There may have been a change in Keith Giffen's style by that point, but it was still Keith Giffen, and a much more saleable name (particularly when most of the rest of the book had been drawn by him). I can easily see how the Editorial decision was made (and in any event, I can't imagine Giffen's page rate would have been significantly less than the costs of reprinting the other work, back in the day).

And for what it's worth, we have someone here who actually worked on this book, who says the issue was indeed considered.

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