Marvel artists Kris Anka and Kevin Wada were working on a new Marvel Swimsuit issue to follow up on the nineties version. A variety of Marvel characters in states of undress. And, for some reason, all male so far.

Sadly Anka tells us,

I write to you today with the somber news that after a few months back and forth with the powers-that-be, circumstances have arisen that have forced us to stop production on this project. Kevin and I are currently looking into some way to salvage some of the pieces to do something with, but in the mean time, we thought we'd treat you all to the pieces we had finished so far.

He then clarifies,

The sketches I posted were not for an official project to be published by Marvel. They were for an artists' sketchbook that Kevin Wada and myself were going to pitch to Marvel for approval. Kevin and I decided to pull the plug on this project, not Marvel. We were proud of our work so far, so we wanted to share what we had done. The wording of my previous post painted a false picture of the situation.

Well, here's Gambit, Hellion and Ghost Rider as a look as what could have have been…