J. Andrew Deman is on the faculty in the Department of English Language and Literature at St. Jerome’s University and the author of The Margins of Comics: The Construction of Women, Minorities, and the Geek in Graphic Narrative.

• Foreword. A Danger Room of One’s Own by Jay Edidin Introduction. X-Women to Watch Out For Chapter 1. Jean, Moira, and the Archetypal “Claremont Woman” Chapter 2. Storm: From Mother Goddess to Resolutely Indefinable Chapter 3. Ladies Night and the Second Generation of Claremont Women Chapter 4. She Makes Him Nervous: Cyclops’s Baseline Masculinity and the Exchange of Gender Power Chapter 5. Wolverine as Subversive Masculine Paradigm Chapter 6. A Spectrum of “Men”: Refracting Masculinities through Nightcrawler and Havok Conclusion. A Legacy in Waiting Acknowledgments Notes References Index

If you were ever curious how much each X-Man talks or thinks on the page, Deman’s book has cataloged and applied it in an essay written with deep love and admiration. It’s the perfect complement for anyone looking to revisit Claremont’s run or read his enduring stories for the first time. - Eric Vilas-Boas (Vulture) Deman’s book offers us extended meditations on gender in the X-Men. It is a masterful work on the ways Claremont’s run is not only iconic, but achieves a level of gender subversion at a time when comics stood by traditional masculine and feminine roles . . . this is an excellent work of scholarship showing the ways public and academic scholarship can meet to open up new perspectives on works of popular culture. (International Journal of Comic Art Blog) The Claremont Run is a dynamic and convincing piece of literature that brings attention to gender dynamics with a specific era of X-Men. Deman pushes deeply into the psychological, cultural, and societal aspects that Chris Claremont challenged, but Deman also analyzes minor characters to highlight that Claremont wanted each character to subvert gender norms . . . Deman's overall expertise and compelling argument throughout the books creates a quick-paced and convincing piece of literature for both scholars and everyday readers. (The Journal of Popular Culture) Well-reasoned and insightful...[The Claremont Run is] an excellent resource for those looking into gender studies within the comics industry or for those comic fans looking for scholarly analysis. (Technical Communications)