... hee!

[sholio]

Digging through my hard drive, I came upon a couple of pages from the old (1980s) X-Men comics -- the big collected TPBs -- that I had scanned and relettered back in *checks datestamp* 2003. It was just to amuse myself and my sister, mostly; I think I had them up at one of my old versions of my website for a little while before cleaning up my server space and (I'd thought) throwing them away.

Anyway, for your entertainment, I present Exhibit A that Xavier/Magneto is actually canon -- even back in 1981! XD



The relettered version:




And the original pages for comparison:





... yes, Xavier is naked. In Magneto's head. Does he always perform psychic combat in the nude? I don't think so, because I'm pretty sure we've seen him project himself fully clothed plenty of times. And then Magneto kidnaps him and sweeps him away to his HQ, chair and all ... GIVE ME ANOTHER EXPLANATION FOR THIS SCENE, I DARE YOU.



And, also from the same batch of scans ... dude, this is just not right!



Better wash your hands after using the doorknobs at the X-mansion. I'm just sayin' ...

Comments

[jimandblair.livejournal.com]

Bwahhah, I've got that actual comic. And back then I read it in complete blissful innocence -- who knew.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHAHAH.

Oh, comics! (I especially love remix!Xavier's "is this a dream or a nightmare?" Oh, Charles, if you have to ask...)

Why are they b&w? is that because the collections were low-cost, or were they actually printing b&w comics in the '80s?

[aelfgyfu_mead]

I wonder if we've got that issue around here? I don't recognize the scenes, and I think I would at least recognize that last frame, because that one doesn't need any relettering. I haven't read all the collections we own, though.

You are brilliant.

[lloydoholic.livejournal.com]

Hahaha great! I love this!

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

Oh I love the Essential X Men trades...and these are hilarious!

[anniehow.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHA that last one... I take it there weren't many issues with censorship? :-D

[sholio]

Hee hee! I remember getting to the naked Xavier page and going, wait, he's doing what, where? There are quite a lot of situations where you have to bend over backwards (so to speak) to get the slashy interpretation, but in this case, you have to strain to come up with a platonic explanation. *g*

[sholio]

They're black and white to save money; the originals were color. All throughout the late '90s and early '00s, Marvel put out phonebook-sized collections of its old comics, black-and-white and pretty cheap. I thought it was awesome; I snapped up a bunch of X-Men and various other series. I don't really care about my comics being mint condition or even nice-looking -- I just want to be able to read them!

[sholio]

*g* Thanks! It's very special ...

[amalthia]

lol

[sholio]

*g* I had to share ...

[sholio]

I just had to share it ... and yeah, I love the Essentials in general; I don't care about collectors' editions of comics, I just want to read them, without having to pay an arm and a leg. And when they turn up in cheap TPB bins for half price, they're even better yet!

[sholio]

It's his belt buckle! The captions says so! ... really! :D

[sholio]

Hee. I am easily amused!

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

Yup. I don't have a local comic store...and after an identity theft scare I don't buy anything over the internet. So reprint trades are the only way I can read the old comics.

[flingslass.livejournal.com]

You're very wicked. You've just ruined my innocent little memories of The X-Men comics! :D

[sholio]

I'm so bad!

[priscellie.livejournal.com]

*sporfle* These are magnificent! Ah, the gems one finds in old comics...