Corsair (Starjammers) character design (on back of X-Men #104 page 31)

X-Men #107 was the first comic I ever bought for myself and although I wasn't fully sure what was happening, I became an instant Dave Cockrum fan and especially loved the Starjammers and Imperial Guard.

I was fortunate to be able to buy the first Starjammers splash from that issue in 2002 and a few years later I was also able to pickup the first appearance page of Corsair and Ch'od from X-Men #104 (page 31). This amazing Corsair character design drawing was on the back. I'm pretty sure this was drawn first as the costume was changed slightly prior to publication -- most noticeably the loss of the cape.

The tape is a result of one of the panels on the front being cut and moved slightly. It looks like Dave made a Xerox before that happened and I've included a scan of the untouched drawing. (Sorry -- I don't recall where this scan came from -- Dave often had copies of art at conventions and this was probably a copy from a convention appearance.)

This is technically unpublished, although it was included in IDW's Dave Cockrum's X-Men Artist's Edition book in 2020.