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I guess that means I get to make an alibi choice for my #1 :-)

Sorry to hear about Shooter's intrusion into you and Stern's work... Has enough time passed to where you can give me and the other forum members an idea of what you and Roger had crafted for the final page?

 

Captain America #254 - The Brother Blood decapitation scene. 

X-Men #136 - Professor X confronting Dark Phoenix.

Man of Steel #3 - Batman revealing to Superman that the innocent life that Batman put in jeopardy was Batman's.

I didn't include anything from Fantastic Four, She-Hulk, Generations or Superman, because there are far too many scenes for me to have to narrow down from those titles.

"Galactus falls!" in Fantastic Four #243. (As I've mentioned before, this issue got me back into comics at 13 after I'd given them as "kid's stuff.")   

The Guardian as Delphine Courtney reveal after the fake out that he was "back from the dead" at the end Alpha Flight #26. (And I thought I couldn't get more upset than I did reading Alp;ha Flight #12. Damn you, JB!)

Avengers West Coast issue 50 The return of the Human Torch

This one was a real challenge and, despite giving myself time to think before posting, I suspect my favourite scenes will continue to change.

I've gone with all Alpha Flight scenes. It's the title I have read again and again far more than any other title and from which the scenes resonate the most.

I discounted some of my favourite moments because I felt they were exactly that, moments, rather then fully fledged scenes. (Northstar flying on page 3 of AF #8 may be my favourite comic book image ever but it's not a scene per se.) So, my three scenes are as follows:

AF #22 There is a two-page interlude where Heather and Elizabeth are out shopping in the rain and Heather thinks she sees Mac, but of course, as Elizabeth puts it, "But ... but Heather ... he's dead!!!" Of course, Elizabeth puts it down Heather grieving but we saw him too. So much in two pages and beautifully setting up what was to come.

AF #28 Omega Flight are fleeing having arguably beaten Alpha Flight for a second time only to be taken apart over nine pages by Madison Jeffries who literally just lifts a finger. Bitter-sweet of course because being JB's last issue on AF we would never find out quite what he would have done Jeffries with the character instead simply becoming another version of Box.

AF #7 This was a close one for my third slot but I have always loved the final two page of this issue, dubbed an "unconnected interlude", where Delphine Courtney recruits chess-playing, hot dog munching Alec Thorne ("Or should I say Smart Alec of Gamma Flight?") to join Omega Flight, although we don't yet know this.

The difference between John's early and later art is so contrasting.
What happened to that early wonderful art?...What..happened!!! 

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It got better?

I've been guilty of "his old stuff is better" thoughts in the past to be honest; however, only this week, prompted by another thread, I was browsing through Triple Helix and Alpha Flight and, as much as I love AF, the improvement and development was significant.

My first two choices are pretty-much written in stone for me:

"No, I ain't alright...I ain't never gonna be alright again..."

"I...I won't, Mrs. Crosley."

As for a third choice...boy, if you asked me on ten different days, I'd probably give you ten different answers.  Today's answer is:

Two chance meetings in the park.  One does not go well:

"She was scared.  She tried ta hide it, but I scared her."

One does:

"You're the Thing!  Oh, thank you!  Thank you!  Thank you!"

1. X-Men#136: The scene during the Dark Phoenix saga when Logan decides he has to kill Jean, she reverts some level of control and pleads with him to do it and he hesitates...

2. The glimpse in AF#1 where you see the team members of Beta and Gamma Flight.

3. FF#285 - the final few pages of "Hero".