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100-664: After warnings from Forge and Banshee , the X-Men and Professor X investigate Muir Island , whose inhabitants have been taken over by the Shadow King . They are captured by the inhabitants. Professor X returns to his mansion, now in ruins after the Inferno storyline, to use Cerebro , only to find Stevie Hunter on the run from Colossus , also controlled by the Shadow King. Professor X battles Colossus and frees him from

200-500: A B-52 bombing on his position to close the portal from the world of the unliving. The bombs destroy the spirits, but he is injured as well, losing his right leg and right hand. This action allows the demon called the Adversary to come to Earth . After this, Forge is hesitant to employ his mystical abilities. Years later, Forge creates cybernetic replacements for his lost limbs. When Tony Stark stops making advanced weaponry for

300-471: A Nimrod unit with the primary objective of protecting mutants and secondary objective of protecting humans. He then encounters a time-traveling Nimrod suffering from severe damage, demanding that Forge fix him; this version of Nimrod comes from an alternate future, and had compelled an alternate version of Forge (married to Storm, with two children) to build a device to allow it to travel to the past. The alternate Forge had seemingly complied, but actually built

400-590: A White American with no apparent Native heritage (but still a cyborg with a robotic right leg, though now also with a robotic right full-arm instead of just a robotic right hand), is drafted onto the interdimensional superhero group the Exiles . Originating from Earth-2814, he was married to his reality's Storm. In this reality, the Skrulls succeeded in conquering Earth , but Forge rebuilt and reprogrammed Sentinel City to destroy their command city. He seemingly perished in

500-581: A bridge between Earth and Limbo. Professor X tasks Forge with modifying Cerebro so it can store backups for mutant minds. Forge would later assist the Marauders with recovering his mutant power neutralizers after they were co-opted by the Russians. In Destiny of X , Forge is selected to be part of the new X-Men team during the second Hellfire Gala . Forge is a mutant with a superhuman intuitive talent for inventing mechanical devices, backed up by

600-475: A cameo appearance as a Congressional committee member alongside fellow comic book writer Len Wein in an early scene in the 2014 film X-Men: Days of Future Past . In December 2010 Claremont appeared at a book signing at Borders Books at Penn Plaza in Manhattan as part of a series of events nationwide to commemorate World AIDS Day , with 25% of the proceeds of books sold at the event donated to Lifebeat,

700-469: A device he has made to even figure out how it works. Forge wore synthetic stretch fabric backed by micro-thin bulletproof Kevlar and thermal insulation while a member of the X-Men. He sometimes employs devices of his own invention. Most notable among these was his Neutralizer gun that could suppress superhuman mutant abilities. The only known examples of this device have been destroyed. Forge has also invented

800-525: A device to send Nimrod not only back in time, but also to another timeline, and to disable him upon arrival. Nimrod threatens to harm this reality's Storm, and Forge offers to transfer Nimrod into his own version of the Sentinel, which Nimrod agreed to. The transfer is interrupted by the arrival of Surge and the rest of the New X-Men, who had received Forge's distress call through Surge's own gauntlets; in

900-510: A former X-Factor member, Multiple Man , in Genosha. Afterwards, Forge returns to the X-Men and briefly becomes a mentor to Danielle Moonstar . Later, Charles Xavier asks him for help in locating Mystique whom he needs for a clandestine mission. Forge also helps Cannonball and Siryn find Cable with the aid of Deadpool , and builds a pair of special gauntlets for New X-Men team member Surge ; afterward, he returns to his lab to build

1000-426: A fortress on his land, above and below. When it is attacked by Sabretooth clones, Forge sacrifices his life to detonate his secret weapon, an unstable Old Man Speedball. In an alternate reality of X-Men: Ronin , the X-Men are superheroes based out of Japan. Forge is a Japanese police officer with an attraction to Storm. He also helps build and pilot an array of robots called Sentinel Force which are sent against

1100-623: A full-time position. One of the first new characters created by Claremont was Madrox the Multiple Man in Giant-Size Fantastic Four #4 (Feb. 1975). Marvel's editor-in-chief at the time, Len Wein , who recognized Claremont's enthusiasm for the new X-Men that Wein and Dave Cockrum had created in 1975, hired Claremont, a relatively young writer, to take over the series as of issue #94 (May 1975), reasoning that doing so would not draw opposition from other writers, given

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1200-480: A gate back home. Forge and Storm arrive on Earth and join the X-Men in their battle with the Adversary. Forge is required to sacrifice nine willing lives to banish the Adversary forever; eight X-Men and Madelyne Pryor volunteer and die in the casting of Forge's spell. The goddess Roma intervenes and secretly restores the X-Men to life. Magik , younger sister of X-Man Colossus , sees Forge as responsible for

