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John Byrne
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This cover nearly leapt off of the spinner rack:
•• I've told before the tale of how much I struggled with that cover! Dave Cockrum did the sketch, and in his version Professor X has his hand up to his face, with a great look of anguish. Dave pulled it off, but no matter how hard I tried, my version ended up looking like Charles had just been shot in the eye with a B.B. gun. This was the cover that earned me the sobriquet "Master of Quiet Drama". Which worked for me! (Still hadn't figured out how Storm's hair worked, tho!)
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Ryan Maxwell
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My first and still one of my all-time favorites.
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Michael Penn
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UCM #108, and these panels made me a fan:
The smirk on Jahf's face really won me over.
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Bill Catellier
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X-men #132. A friend had a copy and after a quick peek made a trade for the book. I didn't know who the Hellfire Club was and wasn't real familiar with all the X-men, but I loved it. It was a long time till I was able to get the rest of the story, but I've never regretted that trade.
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Greg Woronchak
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Fantastic Four 239, off a spinner rack. I had no clue who these guys were, but it sure looked cool! The story was interesting and didn't end with a dreaded cliffhanger... I was hooked!
JB was the first artist where I made an effort to track down his previous work.
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Daniel Gillotte
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Not sure, but feel like the issue when the X-Men are part of Arcade's carnival might be my first time-
Edited to add: Hmmm... I misremembered the villain of this story! Not Arcade at all.
Edited by Daniel Gillotte on 07 January 2013 at 12:13pm
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Peter Hicks
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My first memory of JB's work was when I bought Daredevil #138 where he was a fill in artist. It was such a treat compared to the work being turned in by Bob Brown in those days. Suddenly, one of the worst illustrated books became one of the best!
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Jeff Marvin
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Daniel. That issue was my first exposure to JB's art as well. The villian of the piece was Mesmero, who's one-upped at issue end by the reveal of a certain ... ah, that would be telling!
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Andrew Bitner
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my first contact with JB's art was the issue of SPACE:1999 when the alpha crew encountered the greek gods. LOVED that issue, especially the trident driven up through the eagle's command module. i lost it in a move from wisconsin to new jersey in '76 and missed it ever since.
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Conner Dinkins
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That X-men 114 cover was an early one for me as well. A friend just gave me that one along with 115 and that Cover always haunted me. Even though the X-men didn't die, as a kid that image wrote stories that the comic didn't in my mind, if that makes any sense.
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John Mariani
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It was either the issue of Iron Fist with the terrorist (also my first exposure to Chris Claremont as well, I suspect), or a Rog 2000 backup in a Charlton comic (very hard to find Charltons round my patch).
I just fell in love with the Chief's work and followed it everywhere since that Iron Fist issue.
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Fred J Chamberlain
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I'm certain that his first few issues of MTU were my first conscious
exposure to John's art, but the combo of his MTU issues and the
concurrent X-Men rum blew my mind.
The first piece of Byrne art I held was likely the MTU #54 reimagining
that he did for me. It hangs on my living room wall beside a Ross Andru
ASM action page and both awaken the kid inside every time that I
glance at them......
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