The Claremont Run

During Chris Claremont’s sixteen years (1975–1991) as author of Marvel’s Uncanny X-Men, he revitalized a franchise on the verge of collapse, shaping the X-Men who appear in today’s Hollywood blockbusters. But, he also told a new kind of story, using his growing platform to articulate transgressive ideas about gender nonconformity, toxic masculinity, and female empowerment.