The Claremont Run
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An academic research project devoted to the study of Chris Claremont's 16 yr run on Uncanny X-Men comics and associated titles.
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Kurt becomes a capable leader, a better fighter, and more willing to lean on others (it helps that Rachel and Kitty force him). Most importantly, though, Kurt is still a superhero, and that representation matters within the context of the disability metaphor. 9/9
October 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Kurt becomes a capable leader, a better fighter, and more willing to lean on others (it helps that Rachel and Kitty force him). Most importantly, though, Kurt is still a superhero, and that representation matters within the context of the disability metaphor. 9/9
At the point of Claremont’s departure, he has Kurt (and Kitty) still pursuing a slow recovery, but – more importantly – Kurt has learned how to live and excel with his injury, adjusting his approach to superheroism in accord with the demands of his embodied experience. 8/9
October 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
At the point of Claremont’s departure, he has Kurt (and Kitty) still pursuing a slow recovery, but – more importantly – Kurt has learned how to live and excel with his injury, adjusting his approach to superheroism in accord with the demands of his embodied experience. 8/9
As with the others, Kurt’s super-injury comes with challenging mental side effects such as depression, frustration, and even suicidal ideation, allowing Claremont to portray a more humanist look at traumatic injury. 7/9
October 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
As with the others, Kurt’s super-injury comes with challenging mental side effects such as depression, frustration, and even suicidal ideation, allowing Claremont to portray a more humanist look at traumatic injury. 7/9
As with Kitty and Colossus, Kurt’s post-massacre disability is specifically centred on his superpowers (and thus supernatural/metaphorical). This further builds on earlier powers-based metaphors for disability seen in both Rogue and Storm. 6/9
October 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
As with Kitty and Colossus, Kurt’s post-massacre disability is specifically centred on his superpowers (and thus supernatural/metaphorical). This further builds on earlier powers-based metaphors for disability seen in both Rogue and Storm. 6/9
More recently, x-scholars have explored perceiving mutanity itself as a metaphor for disability – something that might even be particularly apt for Kurt, who is unable to visibly pass in society the way his peers can. Famously, he rejects trying to pass and accepts who he is. 5/9
October 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
More recently, x-scholars have explored perceiving mutanity itself as a metaphor for disability – something that might even be particularly apt for Kurt, who is unable to visibly pass in society the way his peers can. Famously, he rejects trying to pass and accepts who he is. 5/9
In contrast, media such as comics can be seen to, at times, reify ableist perspectives on traumatic injury by having the hero recover fully and and/or immediately, thus portraying disability as something that is antithetical to superheroism. There are, of course, exceptions. 4/9
October 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
In contrast, media such as comics can be seen to, at times, reify ableist perspectives on traumatic injury by having the hero recover fully and and/or immediately, thus portraying disability as something that is antithetical to superheroism. There are, of course, exceptions. 4/9
Dr. Geoffrey Rheaume defines the field of CDS as such: “Critical disability studies view disability as both a lived reality in which the experiences of people with disabilities are central to interpreting their place in the world” 3/9
October 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Dr. Geoffrey Rheaume defines the field of CDS as such: “Critical disability studies view disability as both a lived reality in which the experiences of people with disabilities are central to interpreting their place in the world” 3/9
In UXM #212 from November of 1986, Nightcrawler suffers a catastrophic injury that leaves him without access to his usual power-set. In Excalibur #36 from 1991, just before C’s departure, Kurt is still struggling with the loss of his power and the cascading effects created. 2/9
October 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
In UXM #212 from November of 1986, Nightcrawler suffers a catastrophic injury that leaves him without access to his usual power-set. In Excalibur #36 from 1991, just before C’s departure, Kurt is still struggling with the loss of his power and the cascading effects created. 2/9
When perceived through the lens of Critical Disability Studies, Nightcrawler’s ongoing struggle with a traumatic physical injury is rare in both its scope and depth, creating an important and humanizing representation of a disabled superhero. @GoshGollyWow
#xmen #nightcrawler 1/9
#xmen #nightcrawler 1/9
October 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
When perceived through the lens of Critical Disability Studies, Nightcrawler’s ongoing struggle with a traumatic physical injury is rare in both its scope and depth, creating an important and humanizing representation of a disabled superhero. @GoshGollyWow
#xmen #nightcrawler 1/9
#xmen #nightcrawler 1/9
Overall, then, Claremont weaves in enough complications to the Kurt/Meggan ship to provide the reader with some credible hesitation about the validity of the duo as the idealized alternative to Meggan/Captain Britain. 7/7
September 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Overall, then, Claremont weaves in enough complications to the Kurt/Meggan ship to provide the reader with some credible hesitation about the validity of the duo as the idealized alternative to Meggan/Captain Britain. 7/7
Also in the mix, however, is Kurt’s habit of delighting in performative fantasy. As someone who was raised on television, Meggan is uniquely capable of participating in those fantasies – perhaps even uniquely vulnerable to their charms and, by extension, Kurt’s. 6/7
September 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Also in the mix, however, is Kurt’s habit of delighting in performative fantasy. As someone who was raised on television, Meggan is uniquely capable of participating in those fantasies – perhaps even uniquely vulnerable to their charms and, by extension, Kurt’s. 6/7
There’s also a bit of power dynamic in the contrast to Brian. As a long-time outcast, Kurt luring the conventionally beautiful woman away from the conventionally beautiful Brian, could be seen as something of an ego trip for Kurt, an unfavorable reading, but worth noting. 5/7
September 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
There’s also a bit of power dynamic in the contrast to Brian. As a long-time outcast, Kurt luring the conventionally beautiful woman away from the conventionally beautiful Brian, could be seen as something of an ego trip for Kurt, an unfavorable reading, but worth noting. 5/7
On Meggan’s end, the same projection applies. She too had a tragic upbringing as an outcast “monster,” and could be working through self-esteem issues. Or we could go romantic with this and say that he’s teaching her to accept her monstrous beauty. 4/7
September 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
On Meggan’s end, the same projection applies. She too had a tragic upbringing as an outcast “monster,” and could be working through self-esteem issues. Or we could go romantic with this and say that he’s teaching her to accept her monstrous beauty. 4/7