Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011) #251 by Chris Claremont

For instance that Cerberus looks nothing like a dog, and yes the comic calls it a dog. Sure, the whole story of the X-Men descending into a Dante's inferno to save Nightcrawler who is wrecked by guilt and punished by a vengeful mother is a decent one (albeit the expository dialogue was still lame), but the combination of writer and artist could have been better.

Sure this was from 1980 so maybe you could not expect too much but considered that he had several retcons later on and yet they never managed/bothered to fix this. So this is the issue that first introduced Nightcrawler's background (until they made Mystique his mother) and boy did they blow it. Claremont was also a contributor to the Wild Cards anthology series. In the 1980s, he also wrote a science fiction trilogy about female starship pilot Nicole Shea, consisting of First Flight (1987), Grounded! (1991), and Sundowner (1994). This trilogy continues the story of Elora Danan from the movie Willow.

Outside of comics, Claremont co-wrote the Chronicles of the Shadow War trilogy, Shadow Moon (1995), Shadow Dawn (1996), and Shadow Star (1999), with George Lucas. He also wrote a few issues of the series WildC.A.T.s (volume 1, issues #10-13) at Image Comics, which introduced his creator-owned character, Huntsman.

Chris Claremont is a writer of American comic books, best known for his 16-year (1975-1991) stint on Uncanny X-Men, during which the series became one of the comic book industry's most successful properties.Ĭlaremont has written many stories for other publishers including the Star Trek Debt of Honor graphic novel, his creator-owned Sovereign Seven for DC Comics and Aliens vs Predator for Dark Horse Comics.

Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011) #251 by Chris Claremont