1300-608: A hand-held scanning device that can detect the presence of superhuman beings or aliens. Forge has knowledge of many scientific and technological fields. He also possesses various mystical abilities such as spell casting through mystical training, though he rarely uses them. He possesses extensive knowledge of Native American magic. His bionic-robotic right hand (which he has since restored to its original organic state) and right leg often contain concealed weapons and devices that he can use in combat. In addition, they can be outfitted with computer interfaces and plasma blasters. His skill as

1400-455: A hand-to-hand combatant and as a marksman from his military training were so impressive that Nick Fury offered him a job with S.H.I.E.L.D. In the Age of Apocalypse reality, Forge was a member of Magneto's rebels, the X-Men, and years of combat against Apocalypse's empire had left him a cyborg with a mostly-robotic body except for the right half of his face. He left them to go his own way and became

1500-583: A lead given by Lorna Dane (Polaris) that the team is still alive. Forge is convinced by visions that all the X-Men are still alive. During this time, his days as a soldier in the Vietnam War are depicted. The two of them plan to travel all over the world looking for their missing friends, starting with Storm in Cairo, Egypt, but their plane is ambushed by the Fenris Twins. Later, they go to the ruins of

1600-694: A life. As revealed by Old Man Logan , the Earth-21923 Forge was not with the X-Men the night when the villains rose and Mysterio tricked Wolverine into killing his fellow X-Men. Many years later after the villains took over the United States of America and renamed it Amerika, Forge was shown living in a Cheyenne reservation in South Dakota when Rhino led the Rhino Gang into invading. While Forge's highly advanced weaponry defeated

1700-479: A member of Cable's X-Force . Forge is a mutant with an innate superhuman talent for invention and an intuitive genius . He is a Native American of the Cheyenne nation. Despite being trained as a medicine man , he primarily relies upon technology rather than mysticism to accomplish his tasks. This causes conflict with his teacher, Naze, and ultimately leads him to leave and join the military. While in

1800-492: A need for its use, with a Finding Aid being made available online. Claremont's longtime editor Louise Simonson said, "his papers will provide many clues, not only to the evolving way comic books are created and presented, but also how they are perceived, licensed, bought and sold in America and around the world." A symposium called Comic New York was held March 24–25, 2012 at Columbia University's Low Memorial Library to mark

1900-453: A new X-Force team created by Cable. As part of the All-New, All-Different Marvel , Forge appears as a member of Storm's X-Men as their primary technician even though his relationship with Storm is awkward and strained. Forge programmed Cerebra into the body of a Sentinel with the capability to showcase human emotion and the ability to teleport along with mutant detection so she could be

2000-422: A new host, Legion . As X-Factor and the freed X-Men reach Polaris, Legion sets off an explosion that destroys much of the island. Professor X lands on the island himself, but finds Legion holding all of his students captive. Legion is attacked unexpectedly by Storm , freeing the X-Men. He retreats and unleashes the X-Men and Muir Island inhabitants to take down his enemies. Professor X decides they must attack

2100-503: A nonprofit organization that educates young people on HIV /AIDS prevention. In July 2011 Claremont signed a deed of gift to Columbia University 's Rare Book & Manuscript Library , donating his archives of all his major writing projects over the previous 40 years to the Library's nascent comics archives collection, forming the foundation of a research collection focusing on New York City-based cartoonists and comics writers. Following

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2200-566: A pair, they frame Lorna Dane with one of Forge's devices. It causes her powers to malfunction, killing dozens of innocent people. Later, Forge does nothing as Mystique snaps the neck of a female police officer and assumes her form. As part of a carefully thought out plan, Forge and Mystique later personally attack the Triskelion ; the headquarters for the Ultimates and a supervillain prison. They kill dozens of S.H.I.E.L.D. soldiers during

2300-401: A point where Magneto would be able to kill every human on Earth. It was only at the final stages of his machine that he realized what he was truly doing, and attempted to confront Magneto. Magneto asks Forge if he is hesitating, and Forge hastily assures him no; he is later seen depressed and angry. In the 'Magnetic North' storyline it is revealed that he was freed from prison by Mystique . As

2400-402: A strike on Muir Island using resources provided by Val Cooper . X-Factor lands on the island and quickly neutralizes its defenses. Back at the base, Professor X is attacked directly by the Shadow King, using his host body Jacob Reisz, who thinks he has control of all those present, including Cooper. She reveals herself to be a disguised Mystique and kills Reisz. Shadow King quickly shifts to

2500-404: A two-year run starting in 2004, while teaming up with his former Excalibur collaborator and artist, Alan Davis . In 2004, Claremont was co-writer on JLA issues #94–99, the "Tenth Circle" story arc for DC Comics , which reunited him with his former Uncanny X-Men artist John Byrne , with Jerry Ordway as inker. In 2007, Claremont returned to New Excalibur , writing a story arc in which

2600-535: Is also quickly taken down and freed. Banshee explains that Shadow King has been using Polaris as a nexus between the physical world and the Astral Plane since the time Zaladane stripped Polaris of her magnetism powers. Using her new powers to absorb negative energy for superhuman strength, Shadow King plans on becoming all-powerful. They fear that to break that connection and defeat him, they may have to kill Polaris. With X-Factor gathered, Professor X plans

