In later years, Byrne has worked on titles for Marvel, DC, and
other publishers, including the 1992 prestige format graphic
novel Green Lantern: Ganthet’s Tale with science fiction author
Larry Niven at DC. He also returned to the X-Men franchise at
Marvel from 1991–1992, succeeding longtime writer Chris
Claremont, who left after 17 years working on the various X-Men
related titles. Byrne's return as the new writer was brief, as
he only wrote Uncanny X-Men # 281-285 and 288 with artist Whilce
Portacio, and X-Men (vol. 2) # 4-5 with artist Jim Lee.