Kate journeyed back in an effort to change the timeline, which she did by preventing the murder of Senator Kelly. At that moment, she should have ceased to exist, disappearing out of Kitty as if she’d never been there.

By writing the scene as if Kate not only persisted, but was capable of thought and action, Chris left the future unchanged—another failure for the X-Men. One which Chris continued to mine it for years to come.

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Not on this scale. It's several layers of Photoshoppery, flattened into a single image.

Of course, this means that the area is blank on the original pencils!

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I have a feeling tomorrow's final page of this issue is going to be a doozy!

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You'll be getting TWO pages tomorrow--and my own feeling is that "doozy" will not even cover it. . . . . . . .

Kate journeyed back in an effort to change the timeline, which she did by preventing the murder of Senator Kelly. At that moment, she should have ceased to exist, disappearing out of Kitty as if she’d never been there.

By writing the scene as if Kate not only persisted, but was capable of thought and action, Chris left the future unchanged—another failure for the X-Men. One which Chris continued to mine it for years to come.

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If only this site had a Like button.

Outside of Chris' constantly shoving the death of Phoenix down our throats, the Days of Future Past storyline never ended with him. Should have been an 1-and-Done. 

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Always my intent.

You can see, I am sure, why this still sticks in my craw, so many decades later!