2700-463: Is destroyed, Ororo offers Forge a chance to come back with them. A bitter Forge rejects her offer, and stays in his complex as it is destroyed. As part of Marvel NOW! , Forge is shown to still be alive following the destruction of his complex, and has apparently restored his original right hand (but still uses a prosthetic for his right leg). Forge is approached by Cable (after he used his telepathic abilities to help cure him of his insanity) to be in

2800-469: Is of a superhuman intellect; even a genius at invention must for the most part consciously work out the theoretical principles behind the invention and then the design of the invention itself through a series of logical steps. In Forge's case, however, many of these logical steps are worked out by his subconscious mind. Hence, Forge himself might not be entirely aware of exactly how he figured out how to create an invention of his. Sometimes, he must disassemble

2900-496: Is recuperating. After recovering from his injuries, Forge refuses to become a member of a new X-Factor line-up led by former team leader Havok , as he feels that Havok is no longer trustworthy. This new version of X-Factor disbands shortly thereafter. For a time, Forge is not active on any mutant groups, though he briefly works as support staff at the X-Men's mansion. Forge takes part in Xavier's Underground movement. He works with

3000-506: Is seen in House of M as a scientist working under Tony Stark, Iron Man . He is one of Stark's most trusted employees and is one of the first to learn that he is truly Iron Man. He utilizes his skills in technology and computers by aiding Jarvis and Stark in tracking down the mutant gene bombs that Johnny Storm and Stark are hunting down all over the city. In the mini-series Hulk : Future Imperfect , describing an alternate timeline where

3100-475: Is to Claremont and Byrne what the ' Galactus Trilogy ' is to Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. It is a landmark in Marvel history, showcasing its creators' work at the height of their abilities." Comics historian Les Daniels noted that "The controversial story created a sensation and The X-Men became the comic book to watch." In 2010, Comics Bulletin ranked Claremont and Byrne's run on The X-Men second on its list of

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3200-481: Is unable to rebuild, and it is later revealed that Fabian Cortez 's son, Malcolm, has sabotaged it by removing some of its key components. Forge dons one of the Iron Man armors when the zombies return. After multiple extensive battles, the surviving zombies and the colonists begin a truce because the returning zombies' hunger has faded. Cortez ambushes and teleports the zombies to another dimension to seize power within

3300-463: Is untested and extremely dangerous to use. The device is used against Rogue , who was wanted for allegedly killing a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. However, the device instead removes the powers of her teammate, Storm . Forge rescues Storm after she falls into a river. Forge brings her back to his home in Dallas, Texas . During her recovery, romantic feelings develop between them. When she finds out he developed

3400-605: The Chronicles of the Shadow War trilogy, Shadow Moon (1995), Shadow Dawn (1996), and Shadow Star (1999), with George Lucas , which continued the story of Elora Danan from the movie Willow . Claremont was a contributor to the Wild Cards anthology series. Claremont made a cameo appearance in the opening scene of the 2006 film X-Men: The Last Stand , for which he is credited as "Lawnmower man". He made

3500-465: The Batman and Superman comics of the 1950s and early 1960s. He read works by science fiction writers such as Robert Heinlein , as well as writers of other genres such as Rudyard Kipling and C. S. Forester . Claremont initially did not view the comic book industry as the place where he would make his career, as he believed the dwindling readership to be a sign that the industry was dying, and found

3600-594: The Black Panther after the zombie Giant-Man consumes some of his original ones. Forge becomes close friends with Black Panther, and Forge's daughter later marries Black Panther's son, and the couple later conceives a child. After the Panther's and Forge's children die under mysterious circumstances (later revealed that to have been murdered by Malcolm Cortez), both friends become closer through their shared tragedy, and help to raise their grandson together. During

3700-528: The Reavers at Muir Island . He uses his mutant skills to create a rifle that deactivates the cyborg enemy Skullbuster and forces the rest of the Reavers to retreat. During the battle, Destiny is killed, but not before foreseeing that Forge and Mystique will one day love one another, a fact that both parties find implausible. Afterwards, Mystique blames him for Destiny's death. Banshee approaches Forge, on

3800-713: The US government , Forge is hired as an employee of the Defense Department . One of his earliest commissions is to design a weapon to detect the Dire Wraiths . Subsequently, Forge constructs a device capable of neutralizing mutant powers. Following orders from the President , Henry Peter Gyrich , an agent of the National Security Council , takes the device. Forge protests because the device

3900-482: The X-Men . A mutant with an unsurpassed brilliance in technology, he has had a lengthy career as a government weapons contractor. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist John Romita Jr. , Forge first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #184 (Aug. 1984). Forge shared a romantic relationship with Storm and a brief affair with Mystique , which led him to associate with the X-Men and thus enhancing

