You don't get much more to read in the magazine. Just a collection of pictures and ads. It takes no more than 5 minutes from cover to cover. You couldn't even rely on this to waste some time.

You can't beat $5 for an entire year's subscription, that's what one issue will cost you at the store. Very happy with the purchase

Packed with so much information. I look forward to getting it each time.

Details is a mildly interesting magazine that is geared toward men of various ages and lifestyles. The main group that Details aims to capture is the 17 to 35 year- old male but there are articles in each magazine that could be appealing to men of many different ages, mostly in the middle to upper income groups.

Some things about Details quickly set it apart from other magazines. One difference is the "departments". Most magazines have departments, but instead of talking about the same things each month, these departments vary in their content (the only exceptions being "Know- Tell" and the "The Details"). Each one contains similar stories from one month to the next, but with different subtitles, helping to make each issue a little fresher than it would otherwise be.

As far as the writing goes, Details offers a great deal of diversity for a magazine. Yes, it is generally focused on things of interest to men, but it covers a very broad range of interests. You can find articles in this magazine on such diverse topics as the death penalty, raising kids, buying a new coat, setting up an internet business, breaking up with a girlfriend, or purchasing the best vodka. There are articles geared toward single men and married men, as well as younger men and middle- aged men.

I like some of the articles found here but there is one problem I have with the writing in Details. It is common to find eye- catching headlines on the cover of Details that tempt you to find out more. This is nothing new and most every magazine does this. But the problem is that many of these eye- popping stories fail to keep you amazed when you read them. Take for example an article in a recent issue. On the front, it reads "Is Your Wife a Bad Mom"? It sound like an engaging, intellectual read. But once you find the article and take in its 1,000+ words, you quickly discover that there is little or no substance. Basically, it simply tells men that accusing your wife of being a bad mom is a risky undertaking that could hurt her feelings. That is it. There is no intellectual analysis or quotes from studies; only the bottom line conclusion that mothers generally don't like to be called incompetent by their husbands. Other headlining articles in this magazine lead to similar disappointment.

The writing in this magazine is on the edge and very blunt. It is common to find several four- letter words in many of the articles and while this doesn't bother me at all, I know that some readers will consider it too raw, too edgy, and too explicit. Details writers have no problem telling it like it is, and this can be both good and bad depending on one's perspective.

Besides the language, some parts of this magazine could offend certain readers; namely the "Anthropology" page at the end. This closing "article" is meant to be humorous, but some readers will not see it that way. I don't know if it has always been this way, but what "Anthropology" does is show a person or multiple people and then asks the question "Gay or ______". For example, I have seen titles like "Gay or Best Friends?", "Gay or Cowboy?", "Gay or Neo Punk Rocker?", and others. With each of these, there is a diagram of sorts with arrows pointing to different clothing and bodily features and short comments about each one. Basically, it is asking you to think about these different attributes of the person or people in the picture and then decide if the way they dress, look, and act makes them gay. I find this silly and immature, but I can see how some readers would find it insulting. I don't know if Details has always done this or if the Anthropology page has been different in the past. But this is how it has been in every issue I have read and it needs to be changed.

Advertisements claim about sixty percent of the pages in each issue of this magazine. They cover products like liquor, cars, electronics, cigarettes, fragrance, etc. Even though this magazine covers lots of different things, the item most often featured in the advertisements is clothing. The magazine seems to have a penchant for high fashion and it devotes more pages to expensive clothing than anything else. And each issue often has its own unique smell, thanks to all of the cologne samples. You can flip through the pages and find several samples in each issue, with many of the latest and trendiest scents from the biggest names in cologne.

Overall, I am torn between liking or not liking Details Magazine. I like some of the articles on food, drink, politics and the like. But I don't necessarily like the shallow fluff that is often substituted for an intellectual discussion and I can understand how some readers would find certain aspects of this magazine insulting. This magazine is deserving of only about two and one- half stars which I will round up to three stars and give a small recommendation. Some will like this magazine and some will not. It's all a matter of what you like to read about and whether or not you can handle a magazine that pushes the envelope.

