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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

Though perhaps less celebrated than Terry Austin, as far as UXM inkers go, Dan Green’s 6 year run on UXM is pivotal, bridging key eras and creators whilst establishing a

Claremont is well-known for building long-term narrative tension through relationship-building (both romantic and, importantly, platonic) but one of his other main go-to strategies involves building long-term mysteries around parentage and

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

Re-reading Claremont’s work in the context of the #MeToo movement and rape culture is challenging to say the least, revealing a portrayal of sexual violence against women that can

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

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

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

Much has been written about Xavier’s problematic ethics (and deservedly so) but when it comes to his commitment to rehabilitation, Charles shows an almost supernatural level of both commitment and

Historically, Franklin Richards has played a pivotal symbolic role in X-Men comics by establishing a shared destiny and a poignant bond of sympathy between the X-Men and the Fantastic Four.

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

In a scene from UXM #160 Claremont uses Nightcrawler as a vessel for characterizing Limbo and its ruler, Belasco. The result is a rare, horrifying portrayal of Kurt’s character that,