The Uncanny X-Men # 172 - Scarlet in Glory

With his 21st century omnipresence and the ever increasing darkness of the character, it seems peculiar from this distance to consider him as marriage material. But the early 80s were more innocent days - I don't think we readers were aware that Logan had been alive a very, very long time at this stage - and so perhaps marriage was not so peculiar. However, the gruff Canadian marrying a sophisticated Japanese woman still seemed an odd match. This, especially considering this is Logan, is a surprisingly cute cover, by short-time but excellent X-Men artist, Paul Smith; a simple wedding invitation, though the knife in Wolvie's heart does heighten the tension. Still, there's a lovely little insight into Logan's character with his handwritten note to Nightcrawler. Nice work.

I have ranked this cover no 174 as part of a long term project I am producing on my own blog 'marvel-ous' on blogspot.com re: my favourite marvel comic book covers. Please visit http://dmstarz.blogspot.com and check out the other covers that have made my top 250.