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Nathan Greno
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Posted: 21 February 2020 at 3:56pm \| IP Logged \| 1	post reply

I still see a lot of JB in that cover -- Ordway mostly adds & tweaks facial structure imho. That said, I would have preferred inks that more closely resembled the pencils.

When I think of "going overboard with the inking", this comes to mind...

...TOO MUCH!

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Posted: 21 February 2020 at 4:03pm \| IP Logged \| 2	post reply

Important to note Tom was instructed to make all those changes.

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Mark Haslett
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Posted: 21 February 2020 at 10:13pm \| IP Logged \| 3	post reply

The yellow highlights added additional static to help drown out JB's style. The
original art seems more recognizable -- though still mostly Ordway.

edit: the little note at the bottom reads: "Colorist --> See Jonathan before
coloring! I have a color guide to show you!"

This note is written in the ink used to draw the flag and the "shine" on
Radioactive Man. I wonder if a "color hold" was hoped for?

Edited by Mark Haslett on 21 February 2020 at 10:18pm

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Ted Pugliese
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Posted: 22 February 2020 at 1:28pm \| IP Logged \| 4	post reply

Wow! I don't think I ever knew JB penciled that.

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Peter Martin
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Posted: 22 February 2020 at 8:00pm \| IP Logged \| 5	post reply

I would say the face of Superman in the main figure is not very Byrne-like even in the original pencils, but yeah, Ordway really did suck nearly all the other Byrne-aspects out of it.

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Wallace Sellars
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Posted: 23 February 2020 at 9:19am \| IP Logged \| 6	post reply

Yikes! I'd love to see JB or someone else take a crack at those pencils.

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Eric White
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Posted: 23 February 2020 at 9:46am \| IP Logged \| 7	post reply

I like the Superman cover but I was shocked the first time Nathan posted that Silver Surfer cover because I never had any idea JB penciled that cover.

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