Rob Liefeld Pays Homage to Todd McFarlane's Invasion in His Classic Fill-In Issue of Uncanny X-Men!

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Former Marvel Bullpenner (1990-1998) here. At this point, all of Marvel's lettering was done via pasteup. We did not go to digital lettering until somewhere around 1995/1996, or maybe just a little before then.

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^ LEGENDARY Bullpenner!

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9:35 That's a Mark Jeweler's ad! They usually showed up in areas near military bases, targeting newly enlisted soldiers with some extra money on their hands.

[@drcrowlee]

THATS A MARK JEWELERS VARIANT!!! THOSE ARE WORTH WAY MORE

[@HeavyMental1000]

I remember buying this when my dad was stationed in Germany in the late 80's. It was the strangest art I had ever seen! I was like "Where's Marc Silvestri?!"

[@aaronsasson5148]

That copy you were showing off is known as a "Mark Jewelers Variant" and typically tends to be worth more because of its rarity. I believe they only appeared in Northeast US distributed copies.

[@chrishaizlip5378]

I was about to mention that, I grew up in the south and never had an issue with the Mark Jewlers insert. I hear that collectors on ebay pay a premium for these variants.

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I believe they were intended to be sold near military bases.

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@@mikelesan3964 Yeah, I believe that's correct. The target audience for those ads I think were for soldiers who wanted to propose or buy a gift for their significant other back home.

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Always a good time hanging with you guys

[@callahan821]

A quarter of comic book Instagram is obsessed with Mark Jewelers inserts. I could be wrong, but I believe they were aimed at the military base crowd.

[@lorcannagle]

This and the girls go to the mall episode with the return of the crappy knockoff ghostbusters cracked me the hell up as a teenager.

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Love this channel, been going through all the old videos. Thanks guys!

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Claremont alludes to the Havok/Wolverine: Meltdown limited series when Wolverine tells Havok he “knows a place in Mexico” (on page 30). Meltdown is a crazy, violent series from the Epic imprint written by the Simonsons (Walt and Louise) and painted by two separate artists (Jon J. Muth did Havok and Kent Williams did Wolverine- I think even sharing the same page at times). My parents bought that issue for me from the racks of a drug store... those word balloons didn’t cover when Wolverine clawed a guy through the eyes... Great video as always!

[@HelloMisterJAMWAH]

This was one of the books reprinted in the UK for a summer special or something. I ended up with two so one got disassembled and plastered over my bedroom wall. Also, I think that faded colour is because it's meant to be viewed from inside the bar, through the window.

[@garyduggan897]

Yeah, I was onto ebay to see if I could get this original issue but then as they started through it I realised I've got this already - the UK reprint - such a bizarre one, remember been thrown / amused as a kid with the star wars and superman characters popping up!

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I don't know how you feel about Ladronn's run on Cable but I think it's worth examination

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You guys have been busy! I gotta catch up on my Keyfabe episodes.

[@mattprather3140]

Fun video guys. Thanks, now I gotta dig out my copy. Not sure I recall the jewelry add...

[@MiniMikesCustom]

Man don't see the mark jewelers ads very often. Maybe I'm thinking of less colorful ones but I get the collectibility of them more lol

[@1971thedoctor]

Anytime you talk about the Image founders I’m checking the video out.

[@ryanwing5179]

Loved this, when it came out, having been a fan of Invasion.

[@EricAllenJett]

My very first X-Men comic book (just bought it again too)....!

[@xavigolden8287]

oh my god, that's just boba fett

[@LukeKorolowiczArt]

now i have to get the true believers reprint of this issue.

[@alexr4208]

I'm fairly certain I still have this issue. I think I'll go find it.

[@barakaslam]

Prawns! we have Prawns on the barbie! Unless you skewer the buggers, but who has time for that?

[@josephbarbera9220]

Definitely got to pick back issues of X-men from that time frame!

[@coverlovercomics2579]

Marks Jewelry variants are a very real thing to collectors. I believe those ads were not in every issue.

[@soul.alone.8745]

Is that a Mark Jewelers insert?

[@MrMllx]

I still have mine, it was a great, fun fill in issue

[@ballpointpress]

Can see Art Adams' influence on Rob in this, before it more-or-less disappeared from his style.

[@caesar1310]

Inspiring drawings

[@pjbrown4736]

Nice dissection. Man, though... I bravely picked a weird year and era to begin reading X-Men.lol 1989-90 was scattershot.

[@Therealmrmeow]

Back to your roots I see! =^x^=

[@ryanjavierortega8513]

Why is he touching that book with human hands?

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🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@HannahC0lleen]

Yo I HAVE to see a mark bagley ultimate Spider-Man episode

[@russellharrell2747]

This was from back when I had a subscription to X-men. I was so disappointed at this issue. At the time I was still blissfully unaware of Rob and what he was going to subject us to in the new mutants and x-force.