Dazzler and the X-Men with Neil Bogart

In this piece by John Romita Jr. (1979), the X-Men are depicted with the original design of the DAZZLER.

JRjr originally wanted to model Dazzler after actress/model Grace Jones; however, this idea was put on ice by film execs who wanted the then-proposed Dazzler film project to star Bo Derek (which is why we have the blond-haired, blue-eyed diva as of her debut).

This piece was for Neil Bogart (pictured in middle), studio exec and head honcho of CASABLANCA RECORDS, who were funding the Dazzler project.

Interesting bit of Dazzler history!