Last edited by The Dying Detective; 04-03-2018 at 08:23 AM.
"Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he
He got rid of Xavier, beast, angel and iceman... Also check X factor by Louise simonson, easily one of the best Jean and cyclops stories...
Finally... X women are style and substance
Claremont should have given some focus to male characters instead of just having them hold up the background constantly. I've got no objection to creating strong female characters, but there was no balance. He had certain writing "tics" like "Hullo" that got on my nerves, too. I hope he never comes back.
Last edited by The Dying Detective; 04-03-2018 at 11:06 AM.
"Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he
he got rid of Xavier, but not without giving him some great moments (and it isn't like the original series didn't have to get rid of Prof. X from time to time). He used Beast & Angel. Clearly he helped turn Wolverine into the fan favorite he became (with John Byrne's nudging, sure). He wanted the series to grow, to evolve. For characters to graduate and be able to move on from the Institute. He wanted character growth. Unfortunately, he became a victim of his own success, and the dreaded Stasis Quo mentality locked his run in amber.
Well that puts things into a different perspective how exactly did Claremont become a victim of his own success? And you know that one thing I can agree with Claremont for the characters to grow beyond the Institute. And to this day he remains sore about how the X-Men and comic books are in general.
"Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he
This is exactly right. Though I think the element Claremont also needed was time, and a hands-off editorial that let him roam. But there's no doubt it's his writing and wonderfully strong characterisations that defined the X-Women as formidable characters, and not shrinking violets. They held their own just as well as, and usually better than, their male counterparts.
the males got all the focus prior to Claremont being brought on. Cyclops was described as the strongest xmen for up to 60 or so issues, with magneto and professor x also being shown as the world's most powerful mutant. that said, I think when you look at each character abilities he Claremont did s nice job of realistically balancing their strengths and weaknesses.
ALL HAIL THE HADARI YAO, THE OMEGA'S OMEGA, BEYOND OMEGA, THE VOICE OF SOL!!!! NOW AGAIN THE ONE TRUE AND ONLY GODDESS OF THE X-MEN AS CLAREMONT INTENDED!!!!!
Ah I don't think Claremont fully understood the implications of what he was getting into when he signed up for the job of working in the comic book industry. Because writing comics especially Big Two comics is not the same as writing a six book novel series where endings are definite for the most part. And how is his idea of development the equivalent of kudzu?
"Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he