It functioned as a way to clear out the back-files, to publish the previously unseen inventory stories that had been piling up over the years. It also seemed to serve as sort of an ersatz new talent showcase, as lots of names turned up there that were never seen again.
And given the origins, a lot of the stories...well, weren't terribly good. And at one point they printed the skeeviest story in the history of comics books.
But in #8 (1992), they also included a bunch of Jim Starlin pin-up pages. Why? Who knows? They were unrelated to anything else in the issue (which unleashed the blight that is known as Squirrel Girl upon us). Nope, just random splash pages of Warlock and friends, or Doctor Strange wandering through Ditko-esque realms, or Wolverine and Spider-Man fighting ninjas.
And then there was this:
Sasquatch versus Hulk versus Thing versus Beast, with Man-Thing watching on?!?
Was this from some stillborn project? A pitch for the ultimate Marvel Two-In-One tale? Or was Starlin just noodling around?
I've no idea myself, but I'll tell you what--I would read the living hell out of this story!
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Off hand I'd say that Hank was a little out of his weight class in this match-up...but hell yes...this would have been a lot of noisy fun!
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