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John Byrne

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Posted: 04 June 2026 at 2:31pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply
Found elsewhere:

“John Byrne (Comic book writer/artist): The famous comic creator (known for his work on X-Men and Fantastic Four) was raised Catholic. When co-plotting X-Men, he notably discussed the religious background of the character Nightcrawler with writer Chris Claremont, debating whether the character should be Jewish or Catholic.”

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Michael Penn
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Posted: 04 June 2026 at 3:36pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply
I read somewhere that you were a lapsed Catholic.
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John Byrne

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Posted: 04 June 2026 at 4:19pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply
Nope.

Lapsed Canadian…..

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Dave Kopperman
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Posted: 04 June 2026 at 4:50pm | IP Logged | 4 post reply
Wait... was there ever ANY conversation that Kurt would be Jewish? Even with a billion retro origins, I have to doubt it.
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John Byrne

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Posted: 04 June 2026 at 4:55pm | IP Logged | 5 post reply
Chris at one point decided he wanted Kurt to be Jewish. And very devout.

Roger Stern (the editor) and I pointed out that there were very few German Jews of what was then Kurt’s generation.

So Chris ultimately made him Catholic. And very devout.

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Vinny Valenti
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Posted: 04 June 2026 at 5:46pm | IP Logged | 6 post reply
Was that an influence on creating Kitty as Jewish?
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John Byrne

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Posted: 04 June 2026 at 6:37pm | IP Logged | 7 post reply
No. Kitty took her look principally from the young Sigourney Weaver, but she also had elements of a former neighbor down the hall. That neighbor got engaged to a Jewish guy, who gave her a gold Star of David. She was not herself Jewish, but she wore that star all the time. The first time I drew Kitty in the book, she just looked wrong without it.
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