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Question: Written by Claremont or Byrne?

Byrne

4 (50.0%)

Claremont

0 (0.0%)

Claremont (with Byrne as co-plotter)

4 (50.0%)

Total votes: 8

« Created by: polarboy on: Oct 24^th, 2015 at 8:53pm »

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polarboy Justice Leaguer Offline Posts: 937 Location: 21st Century Joined: Sep 9^th, 2009 Gender:	Written by Claremont or Byrne? Oct 24^th, 2015 at 8:53pm	Print Post
	This poll is inspired by the "drawn by" poll.


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Matt Justice Leaguer Offline Super hero role-playing & Bronze Age comics fan Posts: 525 Location: Lemon Grove, CA Joined: May 14^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Written by Claremont or Byrne? Reply #1 - Oct 25^th, 2015 at 12:47pm	Print Post
	Neither...Claremont is awful and repetitious. All his characters speak/think the same way in the same phrases. And in his later years he couldn't resolve a story to save his life. Byrne, on the other hand, seems to have a desperate need to prove how clever he is, even if it means running roughshod over prior stories by other writers. How about we get a good writer like Roger Stern instead?


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Majestic Justice Leaguer Offline Guardian of Earth Posts: 5179 Location: Seattle Joined: Jun 8^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Written by Claremont or Byrne? Reply #2 - Oct 29^th, 2015 at 6:28pm	Print Post
	While the Byrne/Claremont X-Men run is one of my favorite series of comic books, I have to agree with Matt that Claremont is absolutely awful. He's so bad that - recently - I found myself throwing up in my mouth when I tried to read his latest X-Men. He just regurgitates the same bad clichés ("the focused totality" of Psylocke's psychic powers", "with a speed that belied his massive bulk", "I'm the best there is at what I do!", etc., etc.) [You can see these referenced on Claremont's TV Tropes page] It was so bad I had to immediately cancel the title.


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proditorcappela Teen Titan Offline I Love V&V! Posts: 133 Location: Silver Spring, MD Joined: Aug 17^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: Written by Claremont or Byrne? Reply #3 - Dec 1^st, 2015 at 2:35pm	Print Post
	I'm with Matt on neither. I'm still impressed with Busiek and Brubaker. Kurt tends to set the bar extremely high, and Ed can make even outright crap entertaining (Time bullets anyone?).


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