What an amazing piece...you never cease to amaze JB. I have no idea how you don't get "lost" in the picture with having some many characters...everything blends in so well...

Congrats Nathan.

JB wrote: "The ones you misidentified: Count Nefaria and "Jim White" (look more closely).
And you seem to have missed the Wizard (not yet Wingless)."

Ah, I see where I went wrong with the "Jim White" character, and the character's "real" identity makes Sally's questioning look at him all the more tragi-comic. Poor Sally...

The Wizard was apparently the character I was unable to identify with all of my multiple guesses. I'm just not used to seeing him prior to his costumed identity, I suppose.

"King of the Lava Men!" Of course! I should have gotten that! I won that issue of the Avengers in an in-store auction years and years ago...! Thanks, Greg! 

Also, it seems as if in my rush through the crowd, I identified Perry White, but neglected to include him in my list. There's always that one last detail that gets overlooked... sigh...

Nathan, an excellent idea for a commission! Thanks to both you and JB for allowing us all to benefit from it!

Nathan, that's an interesting (and selfless!) idea you had, there!

WOW! Wonderful piece! I'm particularly fond of The Thing and Iron Man in there.

As far as the work that went into ths is concerned, I think this is the best piece that I have ever seen. I couldn't even begin to grasp how to sketch out an idea like this with such grandeur.

The scope of this work is simply amazing. Nathan, you are a lucky man!

Nathan, from one Fan of John Byrne to another, thanks!

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I read it as Namor being jealous of Aquaman getting Lori!

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My intention was Namor showing his contempt for this brace of wanna-be's -- but that works too. After all, Lori Lemaris is my favorite of all of Superman's "lost loves".