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Then, Classic X-Men 11 features a backup story where Claremont explores a writer (who is an obvious surrogate for Claremont himself) contemplating suicide before being saved – essentially – by meeting Storm, though for how long that will last is left unclear. 11/12
Madelyne Pryor has to be literally talked down from jumping off a cliff by Havok. Captain Britain expresses suicidal thoughts on multiple occasions. He might be Claremont’s deepest exploration of the concept of suicidal ideation. 10/12
A prominent reading of Rachel’s stabbing at the hands of Wolverine suggests that Rachel psychically influenced Logan to attack her, that she was – essentially – attempting suicide by Logan. Her mental anguish in the build-up to the event lends this theory some credence. 9/12
Along those same lines, Claremont’s portrayal of a physically and spiritually exhausted Logan late in the run is referenced as a death-wish by multiple characters, though Logan’s mutant-enhanced longevity might complicate a connection to suicidal ideation. 5/12
She also sometimes expresses fervent desire to be a wife and mom, but her skepticism toward that role and what it would cost her shows an important understanding of the problematic enforcement of domestic roles onto women. 13/13
The point here is that our culture (as Friedan articulates) bombards women with images of happiness achieved only “as her children's mother, her husband's wife” (Friedan) and even as the entire comics community clamoured for Jean to just marry Cyclops, she hesitates. 12/13
Scott has proposed and Jean is reluctant. “Now it’s my turn. Scott wants to marry me! Once – not so terribly long ago – that would have made me the happiest of girls. Times I thought the way we fit together – it was almost as though things were pre-ordained.” 8/13
Upon her post-mortem return, she’s written primarily by Louise Simonson in the pages of X-Factor, but Claremont does occasionally handle the character (primarily in guest appearances) such as we see in UXM #261 where Jean tours the mansion ruins and finds an old photo. 7/13
We can find similar sentiment expressed literally in Classic X-Men #1 when she explains to Prof X why she is leaving the team: “There’s so much I want to see and do…I find myself thinking of this house as a cloister, even a prison. I’m bound here. Trapped.” 6/13
This tradition in New Mutants would continue with other creations and other creators, including Warlock, Illyana’s Darkchylde iterations, Magma (co-created by McLeod and Sal Buscema) and, of course, Cable. 6/7