Marvel legend Chris Claremont still has at least oneX-Menstory in him, but to fans’ dismay, the publisher seemingly isn’t eager to give him a chance to tell it. Claremont previously pitched his vision for the franchise when the “From the Ashes” reboot began, though he’s keeping the details close to the vest about what it would look like.
Speaking with Popverse, Claremont demurred from discussinghis take on what modernX-Menwould’ve been like, saying “I rarely talk about [ideas], especially if they’ve been passed on.”
For fans, that amounts to a tease, hinting at abehind-the-scenes Marvel “What If,”as fans wish for the opportunity to see what the author could do with the franchise these days.
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If there is a “Mount Rushmore” ofX-Menwriters, Chris Claremont is a lock for one of the spots, alongside Stan Lee. After Lee and Jack Kirby’s initial 1960sX-Menrun went dormant, Marvel brought the team back in 1975, which is considered to be the start of the “modern"X-franchise as fans know ittoday.
That was the yearClaremont’sX-Mentenurebegan, and it would continue until the early 1990s, when the author departed Marvel. He later returned for in the early 2000s, and has periodically contributedX-Menstories in the years since. Still, while many fans wish Claremont would play a more significant role in shaping contemporaryX-Men, Marvel doesn’t exactly agree.
Readers already knew thatClaremont pitched anX-book at the start of the current “From the Ashes” era, which softly rebooted the franchise, and thatX-Office Editor Tom Brevoort and Marvel decided to go in a different direction. Now, Claremont has explained why more details about his pitch haven’t emerged, stating:
I mean, forgive me, I consider my ideas, well, my ideas. And, I rarely talk about them, especially if they’ve been passed on. Because I figure I can use them somewhere else.
In other words, it could still morph into a non-Marvel story.
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Although he hasn’t been a dominant force inX-Menstorytelling for over thirty years now,Chris Claremont is still reveredas one of the franchise’s most defining creators. More importantly, he has always been an innovator, pushing the boundaries and scope of whatX-Mencould be. That is what fans would be eager for him to bring to the table in 2025.
In any event, Claremont’s latest idea for anX-Menstory might never come to fruition, but it is possible he could take the best parts of it and turn them into his own IP. Though first and foremost fans want him to return toX-Menone more time, any new story from the master is bound to generate a lot of buzz.
