Whats the story with the hidden numbers on the HIDDEN YEARS covers?
JB: There are “hidden” issue numbers — the numbers following #66, when the book was canceled — on all the XHY covers. Shortly after this became public knowledge, however, the production department at Marvel seemed to start going out of their way to place cover copy so as to obscure the numbers. I started doing the cover copy myself to prevent this, but there are some issues where the numbers cannot be found because they are behind the story title. In some instances, so is my signature! The numbers are on the cover to indicate that XHY is a direct continuation of the original UNCANNY X-MEN — tho I was not sure exactly what I was going to do when, circa issue 28 I “caught up” to UNCANNY #94.
JB: There are “hidden” issue numbers — the numbers following #66, when the book was canceled — on all the XHY covers. Shortly after this became public knowledge, however, the production department at Marvel seemed to start going out of their way to place cover copy so as to obscure the numbers. I started doing the cover copy myself to prevent this, but there are some issues where the numbers cannot be found because they are behind the story title. In some instances, so is my signature! The numbers are on the cover to indicate that XHY is a direct continuation of the original UNCANNY X-MEN — tho I was not sure exactly what I was going to do when, circa issue 28 I “caught up” to UNCANNY #94.
