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John Byrne

Born

in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England, The United Kingdom

July 06, 1960

Website

http://www.byrnerobotics.com/

Genre

Comics & Graphic Novels, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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John Lindley Byrne is a British-born Canadian-American 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 fi ...more

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Average rating: 3.98 · 178,923 ratings · 13,362 reviews · 2,997 distinct works • Similar authors

	Superman: The Man of Steel, Vol. 1 by John Byrne, Ray Bradbury (Introduction), Dick Giordano (Inker) 3.96 avg rating — 7,524 ratings — published 1986 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Superman: The World of Krypton by John Byrne, Mike Mignola (Illustrator), Rick Bryant (Illustrator) 3.72 avg rating — 2,064 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne, Vol. 1 4.06 avg rating — 925 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Superman & Batman: Generations, An Imaginary Tale by John Byrne, Dale Crain (Editor) 3.84 avg rating — 813 ratings — published 1999 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Superman (1987-2006) #1 by John Byrne, Terry Austin (Ink) 3.87 avg rating — 746 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Superman: The Man of Steel, Vol. 1 4.05 avg rating — 702 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Superman: The Man of Steel, Vol. 2 by John Byrne (Writer/Penciller), Marv Wolfman, Jerry Ordway 3.75 avg rating — 752 ratings — published 1987 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sensational She-Hulk, Vol. 1 by John Byrne, Bob Wiacek (Inker), Al Milgrom (Inker) 3.93 avg rating — 578 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Superman: The Man of Steel, Vol. 3 by John Byrne (Writer/Penciller), Dick Giordano (Inker), Terry Austin (Inker) 3.64 avg rating — 552 ratings — published 1987 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus, Vol. 1 by John Byrne (Writer, Artist), Chris Claremont, Marv Wolfman 4.38 avg rating — 458 ratings — published 1984 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Coleccionable: Las aventuras de Superman (40 books)
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John Byrne,

Marv Wolfman (Writer),

Jerry Ordway (Artist)

3.56 avg rating — 1,287 ratings

Alpha Flight Classic (3 books)
by

John Byrne,

Bill Mantlo,

Mike Mignola (Illustrator)

3.92 avg rating — 970 ratings

Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (2 books)
by

John Byrne (Writer, Artist),

Mark Gruenwald,

Roger Stern,

Ron Wilson (Illustrator),

Kerry Gammill (Illustrator)

4.31 avg rating — 628 ratings

X-Men: The Hidden Years (Collected Editions) (2 books)
by

John Byrne,

Tom Palmer (Illustrator),

Stan Lee,

Jack Kirby (Illustrator),

John Romita Sr. (Illustrator),

Steve Ditko (Illustrator),

Joe Sinnott (Illustrator),

John Verpoorten (Illustrator),

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3.40 avg rating — 472 ratings

Wonder Woman by John Byrne (3 books)
by

John Byrne (Author/Illustrator)

3.43 avg rating — 374 ratings

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“I may be a criminal lunatic, but I'm an AMERICAN criminal lunatic!”
― John Byrne, Batman/Captain America

tags: joker, nazis, patriotism, the-joker, wwii

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“Who are we to make such a decision? To allow another living being - any living being - to die, when ours is the power to prevent it?

- Reed Richards (Mister Fantastic)”
― John Byrne, The Fantastic Four: The Trial of Galactus

tags: compassion, death, life, power-of-life-and-death, sanctity-of-life

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“The end is upon us, X-Men! Make your peace with whatever gods you hold dear! But know this! If Magneto is to die this day… the hour shall be of his own choosing!” - Magneto”
― John Byrne

tags: epic, inspirational

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