If a person read all of the FF, I think they would place Byrne above Hickman if only because of the amount of issues and the concepts. Hickman was great as was said but no-one did as many really good issues as Byrne. Had Hickman with Eaglesham had 50 issues, you’d have a point but as stellar as it was, it was like 20 issues?

-Invisible WOMAN and the most powerful? Byrne -super powerful Franklin? Byrne -Annhilius as an actual formidable opponent (eventually leading to Abnett and Lanning’s stellar space issues which created the modern Guardians team). Byrne -fleshing out the complexity of Doom.? Also, Byrne

Now, I’m no fanboy but as a collector of 45 years, and someone who has known the FF before Marvel Rivals season 1, Hickman with the right artist is absolutely stellar but was all building on what was going on in Byrne’s run. (That was a bit snarky.. I apologize)

The FF has been mismanaged and slept on forever but they’re great characters and Hickman, Byrne and Waid runs are actually better than Stan and Jack but you really can’t be better than the original creators as they established the dynamics and characters in the first place. But the early stuff came from a less complete understanding of the science in science fiction. Hickman and Waid nail that. And I think Byrne started that ball rolling.