Today, Newsweek unveiled its first animated cover for the iPad edition of the magazine. Featuring a sinking deep sea exploration vehicle and titled, "Have We Hit Rock Bottom?" the cover story is about what will likely be the last government-funded human expedition to the bottom of the sea.

It's pretty cool (and a bit ironic considering Newsweek's recent shuttering of its print operation), so we wondered: what Newsweek might have done with some of its most controversial covers of the past:

BACHMANN EYES

MUSLIM RAGE

SEXY ASPARAGUS