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Alvarez IV posted:I've always been curious what happens if Len Wein stays on as X-Men artist instead of migrating over to DC. John Byrne would have to break through on another title. If he both writes and draws it, the era of 80s comic auteurs could start a hair sooner, and Byrne's clout only can go up. Then later on, when he shows his rear end all over the internet, it's a bigger deal because of his greater prominence. Wolverine might migrate out of the X-Men and into military Marvel, while Nightcrawler winds up being a big Spidermanesque title character. Someone else might have to take on the task of revitalizing Superman, if Byrne isn't driven out by creative differences with Claremont. That could go any kind of way. Someone else has to edit Watchmen too. Alan Moore's time at DC is going to have to come from some non-Swamp Thing source. I think X-Men stays old-school Romantic for longer with Claremont and Wein at the helm. The mutant metaphor always felt more like one of Byrne's ideas, especially given what he ended up writing for Superman. Len Wein wasn't the artist on Giant Size X-Men, that was Dave Cockrum. Len Wein was a writer, and an editor. Dave Cockrum staying on X-Men alongside Claremont, though, would have been interesting. Len Wein probably still returns to DC and does all the Alan Moore related work you're referring to in that scenario, though it would be interesting for Nightcrawler to have immensely increased prominence. Wolverine mostly got the focus because he was Canadian, and Byrne stuck up for him as a result. Without Byrne around, would Thunderbird live instead and Wolverine die?
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