The X-Men and The Danger Room by Walt Simonson

Grabbed from the Walt Simonson Appreciation Society Facebook page

Okay. Let’s be clear. I am never drawing this damn room again! Ever. Pencil. 10.5 x 11. 2013. 

- Walt Simonson

1986 - Anatomy of a cover - X-Factor #13

Grabbed from the Walt Simonson Appreciate Society Facebook page:

"X-Factor 13 cover. Pen and India ink. 10 x 15. 1986."

"Apparently, I drew this picture around the logo and corner box somehow, but no idea how I did it now. There are some cut lines on the cover, really more grooves, along the perimeter of the logo and corner box. In the printed version, there's a little bit of drawing over the logo itself. So it may be that the logo was added first, and then I did the final inking.  It's a mystery. 

Cyclops and Marvel Girl by Liefeld

1989 - X-Factor headshots for the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe

From the Walt Simonson's Facebook albums:

"X-Factor's original members. Pencil. 9.5 x 15. 1989??. Found this as I was rummaging around for something else. These are the pencils for the portraits of the characters that appeared in the X-Factor entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe. (Thanks to various folks who were able to identify the drawings, where I was clueless. )"

And here's the published version:

Jean Grey back from the dead? ... Again?

From Entertainment Weekly:

To answer your questions: Yes, this is Jean Grey — as in, the Jean Grey who’s been absent from Marvel Comics ever since dying for a second time back in the mid-’00s. And yes, she is modeling her vintage blue-and-yellow X-Men outfit from her Marvel Girl days. Does this mean that the fan-favorite character is finally returning? We can only confirm that her presence in the Marvel Universe will not be imaginary. This will not be part of the Ultimate line-up. She will not be a zombie hologram, like Shard on X-Factor. What could this all mean? Check back tomorrow, when all the secrets will be revealed. (Or some of them, anyhow.)

http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/07/03/marvel-now-jean-grey-exclusive/

"It's not hype when we say that AvX is the culmination of a lot of stories we've done over the last several years," said Marvel editor-in-chief Axel Alonso in the article. "Characters are redeemed or not. Characters are changed. The X-Men and the Avengers are both repositioned for the future. What better time to shake things up?"

Thoughts? From someone who thought her 1986 return cheapened her death, I think this is just another sad gimmick. It should be interesting to see if Cyclops drops the White Queen as fast as he dropped Madelyne Prior...

1984 - Phoenix: The Untold Story - The Dark Phoenix Tapes

These pages were taken from the backup feature in the Phoenix: The Untold Story one-shot from 1984.

1984 - Rare Todd McFarlane commissions and sketches

http://www.romitaman.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=14299&ArtistId=1048&Details=1&From=Room

http://www.romitaman.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=14298&ArtistId=1048&Details=1&From=Room

http://www.romitaman.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=14297&ArtistId=1048&Details=1&From=Room

Bob McLeod's X-Men in the Danger Room