“By Chris Claremont and John Romita, Jr.”

“By Chris Claremont and Jim Lee”

   Wolverine, post JB, was a bully and sexual harasser. Whatever CC's intentions, he came across as a creepy stalker to me.  It's also resembles animal behavior, such as killing the alpha male (Cyclops) and taking the alpha female (Jean) as his own.  It reduces Jean to property.  So, I shrugged and stopped buying the book.  YMMV.

Claremont was a singular voice. His writing had many strengths, but clearly was not without its flaws and having a strong creative partner to keep him focussed on the core of  the title was a big benefit. Yes, the space pirates, and fuzzy elves and sorcerers were wrong turns (I'm inclined to forgive the backward-looks to Phoenix), but you only have to look at the X-Men after he left to see how he was net a benefit to the title.