4000-543: The "Top 10 1970s Marvels". Claremont and artist Frank Miller crafted a Wolverine limited series in 1982. With artist Walt Simonson , Claremont produced The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans in 1982, an intercompany crossover between the top-selling Marvel and DC titles. The New Mutants were introduced by Claremont and Bob McLeod in Marvel Graphic Novel #4 (Dec. 1982) and received their own ongoing series soon after. The second X-Men film

4100-408: The 2010 San Diego Comic-Con . The sales figures were generated in part by publishing the issue with four different variant covers which showed different characters from the book (and later a fifth gatefold cover that combined all four), large numbers of which were purchased by retailers, who anticipated fans and speculators who would buy multiple copies in order to acquire a complete collection of

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4200-401: The Adversary by combining technology created using his mutant powers with his mystical abilities. Under Forge's leadership, X-Factor is tricked into hunting and battling former team member Multiple Man . Following this, Forge severs the team's involvement with the government and leads them underground. Forge and Mystique become more attracted to one another while working together as members of

4300-520: The Big Two publishers, Marvel and DC. Signings and panel discussions with other creators, scholars and academics of the comics medium were held during the two-day event. Among the other creators in attendance were Paul Levitz , Al Jaffee , Peter Kuper , Denis Kitchen , Molly Crabapple , John Romita , John Romita Jr. , Irwin Hasen , Miss Lasko-Gross and Dean Haspiel . In the mid-1970s, Claremont

4400-526: The Brotherhood. Chris Claremont Christopher S. Claremont ( / ˈ k l ɛər m ɒ n t / ; born November 25, 1950) is an American comic book writer and novelist. Claremont is best known for his 16-year stint on Uncanny X-Men from 1975 to 1991, far longer than that of any other writer, during which he is credited with developing strong female characters as well as introducing complex literary themes into superhero narratives, turning

4500-757: The Genoshan government. His plans are kept deep inside his own mind by a self-induced trance that even the forced removal of his artificial limbs cannot break. After the events of the Muir Island Saga , Forge becomes a member of the X-Mansion 's "support team". He redesigns the Danger Room and the Blackbird jet. With the arrival of Bishop and Storm's constant involvement with the team, Forge and Storm's relationship becomes rocky. Forge leaves

4600-629: The Hulk becomes the Maestro, the Maestro claims that Forge created a weapon specifically designed to kill the Maestro, but that the Maestro killed him before the weapon could be used. The present-day Hulk would later encounter Forge using such a weapon. Forge appears in Marvel Zombies alongside Magneto's Acolytes as one of few survivors who were hiding on Asteroid M from the hordes of zombie superheroes on Earth. He constructs artificial limbs for

4700-638: The Outcasts were attacked by Domino and her henchmen Caliban and Grizzly , Forge attempted to distract them with a Flash Grenade and later in the battle personally killed Grizzly for killing Toad. Forge was eventually killed by Sinister, who had been masquerading as a member of the Outcasts called Essex. An alternate version of Forge is present in the Age of X reality. He was present when Magneto used New York City skyscrapers to create his so-called "Fortress X". An alternate version of Forge, who appears to be

4800-494: The Rhino Gang, Forge rode an exo-skeleton which he used to beat Rhino to death. Upon ending up on Earth-616, Old Man Logan told Forge about the fate of his Earth-807128 counterpart. Even though Old Man Logan never visited the Cheyenne Reservation, he was sure that Forge was the one responsible for protecting it from the Rhino Gang. Old Man Logan's return to this Wasteland sees a renewed focus on Forge. He has built

4900-485: The Shadow King on both the physical and astral planes to defeat him, so he sends half the team to break the nexus formed with Polaris and the other half to protect his body while he is on the Astral Plane. He begins his battle with the Shadow King, but now the villain has become too powerful to attack. Jean Grey , finding the damage inflicted to Xavier on the Astral Plane affecting his actual body, brings herself and

5000-599: The Shadow King's control, but he is forced to strip away the Peter Nicholas persona he had been using since passing through the Siege Perilous . Xavier decides to call in his original students, now forming the team X-Factor . On Muir Island, Wolverine separates himself from his party and is attacked and freed from control by Forge. Rogue appears, ready to attack, but she too is taken out by Forge. The three regroup, but are quickly attacked by Banshee, who

5100-422: The United States from England, he was beaten up "because I looked like a geek." His emphasis on the theme of prejudice resonated with readers as the X-Men series rose in popularity. In 1987 Claremont began writing genre novels. His first was a science fiction trilogy about female USAF pilot/astronaut Nicole Shea, consisting of First Flight (1987), Grounded! (1991), and Sundowner (1994). Claremont co-wrote

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5200-427: The X-Men after coming to believe Storm would have rejected his proposal of marriage. The pair continue to have an on-again-off-again relationship, until it ends for good. Forge goes back home to Dallas to become a government contractor again and to help with the mental care of Mystique, who is becoming schizophrenic. During her stay, Forge and Mystique grow closer and have an affair. Forge replaces Valerie Cooper as

