A limited series of variants of Marvel comic book issues with cover dates of Oct 1983 with limited regional distribution in which a slick paper ad for Bubblicious Gum was bound to the book between the covers and the first/last page of the book. The full-page ad appears at the back cover, with only a thin, white strip of material appearing at the front cover. Known issues include:

• ALPHA FLIGHT [1983] #3
• AMAZING SPIDERMAN [1963] #245
• AVENGERS [1963] #236
• CLOAK AND DAGGER [1983] #1
• CONAN THE BARBARIAN [1970] #151
• FANTASTIC FOUR [1961] #259
• INCREDIBLE HULK [1968] #288
• MARVEL TEAM-UP ANNUAL [1976] #6
• NEW MUTANTS [1983] #8
• STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI [1983] #1
• THOR [1966] #336
• UNCANNY X-MEN [1981] #174
• WHAT IF? [1977] #41