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        | Jason K Fulton Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Saw this posted at Heritage the other day:
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 I realized that there were a lot of books that had random JB covers during the 80s. Any particular stories about why / how that happened? | 
       
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        | John Byrne 
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          Many of those covers happened because I’d gone into the office, and the editors just asked!
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        | Andy Mokler Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          How does the black get flattened out during the printing?
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 JB is the first one I ever recall going completely black with a character's costume and it's a great effect when used just right, like he did. | 
       
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        | Valmor J. Pedretti Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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 That Batman from Legends mini-series made a huge impression on me as an infant back in the day (still does). | 
       
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        | Jason K Fulton Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Question for everyone else - what's your favorite JB one-off cover
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        | Nathan Greno Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Hard to pick a favorite -- but I love these two...
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        | Jason K Fulton Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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 |  I just realized - is that Captain America cover also the source of the Cap 50th Anniversary UPC box?
 
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        | Nathan Greno Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Yep. Over the years, that Cap head has been reused in a number of different ways
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        | Jason K Fulton Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          You really can make the case that JB is to Marvel what Jerry West is to the NBA (aka "The Logo").
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        | Shane Matlock Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          I second Nathan on that Spectacular Spider-Man #101. That cover is one of the reasons why I liked the black costume and one of my favorite John Byrne covers period, along with Alpha Flight #3 which obviously wasn't a one-off cover like the Peter Parker issue was. JB really knows how to make those (mostly) black and white covers sing.
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        | Gundars Berzins Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Too many favorites to list but these are a few.
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        | Brian Miller Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          That WEB OF SPIDER-MAN 4 cover is even better!
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