5300-526: The X-Men fly to his complex on Wundagore Mountain to confront him about his apparent role in an inter-dimensional invasion of Earth. After following a trail of mysteriously genetically created mutants and death, the X-Men track Forge down, who through a monologue, reveals his true madness. He wants to save the world from the Annexation, an invasion from a parallel world on the other side of the Ghost Box,

5400-493: The X-Men. The Ultimate Marvel version of Forge has been dramatically re-imagined. He became a member of the Brotherhood of Mutants and follows Magneto with the promise of getting to strike back at humans. This version of Forge is also now of Asian Indian descent, a play upon the mainstream version of the character's American Indian heritage. Magneto ordered Forge to invent a machine that would enhance his abilities to

5500-549: The X-Men. Val Cooper, returned from Shadow King's control, recruits Polaris, Guido Carosella and Jamie Madrox into a new government-sponsored team to replace Freedom Force . The series had several lasting results for the X-Men family of characters. The storyline has been completely or partially reprinted in the following volumes: Forge (comics) Forge is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics , most commonly in association with

5600-568: The Xavier Mansion (destroyed during the events of Inferno ), and rescue Jean Grey from a gang of Masque's Morlocks. They finally learn that the X-Men are indeed alive, but have faked their deaths for the time being. Forge and Banshee eventually find the X-Men and become full-time members. They fight against several threats, such as Genoshan soldiers, Skrulls , and the Shadow King . During X-Tinction Agenda , Forge's skills are critical in defeating Cameron Hodge and overthrowing

5700-498: The ability to visually perceive mechanical energy in action. This power allows him to instinctively recognize the potential and functional uses of any machine or technological device in his visual range, a skill that combined with his natural intelligence gives him the ability to conceive, design and build highly advanced mechanical devices; and operate, modify and disassemble existing technology or create countermeasures for it. Forge's superhuman talent for invention does not mean that he

5800-463: The accompanying X-Men onto the Plane to assist. In the physical world, Forge defeats the still-controlled Psylocke and uses her psychic knife on Polaris to disrupt and sever the nexus. His power source destroyed, the Shadow King is ripped apart. In the aftermath, Professor X fails to repair the mental damage to Legion's mind, leaving Legion brain-dead, but is comforted by X-Factor's decision to rejoin

5900-526: The army, Forge served in the Vietnam War . After rising in the ranks to become a sergeant , he was asked to join S.H.I.E.L.D. Forge declines, seeing his need is in Vietnam . During his second tour of duty in the war, his comrades are killed by enemy troops. In anger, he uses their spirits to summon a band of demons to destroy the opposition. Forge, concerned about his former comrades, decides to order

6000-643: The attack and even more die cleaning up the prison break which results. He is then taken into custody, but escapes the Triskelion using a phasing device, also helping Wolverine break out as well. Although, according to Nick Fury in Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk , he orchestrated the escape for Wolverine to lead him to the Hulk 's location. He is later tortured and killed in the Savage Land by

6100-446: The book's poor standing. Claremont approached the job as a method actor , developing the characters by examining their motives, desires and individual personalities. This approach drew immediate positive reaction. According to former Marvel editor-in-chief Bob Harras , "He lived it and breathed it. He would write whole paragraphs about what people were wearing. He really got into these people's thoughts, hopes, dreams." Claremont's take on

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6200-413: The character Nocturne has a stroke. He has completed his first arc on Exiles, adding Betsy Braddock to the team. In 2008 Claremont wrote the miniseries GeNEXT , followed by its 2009 sequel, GeNext: United . He was the writer of an X-Men Forever series which was set in an alternate universe , and focuses on the present day lives of the X-Men in a reality where Magneto never returned following

6300-554: The character of Wolverine into a fan favorite. X-Men #1, the 1991 spinoff series premiere that Claremont co-wrote with Jim Lee , remains the bestselling comic book of all time, according to Guinness World Records . In 2015, Claremont and his X-Men collaborator John Byrne were entered into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame. Claremont was born in London , England. His father was an internist and his mother

6400-475: The cheeks as he or she delivers a self-loathing monologue, or a character with head thrown back and mouth open in a shout of rage, shaking tiny fists at heaven and vowing that the whole world will soon learn about his or her feelings." However, the article goes to state that "the genius of Chris Claremont was that he made mutants a generic stand-in for all minorities". "I'm an immigrant," said Claremont in 2014, describing his affinity with outsiders. After arriving in

6500-525: The colony. The version of Forge who appears in the Mutant X comic is virtually the same as his mainstream incarnation: he first used his powers to manufacture anti-mutant technology for the government, and later becomes Storm's lover. However, because Storm has become a vampire in the Mutant X universe, he allows her to regularly drain blood from him so that she will not have to violate her oath to never take

