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Yeah, but it's still pretty early in Miller's career. Cyclops' pose looks like a Neal Adams swipe to me, too (at least in style).
Hmmm.. Cyclops looks a little Gil Kane-ish to me.
And man, it's great to see these Lightle covers!
Jeff of Earth-J said:
Yeah, but it's still pretty early in Miller's career. Cyclops' pose looks like a Neal Adams swipe to me, too (at least in style).
I had forgotten that Jean was affected by Mastermind this early. Though it wasn't until Dazzler's debut.
"Hmmm.. Cyclops looks a little Gil Kane-ish to me."
Yeah, I can see that, too.
"And man, it's great to see these Lightle covers!"
I've dropped the "Cover Comparison" section because too many of the upcoming ones are too close to call. I think they are what they are: the Byrne ones are better for the original publication, the Lightle ones are better for reprints. And then there's the difference in when they were published, respectively, as well.
My recollection is Byrne said in an interview he based Cyclops on a French actor, but I don't know who that might be.
Magneto's relationship to Wanda and Pietro was Byrne's idea. He wanted it to be something that was there between the lines only. It was confirmed in a letters column and the first Vision and the Scarlet Witch mini; I don't know which first.
It would have been the letters column which was first. I haven't got to whichever issue it was in yet, but I remember it well. The editorial postulated the following hypothetical question (working from memory) then answered it: "So why not just come out and say that their father is M*GN*T*? Because it's a secret, that's why!"
Cover-wise, this instalment seems to me a clear win for Classic X-Men. I find the original cover bland, and new cover intriguing.
I think the original cover was a variation on Giant-Size X-Men #1. It seems to be the last X-cover Cockrum did during Byrne's run, so I suppose it was a goodbye.
It looks to me like it was in turn the model for Classic X-Men #7's. Comparing the two, I was surprised to see the Classic #7 cover dropped Wolverine.
Did they draw Edinburgh Castle like the real one?
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