Terry Austin is probably my all time favorite inker, but before judging the work of the guy who possibly will work on this book, i'll wait to see the actual finished product. Terry is great, others are good, and some are great too.

The Chris Claremont argument: I'm a huge fan of Claremont, but i already know what Chris Claremont would have done, because he actualy did it, and i loved it. What i wondered at the time is what John Byrne would have done. Here is the occasion to see what John Byrne can do today. 

Old stuff/new stuff: what i can see in these previews looks fine to me. In the past, the new stuff has not always been better than the old stuff, but that "new stuff", the bad as much as the good, is now old stuff too.

I have nothing to add to the other points.

---------------------------------------

your statement and points instantly made me think of the scene where Wolverine runs into the main room of the Hellfire Club covered in goons.

All of those "fan" points may not even be a consideration of the Galactus-sized corporation that is Marvel.

There's never been a better time to publish a series by you:

-"Dark Phoenix" comes out in theaters 

-It's the 40th anniversary of some of the greatest X-men stories

-Your stuff is being reprinted like crazy this year

-Marvel will need to get as many X-books out there to help with the cinematic introduction of the Disney X-men.

-etc, etc, etc,

I think ANYTHING with the name "John Byrne" on it still sells like crazy!

If not him, then someone else whose inks at least somewhat remind me of Austin's. Bob Wiacek?