During his first tenure at Marvel, he created (or strongly influenced) many of the female characters who remain prominent in Marvel Comics today-including Storm, Jean Grey, Rachel Grey-Summers, Rogue, Misty Knight, Colleen Wing, Kitty Pryde, Carol Danvers, Jessica Drew, and the Empress Lilandra. In contrast to previous writers, these characters were rarely Token Girls, but frequently played central roles in major stories, and they were often the most powerful members of their teams. His original 16-year run on Uncanny X-Men is one of the longest tenures by a single writer on any Big Two superhero comic, if not the longest, and it was him (along with people like Dave Cockrum and John Byrne) that turned them into the pop-cultural juggernaut they remain to this day.Ĭlaremont was one of the first writers in the superhero genre who regularly made a point of incorporating strong female characters into his stories. During his first tenure on the series, Uncanny X-Men developed from one of the least popular Marvel comics to one of its flagship titles, and spawned many spin-offs (such as New Mutants, X-Factor and Excalibur). Claremont (born November 25, 1950) is a comic book writer, most famous for his work as the writer of X-Men (Chris Claremont) from 1975 to 1991 ( he took over the title at the age of 25), and a few shorter runs later.
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