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It wasn’t until I was showing off that I own both Kitty Pryde’s and Lockheed’s first appearances, years ago, that I held these covers up at the same time for the first time.
So it took me until then to notice Colossus was holding something above his head on both covers. Coincidence? Most likely. How much thought would Paul Smith had given a John Byrne cover?
Smith would have known Lockheed was going to be Kitty’s new companion, but I can’t imagine him going back and making sure that there were similarities. Such as the Colossus move. Or that Kitty doesn’t appear on her first comic cover, nor does Lockheed. Or that Wolverine is maskless on both. I do like how Wolverine has opposite claws extended so that the two covers mirror each other.
Shadow and Flame with Magik 