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James Johnson
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I did not realize there was a GENERATIONS III until I happen to see issue #7 in a mall newstand (yes, a newstand). From that point on, I purchased the last 5 issues from a comics shop.
I went the Ebay route for the earlier issues.
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Brad Wilders
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Generations and Elsewhen are among my two favorite superhero projects by JB both in terms of writing and art. Perhaps not a surprise that both are "JB unchained" from DC/Marvels' then-current continuity.
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Wallace Sellars
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| Posted: 12 August 2026 at 10:29pm | IP Logged | 3
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JB, did you use markers for some of the inking?
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 13 August 2026 at 12:37am | IP Logged | 4
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As I recall, it was all brush.
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Michael Roberts
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This remains my favorite JB drawing of Wonder Woman
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John Byrne
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One of mine, too. The lush lines, I think. But wassap with that bat-ear tangent?!?
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Vinny Valenti
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I have to admit that when I first saw this cover, I assumed that it was a different woman than Diana in the role, because to me her face looked very different than the way you drew her just 5 years before. But it was just a change in style!
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Vinny Valenti
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The thread gives me a chance to break this out:
I remember reading the comic and being struck by how nicely Scott Free's face was rendered in the second panel - it was quintissential Byrne to me.
Fast forward a year or so, and I'm at MOC 2004, looking through Jim Warden's catalog, and the same page was staring me in the face, priced for next to nothing. Even though I have no affinity towards these characters, I thought "Welp, guess this means I have to own it, then"*. Least it was easy to get it signed right away!
*I had the same reaction 20 years later with the Byrne/Baker AVENGERS ANNUAL page sitting in front of me - though that was decidedly NOT priced for next to nothing!
Edited by Vinny Valenti on 13 August 2026 at 3:18pm
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Brian Miller
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*I had the same reaction 20 years later with the Byrne/Baker AVENGERS
ANNUAL page sitting in front of me - though that was decidedly NOT priced
for next to nothing!
****
Zounds!
One of my favorite panels ever.
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Vinny Valenti
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I found out after the fact that that exact panel was used on Hercules' OHOTMU Deluxe entry - that made it even more special to me!
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Brian Miller
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Wine! Women! Games!
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Tom French
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I LOVED GEN3 -- there, I've said it!
As a reader, it took a little bit of work, but to me, totally worth it.
And I really liked the look of the art, the thicker, bolder lines. I thought it was excellent and it surprised me that DC never collected it. As a matter of fact, I was missing issue #4 for YEARS.
GENERATIONS is your gift to comic book lovers. In some ways, it's your greatest work in its slyness and depth, it's humor and homage -- it works on so many levels.
Am I done gushing yet?
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