History Main / FanserviceCover

* Even ''Time'' and ''Newsweek'' do this from time to time. Once in a while, they'll do a cover story on women's health, a recent sex study, even the influence of pornography, and they'll feature a nude woman with her back to the camera. You know what I mean.

* The British SF short story magazine ''Interzone'' had a couple of bimbo covers in the late 2000s, which caused some complaints from readers about sexism and/or being embarrassed to read the issues in public. They did however balance it with one cover showing a beefy man in {{Stripperific}} Gothwear having blood drained from him. (Note that the covers are traditionally not related to any specific story in the issue.)

* ''Magazine/RollingStone'': Most people featured on the cover are shown in a cool, badass, sexy or otherwise glamorous pose. Two famous examples are Jim Morrison (Music/TheDoors) featured with his shirt off, which increased his reputation as a MemeticSexGod, and Music/JanetJackson nude, with her then-husband covering her breasts while standing behind her.

* Many issues of the ''S(cience) F(iction) X'' magazine have gorgeous women in seductive poses, with the top of their heads conveniently covering the bottom of the F, so it looked like an "E", which changed the acronym's interpretation a lot. The magazine itself has articles on things like sci-fi authors and ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|reimagined}}''.

* The album cover of ''Music/ElectricLadyland'' by Music/JimiHendrix features a lot of naked women. This was done without his permission, by the way and the American edition just replaced it with a cover of his own face, again without consulting him.
* ''Magazine/RollingStone'': Most people featured on the cover are shown in a cool, badass, sexy or otherwise glamorous pose. Two famous examples are Jim Morrison (Music/TheDoors) featured with his shirt off, which increased his reputation as a MemeticSexGod and Music/JanetJackson nude, with her then-husband covering her breasts while standing behind her.

* ''ComicBook/GrimmFairyTales'' comics series has a reputation of being HotterAndSexier take on classic fairy tales. But this is based solely on their covers. The actual content is just, plain DarkerAndEdgier.

** It helps that the magazine's founder and [=EIC=] is married to B-movie maven [[MsFanservice Julie Strain]], of whom 90% of most of these covers seem to be modeled after.

* ''HobbyConsolas'' pulled off one for issue #69 (Of all numbers). In a twist of fate, it's their least sold issue ([[LongRunners Out of over 200]]).

* ''Cube'' issuse 49 reviewed ''Wrestling/{{WWE}}: Day of Reckoning'' and to celebrate, put Christi Hemme in underwear on the cover.

* The picture is from the Holiday 2001 issue of "Playstation Magazine" (not to be confused with "Official Playstation Magazine"), which has Keira in the first ''Franchise/JakAndDaxter'' game in a [[BareYourMidriff really]] [[CleavageWindow skimpy]] SexySantaDress (this was before [[HarsherInHindsight a later game revealed that she was fourteen at this time]]).

* The old ZXSpectrum magazine ''Your Sinclair'' got into trouble for [[http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/ys29.htm doing this in 1988]]. Well, if the featured game is ''Vixen'' (it was crap), why not slap a PageThreeStunna with a leopard-print bikini and a whip on the front cover?

* The picture is from the Holiday 2001 issue of "Playstation Magazine" (not to be confused with "Official Playstation Magazine"), which has Keira of the ''Franchise/JakAndDaxter'' series in a [[BareYourMidriff really]] [[CleavageWindow skimpy]] SexySantaDress.
** [[{{UnfortunateImplications}} A later game reveals that she was fourteen in the first game, which was released not long after the issue was published]].

** [[{{UnfortunateImplications}} A later game reveals that she was fourteen in the first game, which was released not long berfore the issue was published]].

* The picture is from the Holiday 2001 issue of "Playstation Magazine" (not to be confused with "Official Playstation Magazine"), which has Keira of ''Franchise/JakAndDaxter'' in a [[BareYourMidriff really]] [[CleavageWindow skimpy]] SexySantaDress.

** ''Time'' had a particularly {{egregious}} issue on childbirth in 2010. What better to represent an article called "How the first nine months shape the rest of your life" than a totally nude pregnant model covered only by her hands and strategically placed shadows?

** ''Time'' had a particularly {{egregious}} issue recently on childbirth. It is literally indistinguishable from porn.

* The picture is from the Holiday 2001 issue of "Playstation Magazine" (not to be confused with "Official Playstation Magazine"), which has Keira of ''Franchise/JakAndDaxter'' in a [[BareYourMidriff really]] [[CleavageWindow skimpy]] SexySantaDress. It can be {{squick}}ish when you remember she was fourteen in the original title.

* The picture is from the Holiday 2001 issue of "Playstation Magazine" (not to be confused with "Official Playstation Magazine"), which has Keira of ''Franchise/JakAndDaxter'' in a [[BareYourMidriff really]] [[CleavageWindow skimpy]] SexySantaDress.

* The picture is from the Holiday 2001 issue of "Playstation Magazine" (not to be confused with "Official Playstation Magazine"), which has Keira of ''JakAndDaxter'' in a [[BareYourMidriff really]] [[CleavageWindow skimpy]] SexySantaDress.

# It's for {{Magazines}}.

** A special mention goes to Creator/BrooklynDecker.
*** And another one to Kate Upton.
**** And Christie Brinkley, the first to score back-to-back-to-back covers.

[[quoteright:245:[[JakAndDaxter http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/psm_holiday_cover.jpg]]]]

* GrimmFairyTales comics series has a reputation of being HotterAndSexier take on classic fairy tales. But this is based solely on their covers. The actual content is just, plain DarkerAndEdgier.

* Another ''Newsweek'' example: they recently got into a flap with Sarah Palin by putting a photo of her in track shorts on their cover.

* The picture is from the Holiday 2001 issue of "Playstation Magazine" (not to be confused with "Official Playstation Magazine"), which has Keira of ''JakAndDaxter'' in a [[BareYourMidriff really]] [[CleavageWindow skimpy]] SexySantaDress. It gets a bit creepy when you realise she's supposed to be 14.

[[caption-width-right:245:[[CoversAlwaysLie And she never dresses like that in the actual games.]] [[SexySantaDress Unfortunately.]]]]

* The British SF short story magazine ''Interzone'' has had a couple of bimbo covers in the last few years, which have caused some complaints from readers about sexism and/or being embarrassed to read the issues in public. They did however balance it with one cover showing a beefy man in {{Stripperific}} Gothwear having blood drained from him. (Note that the covers are traditionally not related to any specific story in the issue.)