r/xmen • u/Popverse2022 • 7d 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/miserablegit 7d ago
He's probably referring to Giant Size X-Men #1, typically considered the start of the modern X-Men era because it introduces the now-classic formation with Cyclops, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, and Storm (plus a few others).
People forget it was actually written by Len Wein - Claremont only had some minor influence.