The comics master was born 72 years ago on July 6, 1950…
I’ve published a ton about John Byrne over the years but in preparation for this birthday post I realized that, unless I’m missing something, it’s been about six years since I’ve done a gallery from the artist’s X-Men years in the late ’70s and early ’80s.
Six years! Kind of amazing, no?
Anyway, dig these 13 beauts — all but one inked by the fab Terry Austin.
Right on.
Inked by Bob Layton
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MORE
— PAUL KUPPERBERG: My 13 Favorite JOHN BYRNE Covers. Click here.
— FRED VAN LENTE: JOHN BYRNE’s ALPHA FLIGHT: The TOP 13 Stories — RANKED. Click here.
July 6, 2022
Happy birthday to a true comics legend. I couldn’t get enough of reading his “Superman” run when I could.
July 6, 2022
I know that his X-Men run gets all the accolades, but his Superman run was transformative (I was 13 when he revamped the character, I still remember how thrilling it was to read those issues as they were being released in real time), and it’s the work that I think of when I think of Byrne.