Chris Claremont's X-Men is a documentary focusing on comic book writer Chris Claremont's run writing The X-Men from 1974 to 1991. The film features interviews with Claremont himself as well as members of his creative team, including editors Louise Simonson and Ann Nocenti, artist Art Adams, and former Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter.

Plot

The film is an in-depth look at Claremont's run on The X-Men (later The Uncanny X-Men) series, which he wrote from 1974 to 1991. In interviews with Claremont, Simonson, Nocenti, Adams, and Shooter, the film tells the story of how Claremont's writing revived Marvel's failing X-Men title and rebuilt it into a successful franchise. Chris Claremont's X-Men explores Claremont's contributions to the X-Men, including his development of popular characters Wolverine, Phoenix, and Storm.