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Well, it's not Lana!!
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Steve Gumm
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This would be second to the Wolverine v Sauron DPS, but a DPS seems to be cheating so....





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Wallace Sellars
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This is a tough one, and I'm holding off on posting a pick until I can narrow my
decision down to a single panel. I appreciate those posters who are playing by
the rules and sharing one clear choice without slipping in little cheats.
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It is tough. For me, it was either the
last page of MAN OF STEEL or "The Punch"
from THE INCREDIBLE HULK.
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Charles Valderrama
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I believe I've mentioned this one before.... one of the few panels (yup, there's more!) JB's done that really grabs me!


-C!

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William Ferguson
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I remember reading this issue as a kid and seeing that panel and just asked myself "How?"

I had no idea how John came up with that pose. I just about broke my pencils and tapped out

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William, would you believe we share our favourite panel. I've always loved it - it shows a gracefulness of flight that I'm not sure I've seen anywhere else (and there's a beautiful juxtaposition when we next see Northstar crashing through the window IIRC).
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 Well said!


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Ronald Joseph
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My first instinct was to pick something "cool" and/or "awesome," as there's no shortage of those. But then I really started thinking about something that often gets overlooked when discussing JB's work (maybe not here, but elsewhere); the sheer emotional weight of some of his panels.

Jim Petersman picked a great panel on page one of this thread. 

Two more that spring to mind:
     

I was dating a girl who was away at school when I read "Hero," and the story affected me so much that I conveyed it to her over the phone. I had to tell someone about it. I wish I could have shown her the panel above as I told her.  


I remember that Smart Alec scene giving me a very uncomfortable feeling; like a knot in my stomach. The blurring of the images as Alec drifted away were perfect. And the fact that Alec knows why, but I/we never will, was one of those details that really drove it home.   
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William Ferguson
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Hey Ronald. Love that first panel of the kid and fuel can.

But which one is favorite? 

You only get to pick one.
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Looking back, so many of my favorite images are parts of an overall sequence, one panel leading to the next. Tied down to the idea of a single image, absent anything before or after, I'm going to go with...



Homina, homina, homina...


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Ronald Joseph
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But which one is favorite? You only get to pick one.

Ohhh crap! I'm "that guy!" I hang my head in shame.

FAVORITE: Tommy and the gas can. Hands down.
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•••

Y'ever notice how Chris' characters think in paragraphs?

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...one of the few panels (yup, there's more!) JB's done that really grabs me!

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Did you phrase that as you intended, Charles? I've done only a "few" panels that grabbed you?

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