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Rod Collins
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One of the things I really like about JB's writing is the way he foreshadows things, like Nightcrawler being in the room on the previous page. Sometimes it's in a line of script or, at other times, it might be in an image.
If you are paying attention, and have enough knowledge of the characters, then there's a nice payoff for you as a reader when you "turn the page". It also works in different ways for readers of different levels of experience. Germany for long-time X-Men fans immediately has us thinking of Nightcrawler, while for new readers it provides them with information that they may not have had before.
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Mark McKay
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Panel 1 of today’s page is so cool! Love how Jean is carrying the two of them.
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Wallace Sellars
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The tilting of panels here adds to the sense of disorientation and urgency.
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John Byrne
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There was a period early on in my career--mostly IRON FIST vintage--when I was tilting horizons, like, all the time.Pretty much ruined the effect you note, Wallace! Live and learn!
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Andrew Bitner
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That bit of hesitation in Magneto's voice suggests Scott's optic blast caught him off-guard indeed, and he may not be in peak shape at the moment. Also might be telling that his students haven't caught up yet. A shot point-blank could have hurt those three quite a bit.
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Steven Queen
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I am loving all these plot threads. JB: Your switch-a-roo-s and meanwhile-s dismay me not!
Great page today. What do I love most?
Seeing the (alt)-riginal X-men together?
...Or Magneto vs. the X-men?
...Or the real Jean Grey alive, and doing...well...anything?
...Or artwork of a calibre that no man this late in his career should be able to produce daily?
What an embarrassment of riches!
Thank you sir, and good health to you.
I wonder if Cyclops bounced his optic beam (Captain America-style), he could catch Magento by surprise. I'd love to see him, just once, pulverize the creep!
(..but not yet! Too much fun to be had first.)
EDIT: Maybe he could bounce it off one Mageto's helmet and hit the other---a two-for-one deal! ;P
Edited by Steven Queen on 04 March 2021 at 8:11am
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Steve Gumm
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This issue is blowing my mind... WOW! I remember buying the art of John Byrne and being blown away with these what if characters... now oh so many years later you are delivering the goods in a huge way!!!
I have to say this may be the most memorable comic of the decade for me, way to go JB!
Sorry for exceeding the exclamation mark limit for a post.
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Tom Perkowitz
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Magneto's helmet is completely obscured in darkness. I see what you have done here. Which Magneto is this attacking? Maybe we will finally get to see how the two Magnetos work together.
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John Byrne
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Why would I switch Magnetos in midstream?
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Robbie Moubert
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Plus enough of his costume is visible to tell which Magneto it is.
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Robbie Moubert
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With this issue we now have over 400 pages of Elsewhen to enjoy! I don't think anyone foresaw that happening when JB decided to scratch that itch less than three years ago!
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John Byrne
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With this issue we now have over 400 pages of Elsewhen to enjoy! I don't think anyone foresaw that happening when JB decided to scratch that itch less than three years ago!••• Least of all me!!
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