Mr. Byrne: this is glorious!  Thank you!

Funny thing... when I was a kid I loved the X-Men.  Back when I was reading the Dark Phoenix storyline I was about 9 years old or so.  My parents were going through a divorce and the violent "breakup" of Scott and Jean with her death in #137 really hit hard.

I used to daydream myself to sleep imagining how I could prevent Jean's death by inserting myself (with super powers naturally) into the story.  (The fun part was trying to figure out the most limited power set and still make it work somehow.)

Anyway, for a while there I would quite literally dream in John Byrne & Terry Austin artwork.

And now, for the first time in about 40 years, I am doing it again!  I've caught myself several times over the last few days waking up to a John Byrne illustrated dream.

Mr. Byrne, if you are reading this, I just wanted to let you know how wonderful I think your artwork is.  It has certainly brought me a lot of joy over the years.  Thank you again!

Again referring back to the Antarctica fight   ---   having a telepathic link with his team, even money says that Cyclops could out-tactic the Guard.   I don't know how powerful Oracle is in comparison to Professor X, but either he or (Marvel Girl?) should be able to keep her busy while the other telepath links Cyke with the team.  Be it convincing an army of Sentinels to fly into the sun, or ricochet-zapping an entire squad of buzz-saw murder cars with a single shot  ---  Cyclops knows how to out-think the long odds & come up with a win.

The most powerful X-Man could probably take Gladiator in straight sets. That, of course, is Professor Charles Xavier. He stops Gladiator cold, and might even be able to turn him against the I.G.

So... in the X-Men vs a Gladiator-less I.G., what is the result? Without Astra too? It might be closer than a lot would think.

Oh, and hi Joe! Welcome to the board! Thursday is your day to monitor the Neutral Zone portal. Look out for Annihilus... he's tricky. ;)

But Gladiator (and possibly Jahf) are big guns and that's a tall order.