Chris claremont x men run6/21/2023 ![]() "They were completely unreadable," Quesada opinionated in Wizard #111. Shortly after Claremont's return to writing the X-Men books in 2000, Marvel got a new Editor-In-Chief, Joe Quesada, and he didn't appreciate Claremont's X-Men stories at all. These words would prove tragically prophetic. ![]() "Everybody has an opinion, everybody has expectations, so there's a lot more attention and pressure on this gig than there was in 1975." "I wrote the book for 17 years, and (early 20th-century author) Thomas Wolfe's dictum about not being able to go home again looms very large over a circumstance like that," Claremont continued. ![]() "The opportunity presented itself the challenge was irresistible." "They made me an offer I couldn't refuse," Claremont told Wizard #103. In 2000, Claremont did indeed say "yes" to returning as writer of the two core X-Men books. "You know, if somebody from Marvel called up and dropped like 10 million bucks on my desk and said, "Come back, all is forgiven," I couldn't automatically say no." "I have thought about it off and on," Claremont replied. In 1995 Chris Claremont was asked in Wizard, the Guide to Comics #51 under what circumstances he would consider writing X-Men again, or if he even missed writing the characters. ![]() This resulted in plenty of abandoned storylines. ![]() Fan-favourite writer Chris Claremont's return to the X-Men became short-lived, when a change in Editor-In Chief lead to him being removed from the books after only ten months. ![]()
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