TRIPLE 'X' MARKS THE SPOT (THE DIFFERENCE)...

Images copyright MARVEL COMICS

Okay, I might be over-egging the pudding here, but once

I'm on a roll I just can't stop myself.  (Roll & egg pudding any-

one?)  This is the 3rd X-MEN cover in a row that differs from

its published version.  Above is as JACK KIRBY drew it, below

is as it saw print after STAN LEE had sanctioned some changes.

Personally, I'm not sure that the redrawn hand is an improvement

as, 'though it's a more realistic hand, the fingers are smaller than

on the other one, making them seem mismatched.  The altered

mouth makes KA-ZAR look less chinless, but I could've lived

with the original (which is the version I first saw on U.K.

weekly FANTASTIC #18 back in 1967).

Got a preference?  Reveal all in the comments section.

  

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