How cool would this have been...

[s-man]

Got this from the Comic2Film fan feed....

 

 

A member on the John Byrne Forum recently unearthed an old sketch pad he had purchased from Byrne himself, and showed off a scan of notes that he had found on the pad. The notes outline future plots for the Claremont/Byrne run on Uncanny X-Men (past the point where Byrne eventually left the title), and contain some interesting tidbits…

 

Byrne elaborated on their plans for the Mariko/Sabretooth storyline:

 

I'm going to break one of my own rules here, since I have, at one time or another, discussed most of the details of Mariko's death as I had worked it out. So here it is all together, for those who haven't seen it before (and even those who have):

 

Sabretooth attacks Mariko as a way of getting to Wolverine. He brutalizes her beyond imagining. (Nothing sexual. This is sheer animal violence.) He leaves her for dead, torn and bleeding in an alley.

 

But she isn't dead, and the X-Men, tracking Sabretooth, find her. They race her to a hospital, and over the next several issues she lies in a coma, on life support. Other things occupy the X-Men's time for a while, but their thoughts keep coming back to Mariko. Wolverine returns to her bedside as often as he can. Her condition remains unchanged.

 

Finally, he can take it no longer. He begs Jean and Xavier to do something, to save her. Xavier scans her and makes a sad discovery. She is brain dead. Only the machines are keeping her alive.

 

Wolverine refuses to believe it. But Jean links his mind to Mariko, and he feels the emptiness where her soul used to be. He asks to be left alone with her.

 

Xavier and Jean depart, to wait outside. Wolverine sits by Mariko's beside, holding her hand, stroking her hair. He rises. He looks at the machines that are maintaining her life functions. In a sudden, swift movement he pops his claws and slashes the power cables. The machines fizzle and shut down.

 

Outside, in the hall, Jean and X have both "felt" what has happened. They move toward the door, but Wolverine comes out before they can enter. He stands for a moment in silence, looking at them. Finally he speaks. "She ain't meat," he says softly. And in an instant, he is gone, disappearing down a stairway.

 

Next issue, he finds and, in the most horrifying battle the Code would allow, kills Sabretooth (who was, at this point, to be revealed as his father.)

 

[Timulty]

Cool. Would have made me actually read the title.

[MutantKeys]

wow..thats interesting..

[THE_BEYONDER]

Sounds intense. Wish I could sit back & read those issues right now.

[ashrael]

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!

[joe_collector]

That part about Phoenix vs. Magneto (Jean regains her powers) as X-Men 150 is detailed in that "Untold Phoenix" book, and even an extra few issues of Claremont-Byrne would have been killer.

 

That's why everytime I hear people singing the praise of Shooter's time at Marvel, I want to biotch slap them.

[Stronguy]

Wow, that would have been great... and all in just two issues. Just imagine if this had been attempted today... Death Of Mariko, 6 issue story arch with minor crossovers in 3 other x-books. Death Of Sabertooth, 24 issue story arch across all x-books then released 3 months later in a two volume TPB set.

[Aces]

Wow, that would have been great... and all in just two issues. Just imagine if this had been attempted today... Death Of Mariko, 6 issue story arch with minor crossovers in 3 other x-books. Death Of Sabertooth, 24 issue story arch across all x-books then released 3 months later in a two volume TPB set.

 

Image the FF 48 - 50 storyline today:

 

3 year plot

70 issues with the crossovers

5 years to actually print the books with the delays

99 cover variants

[Mr. Zipper]

Wow, that would have been great... and all in just two issues. Just imagine if this had been attempted today... Death Of Mariko, 6 issue story arch with minor crossovers in 3 other x-books. Death Of Sabertooth, 24 issue story arch across all x-books then released 3 months later in a two volume TPB set.

 

Image the FF 48 - 50 storyline today:

 

3 year plot

70 issues with the crossovers

5 years to actually print the books with the delays

99 cover variants

 

 

So sad, yet so true.

[uclapeterg]

Wow, that would have been great... and all in just two issues. Just imagine if this had been attempted today... Death Of Mariko, 6 issue story arch with minor crossovers in 3 other x-books. Death Of Sabertooth, 24 issue story arch across all x-books then released 3 months later in a two volume TPB set.

 

Image the FF 48 - 50 storyline today:

 

3 year plot

70 issues with the crossovers

5 years to actually print the books with the delays

99 cover variants

 

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