Still, a wonderful piece, JB.

(P.S. Nice, Lars!)

Edited by Eric Smearman on 16 August 2010 at 3:05pm

Reed's water, Sue's air, Johnny's fire, Ben's earth.

****

This seems like a shoehorn to me, to put it mildly.  I mean, Reed as water?  And, aside from most civilians referring to him as "the rocky guy," what does Ben really have to do with earth?  Sue as any kind of air elemental is also quite a stretch.  Johnny, I'll give you. 

It's that very cover than finally made me realize how inappropriate the term "uniform" is when applied to superheroes.

Would have been cool if the X-Men, during JB's run, would have at least been shown to train in their "uniforms" in the Danger Room. A justification might have been the added difficulty in not being able to immediately recognize all participants.

There is also the fact that JB has a knack for rendering Kirby designs faithfully yet perhaps with an appeal to a broader audience. I've often come across fan costume critiques that amounted to remarks about Kirby's "big knobby" knees -- and not whether the basic design was appealing, distinctive, or representative of the superhero's uniqueness.