X-Men #31 pg 2 - Kwannon origin, Spiral and Matsu’o (Nicieza story, Kubert art, Ryan ink)
Artists: Andy Kubert (Penciller) , Matthew Ryan (Inker) , Bill Oakley (Letterer) , Fabian Nicieza (Writer)
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DescriptionThe BUTTERFLY and the HAWKI somehow landed this page a few years ago and still can’t believe I have a page from SOUL POSSESSIONS which tells the origin and death of Revanche/Kwannon. The storyline from Nicieza is prime 90’s X-Men character development, twists and disfunctional family. The two issue story arc focuses on my favorite characters Psylocke (Betsy Braddock) and Revanche (Kwannon); their history, connection, love story between Matsu’o, hunt from Spiral and eventual death of Kwannon in Betsy’s old body (code name Revanche) due to the legacy virus. It’s beautifully sad, elegantly twisted and deadly dynamic just like everything I love about Psylocke and Revanche. Andy Kubert is among my top favorite artists in X-Men, he took on the epic run after Lee and Thibert. His stylings for Psylocke and Revanche was Lee reminiscent, but in my opinion when I think about my favorite Psylocke art, I’m thinking about his pages. He and Ryan masterfully tell the story, in their beautiful dynamic art, lines, shading and play in the shadows and light. This page features Kwannon in her original body, as her lover and once rival, Matsu’o trains her. Spiral takes sinister watch in the bottom third of the page, spinning her spiteful revenge as recounts the love story of these now twisted characters that she had her many hands in destroying. The design on this flashback page is gorgeous. Spiral’s look hidden in the shadows is devious, calm and cruel, everything I love about Rita. Her relationship with Psylocke and Kwannon has always been a favorite when I see them on the page together, I know there will be some deep cuts that come out of it. Kubert’s design and panel cuts feel like an action sequence in movies, the wides, then extreme closeups and quick cut inserts to tell the story beats. I also like how the subtle choice of having Kwannon’s hand extend out of the panel bondaries. The art of this era was extremely rich and this team up hit it perfectly. This page also features a few checklist points for me: -a page that has Kwannon in her original asian body -mention of 3 of the 4 known names for two of my favorite characters twisted up in this era (Kwannon, Revanche, and Betsy Braddock, only missing the name Psylocke) -Butterfly and Hawk (title for the issue) being part of the dialogue between Kwannon and Matsu’o -Kubert Kwannon -Kubert Spiral -love story in distress and X-family drama This page is a monumental find and something I am so thankful to finally share on here. Social/Sharing |
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Benedict Judas Hel 
Member Since 2020
1 - Posted on 11/25/2022
That's an awesome image of Spiral! Nice!
F M
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 11/25/2022
Great page, especially Spiral drenched in menacing shadows.
(I can't remember a thing about Psylocke and Kwannon I must confess...Aaaahh the good ol' 90s and all those clones fussing around ;)
Michael McIsaac
Member Since 2020
1 - Posted on 11/26/2022
Spiral in the shadows strikes a frightening image. Kubert knows how to set a mood.
Toni S
Member Since 2019
1 - Posted on 11/26/2022
This is a superb artwork!!! Loving the darkness of the page!! Amazing!! Huge congrats.
Eranga Devasurendra
Member Since 2020
1 - Posted on 11/26/2022
VERY cool, man! Love that image of Spiral in particular!
André .
Member Since 2015
1 - Posted on 11/27/2022
That bottom Spiral image makes the page. Great stuff!
Byron B
Member Since 2018
1 - Posted on 11/27/2022
Very cool pick up. Andy Kubert X-Men art has to be the gold standard for a 90s's X-Men collection. Congrats!
Bill J
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 11/28/2022
Fabulous X-Men page by Kubert and Ryan! Love the layout here, with the tall, thin panels at top and the cool image of Spiral breaking through the panels at the bottom. Gorgeous inks as well! Great pick-up!
VZA Victor
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 8/26/2023
What an epic page featuring Kwannon before the body swap. The first two pages of this issue are among my favorite Kubert pages of all time.
Michael Hosey
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 5/8/2024
The art looks really nice in black and white vs. the color version. Such a cool Spiral piece.
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