(W) Chris Claremont (A) Brent Anderson, Various (A/CA)
Paul Smith
"X-Men mastermind Chris
Claremont continues his legendary tenure on Marvel's mutants in
this volume - including arguably one of the greatest comic book
stories ever written!
By 1982, the X-Men had become
the biggest franchise in comic books. The engine driving it all was
UNCANNY X-MEN, where Chris Claremont's deft character work and
potent exploration of the mutant metaphor captivated readers.
Claremont continued to find new dramatic heights with artist Paul
Smith as they unfurled the growing romance between Kitty Pryde and
Colossus, the first appearances of Callisto and the Morlocks,
Rogue's debut with the team and the wedding of Cyclops and Madelyne
Pryor! Claremont's writing rose to find perhaps his most poignant
and challenging expression in his graphic novel with artist Brent
Anderson, "God Loves, Man Kills." Meanwhile, he collaborated with
Frank Miller on the first WOLVERINE miniseries, which rocketed the
character's popularity into the stratosphere!
COLLECTING: Uncanny X-Men (1981)
168-175, X-Men Annual (1970) 7, Marvel Graphic Novel (1982) 5,
Wolverine (1982) 1-4, material from The Official Handbook of the
Marvel Universe (1983)"
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