UNCANNY X-MEN Writer Chris Claremont Returns To Marvel For New WOLVERINE AND KITTY PRYDE Comic Book Series

UNCANNY X-MEN Writer Chris Claremont Returns To Marvel For New WOLVERINE AND KITTY PRYDE Comic Book Series

This April, Chris Claremont teams up with artist Damian Couceiro for Wolverine and Kitty Pryde, a five-issue limited series set in the aftermath of Claremont and Al Milgrom's classic '80s comic book run.

By JoshWilding - Jan 21, 2025 12:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics

During his groundbreaking 16-year Uncanny X-Men run, Chris Claremont transformed Marvel's Merry Mutants into the pop culture phenomenon they are today.

Now, his unparalleled impact on the franchise continues with all-new stories that add new depth and revelations to this influential era. This April, Claremont returns to a key turning point for one of the X-Men's most iconic duos in the pages of Wolverine and Kitty Pryde.

Teaming up with rising star artist Damian Couceiro (X-Men Unlimited), Claremont will further reveal Wolverine and Kitty's adventures in Japan, following their beloved 1984-1985 team-up series, Kitty Pryde and Wolverine. The saga pits the pair against all-new villains while they forge the incredible bond that redefined them as characters.

The series will also feature covers delivered by another legendary X-Men talent, artist Alan Davis.

When Kitty Pryde nearly lost her soul to Ogun during her journey to Japan, Logan was there to keep the youngest X-Man on the path to good. But as a mysterious force threatens their lives while staying with Mariko Yashida, it’s going to take all of their combined mutant, ninja and fighting skills to protect those they love! An all-new adventure that at last tells the full story of the duo’s journey in Japan before returning to the X-Men and the heartbreak, trials and tribulations that made the characters who they are today.

"It’s really great returning to this arc, especially since it’s being presented by a wonderful artist, Damian Couceiro!" Claremont said in a press release today. "It’s the story of what happens between the end of the original Kitty Pryde and Wolverine mini-series and Logan and Pryde's return home to rejoin the X-Men. Five issues, more than a single story, complete with surprises galore!"

Editor Mark Basso added, "Obviously, that Kitty Pryde and Wolverine miniseries is so iconic, taking Kitty from the ‘junior’ X-Man to the fully fledged hero we see when she returns to New York. But there was a clear gap between the end of this Ogun situation and when Wolverine and Kitty arrive in New York in Uncanny X-Men #192, and we were thrilled Chris was ready to show what happened in that intervening window."

"Why was Kitty in such a different headspace when they got back? And hey, where’d Kitty’s father get to? Now you’ll get to see..."

Check out Davis' main Wolverine and Kitty Pryde #1 cover below along with stunning variant covers by Adi Granov, Marcus To, and Rickie Yagawa.

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WOLVERINE AND KITTY PRYDE #1 (OF 5)
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
Art by DAMIAN COUCEIRO
Cover by ALAN DAVIS
Variant Cover by RICKIE YAGAWA
Variant Cover by MARCUS TO
Variant Cover by ADI GRANOV
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Nomis929
Nomis929 - 1/21/2025, 12:19 PM
I've been reading the X-men long before the "New" X-Men we're created '75 by the late great Len Wein, and I can still remember during Clairmont/Byrne classic run when Kitty Pryde was introduced in the comics (issue 129).

And till this day...I never, never cared for her. One of the worst characters ever added to the book.
mountainman
mountainman - 1/21/2025, 1:54 PM
@Nomis929 - She was never a good young surrogate character. The original New Mutants, Jubilee, and the New X-Men later on were all better in that role.
SummersEssex
SummersEssex - 1/21/2025, 4:21 PM
@Nomis929 - THANK YOU!!!

Had to give her a dragon to make her interesting.
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 1/21/2025, 4:46 PM
@mountainman - No Doubt, Jubilee was a much better character.
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 1/21/2025, 4:48 PM
@SummersEssex - Lockheed was a better character.
TK420
TK420 - 1/21/2025, 12:19 PM
I wish they'd go back to newsprint. I think the art looked better back then...
GirshwinDavies
GirshwinDavies - 1/21/2025, 1:40 PM
@TK420 - 100 percent
hainesy
hainesy - 1/21/2025, 12:24 PM
I read the "Kitty Pryde and Wolverine" limited series back in the 80s. Phenomenal comic.

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MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 1/21/2025, 12:28 PM
Favorite X-Men characters?

We're so back, baby!

Hasta la vista! Vaya con Dios!

Y'all don't come back now, ya hear?
Izaizaiza
Izaizaiza - 1/21/2025, 1:06 PM
Damn! I'm definitely here for this!
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 1/21/2025, 1:17 PM
Always did enjoy their adventures in Japan, it's always nice when Kitty's ninja and samurai training get more of a spotlight.
FrankenDad
FrankenDad - 1/21/2025, 2:08 PM
Is that one of the X-Men?! The resemblance is…Uncanny.
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dragon316
dragon316 - 1/21/2025, 4:26 PM
Like last two covers never like classic blue costume on kitty almost look like stripper on that costume

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