Hi, I am writing this review in an attempt to help you save $10. This magazine is an embarrassment in every angle. It is full of pictures of "sexy" boys/men dressed in cloths no guy with self esteem would ever wear. And pictures is all there is, for you that think there will be something interesting to read, read this: THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS MAGAZINE TO READ!!! The latest issue contains of 48 (forty-eight) pages before you get to this issues contents. The first "article" starts on page 126 (!) and is about "why a man would like to slice of his testicles"! Totally the magazine contains of 260 pages and there is text (letters that forms sentences) on about 40 of them. Besides this, the magazine also has a huge dilemma of being a gay magazine or not.
Well I can go on and on but I won't. Unfortunately I have a subscription and I am going to see if I can get it canceled, I don't even need my money back. Take your $10 and run them in the disposal, it will be more fun to clean out the disposal than "read" this magazine.

I subscribed to Details because I'm interested in the male psyche. I also like looking at the male celebrity pictures and the guy models on ads. Its not the most politically correct article on the planet, for one the last page is called "gay or...?" In which the writer tries to uncover if a certain type of person is gay or not, and no conclusion is actually ever given so I suppose its for the reader to decide.

Its a very stereotypical part of the magazine, but beyond that there are cool articles to read from male perspectives. I also enjoy reading the celebrity interviews, in addition they include interviews with female celebrities. I don't agree with everything that is printed here, but certain articles have made me think and I've actually gotten a lot out of it. It helps me understand guys and I do agree with certain opinions. The mag leans toward the liberal and is unabashed in its attitude to do so. I like it a lot, it may not be for everyone and that's fine.

Jeff Goldblum's character in "The Big Chill" said that he couldn't write an article longer than the average person could read during a, er, "trip to the library" (wink, wink, nudge, nudge, know what I mean?). The writers at Details seems to have the same marching orders. In these hectic times, maybe that's not so bad. The articles I have read are well researched and nicely bite-sized. I actually finished the entire magazine between PM mail delivery and breakfast the next day. The topics they covered in my first issue ranged from fashion to health concerns. And, again, they cover the topics in very few, well-written pages. I do think the models look like under-fed children but at my age, that could be tunnel-vision (grey hair, I remember Filmore East, you get the picture?). My suggestion, take a look. It's a magazine with an interesting voice and it may be for you.

Details is a men's magazine like Cosmopolitan is for women. The contents of Details is like that of other men's magazines like GQ and Esquire, but Detials has a tendency to have more articles on movie stars (such as in the May 05' edition with articles about movie stars: Mat Dillon, and Mark Wahlberg)along with articles on politics/recent news, etc. BUT, Details also has articles on: fashion, culture, food and drink, movies, music, books, etc. Detials magazine is more for individuals who want to know about news/politics among other things than for someone who is more geared towards fashion.

Don't base your opinion on one article, yes, maybe it was not politically correct. I really feel the editorial staff was not trying to be malicious towards any culture or race. We are all entitled to our opinions in one aspect or another. The magazine has a lot to offer in reading material & content. I find it to be comparable to COSMOPOLITAN, only for men. The price is very reasonable for the product you get. What else can you get for a $1.00 an issue? It has not turned into FHM, MAXIUM, STUFF, or some of the other sexist publications on the market. I think everyone should give it another chance, read it with an open mind, you might be pleasantly surprised.

man, for all that talk in that article, you did the same thing - you gave no review and you treated this like a message board...relax.

i like this magazine for the following reasons: well-written articles, well-known contributors, good clothing, and, of course, a little controversy...

but tell me, who's the one writing from the "kingly role?"

First of all - this is not a debate forum. You write what you think about the magazine and not why other reviewers are so close minded and sensitive. But since you started...
Two wrongs dont make a right. And Im not sure why you are talking about other potentially racist pieces and comparing those situations to this one. Details has acknowledged that it crossed a line, and will publish a full page apology in their next issue regarding the Gay or Asian piece. I dont care if Irishmen did a freakin rain dance in response to A Modest Proposal. If they felt discriminated against, then they should have protested. Many people in the Asian community and the Gay/Lesbian community stepped it up - wrote letters, formed a protest, and details responded. Im not even asian, and I have to say, good for them.

