Check out this clip from the documentary Comics in
Focus: Chris Claremont's X-Men, featuring Len Wein and of course Claremont
himself.
In
the 1970s, X-Men was on the brink of cancellation, but Marvel decided to give
the title one more shot. Young writer Chris Claremont was tasked with writing a
new team of international X-Men. Five years later, it was the biggest title in
comics, and Claremont one of comics’ biggest stars.
This
film tells the story of Chris and his small team of collaborators, who worked
together to tell stories that inspired a generation of comics readers, and led
directly to the creation of the blockbuster X-Men film franchise.
The
story of his groundbreaking seventeen year run on the title is also the story
of a company in transition, of how Marvel moved from the free thinking “house
of ideas” to a top down corporation, and how the success of the X-Men took away
the very freedom that allowed Chris to create.
The
X-Men is a modern mythology, and this is the story of its creation, in the
words of the people who made it happen.
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