Scott Williams and Jim Lee revealed a secret regarding their iconic gatefold cover for Uncanny X-Men #275 -- more specifically that thanks to some last-minute resizing, neither artist was actually involved in creating the bottommost section of the final cover's artwork.
Comic book writer Eric Palicki recently praised Uncanny X-Men #275 on Twitter, specifically calling attention to the issue's cover, which was penciled by Lee inked by Williams. Williams responded to the post, writing, "Fun Fact! This cover was resized by the Marvel bullpen before printing, so all the art running horizontally at the bottom of all three covers are not [Jim Lee's] pencils or my inks! Starts just below Wolvie's claws." Lee replied to Williams' tweet, confirming this to be the case.
Williams further explained by sharing a photo of the original uncolored artwork, which has a considerable amount of white-out at the bottom. "All the work on top of that white-out is by the Marvel bullpen!" he wrote.
Written by Chris Claremont and illustrated by Lee with inks by Williams and Karl Alstaetter and colors by Glynis Oliver and Joe Rosas, Uncanny X-Men #275 was first published 30 years ago, and has a cover date of April 1991. As the 275th issue of X-Men, the book not only features a special gatefold cover, but is also 48 pages long. Uncanny X-Men #275 won the now-defunct Eagle Award for the year 1990.
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