“When you're an adolescent, you suddenly wake up one morning and your body is an enemy. There are hormonal changes, physical changes, emotional changes. People are saying to you, 'Now you have to make the decisions that define the rest of your life.' The X-Men takes those elements and pushes them one giant step farther.”

English-born American comic book writer and novelist

Chris Claremont is an English-born American comic book writer and novelist. He is best known for his long run on Uncanny X-Men, which lasted from 1975 to 1991 and became the defining stretch of his career. During that period, he helped shape the modern X-Men by developing strong female characters and bringing more complex literary themes into superhero stories. Under his stewardship, X-Men grew from an underperforming title into one of Marvel’s most popular series, and for a time it was the best-selling comic book in the world.