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Ed Fahey
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Jason read my mind. Wolverine with a beard and the original whisker mask would be a cool look. A la the old Catman character.
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John Byrne
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It was interesting to draw this page/sequence, thinking back to when we were introduced to Wolverine, with no sense of who he was or--significantly--what he would become.As I've often pointed out, there were not a few writers in those days who "held back" (or so they would claim), excusing lackluster work on the grounds that they did not want to "give Marvel the next Spider-Man." None of us had any idea that that had already happened.
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John Byrne
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Jason read my mind. Wolverine with a beard and the original whisker mask would be a cool look. •• Don't think so. It would just be busy, cluttered even. (And, Ed, is that the image you intended to post?)
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Ted Downum
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"Of course, it won't." No, indeed!
Always great to see JB's Hulk.
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Michael Penn
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I suppose it's so easy to forget that many characters, like Wolverine, don't emerge fully formed but need quite a while to take shape. At this distant retrospective point, anybody can breeze through a collection of comics featuring Wolverine and "see" the character they already know even in his earliest appearances. But, of course, a character like Wolverine didn't truly come into his own until actual years passed by, and not just one or two. The "superstar" Wolverine was, what, maybe nearly a decade removed from his virtually ignored debut...?!
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Jason Ladwig
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Bravo on today's page. I'll be staring at this one all day.
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Brian Miller
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Interesting that Logan’s arms are no longer hairy when costumed.
Historical accuracy?
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John Byrne
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Historical accuracy?•• But of course! Using ELSEWHEN to scratch another itch. Stay tuned!
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Andrew Bitner
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...ow
(feeling that Hulk punch to the head-- ooh!!)
Edited by Andrew Bitner on 15 December 2021 at 8:05am
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Vinny Valenti
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"It's also neat to see in that first panel JB riff on the original Trimpe/Abel splash page from HULK #181."
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It could be completely coincidental, but I love that the pose is very close to the cover of WOLVERINE #17. | |
Edited by Vinny Valenti on 15 December 2021 at 8:05am
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John Byrne
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Not so much coincidence, as a limit on the number of ways to portray that particual pose!
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Mark McKay
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I noticed in the sequence leading up to this page, where Logan met Mac and Heather, that the “unpredictable” brashness he’s normally portrayed with has not shown up. Wondering if that is intentional as well, as the modern day Elsewhen character has definitely been “act first, think later.”
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