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In UXM 251, Psylocke makes a controversial leadership decision that radically alters X-Men continuity, puts an end to the outback era, and is deeply reflective of her character as both
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In UXM 272, Claremont uses a reunion with the broader X-Men and the extreme circumstances of collective torture to define and showcase Psylocke’s new emerging character in the wake of
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The concept of a brainwashed superhero committing atrocities is borderline cliché, but in UXM #257, Claremont finds space to complicate such a portrayal by adding a new and simple character
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With the help of Frank Miller in the 1982 Wolverine mini, Claremont aligned Wolverine’s character with samurai mythology (on top of the previous cowboy association), a decision that greatly altered
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Though supernatural in nature, the story of Forge’s invocation of black magic in the midst of the Vietnam War can be seen to form a resonant vehicle by which Claremont
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As noted by scholars such as Scott Bukatman and Carol Cooper, pre-Claremont Marvel heroines tended to have stand-and-pose powers such as telepathy, telekinesis, force fields, etc. Claremont pushed against this
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rating superhero teams based on their lesbians: a thread young avengers: 6/10lesbians: american chavez, cassie langthere should always be more lesbians but also even they arent powerful enough to fully
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Claremont is famous for rehabilitating Carol Danvers in the wake of a character assassination from Avengers #200, but he actually does something quite similar for Psylocke, after a similarly contentious
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Despite an aesthetic shift from teenage girl to cigar- chomping demon, the character of Illyana Rasputin has a great deal in common with the character Hellboy, and exhibits a lot
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Some exclusive news for you.Moon Knight:- It is scheduled for 2022. Production will start in 2021- Theo James is the favorite to play Marc Spector- There have already been cast
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Where Dark Phoenix moves toward a cohesive metaphor, The Brood Saga instead offers variations on a theme – that of death - approaching this issue from multiple angles based on
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Claremont’s use of the “n” word in “God Loves, Man Kills” (and elsewhere in UXM) is an unresolved controversy, but in a recent episode of the “Marvel/Method” podcast, Claremont is
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From an IP-building standpoint, a team book with a rotating cast of character is counter-productive and (presumably) alienating to the audience’s character attachments, but it might focus the reader’s attention
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Despite being created in an innately ephemeral medium, the Claremont run on X-Men, a 16 year narrative spanning hundreds of comics, has managed to endure through a complex evolution of
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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
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One of the most prominent characterization strategies employed by Claremont for his characters (along with torturing them emotionally) is filling them with an intense sense of self-doubt with accompanying self-questioning
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