Zoo Magazine 8-14 June 2005 Pamela Anderson Paris Hilton Carmen Electra SKU 1530

Original Zoo Magazine, Issue 70, dated 8–14 June 2005, a substantial mid-2000s UK men’s lifestyle magazine packed with glamour photography, comedy, football, sport, gaming, cars and entertainment.

This particular issue is built around a large “Rude Archive – 16 Page Special”, promoted on the front cover as a collection of “50 Sexiest Girl Pics”, alongside a 100 Best Rude Stand-Up Jokes feature and motoring/gaming coverage.

The front cover is particularly busy and colourful, with featured names including Jennifer, Carmen, Kelly, Paris and Cheryl, together with a Ferrari feature and preview of upcoming games.

ISSUE DETAILS

Magazine: Zoo
Issue: 70
Full Date: 8–14 June 2005
Original Cover Price: £1.20
Spanish Price: €2.50
Language: English
Genre: Men’s Lifestyle / Entertainment / Sport / Comedy / Glamour
SKU: 1530

MAIN CONTENT & FEATURES

The photographed contents page shows a broad selection of features typical of Zoo during this period.

Notable material includes:

• Rude Archive – 16 Page Special
• 100 Best Rude Stand-Up Jokes
• Top Secret Ferrari feature
• Preview of major 2006 video games
• Football and sporting coverage
• England v Australia material
• Transfer-related football coverage
• Film, television and music features
• Regular reviews, gadgets and entertainment material

The contents page also shows features on comedy and personalities, alongside Zoo’s usual combination of sport, entertainment and glamour photography.

RUDE ARCHIVE SPECIAL

A major part of this issue is the 16-page Rude Archive retrospective.

The photographed pages show the feature opening with the heading:

“Sexiest Girls in the World”

The section collects photographs from previous Zoo glamour features and includes clearly labelled material relating to:

• Pamela Anderson
• Paris Hilton
• Carmen Electra

The magazine presents this as a retrospective/archive feature rather than a single new photo shoot, giving the issue particularly strong appeal to collectors of early/mid-2000s lads’ magazines.

PAMELA ANDERSON

A photographed double-page section is headed Pamela Anderson, combining several images from different appearances/photo sets. The spread includes both posed glamour imagery and smaller photographs.

PARIS HILTON

Paris Hilton is also given a dedicated part of the archive spread, with several photographs in fashion/glamour styling. Her name is clearly printed prominently within the feature.

CARMEN ELECTRA

Another photographed section is headed Carmen Electra, again presenting a selection of archival glamour images in a collage-style double-page layout.

OTHER CONTENT

The magazine is not solely a glamour publication and also contains substantial general-interest material.

From the supplied images, notable additional themes include:

• Stand-up comedy
• Football
• England sporting coverage
• Cars and performance vehicles
• Ferrari
• Video games
• Films
• Music
• Television
• Gadgets
• Reviews
• Weekly humour and entertainment features

This combination makes it a strong period piece from the height of the British lads’ magazine era.

CONDITION

This is a used original 2005 magazine, and the photographs show clear signs of age and handling.

Visible condition points include:

• Front cover remains colourful and generally well presented
• Noticeable wear along the spine
• Edge rubbing and small areas of chipping
• Corner wear
• Some creasing and handling marks to the cover
• Light surface scratching/rubbing
• Lower cover corners show noticeable use
• Spine has small rubbed/creased sections
• Interior pages shown remain colourful and glossy
• Some page-edge handling and light waviness are visible
• Magazine appears complete and firmly bound from the photographs supplied
• Rear cover shows general shelf/handling wear

Overall, it presents as a good used reading/collector copy rather than a mint example.

Please inspect all supplied photographs carefully, as they form an important part of the condition description.

IMPORTANT – ORIGINAL EXTRAS

Any free gifts, posters, supplements, promotional items, cards, vouchers, loose inserts or other items 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 during transit.

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

SKU 1530