Career

Chris Claremont began his career in comics in 1969 when he worked as a gofer and editorial assistant at Marvel Comics. His time there resulted in his first official comics credit, a plot assist for X-Men #59. This was followed in 1973 by minor scripting work for Daredevil #102. He was given his first major assignment in 1974, when he and John Byrne worked together to produce the new Iron Fist title. In 1975 he was assigned to work on the failing X-Men title. His work on this title quickly turned the sales around, and has been widely praised. He spent seventeen years writing the Uncanny X-Men, during which time he introduced dozens of characters and concepts that have come to be central to the Marvel universe, as well as being responsible for some of the best known story lines in X-Men history, including the Days of Future Past and Dark Phoenix Saga. In the early to mid-1980s he was responsible for working on the intercompany crossover The Uncanny X-Men and the New Teen Titans, as well as spin-offs like Excalibur, New Mutants, and Wolverine.

In 1991 he ceased working on The Uncanny X-Men, and began to do work for other companies, producing work for Dark Horse, DC, and Image through the 1990s. He also wrote several prose novels, published between the late 1980s and late 1990s. In the late 1990s he returned to working for Marvel, taking up a position as editorial director, and producing issues for the Fantastic Four among other works. During the Revolution event he briefly returned to writing Uncanny X-Men, before leaving that title for X-Treme X-Men. Through the 2000s he did work on various Marvel titles, including GeNEXT, New Excalibur, and X-Men Forever. In 2006 he made a cameo appearance in X-Men: The Last Stand as Lawnmower Man. In 2014 he had a cameo in X-Men: Days of Future Past.

Personal Life

Born in London, England, Claremont emigrated with his family to the United States when he was three years old. He attended Bard College, graduating in 1972 having studied political theory and acting. In the 1970s he married Bonnie Wilford, from whom he later separated. He later married Beth Fleisher, with whom he has twin sons.

Bibliographies

X-Men Work

X-Men Ongoing Series (Total 563)

48+ 151+56+34+10+3+4 =306 (1st run 1975-1991 [17 years] )

29+10+46+4+14+16+11+19+24+16+12 = 201 (2nd run 1998-2011 [14 years] )

• 1975-1981: The X-Men Vol. 1 #94-141 (total 48)
• 1981-2001, 2004-2006: The Uncanny X-Men Vol. 1 #142-389, 444-474, -1 (total 180)
• 1983-1989: The New Mutants Vol. 1#1-50, 52-54, 63, 66, 81 (Total 56)
• 1986-1990: Classic X-Men#1-45 (Total 45)
• 1988-1991: Excalibur Vol. 1#1-34 (Total 34)
• 1988-1989, 1998: Wolverine Vol. 1#1-10, 125-128 (Total 13)
• 1991, 1999-2001: X-Men #1-3, 95, 96, 100-109 (Total 15)
• 1991: X-Factor Vol. 1#65-68 (Total 4)
• 1995: Sabertooth Classic #9, 10, 12-15 (Total 6)
• 2001-2004: X-Treme X-Men#1-46 (Total 46)
• 2000, 2002-2003: X-Men Unlimited Vol. 1#27, 36, 39, 43 (Total 4)
• 2004-2005: Excalibur Vol. 3#1-14 (Total 14)
• 2006-2007: New Excalibur#1-7, 16-24 (Total 16)
• 2007-2008: Exiles Vol. 1#90-100 (Total 11)
• 2008-2009: New Exiles#0-18 (Total 19)
• 2009-2010 X-Men Forever 1#1-24 (Total 24)
• 2010-2011: X-Men Forever 2#1-16 (Total 16)
• 2014-2015: Nightcrawler Vol. 2#1-12 (Total 12)

X-Men Mini Series (Total 55)

• 1982: Wolverine #1-4
• 1983-1984: Magik #1-4
• 1984: X-Men and the Micronauts #1-4
• 1984-1985: Kitty Pryde and Wolverine#1-6
• 1985-1986: X-Men/Aplha Flight #1-2
• 1987: Fantastic Four and vs. the X-Men #1-4
• 1997: X-Men: Lost Tales #1-2
• 1999: X-Men: True Friends #1-3
• 2000: X-Men: Black Sun #1-5
• 2001-200: X-Treme X-Men: Savage Land #1-4
• 2003: X-Treme X-Pose #1-2
• 2007-2008: X-Men Die By the Sword #1-5
• 2009: GeNext United Vol. 2 #1-5
• 2010-2011: New Mutants Forever #1-5
• 2010: X-Men: Curse of the Mutants -X-Men vs. Vampires #1-2
• 2011: Chaos War: X-Men #1-2

Annual (Total 16)

• 1979-1990: X-Men Annual #3-14
• 1984-1987: The New Mutants Annual #1-3
• 2006: Uncanny X-Men Annual #1

Other Works (Total 127)

• 1972, 1973: Incredible Hulk Vol. 2 #148, 170
• 1972: The Avengers Vol. 1 #102
• 1973, 1975, 1988: Daredevil Vol. 1 #102, 117, 375
• 1975-1977: Iron Fist Vol. 1 #1-15
• 1975, 1978: The Defenders Vol. 1 #19, 57
• 1976: Black Goliath #2-5
• 1976: Captain Marvel Vol. 1 #46
• 1976: Captain Britain #1-10 (Marvel UK)
• 1977-1979: Ms. Marvel Vol. 1 #3-23
• 1977-1978: Power Man #47-49
• 1977: The Specatular Spider-Man Vol. 1 #11
• 1978-1979: John Carter Warlord of Mars #16-27
• 1978, 1981: Power Man and Iron Fist #50-53, 76
• 1979, 1981: Captain America Vol. 1 #237, 258
• 1980-1981: Man-Thing Vol. 2 #4-8, 10, 11
• 1981-1982: Spider-Woman Vol. 1 #34-46
• 1984: Alpha Flight Vol. 1 #17
• 1998-2000: Fantastic Four Vol. 3 #4-32
• 1999: Contest of Champions II #1-5

Annuals (Total 4)

• 1976: Daredevil Annual #4
• 1976: Power Man #1
• 1981: Thor Annual #9
• 1981: The Avengers #10

Creations

He has created hundreds of popular characters but the following are just a handful of the most popular.

• Gambit
• Rogue
• Emma Frost
• Sabretooth
• Pyro
• William Stryker
• The Brood
• Nimrod
• North Star
• Kitty Pryde
• Moira MacTaggert
• Psylocke
• Cable
• Jubilee
• Mr. Sinister
• Warpath
• Cannonball
• Lady Deathstrike
• Madelyne Pryor
• Sebastian Shaw
• William Stryker
• Sunspot
• Mystique
• Husk
• Arcade
• Black Tom Cassidy
• Captain Britain