Why is Byrne's Superman run so polarizing?
You tell me.
>>144675200Mostly because Byrne himself is an asshole.The stories are for some people the only real Superman they ever knew (kind of like how Tim Drake is the only "real " Robin to people of a certain age), but they altered some characters rather drastically (Lex) and had some controversial scenes like Superman executing Zod.
>>144675200Because
>>144675366sounds like zack snyder but good
>>144677160But Zack Snyder is good?
>>144675200Anytime someone says they dislike something Byrne made, just assume they’re trans, gay or a woke woman.
>>144675200Byrne sucked all the fun out of the character. Superman’s reputation of a boring boyscout stem from here since Byrne focused squarely on the “he’s an alien but human” angle, directing the character in a more passive role compared to before and dealing with smaller, more realistic and less, for lack of a better word, fun stories.Superman before that was a larger than life figure who lived in a world that was just as fantastical. It wasn’t perfect but it was fun and because there were truly no limits to what they could do, which is why Superman was far and away the most popular hero back in the day. Even his girlfriend was outselling his contemporaries.
I prefer Business Lex.
>>144678841Same
>>144678810Silver Age Superman was an asshole. Not even for the superdickery bait covers, he stuck his cousin in a fucking orphanage.
>>144679468That sounds hilarious, I was already interested in Silver Age supes now I need to find this issue
>>144675200Neutered the fuck out of Superman and made almost all his villains boring corporate and tech based guys. Byrne has self admitted he knew jack shit about Superman outside of the first two Reeve's films.
Byrne fucking sucks
>>144675200Because it's not very good but a lot of people want to pretend it is so they can feel special.
>>144675200Its early parts were really good. But Byrne was allowed to get weird. Never allow Byrne to get weird.
People are still assmad over what he did to a toaster.
>>144675200They made Superman's personality too boring. I like most of these stories though.
>>144675200Two reasons:1. As: >>144675366 pointed out, people dislike Byrne himself for reasons unrelated to his comics.2. (And this is the big one...) People blame Byrne for what came after. (Which is bullshit logic, btw.)
>>144679530Literally Supergirl's first issue.
>>144680205christ clark couldn't you find an orphanage without a crack den?
>>144680205The Kents were dead by this time so he couldn't take her to them. Byrne at least kept them alive.
>>144680157Third reason: Byrne cannot keep his kinks and nasty fetishes out of comics.So you get:Superman tonguing underage girlsSuperman doing porn with BardaSuperman hurting girlsGuy in Superman's body threatening to rape and kill Wonder Girland on and on.
>>144678557lol good one
>>144680247People didn't think that way at the time. You're retroactively seeing things that aren't there. The internet has poisoned your brain. Seriously.
>>144678810>Byrne sucked all the fun out of the characterWhy do I get shit for saying this about George perez and Wonder Woman but people say it commonly about Byrne? ill answer that question myself:It’s because >>144678806 is right.
>>144680247>Superman does wild and inappropriate shit in the silver ageHeckin Hilarious super duck teehee that’s comix :-D amirite m8>Superman does wild and inappropriate shit in Byrne’s runHeckin disgusting, gosh what a bigot amirite
>>144680828Probably because you're a wrong retard
>>144680797It's honestly astounding how people react to shit today that never used to so much raise an eyebrow.
>>144679468Asshole chad > dull wimp
>>144680828Because Perez did the best with Wonder Woman you mong. She was a schizophrenic mess before he came on board.
>>144680993Golden age Diana was fine, Kanigher sent her on a spiral but Perez, while he did a respectable job otherwise, failed to make Diana engaging. Making Steve older and not a love interest (which I suspect was because he was hoping to push Clark/Diana) hurts a crucial part of the character as well. But I can't entirely blame him. GA Diana is like GA captainMarvel..just not something DC wanted in their modern, post crisis world.
>>144680993Byrne did the best with Superman you mong. He was a schizophrenic mess before he came on board.
>>144681409true.
>>144678806Literally this
>>144678806I'm a straight man.
"Byrne sucks so everything he did sucks" doesn't apply to Superman. Indeed, his Superman, X-Men, and Fantastic Four runs are still considered to be universally acclaimed and even the most striden Byrne haters like them.
>>144675200MUH SILVER AGE basically.
>>144675200Because it created variant covers.
