20 Absolutely Masterful First Pages Of Comics

18. Uncanny X-Men #168

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Marvel

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.

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.

Contributor
Contributor

T Campbell has written quite a few online comics series and selected work for Marvel, Archie and Tokyopop. His longest-running works are Fans, Penny and Aggie-- and his current project with co-writer Phil Kahn, Guilded Age.