There is a trend I noticed with our best covers.

A great JCK magazine cover usually contains: a beautiful model, a stunning piece of jewelry, and a smart use of popular colors and text fonts. Considering that formula isn’t exactly rocket science, it’s hard to believe we had so many covers throughout our 140-year history that missed the mark.

Some fun facts about the time span of this JCK cover collection:

• 1965: Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival.
• 1966: President Lyndon Johnson signs a bill that creates Daylight Savings Time.
• 1967: Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African-American Justice on the Supreme Court.
• 1968: The My Lai Massacre occurs during the Vietnam War.
• 1969: Neil Armstrong is the first person to take steps on the moon.

Here are the top 10 covers from 1965-69:

June 1965

November 1965

March 1966

November 1966

March 1967

May 1967

March 1968

May 1968

March 1969

October 1969

 

Also check out:

• JCK Magazine: A 140-Year History in Covers
• The 10 Best JCK Covers: 1960–64
• The 10 Best JCK Covers: 1956–59
• The 10 Best JCK Covers: 1951–55
• The 10 Best JCK Covers: 1930–1950

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