MARVEL COMICS: THE UNTOLD STORY
Go to SEANHOWE.COM to purchase a copy, or to read a chapter for free.
"A WILD-RIDE ACCOUNT" —The Hollywood Reporter
"EPIC" —The New York Times
"INDISPENSABLE" —Los Angeles Times
"DEFINITIVE" —The Wall Street Journal
"SCINTILLATING" —Publishers Weekly
“FASCINATING” —GQ
"AUTHORITATIVE" —Kirkus Reviews
"GRIPPING" —Rolling Stone
"PRICELESS" —Booklist
"A MUST FOR ANY SUPERHERO OR POP-CULTURE FAN" —NY Post
"ESSENTIAL" —The Daily Beast
"A SUPERPOWERED MUST-READ" —USA Today
"REVELATORY" —The Miami Herald
"AS FULL OF COLORFUL CHARACTERS, TRAGIC REVERSALS AND UNLIKELY PLOT TWISTS AS ANY BOOK IN THE MARVEL CANON" —Newsday
twitter.com/seanhowe:
Overstreet Fan interviews John Byrne, 1996; Jim Lee poses with Fantastic Four.
Art Adams, John Byrne, and Frank Miller, circa 1993. From Wizard #31, March 1994. Photograph by Al Ortega.
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #10 cover by John Byrne & Joe Rubinstein. 1986.
Marvel staffer Peter David found himself at the center of one particularly public clash between editorial and marketing. David, charged with regularly distributing preview pages of upcoming material at events, was given photocopies of future Alpha Flight pages. The problem was that Marvel had been hyping that one Alpha Flight member would die in the still-upcoming issue #12, and the photocopies, from issue #13, included a dream sequence in which that dead hero rose from the grave. When John Byrne saw the spoiler-heavy photocopies, he found where David was stationed and screamed at him, before knocking over furniture and storming out. (A quarter century later, the two men were still debating the specifics of the story on online message boards.)
Color guide for Fantastic Four #239. Written and drawn by John Byrne. Lettering by Jim Novak. Colors by Glynis Wein.
Click to enlarge.
Uncanny X-Men #109, page 17 by John Byrne & Terry Austin.
(via themarvelageofcomics)
Misty Knight, Iron Fist and Colleen Wing by John Byrne & Terry Austin
Detail from X-Men #141. Art by John Byrne and Terry Austin. Words by Chris Claremont.
The Defenders by John Byrne, 1975. From CPL #12.
Visiting Astor Place, in The Sensational She-Hulk graphic novel by John Byrne, 1985.
Marvel Team-Up #53, January 1977. Art by John Byrne and Frank Giacoia. Words by Bill Mantlo.
