I think restorative nostalgia is the number one issue with comic book fans.
A fine distinction between two types of Nostalgia:
Reflective Nostalgia allows us to savor our memories but accepts that they are in the past
Restorative Nostalgia pushes back against the here and now, keeping us stuck trying to relive our glory days.
"By Earth and Sky, By Craft and Hex -- By The Past and The Future I Call HOPE Forth From The DARKNESS! I Speak The Words We Made Into MAGIC! Let THEIR Power Augment Our OWN! To Strike ONE BLOW From Our HEARTS and SOULS From ALL THAT WE ARE! Let The CALL Go Forth -- AVENGERS! ASSEMBLE!" Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff ~~ From Avengers #689!
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Gold Age Vision. Not our current Marvel one. Some people like to be playful with the theme.
There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!
Does anybody have a scan of the character "Vision of Loveliness" that Paty Cockrum created as a joke for Foom or The Comic Reader or something? It was posted on the old Dave Cockrum board way, way back.
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LOL, good ol' Simon & Kirby. What's interesting to me is that this story, golden age Vision's debut, was reprinted in Marvel Super Heroes #13 in 1968, a few months before Avengers #57 hit the stands. MSH's associate editor, and the one who was choosing the reprints for that title, was Roy Thomas. It's almost like he a preparing readers for a new version.
And I've long felt that that particular S&K image may also have inspired this X-Men cover, which was published a month after Avengers #57 (we know Steranko was a Golden Age aficionado):
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And obviously, Avengers #57.
There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!
Yes, I figured everyone already knew that, which is why I wrote the "S&K image may also have inspired this X-Men cover." [in addition to the obvious cover]
Over the years I've come to think of Avengers #57 and X-Men #50 a pair of "Christmas color covers"--first month Av #57 is largely red, following month X-Men #50 is largely green.
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He always did have a fondness for a Golden Age characters. He wrote that Avengers story where Miss America and The Whizzer (Bob and Madeline Frank) were Wanda and Pietro's parents. Then Claremont muddied the waters by changing it to Magneto and Magda (?). Recently the Magneto angle was nullified IIRC.
I think both Byrne & Claremont were inspired by the brief Roy Thomas/Neal Adams X-Men run where we see Magneto for the first time without his helmet and he had the white hair. But Byrne is on record as saying he had preferred it would be an open secret. Claremont & Byrne were still on fairly good terms then so I guess the credit would go to both of them for putting that very strong hint in the story.