Life Magazine, October 5, 1942

 The cover showcases model Joan Thorsen, She is shown wearing an "Eye-Catcher" hat, part of a fashion feature on unusual, "peek-a-boo" headwear. This specific cover is notable for being the first of many LIFE covers shot by the famed photographer Philippe Halsman.

Some of the featured stories: coverage of the Red Army fighting in Russia and battle action in the Solomon Islands; a young Lucille Ball rises to stardom;details on Alexander Kartveli’s design of the P-47 fighter plane. 

Photo essay - Nation's leaders take hasty lunches in crowded nation's capital; a Short History of the Art of Warfare; Lucille Ball gets her first big break, rehearing on a trampoline in preparation for starring in  "DuBarry Was a Lady: US Army Nurses in New Caledonia; theatre review of "The Pirate" with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, and new photographic techniques by Andreas Feininger. 

There are ads, ranging from a movie ad for "Separate Journey," starring Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan;  new photographic techniques by Andreas Feininger; General Electric; Keepsake wedding ring sets and more. There are 136 pages, and there is a word written on the front in script, might read "borrow" or "brownies" or something else.