New Mutants Inventory Cover

Art by Bob Layton and Jack Abel. From comicartfans.com:
"It was an inventory cover. At that time, alot of the books had generic covers on file,in case there was ever a problem. After Jack had his stroke, a lot of us created work for him while he recovered. That cover was one of them. I'm not sure if it was ever published or not,but it's rare because I seldom allowed anyone else to ink my pencils. Jack was a dear friend and colleague who goes back with me to my early days at Continuity Associates."  

Posted via Blogaway

The End?

According to Bob Layton's website:

"This piece, penciled by Jackson (Butch) Guice was slated to be the cover to X-Factor #2--which featured a story revolving around the Beast--Hank McCoy facing off against the powerful size-changing mutant known as Tower.  However, it was deemed unsuitable because the editors felt it was too soon for a mere, single character on the cover of a team book."

http://www.boblayton.com/Art%20Gallery/artgallery_page4.htm

X-Factor - Marvel Comics of the 1980's

Courtesy of Jason Shayer's fantastic blog "Marvel Comics of the 1980's", here are several unused covers to X-Factor #1, featuring the original X-Men reunited for the first time since Giant-Size X-Men #1.

Here's a version by Bob Layton that's very similar to the published cover.

Also, here are some unused costume designs:

This last image doesn't show Jean Grey, because it was printed in a Marvel Age article when her return from the dead was still a secret.  

 And finally, here is Walt Simonson's final cover art!  For more great 1980's Marvel masterpieces, check out

http://marvel1980s.blogspot.com/

Thanks, Jason!