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Andrew Bitner
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Posted: 20 October 2025 at 9:09pm \| IP Logged \| 1	post reply

JB, do you recall if there was any subplot you wrote that sort of sprang out of nowhere, took on a life of its own, and went where you didn't expect?

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Posted: 20 October 2025 at 11:09pm \| IP Logged \| 2	post reply

Several!

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Wallace Sellars
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Posted: 20 October 2025 at 11:30pm \| IP Logged \| 3	post reply

JB, on ELSEWHEN you were able to go back and excise the subplot about Colossus’ leg injury. How would you have handled something like that if it had been a monthly title you were writing for DC or Marvel?

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Posted: 21 October 2025 at 10:57am \| IP Logged \| 4	post reply

I would have been stuck with it!

True also of a Spider-Man/Invisible Girl subplot that was threatening to turn ELSEWHEN into MARVEL TEAM-UP, and a side junket with Kitty encountering the Mole Man, both of which had multiple pages drawn.

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Barry Weinberger
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Posted: 21 October 2025 at 1:54pm \| IP Logged \| 5	post reply

Can unused pages be included as extras in the upcoming collected editions?

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Posted: 21 October 2025 at 2:05pm \| IP Logged \| 6	post reply

Probably.

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