Iconic X-Men Writer Chris Claremont Weighs In On 'Minority Metaphor' Debate, Says Fans Should View Marvel's Mutants "Not As Characters, Not As Objective Concepts, But As Ordinary Normal, Really Cool People"

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Iconic X-Men Writer Chris Claremont Weighs In On 'Minority Metaphor' Debate, Says Fans Should View Marvel's Mutants "Not As Characters, Not As Objective Concepts, But As Ordinary Normal, Really Cool People"

Cyclops and Jean Grey make their final stand against the Shi'ar Empire on John Byrne, Terry Austin, and Jim Novak's cover to X-Men Vol. 1 #137 "The Fate of the Phoenix!" (1980), Marvel Comics In offering a particularly authoritative perspective on the ongoing discourse regarding the thematic implications of the fan-favorite super-team, legendary X-Men writer Chris Claremont has argued that rather than viewing Marvel’s Merry Band of Mutants as a …