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John Byrne

Author and artist of comic books · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1950 · age 76

John Lindley Byrne is a British-born American comic book writer and artist of superhero comics. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on many major superheroes; with noted work on Marvel Comics's X-Men and Fantastic Four.

John Byrne is read about 61 times a day, in 19 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.

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2015Will Eisner Hall of FameAward2008“I have no interest in this grave robbing. (2008)”In their words

Canadian Comic Book Hall of FameAward1992Yellow Kid AwardAward1980Inkpot AwardAward1979Eagle AwardAward1978Eagle AwardAward1950Born6 July 1950

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  1. Pedophiles are almost certainly "born that way". Again, we go to evolutionary conditioning. Seek the youngest, strongest, most healthy, for breeding purposes.

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  2. Imagine, 24 pages of superhero adventures produced by the same writer and artist every month!! How did they do it? (What? By being professional about it?

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  3. One of the things that kept most comics from being monthly was that very few artists could produce 24 pages per month.

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Awards

Will Eisner Hall of Fame2015
Canadian Comic Book Hall of Fame2008
Yellow Kid Award1992
Inkpot Award1980
Eagle Award1979
Eagle Award1978

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Byrne also facilitated the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics's Superman franchise with the limited series The Man of Steel, the first issue of which featured the comics' first variant cover.

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United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
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Born 1950 · age 76

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