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Issue Details

Issue #23
Published October 1980
Cover Price 0.75 USD
Pages 52
Editing Denny O'Neil; Mark Gruenwald (assistant editor)
Notes Letters page replies by Mark Gruenwald.

Cover Details - "What if the Hulk had become a Barbarian?"

Genre Super-hero
Pencils John Buscema
Inks Al Milgrom
Letters Rick Parker ?; typeset
Notes Letters page replies by Mark Gruenwald.

20 page Hulk story "What if...Hulk's Girlfriend Jarella had not Died?"

Characters Hulk; Watcher; Jarella; Clay Quartermain; Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross; Glen Talbot; Hank Pym; Lord Visis
Synopsis Jarella lives and the Hulk goes to live in her world
Genre superhero
Script Peter Gillis
Pencils Herb Trimpe
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Tom Orzechowski
Notes Based on Hulk #203

7 page Celestials story "The First Celestial Host!"

Characters Celestials, Watcher, Gammenon, Ziran the Tester, Nezzar the Calculator, Oneg the Prober,
Synopsis The story of the Celestials first visit to Earth
Genre superhero
Script Mark Gruenwald
Pencils Ron Wilson (breakdowns), Chic Stone (finished art)
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Michael Higgins

8 page Spider-Man story "What if Aunt May instead of her Nephew Peter had been Bitten by that Radioactive Spider?"

Characters Spider-Man, Aunt May, Uncle Ben
Synopsis Aunt May gets bitten
Genre superhero
Script Steve Skeates
Pencils Alan Kupperberg
Inks Alan Kupperberg
Colors Alan Kupperberg
Letters Alan Kupperberg

1 page Human Torch; Hostess advertisement "The Human Torch Saves the Valley!"

Characters Human Torch
Genre superhero
Letters Irving Watanabe
Notes Ad for Hostess Fruit Pies