It's always fun to hear great art-directors talk about their favorite magazine covers.
This month Coverjunkie asked Design Director Eric Capossela from Atlanta Magazine about his favorite covers that are so good he wished he designed them himself:

Eric Capossela fav #1
Rolling Stone starring Gillian Anderson & X-Files. "Tough to choose just one Fred Woodward cover from that era, but when I first saw this, I knew I wanted to work at a magazine some day. It's such a COMPLETE cover, from the type, to palette, to photography, to cover lines. It all comes together perfectly. And it doesn't hurt that I'm a huge X-Files fan."