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Typical of just about anything from that period, it just makes me CRINGE!!

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That may have been because that quick cut to people reacting was very early in the issue, and, indeed, the storyline ENDED in that issue. So there was no reason for anyone to show up later. (Perhaps Marvel can do a 14 issue macroseries, taking 3.5 years to publish, showing all the heroes on Earth zooming off to investigate the crystal, only to arrive too late!)

Here's a fun Terry Austin story...!

From the X-Men Companion II (Fantagraphics Books, Inc. 1982)...

SANDERSON: I heard Chris (Claremont) say that for a while they were thinking of doing as many scenes with Storm as possible in which she didn't wear a cape because you didn't like inking it.

AUSTIN: I heard that. I mentioned it to John one time: "Gosh, you know, that cape." First of all, I dip my pen in that ink bottle and look at the cape, and then I have to figure out, should I try to do those long curves freehand or should I get out the French curve and sit down there and rule them out so the line is perfect and doesn't waver [laughter]. Making up my mind as to which way to do it was probably harder than actually doing it, but it was just like "Oh, that cape!" [laughter]

SANDERSON: Which way did you end up doing it most of the time?

AUSTIN: Most of the time I think with freehand, I don't know why I do the things I do half the time [laughter].

SANDERSON: Intuitively.

AUSTIN: But I guess John took it to mean that if he didn't lose the cape I was really going to be unhappy, but I was just making a joking comment. "Oh, the cape, John, my God..."

Joe: That image reminds me of the HOW TO DRAW COMICS THE MARVEL WAY book where they would show a scene done in other comics and then show the same scene done The Marvel Way!

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You're right-- it does! :)

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Nope.

I remember only one discussion with Terry about Storm's cape, and that was in reference to the zip-a-tone he put on it. Since Dave had hadn't used that effect, keeping the white areas white, it looked wrong to me, and I asked Terry to stop doing it, please. He said "But I like it!"

And that was the end of that!