Cover date is December 1996, but indicia date is November 1996.
Cover art without trade dress.
According to the editorial notes in Marvel Super-Heroes Megazine (Marvel, 1994 series) #6 (March 1995), where this pin-up first appeared, this was intended to be used as the cover art for the never published issue #7 of that title. The Assistant Editor on that series was also Glenn Greenberg. The original pin-up was colored by Gregory Wright.
Hulk figure from cover reprinted. This is the original Steranko cover art as it looked before alterations were made for final publication.