Wolverine goes through more crap than that in two or three issues of his current comic without missing a beat.Ĭlaremont and Byrne raised the bar for other comics with their X-Men run. In the present, hes brought to his knees by Pyros attack and, in the future, hes roasted and killed by a Sentinel. One observation I had was that Wolverines healing factor wasnt so ridiculous in either branch of the story. I did like that they hinted about a connection between Mystique and Nightcrawler way back then. As for the present day part of the story, its pretty much standard superhero fare for the time. Do comic characters never go gray in a pattern other than the Reed Richards look? Speaking of Reed Richards, the graveyard with all the superhero headstones in it really sold how bad the future had become after Robert Kellys death. I liked seeing Franklin Richards, Rachel Summers, and a wheelchair-bound Magneto, as well as both Wolverine and Colossus with white at the temples. The dystopian future was my favorite part of the story. Angel is back and the rest of the lineup is pretty much the standard Byrne-Claremont lineup. Cyclops is gone after the events of the Dark Phoenix Saga and Storm is leading the X-Men for the first time. The future version of Kate Pride goes back in time to rally the X-Men against the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and save a Senators life. Was it worth the wait? Ill let you know in a bit. Ive been wanting to read this story for a couple decades and never got around to it. I stumbled upon it in a used bookstore that I hate and figured I was winning one back for the good guys considering its low price. Will she be able to prevent her timeline from happening or will the Senator be killed, setting off a shock wave of anti-mutant hysteria?įirst off, there are a ton of X-Men trades called Days of Future Past. In a dystopian future, Kate Pryde is sent back in time, switching consciousness with the Kitty Pryde of 1980, to prevent the assassination of Senator Robert Kelly. The Uncanny X-Men: Days of Future Past by Chris Claremont