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GRAAAAHHHHHH!!!!I've already mentioned that I'm feeling Lucas-like urges to redraw the "first issue", as I have progressed further and further into this "series", and my line has become tighter and tighter. (Not something I'm doing deliberately, entirely unconscious). Well, this morning I was looking over the pages, wondering if maybe partially redrawing some stuff would scratch this itch for me, and I came to an unavoidable realization: This is not a First Issue.* It works fine as an issue immediately following 137, say 139 or 140, chronologically, as if it came out in 1980. But there's nothing "special" about it. It's a "standard" adventure, such as the X-Men could have had at any point in their publishing history. Change of pace, sure, with MODOK as the villain, but, well, a brand new series (as we like to image this will be) doesn't have a pace to change! And most certainly this particular first issue needs to address a whole lot of stuff from 137 and earlier. The readers need to be told up front and in no uncertain terms that this is DIFFERENT. Which leads me to contemplations of--yes--scrapping the whole issue. All 38 pages. Starting from scratch, with something that will more properly serve the roll I didn't really have in mind for it when I started. GRAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!! ________________ * I realize I feed the trolls and future self-appointed critics with this, but...
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