JOHN BYRNE responds

John, with the Dark Phoenix saga, was intimately involved in one of the few stories that belong on the list, but were created with such care that they actually made a character's death moving and memorable. Oh, and he also revived Superman, the Fantastic Four, and other characters who aren't TECHNICALLY dead. (GS)

Sad list, isn't it? Further proof of what I have always said: too many (male) writers seem able to think of only two things to do with female characters -- rape 'em or knock 'em up. The dead ones might be the lucky ones. At least I made Wonder Woman MORE powerful. That's one ...