COMICS: X-Men To Take On "First Class" Counterparts In May!

COMICS: X-Men To Take On "First Class" Counterparts In May!

A teaser image released by Marvel comics shows the current team of X-Men taking on their 1960's younger selves this coming May! Hit the jump to check it out...

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By JoshWilding - Dec 30, 2010 07:12 AM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics
Source: Newsarama

As you can see, the image shows the current incarnation of the mutant team facing off against the original lineup - Angel, Iceman, Cyclops, Marvel Girl and Beast - dressed in their classic uniforms. X-Men founder Professor X watches the two teams confront each other.



The project will launch in May 2011. No further information has been revealed. Seems like a clever way of bringing back the original X-Men to tie in with the movie, despite the fact that the only member of the original five pictured above who will be in X-Men: First Class is Beast! Be sure to share your thoughts on this in the usual place!



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JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 12/30/2010, 7:31 AM
Well spotted SpiderManFan1995! I'm guessing that's where they got the inspiration for this teaser from. It'll be cool if they release a few more like it, based on more classic covers like that one.
nuck82
nuck82 - 12/30/2010, 7:51 AM
i cant wait for this, next year looks like a great year for the x-men!! we got fear and then this. man i cant wait!!
Xandera
Xandera - 12/30/2010, 7:55 AM
@SpiderManFan - very similar... good call dude


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marvel72
marvel72 - 12/30/2010, 8:02 AM
@ joshw

this could be pretty cool if done right.

i've got "avengers annual 2" had the new vs the old "avengers" featured the scarlett centurion classic.
souhunter
souhunter - 12/30/2010, 8:13 AM
Cool
WhoTheHellIsBen
WhoTheHellIsBen - 12/30/2010, 8:16 AM
@Xandera I can't help but chuckle everytime I see a post from you with White Fire in it because that was a porn movie Sylvester Stallone did way back in the day
schuellerdg
schuellerdg - 12/30/2010, 8:17 AM
So is that the angel with the metalic wings the one that angel changed into after becoming one of Apocolpes horsemen?
Xandera
Xandera - 12/30/2010, 8:25 AM
@Logic... HA HA HA... oh shit.... didn't even know man ... jeez
Denn1s
Denn1s - 12/30/2010, 8:27 AM
that looks awesome. i hope they would take on their fist ass counterparts and [frick]ing kill them so the movie won't be completed.
loganaspatch
loganaspatch - 12/30/2010, 8:35 AM
ArchAngel would destroy The first Angel kinda like what happens to a seagull getting hit by a bus
CBMDeadpool
CBMDeadpool - 12/30/2010, 9:00 AM
X-Men is cool right now Gishler is doing a great job. I wonder if he's writing this too? I hope Jean Grey never comes back.
Knightstalker
Knightstalker - 12/30/2010, 9:03 AM
So is Marvel going all "Zero Hour" on us?
Freshkicks1212
Freshkicks1212 - 12/30/2010, 9:13 AM
Reminds me of Wolverine and the Xmen, doesn't anybody care about the show's cancellation?????
artofjaymz
artofjaymz - 12/30/2010, 9:13 AM
This is my first post on here (my name is James, hello everyone). I noticed that this little storyline, aside from being set up to promote first class (how convenient), is mentioned on that timeline thing Marvel had in one of their avenger's titles. Said something along the lines of "Yesterday's X-Men"...so now not only is it tied to first class, but also now Marvel's made us feel like we HAVE to get it to piece they're little timeline idea. (I miss that days of self contained story...my apologies for the paragraph! first and last time)
Ranger14
Ranger14 - 12/30/2010, 9:16 AM
Kind of funny that they want to emphasize the First Class in this way when the film isn't even going to have the actual First Class in it. Adds more salt to the wound. Of course Wolverine wasn't part of the First Class, but still..
loganoneil
loganoneil - 12/30/2010, 9:19 AM
Not to nit-pick (but I will), but Iceman's 'younger self' originally looked more like Frosty the Snowman, so there's an inconsistancy there...
artofjaymz
artofjaymz - 12/30/2010, 9:29 AM
lol @ loganoneil....especially when they've drawn MODERN iceman with hulk hogang's haircut. Just look up at the picture, he has an ice-skullet!!
tripttwe
tripttwe - 12/30/2010, 9:34 AM
I'm with you on that one James (hello James) about the self contained story. Paul Dini is one of the few, if not the only, consistent one-shot writer...
artofjaymz
artofjaymz - 12/30/2010, 9:39 AM
I'm mainly thinking of spider-man (volume1) issue 14 or 15, where spidey and beast had a team up to fight a mutant that was in actuality a child, and it referenced a conversation him and MJ had about kids. It was a team up, a new menace, a moral tale, and it stirred up a hero on the personal level, which made for great characterization. It also highlighted how great and overlooked of a character Beast is. I remember there were a lot of good stories like that when I was younger. Everythings a damned (lackluster) blockbuster now.
nuck82
nuck82 - 12/30/2010, 9:41 AM
@fresh no that cartoon blows!!
artofjaymz
artofjaymz - 12/30/2010, 9:41 AM
I'm mainly thinking of spider-man (volume1) issue 14 or 15, where spidey and beast had a team up to fight a mutant that was in actuality a child, and it referenced a conversation him and MJ had about kids. It was a team up, a new menace, a moral tale, and it stirred up a hero on the personal level, which made for great characterization. It also highlighted how great and overlooked of a character Beast is. I remember there were a lot of good stories like that when I was younger. Everythings a damned (lackluster) blockbuster now.
artofjaymz
artofjaymz - 12/30/2010, 9:47 AM
here's the issue I thought of at this link

