Here It had to happen sooner or later, Lucy Lawless has finally been paid enough of the folding green stuff to remove even more clothing than she normally does in an episode of Xena Warrior Princess.

We have seen the tasteful pictures of our Lucy lounging around in her twangers (that's naughty black night-wear to those not in the know - the kind of stuff you can buy in Victoria's Secrets in the States or M&S in Cool Britannia), and we can confirm for any male with a pulse, as well as a seizable following of female lesbian fans who just love the Xena-Gabrielle thing, that she is hot hot hot.

The lucky magazine that has landed this scoop is not Playboy or any of the really saucy titles, but one of them-thar new fangled blokes magazines which are now pushing the likes of Cosmopolitan off the shelves.

In between the tips on, we kid you not, how to book into a sex clinic and taking the 'breast test' (oh for those restrained old style GQ articles on what slippers a man should be wearing this season), Xena appears - and how.

It may be fantasy, but a rather different one we feel, to what most her TV viewers are used to.

For an eyeful of this online, why not surf on over to the July issue of the UK's Maxim Magazine - you'll need to register free for the site, but we figure it's worth it.