So WHY the change? Well, Wolverine is sent to the States to work with an old Roy Thomas-created X-Men villain, Jack of Diamonds, and once there, they are ambushed by Mesmero and a seemingly new mutant known as Wildlife. Dave, who was also working on the cover, liked the new Kane look and decided to adapt it into his own drawings, and so Logan's mask changed fairly drastically between the HULK and GSXM issues. Gil, whether from carelessness or because he didn't much care for the Romita mask (I'd guess the former), gave Wolverine a considerably different mask than Romita and Trimpe had drawn, and that Dave was drawing inside. Some months later, while Dave Cockrum was penciling the interior of GSXM #1, Gil Kane drew the main figures of the new X-Men for the cover. What happened, apparently, was that John Romita designed the Wolverine look and costume, which Herb Trimpe penciled faithfully in the three HULK issues. I was acting as a contractual writer/editor by the time GIANT-SIZE X-MEN #1 really got underway, even though I had set the ball in motion in summer of '74. or at least it HAD nothing to do with me, until I scripted X-MEN LEGENDS #1-2 in 2022, and used that story to, among other things, give a canon rationale for the change. Christos Gage (Thunderbolts, House of M: Avengers) is joined by international superstar-tist Mario Alberti (Redhand) to bring you the most misunderstood. The alteration of Wolverine's mask between THE INCREDIBLE HULK #180-182 and GIANT-SIZE X-MEN #1 really has nothing to do with me. Title: The wail of the Banshee Credits: Roy Thomas - Writer Werner Roth - Penciler Dick Ayers - Inker.

However, Roy also had his thoughts on this change, so why would I deprive you all of hearing from Roy freakin' Thomas? X-MEN by ROY THOMAS and NEAL ADAMS Gallery Edition THOMAS, ROY Published by MARVEL COMICS, New York (2019) ISBN 10: 1302919369 ISBN 13: 9781302919368 New Hardcover First Edition Quantity: 1 Seller: OUTSIDER ENTERPRISES (Brockville, ON, Canada) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Hardcover. I have done a Comic Book Legends Revealed about how Kane had just drawn the mask differently on the cover, and Cockrum (who inked the cover, liked it so much that he just altered all of his art in the book to match Kane's accidental new design).

X-Men by Roy Thomas