This Paul Smith pinup of The Brotherhood of (Evil) Mutants originally appeared in X-Men Unlimited #7. Scans of the original art can be found below.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Monday, April 1, 2013
What If Magneto Formed The X-Men?
While still working on Uncanny X-Men Chris Claremont and John Byrne came up with an idea for a new story: What if Magneto Had Formed The Original X-Men? While this issue was never produced, several pages of character sketches exist. However, John Byrne has just completed a commission of what the cover might have looked like!
The first page of the issue, a tribute to X-Men #1, was completed.
Jean Grey's codename was Psyke. Dani Moonstar of the New Mutants originally had the codename Psyche.
While Cyclops is unchanged here, other sketches have different versions of the visor. Jean Grey's costume is also slightly different here.
Beast had arm gauntlets with retractable claws, and Archangel was to have a flaming sword. Angel's name would be changed to Archangel later in X-Factor.
Both Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver were to be part of this team.
The Photoshopped image below was going to be the cover piece for this article until John Byrne came to the rescue with the excellent commission at the top of the page.
For more information about this story, check out John Byrne's Forum:
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