The first gaming magazine I ever owned IIRC had the Tasmanian Devil on the front (but it wasn't the GamePro one). What I do remember distinctly was that it had a section on Contra 3. I want to say it was an early Game Players, maybe.
My other holy grail is the June 1992 SWATPro, with the section on SFII with fake moves. I took it to school one day in 2nd grade and lost it forever.