John Byrne - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 03 Aug 2025 12:01:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 John Byrne - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Fantastic Fools? How a Claremont and Byrne cold war put Galactus on trial https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/03/how-a-creator-cold-war-put-galactus-on-trial/ Sun, 03 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53590 While the Chris Claremont/John Byrne run of Uncanny X-Men is rightly regarded as a creative high water mark for the series, containing some of its best-known and beloved stories (including “Proteus,” “The Dark Phoenix Saga” and “Days of Future Past”), their run ended somewhat abruptly, with Byrne departing after one-too-many “Colossus ripping up a stump”...

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]]> 53590 Everything old is new again as John Byrne returns to the X-Men https://comicsxf.com/2025/07/25/everything-old-is-new-again-as-john-byrne-returns-to-the-x-men/ Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53573 Remember when Phoenix ate a star and killed a planet of Asparagus People, and then the recently-deceased Jim Shooter told creators Chris Claremont and John Byrne they had to scuttle their plans to lobotomize her as punishment, so they killed her instead, thereby creating one of the most memorable and impactful endings to a superhero...

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]]> 53573 BatChat With Matt & Will Ep. 32: Is There a Single Likeable Character In This Book? https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/28/batchat-with-matt-will-ep-32-is-there-a-single-likeable-character-in-this-book/ Thu, 28 Apr 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40355 As The Batman is now streaming on HBO Max, Matt and Will thought it was time to look at one of the stories that served as a prime inspiration for this year’s blockbuster Bat movie- Batman: Earth One. And to go with it? Two other stories of Batman’s origins and early years. Batman: Earth One...

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]]> 40355 BatChat With Matt & Will Ep. 26: Super Comics and Bat Cassettes (w/Cori McCreery) https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/17/batchat-with-matt-will-ep-26-super-comics-and-bat-cassettes-w-cori-mccreery/ Thu, 17 Mar 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=38995 DThey’re darkness and light. One is the champion of the city of tomorrow, one is the hero a corrupt and fallen city needs. They have been rivals, allies and sometimes friends. They are Batman and Superman. This week, a new volume of World’s Finest, the classic Batman/Superman team-up book, launches so Matt and Will are...

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