There were a buncha non Apter mags in the 80's that were like that, bigger pages and an all glossy layout, Gold Belt Wrestling, Wrestling Eye, Main Event Wrestling, Wrestling Superstars, etc. that would occasionally pop up at one store's magazine aisle or another, and looking back on it they probably all were less bullshit than the Apter mags but I always saw them as second rate because they didnt have the professional look and feel of the Apter mags
The Apter mags, with its black and white pages and monthly columns felt like real news while the others felt like home made fanzines to me
I'd buy them here or there if i came across them but they were never in my regular rotation like the Apters were
I guess theres something to be said for presentation