I’m sorry to report this is the version I first read, and as a result, my childhood Headcanon Gollum https://twitter.com/_landryjlee/status/1297228643672952833

Like, come on man. The man himself already took care of the cover. Get those guys outta there

I read these too. Not good. A miracle any kid ever picked em up. Return is so unappealing even Google Images tries to bury it

Gigantic delta in quality here. Just unreal. Does “Strider” have the 90s Comedy Stepdad hair too? Do not show this man to me after hundreds of pages of how cool he is

Now that I think of it, pretty sure Legolas from the TT cover ended up becoming what I imagined Caramon looked like in these babies