1983 - New Mutants - pencils and inks

Bob McLeod: "1983 New Mutants #7 page 6 Sal Buscema breakdowns. Download to enlarge. By issue #3, I was so rushed drawing the New Mutants that I was doing mostly breakdowns, and I just didn't like the way the book looked. I didn't have time to give my inker enough to work with. I quit penciling the book because I thought I could control the look of the book better by inking someone's else's breakdowns, so Sal took over as breakdown artist and I took over the inks. And I do mean "took over"."

1988 - Evolutionary War

Modeled in the same fashion as the Atlantis Attacks Omnibus, the Evolutionary War Omnibus reprints all the crossover annuals from the summer of 1988. Also, included is the backup feature that traced the history of the High Evolutionary. Again, there aren't a lot of extras and no really introduction or afterwords by any of the creators involved, which is a shame. Still, it's a decent package with a sewn binding and the paper itself is the reason to buy it.

1989 - Atlantis Attacks Omnibus

Here's a look at the recently published Atlantis Attacks Omnibus. Absolutely love the cover. The package, all-in-all, is quite nice. It includes all the annuals published during the summer of 1989 and includes the backup feature drawn by Mark Bagley detailing the Saga of the Serpent Crown. The colouring isn't spectacular, it's decent and a distinct improvement over the annuals themselves. Although that might also be because of the quality of paper used in this Omnibus. There are a few extras, but nothing worth getting overly excited about.

1981-82 - Photos from X-Men Companion Volume I & II

Chris Claremont circa 1981

Dave Cockrum circa 1981

Terry Austin circa 1982

John Byrne circa 1982

Chris Claremont circa 1982

Chris Claremont and Louise Jones (Simonson) circa 1982

1983 - Micronauts house ad

1984 - New Talent Department - Kyle Baker

A few interesting pages from up and coming artist Kyle Baker...From Marvel Age's New Talent Department in 1984.

Happy October!