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Shaun Barry
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Posted: 16 December 2025 at 10:57pm \| IP Logged \| 1	post reply

Byrne Robotics: JBF Reading Club: Fantastic Four #288

Forgive a question that wasn't brought up in this past, closed thread...

As I was perusing my old copy of this issue, I was struck by the flashback pages to the original SECRET WARS series, and how much they looked like Mike Zeck's art!

JB, is that indeed your own artwork, intentionally modeled to look like Mr. Zeck for said pages? I only ask because they look so convincing, and I'm also hoping it wasn't an unfortunate repeat of that F.F./X-FACTOR crossover and its swapped-out/re-drawn flashback pages of its own.

Just curious, had to ask!

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Posted: 17 December 2025 at 1:38am \| IP Logged \| 2	post reply

S’all me, as best I can recall.

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Posted: 17 December 2025 at 1:43am \| IP Logged \| 3	post reply

Love the writing in this issue and the storytelling artwise. Joe Sinnot was a great inker, but not to my taste over JB's pencils. That all said, I can remember being thrilled over the energy of the artwork in the first few pages as the FF break into the Latverian Embassy,

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Posted: 17 December 2025 at 1:47am \| IP Logged \| 4	post reply

Only because the NRA are irrational. If the perps in Australia were not legally entitled to a gun, the NRA would claim a victory as it would claim stricter gun laws still don't stop the 'bad guys' who don't care about regulations. With the perps in Australia legally entitled to their guns, the NRA claims a victory as this shows 'bad guys' can still get regulated.

The sensible decision making should be based on what affects deaths in the aggregate.

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