Marksman's Debut

In the June issue we were introduced to several new characters, one of whom was Marksman.  Years ago, when I created him, I intended him to be part of the main Ultra-Elite Team, but when I was reworking the characters for this series, I decided that he really works better as part of the IPG (Interplanetary Protectorate Guild) and opted to leave him on that.  

That's not much of a difference from what his original story was, I had always planned him to be on that with his brother, Golden Guardian, but in the original stories I wrote, he eventually left them and came to Earth full time.  

Of course, he also went through a few costume changes over time as well.  The costume he wears in this issue was actually the third one I designed for him.  I'm attaching my original sketches for the character here from when I drew him for the first time when I was a kid up to landing on his final costume design (well, at least pretty close to the final desgin).

In this issue we met him when he is undercover looking into an illegal smuggling ring in his solar system.  When I first started to draw this issue, I planned to have him in an open-air market and having the guards chase him through that before ending up on the same place where he jumped out onto the platform.

As I was doing the breakdowns, I realized at this time it was more than I wanted to draw, as I'm just getting back into the series being monthly after an injury, so I decided to scrap that part of it.  When doing that I had only inked one panel and thought I would share it here as artwork that will probably never be used in the series.