The latter is a song-by-song walkthrough by Ian Macdonald that inspired Powell to buy the albums and listen to them with new ears. These weren’t written with a future book in mind, but, Powell admits, they are likely the seeds from which the idea grew, finally being cultivated when he read Revolution in the Head: The Beatles’ Records and the Sixties. Klock’s blog houses Powell’s detailed, issue-by-issue reviews of Claremont’s X-stories. When Powell could afford to truly fill out his collection and began to explore the work from other angles, he became involved with various blogs, including this one run by Geoff Klock who also provided the foreword for Powell’s book. It was not until much later that he realized that the connection between all the issues he was reading was largely one man: Chris Claremont. It was a mystery that could only be solved by filling in the blanks with as many issues as he could get his hands on over time. Like me, Powell was fascinated by the differences between the Classic team and the Uncanny X-Men. On his next trip, he discovered the latest issue of Uncanny X-Men, which boasted completely different costumes and faces. Awkwardly Australian Wolverine and friends led him to his local comic store where he chose an issue of Classic X-Men that featured a team that most closely matched the cartoon’s. And there’s going to be more than a little bit of fan flail when I get a chance to talk to someone who is as big a fan of Claremont’s X-Men as I am.Īuthor Powell discovered the X-Men at a young age on a cereal box, and then found them again in 1989’s Pryde of the X-Men.
I credit late ’80s, early ’90s comics with shaping my young life, so one might say I’m a bit biased when it comes to reviewing a book chronicling his influential run. I’m talking about those 16 years of X-Men spear-headed by Chris Claremont.
I’m not talking about whatever rebooted/rehashed/resurrected business Marvel has going on right now. The Best There is at What He Does: Examining Chris Claremont’s X-Men By Jason Powell, Cover by Steven LeggeĪ copy of this book was provided to WWAC in exchange for an honest review.
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