Im not saying Details does not have a right to publish such an article (if one could call it that). But people have a right to get angry and speak their minds in response. Who are you to call them oversensitive or too politically correct. For heavens sake, if you like the magazine good for you. Write why you like it and not why people should stop getting themselves concerned about a piece you, i guess in your kingly role of getting to decide what counts as racist and what does not, deemed simply humorous.

These articles keep pushing the boundaries and are starting to take on a bit of a Penthouse feel to it; see the June/July 2004 issue on Swinging in the suburbs. All things considered, though, this is the BEST magazine out there.

it's ok. if you have an extra ten dollars to spare and like receiving mail in the mail box go ahead and get it. it's interesting bathroom material. don't really know what the last review was all about. the dude didn't like the magazine. why waste time doggin' someone else for their thoughts. looks like a little moral superiority on your part.

anyway, get this if you can't spare the extra change for sports illustrated.

This magazine is incredible. It doesn't shy away from tough issues like AIDS hysteria, women raping men, men being forced to pay child support even after DNA proves they aren't the father, and so on. Unfortunately, this sort of forthrightness "offends" some people who probably think it's cool to sound righteous by threatening to cancel a $10 a year subscription. Hopefully, their feeble protests won't be heard.

The fashion spreads are great, the advice is informed but not condescending (see Esquire's sex advice from some nymphet for more). GQ, Esquire, and other similar magazines have their moments, but they are few and far between. Details trounces its peers in all ways.

Some reviewers just need to leave that crowded moral high ground and realize that not everyone enjoys the taste of their feigned high-mindedness.

There's nothing to say, but if you want a REAL men's magazine, this is it. They have great articles and stories, and I love the bits of knowledge that starts the Know & Tell section, and I love the last page, which has an interview with a celebrity. Just get this magazine and forget all the other mature men's mags.

This mag seems very dark and I cannot figure out where they are trying to go. It is easier to move on to something else!

When I was in high school Details was a pretty cool magazine, lots of cutting edge stuff was featured and for some one who was a dork gave some interesting style tips.

I recently resubscribed and gotta tell ya that I wasted [money amount]. The articles are almost never more than 500 words long, and usually "think" pieces that seem tossed off while the author was in a cab on the way to the editorial meeting.

A lot of pretty ads though...

I read through some of the other customers' reviews here and I was downright surprised. In a day when most of the people areound me are reading Maxim (which seems to be nothing more than a childish Playboy wanna-be), I find great comfort in the fact that magazines like Details exist. I don't care if the magazine doesn't have pictures of semi-nude women on every page. I enjoy being able to flip from an article about a current political issue on one page, to an interview with John Cleese on the next, and then to a feature on how to deal with going gray early. Details does a better job of treating me as a whole person, not as a frat-boy ball of hormones.

It may have a lot of ads, but probably no more than GQ. I paid [$$$] for my subscription, so I'm not going to complain.

If you're the kind of man who looks at himself in a full length mirrror every morning, this is the magazine for you.

If you think the car you drive defines you, the clothes you wear are the measure of your self-worth, the watch on your wrist tells the value of you as a person, and the woman you're seen with is a measure of your rank in society- you need this magazine.

Other men- who might value human relationships- may profitably give it a pass.

In the first 60 pages of the most recent issue I received, there is a letter from the editor, two pages which serve as a table of contents, and fifty-seven pages of advertising. The remainder of the magazine doesn't get much better. I don't have the time to search for articles among a maze of ads.

i bought this magazine subscription for my husband and to support lymphoma research. he received one issue and didn't bother to read much because he thought it was a woman's magazine, due the many scantily clad MEN in the magazine and the front cover question, "Have you had sex with Colin Farrell yet?" a decidedly female oriented question to females. unless the magazine is actually for gay men & i was caught unawares. when he heard from me that it was in actuality a MEN'S magazine, he perused it again, reading some of the articles and was entirely unsatisfied. thankfully, i ordered this subscription though a company that guarantees satisfaction and was able to change it to something more worth our time.

if all you are interested in is advertisements galore, photographs of more men than women (i.e. you are a heterosexual woman who isn't looking at the magazine for its words or are a happily or closeted gay man equally uninterested in its articles and would like to answer a resounding "YES!!!" to the front cover question) and articles that are only marginally well written, than this is the magazine for you.

