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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 a comic book series published by Marvel Comics starring the original X-Men. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The original series was an eight-issue limited series. It began in September 2006 and ended in April 2007. It was written by Jeff Parker and penciled by Roger Cruz. It was followed by a special issue in May 2007 and a monthly series 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 the Lizard, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Man-Thing, Gorilla-Man, Doctor Strange, Invisible Woman, and Thor.
The series has spawned a few spin-offs, titles including the ongoing series Wolverine: First Class, and the miniseries Weapon X: First Class.
The ongoing series lasted sixteen issues and it was followed by Giant-Size X-Men: First Class special issue. Starting February 2009, a four-issue miniseries titled X-Men: First Class Finals encompasses volume 3. This ends with the team going on to the Krakoa island mission.
A new volume called Uncanny X-Men: First Class premiered in an August 2009 one-shot Uncanny X-Men: First Class Giant-Sized and concentrated on the team first introduced originally back in Giant-Sized X-Men #1.
The stories are being collected into trade 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 and Giant-Size X-Men: First Class #1 | 168 | ISBN 0-7851-3347-X |
Finals | X-Men: First Class Finals #1-4 and Giant-Size X-Men vol. 1 #1 | 136 | ISBN 0-7851-3348-8 |
Hated And Feared | Giant-Size Uncanny X-Men: First Class and Uncanny 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, plus a classic Wolverine reprint | 120 | ISBN 0-7851-3316-X |
To Russia, With Love | Wolverine: First Class #5-8, and Uncanny X-Men #139-140 | 160 | ISBN 0-7851-3317-8 |
Wolverine-By-Night | Wolverine: First Class #9-12 | 120 | ISBN 0-7851-3534-0 |
Ninjas, Gods And Divas | Wolverine: First Class #13-16, and FCBD 2009 | 120 | ISBN 0-7851-3535-9 |
Class Actions | Wolverine: First Class #17-21 | 120 | ISBN 0-7851-3678-9 |
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