Actually Mike you may have hit on a massive bit of untold Marvel history, when you consider how controversial Radiation was at the time! Consider that when this comic was published how frightened the general public was with TV and radio warnings broadcasting what to do in an Nuclear incident, can you imagine little children told to duck under their desks or people told to find the nearest shelter it must have been very scary and Marvel took the bold step of highlighting the possible effects of Radiation on a body! Nevermind the Comics code drug issue this event was bigger, this is my own personal opinion however think on it for a while as this was NOT the type of message the Government would want.