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The 5 BEST GamePro Covers Ever
- May 07, 2009 11:09 AM PST
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We pick out our favorite GamePro covers from almost 250 issues of the magazine!
It wasn't easy, but we've handpicked some of the greatest covers to grace GamePro magazine from 1989 to 2009. Read on to see what issues make the list of GamePro's greatest.
5. X-Men: Mutant Academy (July 2000)
Whenever former creative director Francis Mao (who bounced around the comic industry throughout the '80s before joining GamePro in 1989) drew a cover, the results were immediately identifiable. This one's probably the best out of his fighting game-heavy portfolio.
4. Halo 2009 (February 2009)
Sometimes, all it takes is a nice bit of art design to take an old subject and make it seem mesmerizing all over again. Who would've guessed in early 2001 that a green space marine could be so photogenic?
3. Wii Win! (March 2007)
The most iconic covers are always the one that stick out in readers' minds the most. That's probably why this simple little work to commemorate the Wii's stellar (and largely sold out) 2007 is so memorable. Just don't ask us what that nunchuk is attached to...
2. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (February 2003)
Link and this mag have a long, storied history. We've had our ups and downs, you could say. Nearly every game in the series has seen itself on our cover, but our treatment of Wind Waker is the best we ever did it -- simple, neat to look at, worth keeping.
1. Phantasy Star II (March 1990)
GamePro's first year or so of issues featured fancy, colorful airbrushed covers that often looked straight out of the fantasy section of the bookstore. The results were often a tad off-kilter, but this piece (which, admittedly, doesn't look like much of anything from Phantasy Star II) is subtly beautiful.
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- May 08 2009 at 08:38:43:PM PST
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My wolverine and Sabretooth one was my very first issue, and I have always loved the cover! I miss them, no stores around here sell them anymore.
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