Cyclops' uniform is perfect. Mostly unicolor. Smooth, form-fitting, and no excessive gear or pieces (save for his belt.) No leather jackets, no pouches, no fringe, no frills, no excessive loose costume bits - not even a cape.* CLEAN. Clean and straight and tight. That's how an outfit should be. All that other folderol is merely a way for a foe to grab part of the hero.

* I am straining my memory at the moment to think of caped heroes in the MU in the classic eras. I get Thor, the Vision, the Black Knight, Dr. Strange, the Black Widow, the Black Panther... I'm probably forgetting one or two, but that's about it. It was a paradigm shift from DC in the 50s, 60s, 70s. Not good, not bad, but a rather extreme change. One that made sense to me.

There are so few creators who so deeply get both the writing and the art side of making comic books. JB is among the very tiny number who produce stories that will live for ages, because in his work, there is that perfect marriage of word and image.

If you had told me years ago I would have the chance not only to see JB continue the X-Men story as he would have done it but also comment (and hear back from JB himself!), I couldn't have believed it.

Thanks, JB. 2020 has been a hard year; I'm grateful that Elsewhen gives us somewhere to go to escape the news and uncertainties of the day.

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Depends when you're defining the classic era. I know Black Widow once had a cape, but the classic costume to me is the catsuit.

Once again, depends on the era, but Scarlett Witch is a hero in my books and a big cape wearer.

And Wanda fits perfectly. I was citing that original costume that Black Widow wore, just because I think it was sexy.

I do prefer Marvel characters to be without cloaks. Cyclops' uniform is a classic, a masterpiece of minimalism. Most of the redesigns have not understood that and tried to add extraneous detail. So we got leg bands, belt pouches, piping, seams... and none were an improvement. Less is more.

Love seeing the proper Cyclops in Elsewhen.