Our American counterparts recently released a list of their most…interesting covers. Here are 10 of the goofiest covers in Men’s Health history. Hey, they thought they looked awesome at the time.
1986
You’re not a cool dad until you and your infant son both appear ass-naked on the cover of a national magazine.
FEBRUARY 1987
How women lie to men: by telling them their perms look good.
APRIL 1990
Because nothing sells “The Art of Sex” like a guy with chest hair and a blue tank top.
AUGUST 1992
More chest hair, but at least we ditched the tank this time.
DECEMBER 2005
Look, don’t act like you didn’t think Adrien Brody was going to be a thing.
JUNE 1991
One on hand, there’s like a 27 percent chance this is James Van Der Beek. On the other hand, he would’ve been 14 at the time—and why would we put James Van Der Beek on our cover?
2007
For Andy Samberg’s next trick, he’ll make this cover disappear.
SEPTEMBER 1998
Just in case you forgot where your abs are.
DECEMBER 1992
Back in ’92, the only way to ENERGIZE! was to layer T-shirts and tuck them into tight shorts.
SEPTEMBER 1999
Wait . . . make what big in bed, exactly?