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         John Byrne 
  
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           | Posted: 25 March 2009 at 10:35am | IP Logged | 1
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I was about 7 years old when this issue came out. 
 
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 Were you annoyed when your next birthday rolled around and you had to 
 stop reading comics for a year?
 
 ("Eight year olds don't read comics and probably never did." Joe Quesada)
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         Shaun Barry Byrne Robotics Member 
  
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           | Posted: 25 March 2009 at 10:39am | IP Logged | 2
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(Haha!  Ironically enough, and before I started collecting whole-hog around 1984, my 8th year was probably the one year where my mother bought me the most comics! 
...I knew there was something wrong with me!) 
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         Michael Penn Byrne Robotics Member 
  
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           | Posted: 25 March 2009 at 10:41am | IP Logged | 3
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About the cover to Avengers #187 -- was listing the levitating characters for the benefit of new readers? 
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         Bruce Buchanan Byrne Robotics Member 
  
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           | Posted: 25 March 2009 at 10:42am | IP Logged | 4
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Well I'm usually pretty sarcastic, but this time I was being sincere. Always thought it was an ultra-realistic painted cover (almost a pre-"Marvels" type of deal). Just goes to show I have no artistic eye whatsoever.   
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Don't feel bad, Albert. I thought exactly the same thing (that this was a super-realistic painted cover) for years until JB cleared that up in a previous thread a while back.  
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         Juan Jose Colin Arciniega Byrne Robotics Member 
  
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           | Posted: 25 March 2009 at 10:44am | IP Logged | 5
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One of my favorites...
 
   
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         Jeremiah Avery Byrne Robotics Member 
  
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           | Posted: 25 March 2009 at 10:53am | IP Logged | 6
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I echo Clint's sentiments with "Fantastic Four" #244 as one of my favorite covers.
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         Scott Silverstein Byrne Robotics Member 
  
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           | Posted: 25 March 2009 at 11:24am | IP Logged | 7
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RAWHIDE KID # 1 
  
THE BEST BYRNE COVER ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
  
What is Mr. Byrne's favourite? 
  
everybody have a lovely day! 
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         Jason Fliegel Byrne Robotics Member 
  
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           | Posted: 25 March 2009 at 11:29am | IP Logged | 8
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I like so many of the ones that have been mentioned; this is probably my favorite of the covers that haven't been mentioned (and may well be my favorite of any Byrne cover): 
  
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         Sam Houston Byrne Robotics Member 
  
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           | Posted: 25 March 2009 at 11:34am | IP Logged | 9
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John: 
First, what was the decision in making Puck's custom full length? 
Second, re: Avengers 187 cover...LOOK, their hair is hanging down (in regards to your comment in the She-Hulk reading club post)!  ;-) 
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         John Byrne 
  
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…what was the decision in making Puck's custom full length?
 
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 The bare legs didn't work for me.
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         Brian Floyd Byrne Robotics Member 
  
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           | Posted: 25 March 2009 at 12:11pm | IP Logged | 11
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Its really hard for me to pick one favorite Byrne cover, but if I had to narrow it down, it would either be Uncanny X-Men #136 or 141 or Fantastic Four #247.  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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