Historical Text from Comixfan:

Andy E. Nystrom

Apr 11, 2010, 05:26 pm

Another case where the old handbook thread unfortunately got wiped out.

List of changes in hardcovers.

General:
Text Changes: Powers & Abilities and Paraphernalia now Abilities/Accessiories. Distinguishing Features, Marital Status, Strength Level removed. Known Aliases now Aliases. First Appearance moved from back of book to main entry. Bibliography material at back otherwise removed

Beast
Hardcover Volume: 1
Page Count: Increased from 2 to 3
Text Changes: Vital Statistics revised. History mostly rewritten/expanded. Abilities/Accessories somewhat revised. Strength, Speed, Fighting Skills on Power Grid revised
Graphic Changes: 12 new secondary illos (6 captioned)

Bishop
Hardcover Volume: 1
Page Count: Increased from 2 to 3
Text Changes: Vital Statistics revised. History mostly rewritten/expanded. Abilities/Accessories somewhat revised. Energy Projection on Power Grid revised
Graphic Changes: New main illo (old one now secondary/reversed/captioned); 7 new captioned secondary illos (6 captioned)

Cyclops
Hardcover Volume: 3
Page Count: Increased from 2 to 3
Text Changes: Known Relatives and Group Affiliation revised. Some History paragraphs merged; later History paragraphs as well as Abilities/Accessories greatly revised/expanded.
Graphic Changes: 13 secondary illos added (6 captioned). Classic Eliot Brown Visor specs from added.

Emma Frost
Hardcover Volume: 4
Page Count: Increased from 2 to 3
Text Changes: Vital Statistics revised. While a lot of the original text is still present, History greatly revised/expanded. Abilities/Accessories completely revised/expanded. Power Grid revised.
Graphic Changes: 7 new secondary illos (5 captioned)

Gambit
Hardcover Volume: 4
Page Count: Increased from 2 to 3
Text Changes: Vital Statistics revised. While a lot of the original text is still present, History greatly revised/expanded. Abilities/Accessories completely revised/expanded. Fighting Skills on Power Grid increased.
Graphic Changes: 7 new secondary illos (3 captioned)

Havok
Hardcover Volume: 5
Page Count: Increased from 2 to 3
Text Changes: Vital Statistics revised/expanded. History completely revised/expanded. Abilities/Accessories also completely revised, though word count appears reduced. Fighting Skills on Power Grid increased.
Graphic Changes: Original illo removed. New main illo and 7 secondary illos (5 captioned).

Iceman
Hardcover Volume: 5
Page Count: Increased from 2 to 3
Text Changes: Aliases, Identity, Group Affiliation revised. History completely revised/expanded. Abilities/Accessories mostly revised/expanded (a little bit of old text intact). Power Grid revised.
Graphic Changes: Original illo removed. New main illo and 14 secondary illos (8 captioned).

Juggernaut
Hardcover Volume: 6
Page Count: Increased from 2 to 3
Text Changes: Vital Statistics revised. History and Abilities/Accessories completely rewritten (the former expanded).
Graphic Changes: 4 new secondary illos (3 captioned).

Marvel Girl
Hardcover Volume: 7
Page Count: Unchanged at 2
Text Changes: Vital Statistics revised/expanded. History and Abilities/Accessories text replaced with new expanded material. Power Grid revised.
Graphic Changes: Old illo removed, replaced with new main illo and 6 captioned secondary illos

Nightcrawler
Hardcover Volume: 8
Page Count: Increased from 2 to 3
Text Changes: Vital Statistics revised/expanded. History greatly revised/expanded. Abilties/Accessories mostly revised/expanded. Speed on Power Grid revised.
Graphic Changes: Old illo now secondary; new main illo and 8 new secondary illos (4 captioned).

Polaris
Hardcover Volume: 9
Page Count: Increased from 2 to 3
Text Changes: Vital Statistics revised. History and Abilities/Accessories completely rewritten (former expanded, latter abridged).
Graphic Changes: New main illo (old one now secondary); 13 new secondary illos (10 captioned)

Professor X
Hardcover Volume: 9
Page Count: Increased from 3 to 5
Text Changes: Aliases, Known Relatives, Group Affiliation revised. History and Abilities/Accessories completely rewritten (former expanded, latter abridged).
Graphic Changes: New main illo (old one now secondary); old secondary illo removed; 14 new secondary illos (9 captioned)

Kitty Pryde
Hardcover Volume: 9
Page Count: Increased from 2 to 3
Text Changes: Vital Statistics revised. History and Abilities/Accessories mostly rewritten (former expanded).
Graphic Changes: 11 new secondary illos (8 captioned)

Rogue
Hardcover Volume: 9
Page Count: Increased from 2 to 3
Text Changes: Real Name, Aliases, Known Relatives revised, Group Affiliation tweaked. Vital Statistics revised. History and Abilities/Accessories completely rewritten (former expanded).
Graphic Changes: New main illo (old one now secondary); 16 new secondary illos (6 captioned)

Sage
Hardcover Volume: 9
Page Count: Increased from 2 to 3
Text Changes: Vital Statistics revised. History and Abilities/Accessories completely rewritten/expanded. Physical Stats and Power Grid revised.
Graphic Changes: New main illo (old one now captioned secondary); 10 new captioned secondary illos

Storm
Hardcover Volume: 11
Page Count: Increased from 3 to 5
Text Changes: Vital Statistics revised. History and Abilities/Accessories completely rewritten (former expanded). Eyes revised. Fighting Skills on Power Grid revised.
Graphic Changes: Old illos removed; new main illo and 22 new secondary illos (6 captioned)

Wolverine
Hardcover Volume: 13
Page Count: Increased from 3 to 12
Text Changes: Vital Statistics revised. History and Abilities/Accessories completely rewritten (former expanded). Fighting Skills on Power Grid revised.
Graphic Changes: Old illos removed; new main illo and 21 new secondary illos (15 captioned), followed but classic Elliot R. Brown skeleton specs (upper right illo of this may not be Brown)

Xavier Institute for Higher Learning
Hardcover Volume: 13
Page Count: Increased from 9 to 10
Text Changes: 4th page text reworked into Base of Operations category (historical text removed); remaining old text removed. First Appearance and History categories added.
Graphic Changes: All old illos removed except the illo on the 2nd and 3rd pages, which is now shrunk, number circles recoloured, and Breakstone Lake caption removed. First four pages of new entry have 8 new illos (2 sharing a caption and 5 others captioned). Next four pages have 12 new secondary illos with numbers corresponding to a key. 71 new student headshots with code names, alter agos, powers, first active as students, 12 new School Staff headshots with names, occupations, first active as students