2 - Posted on 8/5/2023

A lot of people snoot their noses at color guides but I think this a piece they'd all be happy to own if they could. Very nice!

Posted on 8/27/2025

I agree, this is probably the best color guide Ive ever seen. 

1 - Posted on 8/5/2023

This piece of monumental X history is soo awesome, the Color Guide page is beautiful.  Love seeing the process and this art is a piece to a major puzzle.  Huge congrats!   Great seeing amongst your many X-Men pages.  

1 - Posted on 8/5/2023

This is so awesome! I think your estimate of $200K is actually pretty low. Then again... I'm lost when it comes to the price of things these days.

1 - Posted on 8/5/2023

This brings back memories of hunting down X-Men #101 as a back issue at the comic specialty shop b/c the Overstreet Guide told me it was the 1st app. of the Phoenix. Classic piece of X-History!!! Congratulations!!!

1 - Posted on 8/5/2023

Very cool grab, Bill!

Posted on 8/5/2023

In the heat of the night, I bought a page
Ignorin' words that you displayin'
Tryna change Jean Grey
I said, "This time I've what I love."
What you've called a color guide
That will Phoenix it up

'Cause I'm so glad, I might tell you there's no other
It's when you look at Wilford's color

I said, "Jean", yes all I really want is you
Withstand outside Space Shuttle, readin' Marvels
Screamin', "Now a birth page too!"
Land there in Jamaica bay, comin' back once more
And don't you leave, 'cause I know
All I need is on the color guide, nothing more

1 - Posted on 8/5/2023

Bill dropping some serious heat....phoenix fireeeee

1 - Posted on 8/5/2023

Incredibly cool piece!

2 - Posted on 8/5/2023

Beatutiful piece !!  Saw this on the last CAF Update on youtube.  I have a few color guides.  They're another step in the process of getting those books out.  They do have value.  It's just a matter of the getting them into the hands of the right people.

1 - Posted on 8/5/2023

Great page!!

1 - Posted on 8/5/2023

Cabbage or not, that's some pretty tasty salad. Congrats Bill!

1 - Posted on 8/6/2023

That's awesome!  Congrats Bill!

Posted on 8/6/2023

Who needs that kind of cabbage when you have this kind of bacon ;)

1 - Posted on 8/6/2023

Major congrats on such an amazing piece in X-Men history.  Love color guides like this especially for significant events as it really makes the piece pop.

1 - Posted on 8/6/2023

Wow, nice work Bill! Great way to grab a piece of comics history. I love a colour guide, espically for an otherwise unatainable original page. Awesome piece.

1 - Posted on 8/6/2023

Wow, congrats Bill on this historic and incredible color guide!

1 - Posted on 8/6/2023

wow, that is a page ofcomic book history, big congrats!!!!

1 - Posted on 8/6/2023

Unbelievably cool. I am mucho jealous!  Congratulations. 

1 - Posted on 8/6/2023

Too cool!!!  What an incredible piece of X-Men history with such an amazing and awe-inspiring image!  Congrats Bill.

1 - Posted on 8/6/2023

Great find Bill.   It is a beautifully colored page.  

1 - Posted on 8/6/2023

Bill - when you redo the will this gets left to me... K thanks! 

1 - Posted on 8/6/2023

Well done Bill.

1 - Posted on 8/6/2023

It is so amazing to have an original part of this Iconic page! 

1 - Posted on 8/6/2023

Amazing piece of history here Bill, congrats on adding this to your collection!

1 - Posted on 8/6/2023

any thing from this issue is historic. the color guide gives an in depth look  to themagic that would become that issue.

1 - Posted on 8/6/2023

Man!  That's huge, dude!  Key, key moment and hands down my favorite look for Jean.  Always loved the flat green vs the gold sheen on the arms and legs.  Sublime stuff.  And you got those colors here!  For the first time!  Congrats!

1 - Posted on 8/6/2023

Cool is an understatement! Congrats!

1 - Posted on 8/6/2023

Color guides are getting a lot more respect these days - and, heck who wouldn't want this one!

1 - Posted on 8/6/2023

A spectacular find, Bill, congrats!

1 - Posted on 8/6/2023

An astounding find!

And those color guide naysayers would each kill for this.

Art is art and that what Bonnie Wilford did here. contributing the final book. And as an artifact from the first appearance of Phoenix, can'tdo much better.

1 - Posted on 8/7/2023

A true piece of X-Men history!  Congrats!

1 - Posted on 8/7/2023

Sockamagee!

1 - Posted on 8/7/2023

I bought 2 John Byrne Spiderman color guide pages from Anthony when here was here in AZ. I think this is a future market for affordable original pieces and to get an iconic piece like yours here makes it that more special. 

1 - Posted on 8/7/2023

When it comes to historic pages, this is at the top of the list. Congrats on finding this!

1 - Posted on 8/8/2023

Great piece - love the rich colors. Congrats Bill!

2 - Posted on 8/11/2023

Marvelous !!!

2 - Posted on 8/13/2023

One of the most iconic Cockrum X-Men pages ever! Love how Jean Grey's green costume is punctuated by her shock of red hair and how the blue water of Jamaica Bay has a splash of purple in it. Congrats Bill!

2 - Posted on 8/15/2023

Awesome!

1 - Posted on 8/16/2023

Fantastic piece of history!!

Posted on 7/10/2024

Brilliant. But didn't Phoenix first appear in X-men 50?

Posted on 8/27/2025

The best color guide ever, congrats.  If you're going to have a color guide, this is the one.  So iconic.