His Alpha Flight was frustrating for me at the time. I wanted another more standard superhero team with new characters. After the first couple of issues though it was more about the team's solo adventures. I drifted away after Matlo started but I think I was only buying it because Northstar was gay according to Byrne. I too remember Byrne talking about not loving his Alpha Flight. The funny thing is when it came out in an omnibus I bought it right away drawn to it for all the reasons I didn't care for it originally. I actually have yet to read Byrne's FF run but also have the omnibuses, so someday. His writing has never been a draw for me but I really enjoyed his lost generation maxiseries with Marvel and the Generations ones he did for DC. I tried his Superman and Wonder Woman runs but thought they were boring and hated how the retcon on Supes messed up the Legion. Might have to check out his Namor series and actually read his Ff run since I have that on the shelf.
His FF run was probably the last thing of his that I truly enjoyed.
I was excited for his Superman run but disliked it for (probably) many of the same reasons you did. His most unforgivable sin, other than destroying the Legion, was that he more or less destroyed the whole Superman versus Clark dichotomy that was the heart and soul of the character for the first 50 years of his existence.
I still like his art, and would most likely buy a book if it had the right writer and inker, but sadly he seems determined to be a one person shop at this point
