[NimrodClover]

The first time I saw Byrne's art was in the first round of the printed Marvel Comics character index comics. The fact that he drew so many of the characters was a shock. If anything he is prolific. Caught his run on Fantastic Four in the early-mid 80's and even followed him over to his take on She-Hulk which I think was the best match of his look and feel of storytelling and art style.

The reason I say that now has to do with something I only realized many years latter. John has but one style, one body type, one method of doing whatever. It is all good, but page after page, comic after comic he churns out the same (albeit very fast). Even the way he draws rocks and debris.

In the above work there are two things that immediately reminded me of his consistency:
a) The heavy reliance on the text to describe change, effects, looks or even expressions that should have been made obvious in the art and yet due to the rigid consistency of style are difficult to see or not really apparent. - for example, when she says her bust is bigger or changed, a simple comparison from pages before or after should demonstrate this and yet they do not. It is supposed to be a jump of 2 cups at least!
b) stock poses that I have seen so many times they are almost a trademark - even down to the medical gown (There is a She-Hulk panel that is a near copy of that one, right down to the hand positions and folds in the fabric).

Also - she is supposed to be 19! Regardless of style, age of the comic (mid-90's), inking, composition of the panels, etc. that is not the drawing of a 19 year old. Again, his basic female hovers somewhere in their late 20's - early 30's and he could only "morph" that stock look so young. She still reads 25 at the least.

Interesting comic. But if you really want to see John Byrne at his best get the She-Hulk run.