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 Cover art forX-Men: First Class (vol. 1) #1. Art byMarko Djurdjevic. | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
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| Created by | Jeff Parker |
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| Tomorrow's Brightest | ISBN 0-7851-2427-6 |
X-Men: First Class is acomic book series published byMarvel Comics starring the originalX-Men.[1][2][3][4][5]
The original series was an eight-issuelimited series. It began in September 2006 and ended in April 2007. It was written byJeff Parker and penciled byRoger Cruz. It was followed by a special issue in May 2007 and a monthlyseries that premiered in June 2007 with the same creative team.
Many of the series' stories are done in single issues, some are two-parters and multiple issue arcs. The original team of X-Men are wearing new costumes in the series. The series guest-stars many other characters, such as theLizard,Quicksilver,Scarlet Witch,Man-Thing,Gorilla-Man,Doctor Strange,Invisible Woman, andThor.
The series has spawned a few spin-offs, titles including the ongoing seriesWolverine: First Class, and the miniseriesWeapon X: First Class.
The ongoing series lasted sixteen issues and it was followed byGiant-Size X-Men: First Class special issue. Starting February 2009, a four-issueminiseries titledX-Men: First Class Finals encompasses volume 3. This ends with the team going on to theKrakoa island mission.
A new volume calledUncanny X-Men: First Class premiered in an August 2009one-shotUncanny X-Men: First Class Giant-Sized and concentrated on the team first introduced originally back inGiant-Sized X-Men #1.
The stories have been collected intotrade paperbacks:
| Title | Material collected | Pages | ISBN |
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| Tomorrow's Brightest | X-Men: First Class vol. 1 #1-8 | 184 | ISBN 0-7851-2427-6 |
| Mutant Mayhem | X-Men: First Class vol. 2 #1-5 and Special | 152 | ISBN 0-7851-2781-X |
| Band of Brothers | X-Men: First Class vol. 2 #6-10 | 192 | ISBN 0-7851-2599-X |
| The Wonder Years | X-Men: First Class vol. 2 #11-16 andGiant-Size X-Men: First Class #1 | 168 | ISBN 0-7851-3347-X |
| Finals | X-Men: First Class Finals #1-4 andGiant-Size X-Men vol. 1 #1 | 136 | ISBN 0-7851-3348-8 |
| Class Portraits | Cyclops (Vol. 2) #1, Iceman & Angel #1, Magneto (Vol. 2) #1 andMarvel Girl #1 | 144 | ISBN 0785155597 |
| Hated And Feared | Giant-Size Uncanny X-Men: First Class andUncanny X-Men: First Class #1-4 | 136 | ISBN 0-7851-4104-9 |
| Knights Of Hykon | Uncanny X-Men: First Class #5-8 | 136 | ISBN 0-7851-4237-1 |
| The Rookie | Wolverine: First Class #1-4, andIncredible Hulk #181 | 120 | ISBN 0-7851-3316-X |
| To Russia, With Love | Wolverine: First Class #5-8,Uncanny X-Men #139-140 andWolverine & Power Pack #1 | 160 | ISBN 0-7851-3317-8 |
| Wolverine-By-Night | Wolverine: First Class #9-12 andWolverine & Power Pack #2 | 120 | ISBN 0-7851-3534-0 |
| Ninjas, Gods And Divas | Wolverine: First Class #13-16, andX-Men/Power Pack #1 | 120 | ISBN 0-7851-3535-9 |
| Class Actions | Wolverine: First Class #17-21 | 120 | ISBN 0-7851-3678-9 |
| Wolverine: Tales of Weapon X | Wolverine: First Class #1-2,Weapon X: First Class #1-3 andWolverine & Power Pack #2. | 176 | ISBN 0785135197 |
The 2011 filmX-Men: First Class acts as aprequel to theX-Men film trilogy. Though it shares the same title as the comic series, the plots share almost no resemblance.
ProducerSimon Kinberg read the comics and suggested studio20th Century Fox to adapt it. However, Kinberg did not want to follow the comic too much, as he felt "it was not fresh enough in terms of storytelling", considering them too similar toTwilight andJohn Hughes movies, and also because the producers wanted an adaptation that would introduce new, hitherto unexploredX-Men characters.
