What makes a memorable magazine cover? Is it celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, John Lennon or Bill Clinton? Should it be a shocking magazine cover featuring the September 11th attacks? Or is a picture of the moon landing enough? WatchMojo chooses between magazines like TIME, LIFE, National Geographic, Rolling Stone and, of course, Playboy to see which have given us the most recognizable and famous magazine covers.

Whoever said you shouldn't judge a book by its cover was wrong; these front pages were flying off the shelves and picking up the headlines. Join http://www.WatchMojo.com as we count down our picks for the top 10 controversial magazine covers.