Template:Did you know nominations/John Byrne (comics)

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 21:02, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

John Byrne (comics)

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... that John Byrne retold the origin of Superman in the 1986 comic book limited series The Man of Steel? Source: Manning, Matthew K. (2010). "1980s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. In the six-issue miniseries entitled [The] Man of Steel, the mammoth task of remaking Superman fell to popular writer/artist John Byrne...The result was an overwhelming success, popular with fans both old and new.
- ALT1: ... that John Byrne was the writer and artist for the 1986 limited series The Man of Steel (1986), the first comic book to use of variant covers? Source: Cronin, Brian (April 24, 2008). "Comic Book Questions Answered: What Was the First Variant Cover?". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 1, 2016.
- ALT2: ... that John Byrne was both the writer and artist for Fantastic Four comic books and his work on the title has been called a "second golden age"? Source: Plowright, Frank, ed. (1997). The Slings and Arrows Comic Guide. London, United Kingdom: Aurum Press. ISBN 1854104861.
- ALT3: ... that John Byrne retold the origin of Superman in the 1986 comic book limited series The Man of Steel, 48 years after the character was created? Source: Manning, Matthew K. (2010). "1980s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. In the six-issue miniseries entitled [The] Man of Steel, the mammoth task of remaking Superman fell to popular writer/artist John Byrne...The result was an overwhelming success, popular with fans both old and new.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Captain America

Improved to Good Article status by FlairTale (talk). Self-nominated at 00:19, 24 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/John Byrne (comics); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
Interesting:
Other problems: - Approving all but ALT1. Source says they cannot definitively determine that The Man of Steel (1986) was the first comic book to make use of variant covers.

QPQ: Done.

Overall: ––FormalDude (talk) 05:01, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

@FormalDude: Are there any preferences between the main hook and ALT3, in terms of which is more interesting or better written? FlairTale (talk) 06:42, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Slight preference to ALT3 for being potentially more interesting, I'd be fine with either though. ––FormalDude (talk) 03:13, 26 September 2023 (UTC)