 17-23 October 2008 POSTERS Rebecca Loos Sam Cooke John Terry SKU 1530

Original Zoo Magazine, Issue 242, dated 17–23 October 2008, with Rebecca Loos as the dominant cover feature.

This is a very typical late-2000s issue of Zoo, combining celebrity features, glamour photography, football, sport, television, comedy, gadgets, motoring and entertainment. The front cover heavily promotes an exclusive Rebecca Loos feature, alongside football and comedy-related content.

The cover price is £1.50, with the issue also showing a Spanish price of €2.95.

Main Cover & Featured Content

The issue prominently features Rebecca Loos, with an extensive photo feature advertised on the cover and shown across multiple interior pages.

Other clearly visible subjects and features include:

• Rebecca Loos – major multi-page feature
• Sam Cooke – glamour/pole-dance themed feature
• John Terry – football interview/content
• Holly Samos – Formula 1 / pit-lane feature
• Simon Pegg
• Joe Kinnear
• Wayne Bridge
• Johnny Vegas
• UFC / mixed martial arts content
• X Factor lookalike feature
• Comedy special with television and stand-up material
• SEAT Ibiza Cupra motoring feature
• Gadgets, reviews, sport, football, television and humour

The photographed contents pages show a particularly broad snapshot of British popular culture from 2008, making this an interesting period issue for collectors of Zoo, lads’ magazines, football memorabilia and celebrity magazines.

Rebecca Loos Feature

Rebecca Loos receives one of the largest features in the issue. The photographed pages show a substantial glossy editorial photo spread accompanied by the headline promoting her return to Zoo.

The feature runs across multiple pages and includes full-page and double-page photography.

Sam Cooke Feature

A separate glamour feature is dedicated to Sam Cooke, presented around a pole-dance themed shoot. Several large-format glossy photographs are visible in the supplied images.

Sport & Football

The issue contains plenty of sport-related material, including:

• John Terry
• Wayne Bridge
• Manchester City
• Tottenham Hotspur
• Formula 1
• UFC / combat sport
• Football news and commentary
• Sports statistics and quiz material

This makes it particularly representative of Zoo magazine’s mixture of football, humour, celebrity and entertainment during this period.

Publication Details

Magazine: Zoo
Issue: 242
Full Date: 17–23 October 2008
Cover Price: £1.50
Main Feature: Rebecca Loos
Language: English
Genre: Men’s Lifestyle / Entertainment / Sport / Celebrity
SKU: 1530

Condition

Used original magazine from 2008, showing normal age and handling wear.

From the supplied photographs I can see:

• Front cover remains bright and colourful
• General surface rubbing and light handling marks
• Noticeable edge and corner wear
• Some creasing around the outer edges
• Spine shows rubbing and handling wear
• Small areas of wear/chipping around the spine and corners
• Lower and upper cover edges show age-related wear
• Magazine remains together and readable
• Interior pages shown remain bright and glossy
• Some page-edge waviness / handling consistent with a previously read magazine
• No major detached sections are obvious from the photographs
• Rear cover/spine area shows general shelf wear

Overall, this is a used collectible copy rather than a mint example, with visible signs of age and use. Please study all photographs carefully as they form part of the condition description.

Important – Original Extras

Any free gifts, supplements, promotional items, posters, cards, vouchers, loose inserts or other extras that may originally have been supplied with this magazine but are not shown in the photographs are no longer with it and are not included.

Packaging

For UK orders, the magazine will be carefully packed in a hardback envelope to help protect the cover, spine, edges and corners.

For international orders, it will be packed in a cardboard mail-size box for additional protection during transit.

SKU 1530