Who's the best Daredevil writer? I think it's easy to say that it is Frank Miller. But who else is out there for other comics?
Avengers? Roger Stern
X-Men? Chris Claremont
Iron Man? David Michelinie

What about Cap? Gruenwald? Batman? Miller again?

Thoughts, comments welcome.

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...from the skies.

True to form, Claremont pauses the issue long enough to give Jessica–the latest in a line of editorially-spurned Claremont heroines–a moment to call Julia Carpenter out for sullying her good name, even if her gumption is nothing in the face of Julia's powers.

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...at some ease while outside, the Freedom Force arrives on scene and attacks.

Joined by a sort-of-newly-minted Spider-Woman Julia Carpenter (like here to give Jessica Drew something to angst about, as is Claremont's favorite thing to do with his disparaged female characters)...

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...is one of those "I don't care what they say about ___, you're alright in my book" liberals.

For a man as seemingly untrusting of gov't institutions as Claremont (see: Sentinels, Freedom Force, Magneto's Trial, Ronald Reagan), his Run features an awful lot of "not all cops"...

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Good evening everyone, let's read some comics!

Tonight, we're reading Uncanny X-Men "Freedom is a Four Letter Word" (what four letter word? Idk!) our latest installation of Claremont's Run.

UXM feels like a return to form for a book recently besieged by Trials...

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...ultimately overpowers them.

One of Claremont's main arguments across the Run is that humanity is derived from our relationships (he establishes Katie as a well of strength for Logan throughout the book), which is why the revenge-driven Lady Deathstrike falls to Logan.

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...Claremont is able to plainly establish how terrifying–and inhuman–Logan is throughout the issue.

To make Kurt animalistic, Claremont had him howl at the moon.

To make Logan the same, he had Katie Power look on in fear.

Katie's other function in issue is to serve...

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The first trade paperback I bought was this 1987 collection of the Wolverine mini-series by Claremont, Miller & Rubinstein.
Lovely cover by Frank Miller.

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I finished Red, White and Royal Blue some days ago and sketched Alex and Henry ❤️💙

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Magnolias in Half Light

▪︎Richard Claremont▪︎

- oil on board
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Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san (Nanashi, 2021)

Pues no, no ha hecho un Claremont. Se acordó del par de tramas que dejó abiertas y empieza una saga inesperadamente humana de desarrollo de sus personajes (Y convirtiendo el manga en un pseudo-spokon en un giro muy loco).

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...time is award to the woman who escapes by merit of her own wit and strength a number of Arcade's traps.

More than capable (in true Claremontian fashion) of surviving Arcade is quite the skill to list on the resumé, but the woman is ultimately rescued by Kurt.

As gloomy...

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...Kurt takes more after his appearance than affect.

Recently Claremont used Arcade to shake Piotr out of a funk, a trope he returns to in UXM as the mad assassin makes a grand reappearance torturing a new and yet to be named captive.

A fairly significant amount of page...

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...but the venom he spits at Amanda, suggesting that his love of her is more manufactured than genuine is perhaps the cruelest Kurt has ever been written to be.

Claremont leans heavily into Kurt's demonic appearance to buttress Kurt's emotional turn, even going as far as...

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Ironically, while I spent a lot of my coverage of Cockrum's limited series comparing it to the soapiness of Claremont's ongoing, I found myself wishing to have a bit of the book's whimsy back during this readthrough.

While Kurt ends UXM in a better place than he started...

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X-Men Vol 1 - Cry for the Children! (1979)
"We’re super-heroes, Ororo, not God. We can save humanity from Doc Doom or Galactus — but not from itself."
- Luke Cage
Story: Chris Claremont & John Byrne, Art: John Byrne

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A recent Jean Grey ‘Black Queen’ X-men commission I had a ball drawing! Great inks jagdish, stunning colours from fab , loved the classic Byrne,Austin and Claremont run. Byrne homaged the costume of Mrs Peel (Diana Rigg)in The Avengers Hellfire Club Ep

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In a 2018 interview with Substream Magazine, Claremont discusses his approach of writing his characters from a perspective of perpetual adolescence in order to achieve the high level of drama that UXM thrives on. 1/9

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And therein lies the cruelty. Ororo obviously isn’t going to put her happiness above the lives of her teammates, but Claremont raises the stakes a bit, offering Ororo not just happiness, but a competing obligation: a world of peace, tranquility AND her happiness. 8/11

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I would just like to point out that the bathing suit Jess is wearing in the first panel is the same one she wears in Avengers Annual 10 after meeting Carol and I like that little detail. Thank you Chris Claremont.

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