...fewer things to "say" than I've come to expect since diving headlong into the Claremont Run.

The story, even for 1985, does feel something out of place; its lighter plot and Cockrum's iconic art reminiscent of the era the blue mutant was first introduced in.

This may come...

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Building on yesterday’s thread, we can see Claremont’s plot approach of chaining together sequences of conflicts evolve further during the Dark Phoenix Saga, which chains the conflicts around a more singular, overarching umbrella conflict. 1/12

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Claremont’s work is famous for his cultivation of long, continuous storylines and one of the earliest strategies we can identify toward this is his practice of chaining together conflicts in direct succession in order to form a (moderately) continuous narrative. 1/11

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...opposite. While it's framed as "you shouldn't do this alone", it reads in effect as "you *can't* do this alone".

It's worth noting that through these retcons, Claremont builds upon the idea of the "replacement" Jean, as she talks of herself (as both Jean and the Phoenix)...

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Though Xi’an and her younger siblings made the trip, their parents did not, and Xi’an was subjected to sexual assault at the hands of pirates (another point connected to historical accuracy). In all of this, Claremont uses Xi’an to humanize a massive humanitarian crisis. 4/6

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...distracting from the issue's main plot and more disruptive to its momentum than a welcome reprieve from its devastation.

Roberto is in search of home–an important thread given the relevance of 'found family' to Claremont's work and queer readings of the text–and yet I had...

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...car (?!), offering the New Mutants the issue's titular salvation.

Claremont recently (and notoriously) explicitly defined Illyana as evil in an AMA and while I disagree with the take, it adds a new layer to chilling serenity she's overcome by after the Beyonder's touch.

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Claremont can be evasive when speaking about his favourite artists to work with, but a front-line contender has to be Alan Davis, a man that Claremont frequently lured back to the X-Universe, and that Claremont was especially effusive about in print. 1/4

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...a retrospective read through, made it hard for me to leave what might have been a beautiful moment with a sense of dread and the grief of broken promises.

The issue briefly interludes to Shi'ar space, where Claremont takes a few pages to make clear that, at least for...

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Happy Birthday, Jeff Claremont!! 🍮💎🎉
Based on the famous photo of Johnny Cash-

"You may be posh, but are you Jeffery Claremont eating pudding in a hedge POSH?"

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Everyone @ me when I tweet a little too intensely about the Claremont Run:

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...his old friend's work–considering abandoning his mission to learn control of his abilities.

Lee & Kirby's Magneto wasn't given the benefit of the doubt; nor the same tragedy or pathos in motivation.

Claremont's embrace of those is what gives the man–not the monster–his name.

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Marvel needs too bring back peak Claremont era sabretooth the mad monster who could tear through anyone and anything

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...the once-evil Master of Magnetism but for the attention and care it pays its antecedents, beautifully culminating the first decade of Claremont's Run on Uncanny X-Men.

The past, present, and future all bore witness to Erik's trial; now they'll all bear witness to his promise.

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...the international stage, Claremont's recap of the moments in Erik's life that have brought us to this point help reground the issue after our Asgardian adventure.

UXM by design of its trial, is a book that looks directly at both the past and toward the future, paying...

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Still ensorcelled (thanks Claremont for the new word) by Loki's suggestive magic, Ororo bears her new weapon against her friend, with Logan's injury proving enough to break through to Ororo's better senses.

Logan reminds her that Loki is simply living up to his divine title...

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...same isn't as easily said for Rahne, whose faith if anyone's I'd expect would guard her from corruption.

In the Asgardian desert, Claremont manages to wrap up Karma's obesity plot in between pages. I'm left with a mixed bag of emotions–on one hand, I am happy its over, but...

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...where she finds herself at the wrong end of a fire extinguisher (Claremont really doesn't care for Amara, does he?) and Sam Guthrie, who has taken up the dwarfs' cause and fights alongside them.

Having successfully stopped Amara's attack, Sam and the dwarfs are able to...

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...cope with the loss of her identity and alternations made to her body without consent. It's a heavy beat that feels like even more closure for Ororo following LifeDeath II, closure that Loki otherwise seeks to upend.

The seeds of Claremont's coming character work with the...

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...no Loki, and rarely can an overtly powerful man take space in Claremont's books without being smitten with Ororo.

After meeting up with the New Mutants and helping to exorcise the Shadow King from Xi'an's body, Ororo has fallen into the role of helping a similarly suicidal...

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