X-Men #57 pg 22 (Kubert pencils, Thibert inks, Lobdell story) - Psylocke finds Archangel’s Feather

Yeah, I would not have guessed Kubert as the penciller here. But a fun time in X land regardless. Congrats!

Xcellent panels with great story telling . Nice addition 

Luv the Striking Power of The Lay-Out, Pencils and Inks!! Great Bird's Eye View!!....Great Grab!!

Great page. Love the storytelling.

Since you mentioned it as well, my first thought before reading your description is that this page can't have been drawn by Kubert. I would have said, maybe Ferry or Bennett of that era? Or maybe he did lay out the page and let Thibert finish it and yet it does not look like pure Thibert art either. A mystery...

I do feel like it has Kubert's touch but agree that it had to be someone else finishing.  The eyes and face structure feel so different from what Kubert usually does.  But the first panel with her body shape does feel about right with the way he does proportions, so I am thinking he might have started and handed off especially as this was towards his end and he was moving onto something else.  I want to think it's Thibert finishing since he did the inks, but even that doesn't feel quite right.  I would welcome any theories.  This does not feel like Bennett, he is another favorite of the era and at this point he was out from the X books, I believe.  Need to take a look at Ferry, but I am wondering if it's Bernard Chang (as he was fill in artist for issue #58) or Cedric Nocon (as he was fill in artist for issue #60), I don't really know either of their art very well but could have been a way to test them out for the book before Pacheco took over.  

I thought about Nocon as well even if I don't get that Top Cow school vibe from the page. Chang is not an option either as it's too far away from his style.

The other unique thing about this page, is it's a single page cliffhanger page that has nothing to do with the full story before, so sadly it could be anyone wanting to get a shot at a page.  But definitely still feel it has some Kubert, mainly in the top left and maybe the bottom center and left panels where she is smaller.  If feels a bit like the shape he drew of Psylocke smaller in my page from issue #38. 

Nice!

A nice historic page, with the final panels dropping the lead into the rebirth of Archangels wings. Very cool.

I was thinking that the notes along the page edge were a neat look into process but after reading the comment thread, the notes certainly add to the theory that there was a handoff somewhere. Since the last page was a cliffhanger disconnected from the rest of the story, maybe there was a late script change somewhere that needed a fill-in.

Regardless, this is a cool story moment for both Betsy and Warren and that top right panel has a very nice sense of place and scale to it. The storytelling is well done and this was a pretty significant bit of character history.

Yes agreed, the notes felt like it was for someone out of the mix, not something that would be needed to have between a combo team of artists that have been working together for the last few years.  My thinking is it was touched by a few hands and an exercise page to get some new people started or try them out.  

Hard to top a nice looking example from a key moment from one of the books that got you into comics!  Congrats, James!