6/17/80: One of the most consequential comics ever published. X-MEN gave us the fate of Jean Grey, hinging upon a single throwaway panel in a previous issue. Claremont/Byrne deliver their masterstroke, and we were stunned. Over four decades later, it still lands its punch.

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For his part, Claremont remains relatively coy about the queer subtext of his work, saying X-Men can be an allegory for any experience of prejudice. Yet he also suggests that without the restrictions of Marvel editorial or the Comics Code, his comics would have been queerer. 8/8

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Though perhaps interpreted at times as the mindless bruiser type, Colossus is portrayed by Claremont as having a unique emotional sensitivity and capacity for self-questioning that adds a compelling contrast to his lack of rational intelligence. 1/9

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Hoy en

Portada de All New X-Men (los Nuevos X-Men) Comics, ilustración realizada por Afu Chan

Banner Serie animada 1993.


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"The Fantastic 4th Voyage of Sinbad" one-shot fits best at the end of Claremont & Larroca's run, before Pacheco's starts, but they put it at the end of this GN, halfway into Pacheco's run.
Either way, Pasqual Ferry art 👏👏

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The missing link here, however, is X-Factor. Debuting in 1986, X-Factor was essentially X-Men meets Ghostbusters, but, as Marvel historian Sean Howe describes, X-Factor was known at Marvel as “Chris-Busters” for the series’ capacity to disrupt Claremont’s X-Universe. 3/7

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One of the most downright meta integrations of filmic influence in all of the Claremont run is, perhaps counterintuitively, the M-Squad, a silly, simple Ghostbusters riff with a whole lot of subtext simmering through to create internal criticism of X-Factor. 1/7

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Here is Claremont's X-Men: The End, in which the Phoenix literally becomes the sephirot:

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New ✨#MarvelCosmic✨ this week for (6/8/22)

Vol. 1

W-#ChrisClaremont/#JoDuffy/more,A-#DaveCockrum & more

A-#RickLeonardi
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In Uncanny X-Men (2021), a prequel to Days of the Future Past written by Chris Claremont, Sage and Bess telepathically probe Rachel Summers’ psyche, which has been “stripped bare” by Ahab’s nanites, leaving “nothing else left.” However, Sage discovers someone familiar. 1/5

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Altogether then, the brief relationships stands as a strange interlude in the middle of the Claremont run, but one with important consequences that also just happens to give readers a last glimpse of a much-loved background character. 6/6

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day 1: alex claremont-diaz, from red white and royal blue

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The ocean has so many moods. This week there’s been a sea spray which floats over the headland in an enveloping mist, almost like a veil… “Rock Platform”, 61X75cm, oil on board.

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Though characterized as savage and asocial in some iterations, Claremont’s Wolverine consistently demonstrates a level of emotional intelligence and a sense of empathy beyond that of any other X-Man, with the possible exception of Nightcrawler. 1/6

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The naming convention in the X-Men comics, especially those involving Wolverine and Japanese women, maybe Claremont and Co. could've, tossed it up a bit?

Mariko
Yukiko
Yuriko(Lady Deathstrike)

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Of all the superpowers of all the heroes that Claremont had the opportunity to write, the unique power-set of Meggan might be the most symbolically complex, offering a capacity to speak to hegemonic femininity and the pressures to conform/perform within a relationship. 1/9

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later Claremont creations I wish would make a return

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