![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There are over 100 pages of extras included at the back, including a painstakingly compiled collection of card print-outs featuring work by Jim Lee himself. While writers like Alan Moore and Frank Miller reinvented comic books, I think that Claremont was an expert at incorporating those radical changes into his work, and a writer who managed to secure the support of his fans by giving the X-Men a sense of pop culture resonance that a lot of subsequent writers tried and failed to capture. While the writer undoubtedly had his weaknesses, I think his contributions to the medium are rather undervalued. While he departed the books as they were at the height of their appeal ( X-Men #1 famously being the best-selling comic book of all time), it’s hard to argue that X-Men ever would have reached that height without Claremont’s vision and style. It’s amazing to look back on the writer’s output today, and simply try to consider the size of his contribution to the franchise. The end of Claremont’s quite simply epic run on the X-Men books. – Archangel, X-Men #3 (Claremont’s last issue)Īnd so, this is the end. Gotta say this for the man - he knows how to make an exit. Join us for a month of X-Men related reviews and discussion. ![]() With our month looking at Avengers comics officially over, we thought it might be fun to dig into that other iconic Marvel property, the X-Men. ![]()
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