Friday, January 24, 2014

The Medusa Effect...and the Original X-Factor!


Let's start the new year 2014 off with--yes, more Medusa! Over the years many have noted the similarity between Medusa's 1969 Spidey-bashing emerald ensemble and the early X-Factor costumes.

Spider-Man 62-Medusa
Go Green! Medusa and Jean Grey

And not only did Jean Grey and her fashionable Factor cohorts "borrow" Medusa's costume...
Cyclops Beast Jean Grey X-Factor
Project Runway meets X-Factor: Cyke, Hank, and Jean strike a pose



...but later on Jean also swiped Medusa's fabulous follicles! Or is Ms. Grey's massive hair growth a by-product of that freaking Phoenix Force?

Jean Grey Medusa Inhumans XMen



Silver Age snippet: A Kirby creation featuring Medusa and Jean and a few other familiar figures in between! Consider yourself no-prized if you can identify this extremely well-known classic cover. 



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