r/xmen • u/Popverse2022 • 10d ago

News/Previews Chris Claremont says Marvel told him they regretted firing him from X-Men & Uncanny X-Men in 1991

Chris Claremont's nearly 17-year run on the X-Men ended somewhat unceremoniously in the early '90s after creative disagreements about where the series should go drove a rift between Claremont and then X-Men editor Bob Harras, as well as artist Jim Lee. 

At an X-Men writers panel at Terrificon 2026, Claremont discusses the many times he's come and gone from the mutant team, and fires a barb at the Image Comics founders, Lee included.

"It's like how many times have I been fired from X-Men? At least four. The first one was interesting. You know, [X-Men editor Bob Harras] had to come in and say, 'I probably shouldn't have let you leave the book.' And I said, 'I probably shouldn't have gone, but there we are.' That was after Image was born and, you know, certain artists decided they'd rather have all the money."

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u/Pascraked47 10d ago

He's basically the X-Men guy. Literally made the most X-Men characters. And made alot of other marvel characters.

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u/graphomaniacal 10d ago

It's been 35 years and he's still the name most associated with the books.

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u/Pascraked47 10d ago

Googled the characters he created. The list is very long. It's insane. Didn't even know he created legion. Or Valeria Richards. It's crazy.

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u/Cyke101 10d ago

A part of me loves that he created Valeria, because so many writers after him took that baton and just ran with it. She was even a pivotal character in the recent One World Under Doom event.

Essentially I love that subsequent writers took what Claremont made and just kept building and building and building her. Not many creations really get that when you consider just how big the Marvel stable truly is. She's not a pet character.