6600-459: The comics industry had become dominated by artists and editors. In 1994, he wrote issues #10–13 of Jim Lee and Brandon Choi 's series, WildC.A.T.s at Image Comics, in which he finally introduced his creator-owned character, Huntsman. In 1995, Claremont began writing his creator-owned series, Sovereign Seven , which was published by DC Comics , running for 36 issues until 1998. In 1998, Claremont returned to Marvel as editorial director and

6700-442: The covers. Claremont left the series after the first three-issue story arc, due to clashes with editor Bob Harras. The 1990s saw Claremont diversify his comics work, as he wrote for other publishers, and wrote his own creator-owned properties. In December 1991, he sent artist Whilce Portacio a proposal to illustrate Claremont's project, The Huntsman , as a creator-owned project, and when the then-new comics publisher Image Comics

6800-447: The death of her brother and attacks Forge, who fights back using his knowledge of Native-American sorcery. Feeling guilty over his involvement, Forge allows Magik to stab him with her Soulsword in the hopes it will kill him. Instead, its effects cause both mutants to come to terms with their shortcomings. Forge, still unaware of the X-Men's resurrection, fights alongside Mystique 's Freedom Force and an interim team of "X-Men" against

6900-475: The destruction of Asteroid M in X-Men #3 (December 1991). In 2010, Claremont collaborated with Italian comics artist Milo Manara on X-Women . As of 2014 Claremont was under an exclusive contract for Marvel. In April of that year, Marvel launched a Nightcrawler series with Claremont as writer, which he finished in March 2015. He re-united with his former New Mutants -artist artist Bill Sienkiewicz for

7000-467: The device which removed her abilities, Storm leaves. They are briefly reunited to fight the common enemy of the Dire Wraiths, who are trying to prevent Forge from perfecting his neutralizer. They are defeated by the combined forces of the X-Men, Magik and Amanda Sefton . Forge later improves his Neutralizer, but is hesitant to design more devices like it because of what happened with Storm. With

7100-475: The ensuing battle, Forge helps them defeat Nimrod. After Forge sends Madrox and Layla to the future, he goes on a mission at Cyclops' behest to rendezvous with the other X-Men, who are on their way to confront Sinister's forces. He is shot by a seemingly treacherous Bishop. He is seen later in the recovery room along with other injured X-Men. Forge suffers an array of injuries, including serious head trauma, from Bishop's attack during his mad quest to murder

7200-533: The examination and processing of the materials, which include notebooks, correspondence, early story drafts, plays, novels, comic books and materials from Claremont's early training in the theater and his career as an actor, Claremont's archive will be housed at the Rare Book & Manuscript Library in Butler Library , separate from the graphic novels collection, and will be open to anyone who demonstrates

7300-549: The explosion, but was instead plucked out of time and put on the Exiles. In the apocalyptic alternate future of Here Comes Tomorrow , the final arc of Grant Morrison 's run of New X-Men , a British Mutant under the name Smith had taken Forge's alias, the Maker. Though his powers and his relation to Forge, if any, are unknown, he bore some physical resemblance to the former Maker, and also carried numerous mechanical tools. Forge

7400-599: The first mutant child following M-Day. Bishop steals several time travel devices that Forge is reverse engineering. Throughout his recovery, Forge is obsessed with recreating his notes and research on these devices. Fixated to an unhealthy degree on this project, Forge shuts himself off in his home at Eagle Plaza to devote all his time to this work. But before he begins, he enhances his home's defense systems to ensure that he never falls victim to such an attack again. Forge later returns in Astonishing X-Men #29, when

7500-473: The former heroes' forty years of absence, Forge anticipates that the zombies would return. Over the decades he and his forces plunder the technological remnants of the world. He makes improvements to Reed Richards' and Tony Stark's technologies for defenses of the colony New Wakanda, such as the Avengers' force field projector and Iron Man's armors . The inter-dimensional transporter is the only technology Forge

7600-488: The founder and leader of the Outcasts, an anti-Apocalypse resistance cell of mutants disguised as a traveling theater group. The Outcasts' consisted of Sauron , Toad , Brute , and Mastermind , and later Sonique and Essex , who is rescued by the group from the Infinites during their attack on a train. He became a father figure to Nate Grey , and also his trainer, teaching him how to combat without using his powers. When

7700-650: The help of the Wraiths' enemy, Rom the Space Knight , Forge creates a large-scale version of the neutralizer in Earth's orbit. Rom and Forge use the device on the Wraith's home-world, casting the entire race into the other-dimensional Limbo . After saving the world, Forge destroys all remaining Neutralizers and focuses on ridding the Earth of the Adversary. The Adversary, in the shape of Naze, convinces Storm that Forge

