In the 48 years since Giant Size X-Men #1 came out or even the 32 years since his swan song in X-Men #3, it’s almost difficult to think about a time when Chris Claremont’s name wasn’t synonymous with The X-Men. But right now, we’re diving into the early days of 1975-1980 with some of Claremont’s earliest writing when it comes to Marvel’s mutants. Maybe by the end of the year, I’ll have some kind of grand unified theory of Chris Claremont’s time on the book or maybe I’ll just have read a lot of comics that range from “not bad” to “what were they thinking?”. So armed with several omnibuses, Marvel Unlimited, and whatever back issue diving I need to do, I’ve set the goal to read his 16-year run on X-Men, New Mutants, and other related books, probably also eventually including some Louise Simonson New Mutants and X-Factor here as well since the series are so tied together.Īs much as this is to check out these stories again, I want to see if there’s a completeness to the story that Claremont was telling, starting with his first issue, X-Men #94 (1975), and extending all the way through X-Men #3 (1991).

I’ve probably read it but more out of the inertia of collecting than any love of it. 6 min read Cover to X-Men #96, the first issue completely written by Chris Claremont (art by Dave Cockrum)Īround the end of 2022 a thought struck me have I ever read all of Chris Claremont’s X-Men? I think I’ve collected it all in one form or another (or even multiple forms) but there’s a point in the mid-1980s where a lot of it becomes fuzzy in my memory.

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