20 Absolutely Masterful First Pages Of Comics
18. Uncanny X-Men #168
Kitty Pryde brought a lot of youthful energy to the X-Men, and was usually a pretty enthusiastic member of the team, so she'd earned enough karma for a few teenage tantrums.
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Beginning the story with this big, splashy speech balloon is almost a parody of the usual high melodrama in Marvel splash pages. Why is Kitty suddenly on the outs with Xavier? We didn't expect to be interested in the answer, but we are.