7800-1044: The introduction of Karma , a character that later joined the New Mutants , in #100 (Dec. 1980). Claremont helped launch the Marvel Fanfare title in March 1982. Claremont co-created numerous other important female X-Men characters, including Rogue , Betsy Braddock , Mariko Yashida , Kitty Pryde /Shadowcat, Phoenix , Mystique , Lady Mastermind , Emma Frost , Siryn , Rachel Summers , Madelyne Pryor , and Jubilee . He co-created such notable male characters as Sabretooth , Pyro , Avalanche , Strong Guy , Captain Britain , Forge , Mister Sinister , and Gambit . Claremont launched various X-Men spin-offs, beginning with The New Mutants in 1982. The spinoffs Excalibur and Wolverine , initially written by Claremont, followed in 1987 and 1988, respectively. X-Men crossover stories written by Claremont during

7900-492: The introduction of the Starjammers as well as the departure of artist Dave Cockrum. Claremont began his collaboration with artist John Byrne in the following issue. During his 17 years as X-Men writer, Claremont wrote or co-wrote many classic X-Men stories, such as " The Dark Phoenix Saga " and " Days of Future Past ". Comics writers and historians Roy Thomas and Peter Sanderson observed that "'The Dark Phoenix Saga'

8000-513: The latter half of his tenure on the series include " Mutant Massacre ", " Fall of the Mutants ", and " X-Tinction Agenda ". In 1991, Marvel launched a second X-Men title simply called X-Men with Claremont and penciler Jim Lee as co-writers. X-Men #1 is still the bestselling comic book of all-time, with sales of over 8.1 million copies (and nearly $ 7 million), according to Guinness World Records , which presented honors to Claremont at

8100-476: The material being published to be uninteresting. Instead, when he began at Bard College , he did so as a political theorist, studying acting and political theory, and writing novels with the hope of becoming a director. His first professional sale was a prose story. He graduated in 1972. Claremont's career began in 1969, as a college undergraduate, when he was hired as a gofer /editorial assistant at Marvel Comics . His first professional scripting assignment

8200-551: The new government liaison for the mutant superhero team X-Factor . Forge goes on his second cosmic adventure while with X-Factor, venturing to the far side of the sun with dozens of other superheroes in the incident known as the Infinity Crusade . Forge is personally affected as one of his team, Wolfsbane, is kidnapped by the villain called the Goddess. Forge ends up orbiting a duplicate Earth in an escape pod, along with

8300-407: The occasion, which was organized by Graphic Novels Librarian Karen Green, Professor Jeremy Dauber, and editor Danny Fingeroth . A discussion between Claremont and Simonson held in recognition of Claremont's gift was the keynote event of the symposium, which focused on the intertwined histories of American comics and New York City, which has served both as a breeding ground for creators and the home of

8400-1096: The once underachieving comic into one of Marvel 's most popular series. During his tenure, X-Men was the best-selling comic book in the world. During his tenure at Marvel, Claremont co-created numerous X-Men characters, such as Rogue , Psylocke (Betsy Braddock) , Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat , Phoenix , the Brood , Lockheed , Shi'ar , Shi'ar Imperial Guard , Mystique , Destiny , Selene , Reverend William Stryker , Lady Mastermind , Emma Frost , Tessa , Siryn , Jubilee , Rachel Summers , Madelyne Pryor , Moira MacTaggert , Lilandra , Shadow King , Cannonball , Warpath , Mirage , Wolfsbane , Karma , Cypher , Sabretooth , Empath , Sebastian Shaw , Donald Pierce , Avalanche , Pyro , Legion , Nimrod , Gateway , Strong Guy , Proteus , Mister Sinister , Marauders , Purifiers , Captain Britain , Sunspot , Forge , and Gambit . Claremont wrote many classic stories, including " The Dark Phoenix Saga " and " Days of Future Past ", on which he collaborated with John Byrne . He developed

8500-477: The oneshot New Mutants: War Children in 2019. According to writer/editor Paul Levitz , Claremont's complex story structures "played a pivotal role in assembling the audience that enabled American comics to move to more mature and sophisticated storytelling, and the graphic novel." Claremont's editor on the series, Louise Simonson , attributes the X-Men's success to his approach to the characters: "Chris took them very seriously. They were real people to him." As

8600-428: The regular writer of Fantastic Four , where he created Valeria Richards . The book was pencilled by artist Salvador Larrocca and inked by Art Thibert for the entirety of his duration on the series. Claremont's run on Fantastic Four would last for 29 issues and 2 annuals, making it his longest tenure on a title outside of the X-Men. Despite outselling books such as Amazing Spider-Man and Batman , Claremont

8700-510: The series has been likened to writing "the Great American Novel about complex characters who just happened to fly", incorporating surprise character developments and emotional nuances amid the operatic battles that otherwise typified American superhero comics. By his own admission, Claremont acquired a reputation for taking a long time to resolve plot threads, and longtime X-Men editor Louise Simonson recounted that whenever she

