His run on Uncanny X-Men with Chris Claremont? Fantastic Four? Alpha Flight? His Superman work? Next Men? Will someone make a case for Spider-Man Chapter One and the 1999 ASM relaunch? Other? Bueller?
My own answer would be FF. He took a title that had plodded along for ten years and took it back to basics. His run paid tribute to the classic Jack Kirby and Stan Lee era but didn't fawn over it; carefully and successfully being a homage and not just xeroxing of past ideas. This was good, strong material that definitely stood on its own merits. Byrne showed he was capable of being a successful writer and artist, which no doubt helped him land the gig when DC decided to reboot Superman in the mid-80s and picked Byrne for the job.
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I'd say Fantastic Four, also. I still have X-Men: The Hidden Years in my to be read pile.
Put me down for Fantastic Four, too. Despite some missteps (Johnny & Alicia, Frankie Raye), he made the book a must-read again. Uncanny X-Men was more Claremont's epic and he had to share Superman with others.
She-Hulk was great and surreal, his Star Trek work compelling and Marvel: The Lost Generation and Superman/Batman: Generations show both his love for classic comics and reimagining them for the future.
As for a single issue, Marvel Two-In-One #50 and The Thing #1 are highlights for me.
I'll take Man of Steel and the Superman reboot.
I've thought about this topic from time-to-time before and my answer has always been Fantastic Four.
Yep, FF indeed.
I always complain about his art when he inks it for himself, and its because I love his Fantastic Four run so much. (I believe his inker was Terry Austin back then.)
I'd say Fantastic Four, too. I liked his Superman a lot, but the FF is the run of his career, I think.
John Byrne did his own inking on Fantastic Four; Terry Austin did the inks over his work on Uncanny X-Men.
I think X-Men looked the better of the two, not just in the inking, but the coloring.
Really? ... checks Comics.org ... Really!
Man, then what is it about his newer work that I dislike?
Maybe he's inking it differently then, because his newer stuff just isn't as good. Pretty much from Next Men onward. (in my humble opinion.)
Really? ... checks Comics.org ... Really!
Are you talking about the covers or the interiors?
Since Fantastic Four #250 is one of my favorite comics of the 80s...I'm going with FF.
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