There are a whole slew of men's interests magazines. There
are the industry standards like Esquire (quite possibly the best magazine out there) and GQ. There's the more risque like Maxim or even the low-brow Stuff, worth getting. Then there are those that fall somewhere in the middle, like FHM and Details. Even without seeing magazines like Esquire or Maxim, you can see that Details falls short. It's a glossy magazine that usually has pretty good covers, but that's where the excellence stops. The articles are generally substandard. They are usually poorly written or can't seem to get the facts straight. Their only saving grace is that they are so short (which is a problem when you run across the occasionally well-done, interesting article). And Details is not a magazine that seems to have its hand on the
pulse of the nation. More often than not, you skim through, looking for something interesting to read, and close it finding none. And in a men's interest/fashion magazine, nothing is more important than the photos. Unfortunately they are not that great. The photo spreads are way too short. But since the photographers have taken amatuerish or just poorly done
photographs, it actually works out. Basically what you have with
Details is a magazine that wants to be one of the big boys, but hasn't found a way to get there. You'd do better spending your money on an Esquire subscription.

in the early-mid 90s, Details used to be the best magazine in the world, with a huge focus on music. the writing was sharp and witty, and it reported on the latest trends months before every one else knew about the trend. then at some point in the late 90's they tried to become like all the other boring magazines out there (maxim, stuff, gear etc.)after that switch, they lost it. no matter how hard they now trying to be a younger mix of esquire and GQ, the magazine lost it's coolness factor.

I was a big fan of Details my freshmen year in college...until new editors came in and changed the format of the magazine I loved. Smart-eleke remarks were converted into cultured critiques. Weird photo spreads started to bare striking similarities to photo shots by Vogue. I no longer felt as if I was getting inside the head of a wise cracking, "hipster" male but being forced to listen to the ponderings of guys who took themselves WAY too seriously. (Its never cool to try too hard and one GQ is enough.) But I picked it up again about a year ago and saw that it is slowly coming back to its old style. Its still a good buy.

...it would fall somewhere in between Details and Maxim. Details always had fashions from the edge with rock renegades, independent movie stars, rap artists, Hustler bunnies and super DJs and mixmasters as models. I remember when they had Samuel L and P Grier and them from "Jackie Brown" doing a spread. It ain't unusual for Details to be drenched in Street Versace, FUBU, Armani, Cardin, Bose, and Porsche. I was with them from the beginning and always liked the classic 'in-depth' reports from columnist Anka Radakovich and the great sound reviews. Details also keeps a reader on his toes because they stimulate the grey matter with reports of, for example, environmental concerns, War and the fight for better consumer safety. Overall, a good mag.

this is the best magazine available. its not a "mens" magazine, its universal, covering food, art, popular culture, interesting people, politics, fashion, science and technology, etc. this is one of the few magazines that i feel like i have learned something after reading (the only other one i can think of is national geographic).

i do have to warn you though - it is a lot of reading. even more so then national geographic. the text is kind of small, and they actually write articles. so you will spend more time reading details than other magazines, but it is definitely worth it.

I really enjoy the new Details. With a liberal point of view in politics, a focus on the male celebrities in entertainment amd other fields, and fashion trends for young and mature generation, this magazine really stands out. To me, GQ is for those 40 or 50 something conservative men, who's fashion involves only with suits; Gear or Maxam and alikes are for hip-hop generations, with women in their heads all the time. Details covers many aspects of life, is the chic magazine for modern men.

Details is best described as more intellectual than Maxim (and it's 20+ clones), but not as pretentions or materialistic as GQ and company. Excellent subject matter, the best writting of any entertainment magazine in publication, reliable critics, and fashion shoots that are actually interesting and have clothes even I would wear make it the most enjoyable and relevant mag around. Through and through, Details is THE magazine out today, and probably will be for a long time. (Plus it is cheap as sin!)