These fall somewhere between comic books and actual magazines. They were bigger (and glossier) than normal comic books, but they featured comic book characters. In 1991, there was Marvel Illustrated: The Swimsuit Issue, a blatant ripoff of the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. In 1992-95, they were retitled "Marvel Swimsuit Special." And they were... exactly what the name suggests. And yes, I have all five of them. And they are awesome. (Politically correct, you ask? Well, yeah, kinda. Because it's not just a bunch of hot female characters in swimsuits, there are also plenty of hot male characters, if that's what you're into. I'm not, but I do think it's good that there's equal representation.)