8800-435: The team, with Forge ultimately falling in love with Mystique. During their time underground, another former X-Factor member, Strong Guy , awakes from a coma that he suffered due to his powers over-stressing his heart. Forge creates a device that saves Strong Guy's life. Along with the other team members, Forge is severely injured after Sabretooth betrays and attacks the team. Mystique escapes her forced membership while Forge

8900-419: The technology at the X-Mansion . He was also a member of X-Factor . Forge was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist John Romita Jr. , and first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #184 (Aug. 1984). Claremont's outline for the character's debut identifies Forge as Daniel Lone Eagle , although that name has not been used for the character in Marvel canon. As part of Marvel NOW! , Forge returns as

9000-461: The trans-dimensional teleporter. He plans to send the X-Men to the parallel universe that is home to the Ghost Boxes to destroy them before the Annexation begins. The X-Men try to talk Forge down, but he rebukes them and forcibly opens the Ghost Box, risking all life on Earth. Thanks to the assistance of Abigail Brand and Beast, a laser is shot into the opening of the Ghost Box. Before everything

9100-426: The vigilante Nomad . When the team begins to experience personal problems, Forge takes a more active involvement, gradually taking over the leadership of the remaining members of X-Factor. In this role, he sees the mutant criminals Mystique and Sabretooth forced to become unwilling members of his team. Forge also comes to terms with his heritage when the Adversary returns. With Naze's assistance, Forge defeats

9200-435: The writer of X-Men , Claremont became known for certain characteristic phrases, such as Wolverine's saying, "I'm the best there is at what I do. And what I do...isn't very nice", which became closely associated with the character. A 2009 Slate article called Claremont the " soapiest writer in comic books.... The classic Claremont pose is either a character, head hung in shame with two enormous rivers of tears running down

9300-616: Was Daredevil #102 (Aug. 1973). As an entry into regular comics writing, Claremont was given the fledgling feature " Iron Fist " in Marvel Premiere as of issue #23 (Aug. 1975). He was joined two issues later by artist John Byrne . The Claremont/Byrne team continued to work together when the character received its own self-titled series in November 1975. This title lasted 15 issues. Though his acting career did not yield great success, he functioned well at Marvel, where he obtained

9400-487: Was a pilot and caterer. Claremont is Jewish on his mother's side, and lived in a kibbutz in Israel during his youth. His family moved to the United States when he was three years old, and he was raised primarily on Long Island . Alienated by the sports-oriented suburbs, his grandmother purchased for him a subscription to Eagle when he was a child, and he grew up reading Dan Dare , finding them more exciting than

9500-437: Was announced in 1992, Claremont was named as one of its founders. However, the project was canceled when Portacio decided instead to do Wetworks . Claremont attempted to find other artist for the series, but all those in whom he was interested were either drawing X-Men or had their own projects with Image, and thus he did not become one of Image's founders. In 1992 he wrote the graphic novel Star Trek : Debt of Honor , which

9600-465: Was at a loss for story ideas, "All I'd have to do was go through all of the plot threads that he had left for the last year or two." Claremont introduced new supporting characters to the X-Men series including Moira MacTaggert in issue #96 and Lilandra Neramani in #97. Jean Grey a.k.a. Marvel Girl, one of Marvel's first female heroes, underwent a dramatic transformation into the extremely powerful Phoenix in issue #101. Issue #107 (Oct. 1977) saw

9700-495: Was driven insane by her leaving and is planning to open a gate to hell. Storm tries to kill Forge, but the moment she stabs him she sees that she was tricked. During the events of the Fall of the Mutants crossover, the Adversary banishes Storm and Forge to another dimension, devoid of human life. Storm and Forge spend an unknown amount of time there, rekindling their romance. Forge then restores Storm's abilities and uses them to power

9800-611: Was fired by editor Bobbie Chase in early 2000, a decision that he was angered by. Claremont also wrote The Fantastic 4th Voyage of Sinbad in 2001, a one shot starring the Fantastic Four on an adventure with Sinbad the Sailor . The comic was pencilled Pascual Ferry . In 2000, as part of the company's " Revolution " event, he wrote Uncanny X-Men and X-Men until he moved to X-Treme X-Men , again working with penciller Salvador Larroca. He returned to Uncanny X-Men again for

9900-474: Was illustrated by Adam Hughes . Stan Lee interviewed Claremont for episode 7 of the 1991–92 documentary series The Comic Book Greats . In 1993, he began writing the 12-issue miniseries Aliens/Predator: Deadliest of the Species for Dark Horse Comics , which was completed in 1995. That year saw a decline in his comics output, however, as he turned his focus to writing novels, citing frustration with how

10000-544: Was loosely based on his 1982 X-Men graphic novel God Loves, Man Kills . Besides his work on X-Men and its spinoffs, Claremont wrote Marvel Team-Up , Spider-Woman and Ms. Marvel during this time. He and artist John Bolton created the Marada the She-Wolf character in 1981. Claremont's stories for Marvel Team-Up included the cast of NBC 's Saturday Night Live appearing in issue #74 (Oct. 1978) and

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