It often feels that Marvel never really came around to that way of thinking, never quite depicting Hank and Bobby as being only a couple-few years apart in age.  Over the past decade or so it always seems that Hank is portrayed as much older, rubbing elbows with Stark and Richards, lab coat, professorial in demeanor, etc, whereas Bobby feels like he's about a decade younger as opposed to 2 or 3 years younger.

Admittedly, this might've been bolstered by Kelsey Grammer's transformation into the bludgeoning Beast onscreen.  But since they weren't even pretending to try to stick with continuity...  well... 

It is what it is.

Did Xavier's telepathic burst here rank higher than the Z'nox maneuver because it happened outside of (prior to) your direct stewardship of the title?  Or is it because that action was linked with Marvel Girl, Cyclops, and other bits of technology.

Or even still...  maybe Asgardians have much tougher mental walls to penetrate than the emotionless, lack-of-empathy minded Z'nox.

Sorry.  That's kind-of a 3-in-1 question, if I can.

Edited to add further commentary.

JB, I love the way you make pages thoroughly engaging even when there is no "action" to be seen.

(Hmmm... I wonder why Alt-Bobby does not have the same restraints as his fellow M-Men.)