Two for One

Here's a couple of sketch covers by Michael Golden to wrap up the week.

Golden Shadowcat

Kitty Pryde had many alarming costumes over the years, this design by Michael Golden remains unused.

Michael Golden Week

This week we're taking a look at the work of Michael Golden.  Here's an unused pinup of the X-Men in some interesting costumes.

Original Rogue

A neat Rogue using elements of her original design by Michael Golden.

Essential X-Men

 From Byrnerobotics:

"This piece was done during the brief period Michael Golden was Art Director (or whatever the title was) at Marvel, and when he sent out a cover sketch it was virtually a finished drawing. One from which we were forbidden to stray too far. That's why, for instance, Storm doesn't look like my Storm. The whole drawing is more akin to me inking Michael." -- John Byrne

As the lineart above shows, the back cover was used as the front cover in later editions.

Crystar

Crystar was a short lived comic in the early 1980's, with great covers by Michael Golden.  This issue featured Nightcrawler accidentally teleporting to the world of Crystar in an attempt to boost sales.