Posted: 03 October 2020 at 2:13pm | IP Logged | 7
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Tim, I LOVE those boxes in particular, especially the X-Men one.
I mentioned this before, but the "new" X-Men box intrigued me as a youngster when I first saw it on the cover of "Uncanny X-Men" #122" (though that version was by Dave Cockrum, and just one issue before the box by JB was used). I think it's taken for granted now, but mask-less characters having no visible pupils in their eyes was not very common, especially for heroes, excepting the "Orphan Annie" comic strip.
So, here we have Storm, Colossus, and Nightcrawler, all without pupils, Wolverine with the traditional "no pupils while wearing a mask" look, and Cyclops with his visor. Only Banshee was normal-looking. I found them fascinating as a result. The team looked so odd (in a good way for me) compared to most every other superheroes of the period and before.
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