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Bruce Buchanan Byrne Robotics Member

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Aha! Now we know where JB gets all these great story ideas!
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Gerry Turnbull Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: Scotland Posts: 8766
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Posted: 02 April 2007 at 8:03am | IP Logged | 2
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Fantastic in every way.One of my favourite comics of all time
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John Byrne
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Posted: 02 April 2007 at 8:15am | IP Logged | 3
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Trivia: Except for Sue, Ben, Johnny, the Skrull, Lilandra and Gladiator, all the faces on the cover (and the matching page inside) were drawn directly in ink, with no pencil underdrawing. Same with the "other Galactuses" in the montage.
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John Byrne
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Posted: 02 April 2007 at 8:17am | IP Logged | 4
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Now we know where JB gets all these great story
ideas!
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Same place Stan and Jack got 'em!!
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Andrew Hess Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 9846
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Posted: 02 April 2007 at 8:30am | IP Logged | 5
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Brilliant way of getting around the Asst. Editor's Month zaniness!
As well as a great final word in the "should Galactus pay for his crimes" fight
going on at the time in Marvel Comics.
AND, I *love* the fact all of those aliens were drawn in ink! That's crazy!
All of these, plus your "alien stampede" we see above, shows how great you
are with imagining aliens.
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John Byrne
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Posted: 02 April 2007 at 8:34am | IP Logged | 6
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Inventing aliens is fairly simple -- just keep telling yourself "not a guy in a rubber suit, not a guy in a rubber suit."Of course, many Marvel aliens were already precisely that, so I felt obliged to occasionally continue the "tradition".
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Flavio Sapha Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: Brazil Posts: 12912
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Posted: 02 April 2007 at 8:41am | IP Logged | 7
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Favorite FF cover!
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Kevin Hagerman Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 15 April 2005 Location: United States Posts: 18175
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Posted: 02 April 2007 at 9:20am | IP Logged | 8
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An immortal classic. A cosmic story couched in the most seemingly mundane of things, the life of a single man and the repercussions of his ideals.
My favorite line of dialogue (of many!) in this issue: "ODIN?! Holy frijoles! The Watcher must have sent The Torch to ASGARD!!"
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John Leach Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 1860
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Posted: 02 April 2007 at 9:28am | IP Logged | 9
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JB, did you have any plans to re-visit the Xxan Xxar character? His little one page storyline 'bout broke my heart!
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John Leach Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 02 April 2007 at 9:30am | IP Logged | 10
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I have the original art for that splash page up on my wall, and it looks GLORIOUS in b&w. My favorite piece in my (tiny) collection.
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Corey Johnson Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 2021
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Posted: 02 April 2007 at 9:32am | IP Logged | 11
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A mind-blowing issue! One of my absolute favorite comics of any series ever.
JB definitely had a clever idea here to keep in the offbeat nature of "Assistant Editor's Month" without detracting from the serious nature of this story.
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John Byrne
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Posted: 02 April 2007 at 9:33am | IP Logged | 12
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JB, did you have any plans to re-visit the Xxan Xxar character? His little one page storyline 'bout broke my heart! ** For me, that means his tale is told! (So he should be turning up in some ^^***** title any day now…)
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