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>By the time Marvel brought him back in 1998 for a Spider-Man relaunch, it was the 90s equivalent of Bendis going to DC to relaunch Superman; a former star that the fandom had turned against, a guy nobody wanted on the book, and everything he did was poorly received.
It sucks because Byrne's occasional fill-in on a Spidey book or Marvel Team-Up in the 70's and 80's were great, he just wasn't "that guy" anymore by the late 90's.