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