Friday, May 23, 2014

X-Men’s ‘Days of Future Past' Is One of the Most Influential Comics Stories Ever. Here’s How It Happened.


 
                    Excerpt from the cover of Uncanny X-Men No. 141

Even if 20th Century Fox's wildest technicolor dreams come true and X-Men: Days of Future Past racks up critical acclaim and a billion dollars in worldwide gross, it's doubtful that anyone will describe it as revolutionary. In 2014, there's nothing groundbreaking about an action story featuring time travel, dystopian futures, and nasty robots.

But in early 1981, the pop-culture landscape was different. Over the course of just two issues of Uncanny X-Men — only 44 pages total — the original "Days of Future Past" story line changed the game and told a tale like nothing fans had seen before. Indeed, it's probably one of the most influential comics stories ever told.
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