John Byrne (comics)

John Byrne (comics)

John Lindley Byrne (born July 6, 1950) is a British-Canadian author and artist of comic books. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on nearly every major American superhero.

Byrne's better-known work has been on Marvel Comics’ X-Men and Fantastic Four and the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics’ Superman franchise. Coming into the comics profession exclusively as a penciler, Byrne began co-plotting the X-Men comics during his tenure on them, and launched his writing career in earnest with Fantastic Four (where he also started inking his own pencils). During the 1990s he produced a number of creator-owned works, including Next Men and Danger Unlimited. He also wrote the first issues of Mike Mignola's Hellboy series and produced a number of Star Trek comics for IDW Publishing.

Read more about John Byrne (comics):  Early Life and Career, Marvel Comics, Creator-owned Works, Later Career, Controversies, Art Style, Personal Life, Awards

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