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Mojo is a mix of slapstick silly (in terms of dialogue) and nightmarish horror (in terms of visuals - a testament to Art Adams' skill). Due to his surreal nature, he generally only appears in annuals and specials to protect tonal consistency and increase impact. 2/6
Claremont uses the Morlocks to create a mutant class hierarchy, thus allowing X-Men an opportunity to speak to issues of class, privilege, and visibility in a way that the traditional superhero narrative (with its casual portrayals of wealth) often avoid. 1/6 #xmen
Her character arc then becomes a story of self-definition in the absence of these external forces. By the end of her time in UXM, she is lost completely and utterly, but finds herself again in Claremont’s Excalibur, reborn (because Phoenix) as a confident and assertive hero. 4/4
One of the more direct commentaries on masculinity in the Claremont run comes in UXM 183. Logan takes issue with Piotr’s handling of his break-up with Kitty and decides to teach the young man a lesson through the time-honoured medium of bar-fight. 1/5 #xmen
He also provides the defining romantic triangle of the Australia era, pitting Rogue and Dazzler against each other with the twist that Longshot doesn’t grasp the jealousy and possessiveness that defines love triangles, thus offering meta commentary on the very concept. 5/6
When plans for the character were cancelled, Claremont absorbed him into X-Men, using his purity to provide a moral compass for the team in the absence of Nightcrawler, while integrating Longshot’s villains, Mojo and Spiral into prominent positions in the X-Universe. 3/6
In her later incarnation, she’s just another archetypal witch character filled with rage over her lost beauty, a take that ultimately validates existing cultural attitudes about expectations for women within society and the naturalness of their desire to conform. 7/8
For Callisto, the supermodel aesthetic is the cruelty – she describes it as “a mask that defines my life and being that I can’t ever be rid of.” She feels commodified by it, telling Piotr “All I am anymore, Peter, is a package.” She rejects culturally prescribed femininity. 5/8
Callisto is one of the most gender-deviant characters in the entirety of Claremont’s run, to such a degree in fact that later authors (and even Wikipedia) failed to grasp Claremont’s complex treatment of the character’s relationship to her gender in a notable story. 1/8 #XMEN