Classic Phoenix

When researching an article for a recent post, I ran across this image in Marvel Age #82.  It's the cover for Classic X-Men #42 by Steve Lightle, without the logo and cover elements.  The coloring is different, which is common for Marvel Age art.

Signs of Regenesis

Marvel.com has an article about the new X-Men logo that was created a while back by Jared Fletcher for their Regenesis event.  You can see some of the unused logos below.

http://marvel.com/news/story/16595/x-men_signs_of_regenesis

If you missed it, we featured some other unused logos a while back:

http://unpublishedxmen.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-unpublished-x-men-logos.html

Josh Middleton Magik

From the brilliant Marvel Comics of the 1980's

http://marvel1980s.blogspot.com/2013/10/1980s-inspired-art-by-joshua-middleton.html

Eighth Line-Up: Gold Team

Here's the last of the X-Men Line-Ups published in The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition.  You can see the rest here:

http://unpublishedxmen.blogspot.com/search/label/Line-up

He's A Cougar!

UncannyXmen.net has an article that mentions a New Mutants character created by Rob Liefeld, intended to join the team in issue 87.  Instead, this issue is notable for the introduction of Cable.  Also, I have included a page from Marvel Age #82, which had a design sketch for the character.  

http://www.uncannyxmen.net/showarticle.asp?fldAuto=2760

Kitty And Lockheed

 Stunning art by Leinil Yu

The Former X-Men

This parody of X-Men #142 was printed in Spider-Woman #36 without explanation.  The art is by Jim Salicrup and inked by Terry Austin, who did the original cover for #142.

Uncanny X-Force

This Unused Uncanny X-Force #5.1 Cover by Rafael Albuquerque was found on tumblr:

http://comic-book-art.tumblr.com/post/54460952089/unused-uncanny-x-force-5-1-cover-by-rafael

An excellent issue if you're a fan of The Reavers.

Marc Silvestri Art

We're wrapping up this week of Marc Silvestri art with this sketch of Cyclops, from Marc's website: http://marcsilvestriart.com/?page_id=16

Inferno

By Marc Silvestri

The X-Men Vs. The Avengers

I suspect that this image - found in a Spanish poster magazine, was intended to be a cover for The X-Men Vs. The Avengers issue #2.  The concept mirrors the cover used for that issue.  Perhaps it was too similar to the cover for issue #1, or the editors might have felt that the closeup of Magneto's head was a more powerful image.  Either way, I'm excited to see Marc Silvestri X-Men art of this vintage.

First Frost

Any Adam Hughes art gets preferential treatment around here, including this Emma Frost painting.

Os Filhos Do Atomo

This promo image for X-Men: Children of the Atom is slightly different from the American version, which was used as the cover to issue 4.

Art by Steve Rude.