It's Been Great!

In a 1990 story on Sports Illustrated covers, writer Steve Wulf sympathized with the editors who had to think up headlines for Gretzky.

"It's not easy coming up with an original cover billing, especially when the subject is a regular. Wayne Gretzky has appeared 12 times in all, but seven times we couldn't avoid the use of a certain word: The Great Gretzky; Going Great Guns; Greater And Greater; The Great One Gets Greater; Great, Gretzky; Great Move, Gretzky; And The Great One Breaks The NHL Scoring Record."

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Oct. 12, 1981

Feb. 15, 1982

Dec. 27, 1982

Jan. 23, 1984

Feb. 18, 1985

Jun. 1, 1987

May 30, 1988

Aug. 22, 1988

Dec. 18, 1989

Mar. 11, 1996

Oct. 7, 1996

Apr. 26, 1999

Photographs by Paul Kennedy; Steve Goldstein; Brian Lanker; Paul Bereswill (4); Bill Robbins; Paul Bereswill, John Iacono, Bill Robbins; Robert Beck, Robert Rogers.

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