http://www.spiderfan.org/comics/reviews/spiderman/015.html
Freshkicks1212
Freshkicks1212 - 12/30/2010, 10:07 AM
@nuck82

man i used to think the same thing at first hating it and comparing it as being shitty to Xmen evolution,
But then i gave it a try and watched the episodes, next thing you know i ended up falling in love with the series; the new mutants, the actually story arc is amazing and it even featured episodes from the future with Wolverine and X23 and Magneto's Daughter. The First season was just amazing and i know it deserves a season 2.....So give it a try, watch it, believe me you would regret it. WOLVERINE AND THE XMEN is pretty good.
Freshkicks1212
Freshkicks1212 - 12/30/2010, 10:08 AM
@nuck82 Plus to link it to this article they also featured an episode with the Xmen First Class
Technoman
Technoman - 12/30/2010, 10:33 AM
@loganoneil: I was disappointed when I saw that.
Bigbywolf
Bigbywolf - 12/30/2010, 10:43 AM
@ Freshkicks1212

Believe me you aren't the only fan of Wolverine and the X-men. I loved that show. Damn annoying that it got cancelled right at the point that it was about to become amazing.
Spectre94
Spectre94 - 12/30/2010, 10:45 AM
NICE
Freshkicks1212
Freshkicks1212 - 12/30/2010, 10:56 AM
yeah i know right but there is a facebook group called "1 Million to save WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN", that is petitioning to bring the show back on the air. But i was thinking; since Disney has acquired Marvel, they should have enough finances to bring the show back on the air so what is the problem?
thunderforce
thunderforce - 12/30/2010, 10:59 AM
You would think the guy with the eye beams would have figured a way to open that visor thingy automatically without doing it by hand this is the modern day for crying out loud .
XmutantX
XmutantX - 12/30/2010, 11:00 AM
Fresh@ dude that show was amazing!!!..and i already joined the FB page..heres 2 hoping :)
superwolverine
superwolverine - 12/30/2010, 11:32 AM
@freshkicks1212 i had a lukewarm response to this show until the end of the 1st season. It was great, then they can it. Gotta love network executives.
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 12/30/2010, 11:43 AM

Emma Frost vs Classic Jean should be fun ;D
TurdFergunson
TurdFergunson - 12/30/2010, 11:52 AM
uhhh....double the hot x-women? nice
duoblade
duoblade - 12/30/2010, 12:59 PM
I'm pretty sure, if peeps don't know this already, that this is just a continuation of the current uncanny x-men story. A supervillian named Lobe gave some people a designer drug that gave them the mutant powers of the original x-men team. So that's who we're seeing on the right side of the image. It's not like it's gonna be an alternate reality or something like that.
Philtown
Philtown - 12/30/2010, 1:42 PM
@JoshW, I notice your comments always seem to be so positive. It's refreshing. Any way, new X-Men would rock old X-Men! You can't beat the wisdom and experience they would have gained. Especially since physical aging doesn't seem to be a factor much (@Landsdowne5).
NorrinRaddical
NorrinRaddical - 12/30/2010, 2:05 PM
@Intruder i swear to god i always agree with everything you say.
nuck82
nuck82 - 12/30/2010, 3:30 PM
wow not to be a dick but X-men evolution sucked even harder!! lol the only good x-men cartoon was the one from the early 90's!! the end!

i watched wolverin and the x-men a few times and it was ok but not good at all. it was so random
Freshkicks1212
Freshkicks1212 - 12/30/2010, 4:13 PM
@nuck82
Have you ever thought that; hmmmmm maybe it was because you watched the episodes at random!!!. in doing so not grasping the actually continuing story. the show is good dont be trashing it.
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