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Andrew W. Farago
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Zorp, Zarp and Zrap are Zippy the Pinhead's nephews, right?
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Nathan Greno
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But...but...he's NOT pressing the auxiliary button OR the side of his visor!!!! HOW CAN THIS BE????
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John Byrne
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Well. . . if we remember the Kirby days, like GORT in THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, after Cyclops opened his visor, it took a moment for the "charge" to build. So, clearly, in that shot, he has pressed the stud, opened the visor, and just at that moment the beam is being unleashed. Do I get a No-Prize?
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Flavio Sapha
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Wolverine-Cyclops tussle: that was my favorite X-Men bit for a long
while. Cyclops came out of it as a great team leader! Wolverine was
shown to be pretty vulnerable and unstable psychologically.
Claremont at his most awesome!
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William Roberge
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Funny, I had that page in my hands just this past September... 
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John Byrne
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Claremont at his most awesome!•• What a pity no one was available to draw it.
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Flavio Sapha
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C'mon JB! How awesome your art on X-Men is... ça vas sans dire!
In fact, I once asked about this sequence and you didn't recall it. You said it
was probably Claremont's idea, since it's a kind of "danger room session"...
so, that's what I am talking about, the scene, the group dynamic.
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Flavio Sapha
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...and the only reason I haven't asked for a commission depicting this battle
is: can't stand those tiger stripes!
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Nathan Greno
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JB: Do I get a No-Prize?
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It's in the mail.
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John Byrne
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C'mon JB! How awesome your art on X-Men is... ça vas sans dire!I•• I wasn't being modest, Flavio. I was expressing, once again, my weariness over the way the artist's contribution to these things is so often diminished. Far too many people seem to think the artist just draws what the writer tells him/her to draw. This spontaneous "danger room" sequence WAS Chris' idea. But he didn't choreograph it.
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Tim O Neill
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Cyclops from JB's run is why he is my favorite member of the X-Men. He showed courage and dignity while leading a very diverse bunch. And to lose the woman he loved and leave the team was just heartbreaking to me. The Dark Phoenix story was so poignantly tragic for Scott that my heart went out to him.
As far as the look of the visor -- my preference is JB drawing Dave Cockrum's design. It's certainly bulkier, which to my mind always read as more technologically advanced.
Of course, in this day and age, more technologically advanced means smaller! But back when the book was on the stands, I thought the visor was more advanced than the one from the original team. It was also a good visual distinction between the original team and new team.
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John Byrne
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And to lose the woman he loved and leave the team was just heartbreaking to me.•• It wasn't my idea for Scott to quit the team. We'd see that too many times, with too many teams. I wanted him to take a leave of absence, very specifically saying he had every intention of coming back. Chris opted to write the cliché version instead. One of the many reasons I left the book.
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