Autor/-in: John Byrne

John Byrne. is a comic-book writer and artist. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on many major American superheroes. Byrne's better-known work has been on Marvel Comics' X-Men. and Fantastic Four. and the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics' Superman. franchise, the first issue of which featured comics' first variant cover. Coming into the comics profession exclusively as a penciller, 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 started inking his own pencils). During the 1990s he produced a number of creator-owned works, including Next Men. and Danger Unlimited. He scripted the first issues of Mike Mignola's Hellboy. series and produced a number of Star Trek. comics for IDW Publishing. In 2015, Byrne and his longtime X-Men. collaborator Chris Claremont were inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.