Why does Marvel keep bringing you back to X-Men time after time? Sure, your seven year run on X-Men is "highly acclaimed" even though halfway through that run you started recycling plotlines. And the Brood? Barely disguised "Alien" rip-offs, complete with a queen Brood and the whole implanting eggs thing.
Why do I bring this up? Because I have just read the current issue of Uncanny X-Men (#448) with your usually snappy title of "Guess Who's Back in Town?" While it lacks your traditional over-explanation of everything, it's reeks of old plots. You brought back Murderworld, (notice how other X-Scribes don't actually use Murderworld while this is like the tenth time you've used it) but wait! It's owned by Viper now. How original!
And what's your deranged obsession with Viper, complete with new, skimpy outfit. Your convoluted four issue run on Wolverine (#125-128) where your uninspiring cliffhanger was that Wolvie was married to Viper. It took me years of therapy to forget about those four issues. The only good thing about that run was that somehow Wolvie's brown costume got resurrected for two issues...
And what's your obsession with marrying off Wolverine? (See Wolverine/Witchblade crossover) Anyway, we all know that you won't kill off Sage either. You don't have the guts to kill off your protege mentat-mutant, who you've been grooming for a spot on the X-Roster for thirty years.
I personally am only reading your issues, because Alan Davis' beautiful art is simply irrestible. God knows how I've tried to stop, what with your barely exciting four-parter that shames Alan Moore's creation, the Fury. At least, you haven't started using your typical opening whereas villain of the month "kills" the X-Men, only to be revealed that they were robots. Wow, gripping stuff!
In conclusion, you're just like Stephen King: You haven't written something original since 1992. Just go away and live off the royalities, while some young writers get a chance to write for Marvel's mutants. Please, for the sake of the children.
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I sense some anger. Could it be that you don't like Chris Claremont? Or that you maybe think he can't write English? Hmmmmm Cheer up, if you ahve low expectations, then maybe Chris will be better than you think... or not.....
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