AA2 17

[michel]

Amazing Adventures Vol.2 #17 has a two-page frame story with Beast, and then reprints X 49/2-53/2.

But the MCP lists it for other characters, in a way I don't understand : see here

Is there an explanation for this placements, or should we remove them?

[metaldragon]

Do you mean FB (flashback), BTS (behind the scenes), OP (off panel), and VO (voice only/over)?

[Jason Doty]

I'd make sure there is not an added panel in the reprinted material compared to the original, before removing anything. There might have been an adjustment to accommodate the page count.

[Midnighter]

I can't see any differencese between the reprinted pages in AA2 17 and the original stories in X 49/2-53/2, even the original page numbers have been kept.

In the first two pages there is only Beast that caters to readers by introducing the reprint of his origins, (also with a panel depicting the original X-Men battling Magnet).
It would also be debatable whether it is a canon apparition.

[michel]

The Grand Comics Database speaks only of missing pages, and I can confirm that with my french reprint. There is no new scene in the reprint pages of AA2 17, so I don't see how the MCP can have AA2 17 listed in the middle of the X-Men back-ups for some characters. Does this come from an index?

[Midnighter]

I checked the first italian edition of AA2 17, published in a series of X-Men reprints in place of the original short stories because "printing films" were not available at the time (1997), and I can't find any changes compared to the first edition (in the 70s).