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You're looking at the cover of The SENSATIONAL SHE-HULK #14, pencilled by MARK TEXEIRA and inked by HARRY CANDELARIO. However, it was originally supposed to be drawn by BRIAN BOLLAND, but the comic appeared with the one you see above. I seem to recall reading an explanation for what went wrong at the time (1990), but I no longer remember precisely where. (MARVEL AGE perhaps?) Therefore, all I can do is relate whatever faint vestiges of the facts yet remain in the back of my cavernous cranium.
It goes something like this: After submitting a 'rough' of the cover and getting approval for it, Brian Bolland drew the finished version and sent it in, only for it to get lost in the post or mislaid in the MARVEL offices. With deadline looming, a substitute had to be created, and, using Bolland's cover rough as reference, Texeira and Candelario produced their own version of it, which was the one that was printed on the published comic.
Then Bolland's original art turned up, and was released as a wraparound giveaway in comicbook shops, so that #14 could be fitted inside - thereby making things as they were supposed to be from the start. At least, it's something pretty much resembling the scenario I've just described. If you know the precise details, let me and your fellow Criv-ites know, frantic ones. You wouldn't want us to lose any sleep over the matter. And, as you've guessed, that's Brian Bolland's version below the following splash page, so that you can compare them and decide which one you like best. I've got a feeling I already know what your preference is going to be.
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I've just checked Brian Bolland's site to see if there was any info about the cover, but there doesn't appear to be.
