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Chris Claremont (1950- ) is a comic book writer, best known for his 16-year (1976-1991) stint on Uncanny X-Men, during which the series became one of the comic book industry's most successful properties. Claremont's soap opera approach to the ensemble cast of X-Men set the standard for team-based comic books for decades. Claremont also promotes strong female characters.
As an entry into comic writing Claremont was given the failing title, Iron Fist in 1974 that also teamed him with John Byrne for the first time. Claremont set up an unusual extended plot line but could not save the title. Fortunately Len Wein gifted him the writing duties for the relaunched X-Men.Claremont also found narrative excuses to sideline Professor X, as one of the problems with the original X-Men series was that the Professor would appear at the end of the story to magically correct the situation no matter how dire.
During his years as X-Men writer, Claremont wrote or co-wrote many classic X-Men stories such as "the Phoenix Saga", "Dark Phoenix Saga", and "Days of Future Past". He also co-created numerous important X-Men characters, including Rogue, Shadowcat, Phoenix, Sabretooth, Mystique, Emma Frost, Rachel Summers, Dazzler, Mister Sinister and Captain Britain. He also helped launch best-selling spin-offs such as New Mutants, Excalibur, and Wolverine. In 1991, however, he left Marvel over differences with the editorial staff. In 1985 Marvel launched an X-Men spin-off X Factor that confused the Phoenix/Rachel Summers continuity that Claremont had established. Also Claremont was upset when Jim Shooter used Magneto as a conventional villain in the Secret Wars even though Claremont had been slowly rehabilitating the character.
Claremont has written many stories for other publishers including the Star Trek Debt of Honor graphic novel, Sovereign Seven for DC Comics and Alien vs Predator for Dark Horse Comics.
Outside of comics, Claremont co-wrote the Chronicles of the Shadow War trilogy, Shadow Moon (1995), Shadow Dawn (1996), and Shadow Star (1999), with George Lucas. This trilogy continues the story of Elora Danan from the movie Willow. In the 1980s, he also wrote a science fiction trilogy about female starship pilot Nicole Shea, consisting of First Flight (1987), Grounded! (1991), and Sundowner (1994). Claremont was also a contributor to the Wild Cards anthology series.
In 2000 he returned to Marvel (as part of the company's "Revolution" event) and wrote Uncanny X-Men and X-Men until he moved to X-Treme X-Men with penciller Salvador Larroca.
As of 2004, he is again writing Uncanny X-Men as well as Excalibur for Marvel Comics.
The most common criticism of his work is his overly descriptive writing style. Claremont's characters tend to speak in long paragraphs that are often called forced or unrealistic. He frequently employs omniscient narration to describe events that can easily be conveyed in the art and uneeded thought bubbles to spell out character motivation and personality, especially during action scenes.
X-Men characters created by Chris Claremont
Moira MacTaggart (Created with Dave Cockrum)
Stephen Lang (Created with Dave Cockrum)
Amanda Sefton (Created with Dave Cockrum)
Black Tom Cassidy (Created with Dave Cockrum)
Lilandra (Created with Dave Cockrum)
Gladiator(Created with Dave Cockrum)
Corsair (Created with Dave Cockrum)
Ch'od (Created with Dave Cockrum)
Cr+eee (Created with Dave Cockrum)
Hepzibah (Created with Dave Cockrum)
Raza (Created with Dave Cockrum)
Waldo (Created with Dave Cockrum)
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Sabretooth
Deathbird
Captain Britain
Psylocke
Jamie Braddock
Courtney Ross
Multiple Man
Mariko Yashida(Created with John Bryne)
Shadow King (Created with John Bryne)
Col. Vahzin (Created with John Bryne)
Proteus (Created with John Bryne)
Wade Cole (Created with John Bryne)
Angelo Macon (Created with John Bryne)
Murray Reese (Created with John Bryne)
Sebastian Shaw (Created with John Bryne)
Emma Frost (Created with John Bryne)
Harry Leland (Created with John Bryne)
Donald Pierce (Created with John Bryne)
Sage (Tessa) (Created with John Bryne)
Senator Kelly (Created with John Bryne)
Shadowcat (Created with John Bryne)
Pyro (Created with John Bryne)
Avalanche (Created with John Bryne)
Destiny (Created with John Bryne)
Araki (Created with John Bryne)
Rachael Summers/Grey (Created with John Bryne)
Lee Forrester (Created with John Bryne)
Stevie Hunter (Created with John Bryne)
Mystique
Arcade
Miss Locke
Karma
Caliban (Created with Dave Cockrum)
Sikorsky (Created with Dave Cockrum)
Gabrielle Haller (Created with Dave Cockrum)
The Brood (Created with Dave Cockrum)
S'ym
Rogue
Siryn
Vertigo
Yukio
Callisto (Created with Paul Smith)
Masque (Created with Paul Smith)
Sunder (Created with Paul Smith)
Madelyne Pryor (Created with Paul Smith)
Emmanuel DaCosta
Sunspot
Moonstar
Cannoball
Wolfsbane
Magma
Cypher
Selene
The Morlock Healer (Created with John Romita Jr.)
Val Cooper (Created with John Romita Jr.)
Amiko (Created with John Romita Jr.)
Forge (Created with John Romita Jr.)
Leech (Created with John Romita Jr.)
Nimrod (Created with John Romita Jr.)
Fenris (Created with John Romita Jr.)
Scalphunter(Created with John Romita Jr.)
Malice (Created with John Romita Jr.)
"Nathan Summers"
Super Sabre
Stonewall
Crimson Commando
Warpath
Catseye
Roulette
Tarot
Jetstream
Empath
Warlock
Legion
Friedrich von Roehm
Sharon Friedlander
Tom Corsi
Lila Cheney
Strong Guy
Mr Sinster (Created with Marc Silvestri)
Bonebreaker (Created with Marc Silvestri)
Skullbuster (Created with Marc Silvestri)
Pretty Boy (Created with Marc Silvestri)
Gateway (Created with Marc Silvestri)
Tyger Tiger (Created with Marc Silvestri)
Tam Andersen (Created with Marc Silvestri)
Philip Moreau (Created with Marc Silvestri)
Genegineer Moreau (Created with Marc Silvestri)
Jenny Ransome (Created with Marc Silvestri)
Jubilee (Created with Marc Silvestri)
Bloodscream
Widget
Alistaire Stuart
Alysande Stuart
"Colin McKay"
Cylla Markham (Created with Jim Lee)
Lian Shen (Created with Jim Lee)
Gambit (Created with Jim Lee)
Fabian Cortez (Created with Jim Lee)
Anne-Marie Cortez (Created with Jim Lee)
Chrome (Created with Jim Lee)
Delgado (Created with Jim Lee)
Thunderbird (Neal Sharaa)
Karima Shapindar
Vargas (Created with Salvador Larocca)
Thais (Created with Salvador Larocca)
Thaiis (Created with Salvador Larocca)
Lifegard (Created with Salvador Larocca)
Slipstream (Created with Salvador Larocca)
Red Lotus (Created with Salvador Larocca)
Shola Inkose
Freakshow
Wicked
External links
- Bibiliographic Summary
- Chris Claremont Checklist-a fan site devoted to Chris Claremont's published works.
- Cordially Chris