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... The Original Knight ..., Often Imitated, However Never Duplicated. The 1st Knight in Customs.
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I love FF 4 (return of Sub mariner), 5 (Dr. Doom) and then 6 ( a team-up of Subby and Doom)
The Battle with Hulk in No. 24 and 25 and the meeting with Dr. Strange, the X-men and Dare Devil in the next few issues.
The Inhumans issues in the 40s followed right up by the Galactus Trilogy and This Man This Monster strong stuff.
Then the Dr. Doom story around 84-87. The ideas and character that Kirby and Lee churned out in their run was truly fantastic.
Then Byrne's run up through the trial of Galactus was top notch. No. 236, the anniversary issue is great as well as his first Galactus story.
Waid's run a few years back was very nice, too.Comment
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Byrne was on Fantastic Four as writer/artist from #232 ('81) to and ended as writer on #293 ('86)....his last couple of issues were drawn by Jerry Ordway.
Really? When Byrne is on the ball his stuff has been GREAT...his Fantastic Four, She-Hulk, Superman are all high points (and of course his work on Ucannny X-Men with Chris Claremont). But he's also had quite a few career bumps, a lot of them due to editorial conflicts.You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie BanksComment
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I get the feeling a lot of those "editorial conflicts" were of Byrne's own making. He has a bad track record of leaving books in mid storyline, see She Hulk, Hulk, West Coast Avengers, Superman, and probably more. I lost interest in him when he was on Wonder Woman. He seemed to get a bit cranky when Babe and Danger Unlimited didn't perform well at Dark Horse.
Byrne left Hulk because Jim Shooter didn't agree with the direction even though that's what was decided on when Byrne switched with Mantlo.
And supposedly he left Superman because he didn't agree that the licensed Superman wasn't the same version as the comic book. Go figure.Think OUTSIDE the Box! For the BEST in Repro & Custom Packaging!Comment
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david_bPeace.. Through Superior Firepower.
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Byrne left She-Hulk because the editor was re-writting his stuff to bring it in line with the She-Hulk graphic novel (written by someone else). Byrne's She-Hulk was a comedy and constantly breaching the 4th wall. The graphic novel was done straight.
Byrne left Hulk because Jim Shooter didn't agree with the direction even though that's what was decided on when Byrne switched with Mantlo.
And supposedly he left Superman because he didn't agree that the licensed Superman wasn't the same version as the comic book. Go figure.You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie BanksComment
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And all these supposed conflicts are related to us thru Mr. Byrne, right? He never has seemed to hear of the word compromise, especially with the guys signing his paycheck. Sure he's a creative guy and all, but when he's working in someone else's sandbox sometimes the guy calling the shosts won't agree with his vision. The Superman thing he was mad that his art wasn't being used for liscensing, instead DC was still using Swan, Adams and Lopez art.
He only works well with the Big two Honestly everything else he done outside of DC and Marvel has been crap. Generations worked somewhat because he was writing Familiar characters.
When he's done his own thing it's been mostly Boring.Comment
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^^ I liked the next Men, Danger Unlimited left me a bit cold and I could not get into his Doom Patrol at all.You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie BanksComment
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