West Coast Avengers #57 p 12 (Iron Man Battles Magneto, Scarlett Witch, & Quicksilver!) 1989

Superstar artist John Byrne illustrated this, his VERY LAST West Coast Avengers story here in 1989. Inks are by another fine artist, Paul Ryan. On this great page, we see Magneto with the now evil "Dark" Scarlett Witch and brother Quicksilver, with Iron Man confronting them. Iron Man gives pursuit as Magneto leaves with Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch on this page from "Family Reunion", from the storyline which sees the Scarlet Witch turn on her team and join with the Master of Magnetism after she suffers a nervous breakdown. Great composition throughout, especially in the portraits of both the hero and the villain in panels 3 and 4 on page 12. And we get a Magneto mission statement "My purpose in life is the preservation of Mutantkind, not the destruction of humanity. But if you insist upon placing yourself in the status of the enemy..." Then Magneto sends a magnetic blast to Iron Man in panel 4! This issue marked the last time Byrne would illustrate not only the Avengers from this period, but perhaps more importantly his last published work with Magneto from this era until he returned to do X-Men The Hidden Years nearly a decade later. This issue was Byrne's last on title, and he really went out with a bang! This was the first of a few different times in Marvel continuity that Wanda would lose her mind and do horrible things (see "Avengers Disassembled" and House of M). This situation came about because writer/artist John Byrne decided to undue the wonderful work by writer Steve Englehart in the 1970s and 1980s where over a period of many years the mutant Scarlet Witch and the android Vision fall in love, get married, move to the suburbs and have twin boys that Wanda creates using her reality-altering powers. When Byrne took over the West Coast Avengers title he first changed the name to Avengers West Coast. Then he had the Vision mind-wiped and revealed that he was not actually a rebuilt version of the Golden Age Human Torch (Byrne must have really disliked Englehart), returning the android Human Torch to life as shown on this page (if you look carefully). Byrne then reveals that the couples twin sons are actually just shards of a demon and Wanda loses the babies, causing her to lose her mind and team-up with her father Magneto. Years earlier Magneto had recruited Wanda and her brother Quicksilver to be in his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, as shown in her first appearance in X-Men #4 (1964). This was before Wanda knew that Magneto was her biological father. The detail and pure power of this magnificent page shines through and Byrne's ability to bring excitement to every page is certainly evident here, especially depicting one of his most recognized illustrated X-Men villains he's most known for, Magneto! Just a great opportunity here to own a great JOHN BYRME DRAWN page from this GREAT title! Compare this great page to the published comic book page in the red link above. ALL art on our website (including this one) are able to be purchased with VERY fair time payments, and trades are always considered towards "ANY" art on our website! Just send us an email to mikeburkey@aol.com and we can try to work something out.

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