What does a pulsar look like if viewed from above? Have we ever seen a pulsar directly from above or below it's spin axis?

I am wondering if a pulsar seen from this angle would appear to be constantly spinning or if it would just appear like a normal star.
My understanding is that we "see" pulsars (also called "supernova remnants") by the radio and/or other electromagnetic radiations which they emit, which come to us in regular pulses, like the light-beam on the conning-tower at an airport.  

This is because the beam of radiation shoots out along the magnetic-axis, while the object spins around its spin-axis, which might be considerably different from the magnetic-axis.

So if we are directly above, it seems that we might not receive any of the radiation, so we might not be able to "see" the object.