Just wondering the level of editor-in-chief interference on this cover, JB? Given what's been said about Jim Shooter previously, I'm wondering if perhaps he was against the idea of characters out of costume, characters dead on a wall, etc. Given that this is probably the most talked-about cover of the early eighties I'm sure a bunch of us would love to know how many cooks were involved ...
Cheers!
Simon

Don't remember any grief on that cover. He probably delighted in seeing all those characters he didn't create being declared dead.

JB-)

JB, could you tell me who the character in the lower left corner is?
I can guess it is Quicksilver behind Wolverine's head thanks to the hair cut and that it is Pola"ris" and Ha"vok" behind Kitty, but I can't decypher the letters on the last one...
I would love to know if you had someone in mind or if it could just be anybody.
Thanks.

Ghis.

I always assumed it said "Forge", even though the character would not first appear for almost 4 years after this. CC tended to have subplots that lasted for years, so it wouldn't surprise me if that was tossed in, knowing that one day the character would appear.

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I'm guessing Quicksilver is between Magneto and Scarlet Witch, not only does the hair fit but so does the placement.

As for who's down next to Havok I'd have to guess that was Polaris, Lorna Dane.

Professor X. Process of elimination, and the last letter there looks like an X. You know, that group of mutants is about just right. No more are needed. That's enough.

The Days of Future Past Diorama has the face in the bottom left-hand picture as Franklin Richards. But unless the Kucharek brothers have truly uncanny eyesight (or a window into the mindo of the artist), I imagine that it was just a guess on their part.

Ian

Sunfire?

Who is that mysterious mutant?

has anyone mentioned how f*ck*d up it is that JB is not getting credit in all the ads for it? wtf?!?

I seem to recall another shot of that poster in the comic - a somewhat less obstructed view.

Now, I could be misremembering... it's only been, what? 23 years?

I always assumed it said "Forge", even though the character would not first appear for almost 4 years after this. CC tended to have subplots that lasted for years, so it wouldn't surprise me if that was tossed in, knowing that one day the character would appear.

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Nahhhh! That's just a random clump of letters. Doesn't signify anything.