LIFE is approaching the 75th anniversary on November 23 (the long-running publication was launched in 1936). To celebrate the occasion, LIFE.com is publishing galleries featuring some of the best -- and worst -- photos in the extensive archives. Jul 12, 1937 - LIFE covered wars, riots, and natural disasters, but the magazine never produced a cover more disturbing than this Bride-of-Freddy-Krueger job from July 1937. The stirring coverline? "Grace The Dummy." Indeed. Photo: Alfred Eisenstaed/TIME & LIFE Magazine. Click here to see the full collection of the worst covers on LIFE.com
When you produce more than 2,200 covers over 75 years, you're bound to have a few clunkers. And here they are. . . .