Active Topics | Member List | Search | Help | Register | Login
The John Byrne Forum
Byrne Robotics > The John Byrne Forum << Prev Page of 2
Topic: John Byrne’s Wolverine Post ReplyPost New Topic
Author
Message
Vinny Valenti
Byrne Robotics Member
Avatar

Joined: 17 April 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 8372
Posted: 01 October 2025 at 1:43pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply
Those 2 panels are interesting in that they show Wolverine's mask as Blue when light is shone directly upon it. I haven't seen is rendered as such until the Jim Lee days, and it while it didn't bother me when artists and colorists started rendering the open parts the Brown costume's mask as Brown, doing the same with Blue really irked me. So I'm surprised to see it done during the original Blue era. It seems to fall under the "colors not found in nature" category, because it doesn't really make sense for a Black mask to shine as Blue under direct light (Brown does make more sense to my feeble brain, though) - but honestly I'm not sure what would work better in this scenario. Maybe White, like the highlights on Storm's Black costume?
Back to Top profile | search
 
John Byrne
Avatar
Grumpy Old Guy

Joined: 11 May 2005
Posts: 135078
Posted: 01 October 2025 at 1:55pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply
Blue was a standard default color in those days. It’s how Superman got “blue hair” and the black on Spider-Man’s costume went away.

In the days of the yellow and blue costume, blue highlights made a kind of sense.

Back to Top profile | search
 
Vinny Valenti
Byrne Robotics Member
Avatar

Joined: 17 April 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 8372
Posted: 01 October 2025 at 2:01pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply
You know, I should have considered that. D'oh! Here I was assuming that the highlight's were just matching one of the costume's primary colors, as they did when it was Brown.
Back to Top profile | search
 
Mark Haslett
Byrne Robotics Member
Avatar

Joined: 19 April 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 6939
Posted: 01 October 2025 at 4:05pm | IP Logged | 4 post reply
I was noticing that use of "black turns to blue in the right light" device-- it is really effective for making that sewer tunnel feel extra dark and unpleasant.
Back to Top profile | search
 
James Woodcock
Byrne Robotics Member
Avatar

Joined: 21 September 2007
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 8191
Posted: 01 October 2025 at 10:27pm | IP Logged | 5 post reply
Having met most of the characters in black and white (bar the colour
covers), this whole blue/black take just never came up in my head.

These costumes were black (even, especially, Storm’s. That cartoon
costume was a travesty). Superman had black hair, Spider-Man certainly
started with a red and black costume. It became blue in later life, but it was
black at the start. As were the X-Men uniforms.
Back to Top profile | search e-mail
 
Mark Haslett
Byrne Robotics Member
Avatar

Joined: 19 April 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 6939
Posted: 06 October 2025 at 3:49pm | IP Logged | 6 post reply


Edited by Mark Haslett on 06 October 2025 at 7:17pm
Back to Top profile | search
 

If you wish to post a reply to this topic you must first login
If you are not already registered you must first register

<< Prev Page of 2
  Post ReplyPost New Topic
Printable version Printable version

Forum Jump
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot create polls in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum

 Active Topics | Member List | Search | Help | Register | Login