John Byrne's great. I have a few complaints about hm, like about how he drew women earlier on and what he did to Vision and the Scarlet witch, but he's one of my favoirite comic book creators. His art is crisp, clear, dynamic and defined, firm and detailed as well. His writing is creative, sometimes a bit too creative coughVision/ScarletWitchcough. I love his X-Men run, his Alpha Flight run, etc.
And by the way, here's an early picture of Wolverine unmasked by Byrne. It shows how the portrayal of Wolverine back in the '70s and early '80s was influenced by Jack Nicholson, who was then the classic '70s antihero. See the close resemblence to Nicholson:
http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/u...erine_face.jpg
Here's another one, a classic image from the cover of the Days of Future Past storyline. Note the same resemblence. Wolverine is Jack Nicholson.
https://www.scifinow.co.uk/wp-conten...uture-Past.jpg
And Jack Nicholson in the iconic 1970 movie Five Easy Pieces:
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Compare the grin in the first Byrne pic to this photo from the movie:
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
He even dressed like Wolverine a lot in that film -plaid shirts, turtlenecks, leather jacket, jeans, cowboy boots.
Early portrayals of Wolverine also gave him a personality echoing characters like those Jack Nicholson played back then.
Here's Nicholson from the Shining (1980), showing what became some of Wolverine's trademark wild spirits.
The Shining (1980)
And a very feral-looking Nicholson from the same film:
The Shining (1980)