Smith really coveted a turn drawing Spider-Man or Conan, the barbarian, but he was shrewd enough to realize handling the X-Men could be a stepping stone to wherever he wanted to go. Marvel needed someone for Uncanny X-Men, though, and they were evidently impressed enough with his efforts drawing Charles Xavier’s charges in Marvel Fanfare that they offered him the gig. He’d handled a few fill-ins here and there, including the capper on the four-issue story that launched the Marvel Fanfare series, and had just started what was intended to be a regular run on Doctor Strange. Paul Smith hadn’t drawn that many comic books when he was assigned art duties on the title that had recently transformed from a longtime also-ran to arguably the most important in Marvel’s stable.
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