Days of Future Past

"Days of Future Past"
Cover of The Uncanny X-Men vol. 141, Jan, 1981, art by John Byrne and Terry Austin
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Publication date	January – February 1981
Genre	Superhero
Title(s) The Uncanny X-Men #141–142
Main character(s)	X-Men Brotherhood of Evil Mutants Sentinels
Creative team
Writer(s)	Chris Claremont John Byrne
Penciller(s)	John Byrne
Inker(s)	Terry Austin
Trade paperback	ISBN 0-7851-1560-9
Graphic novel	ISBN 0871355825
Essential X-Men Vol. 2	ISBN 0785102981

"Days of Future Past" is a storyline in the Marvel Comics comic book The Uncanny X-Men issues #141–142, published in 1981. It deals with a dystopian future in which mutants are incarcerated in internment camps. An adult Kate Pryde transfers her mind into her younger self, the present-day Kitty Pryde, who brings the X-Men to prevent a fatal moment in history that triggers anti-mutant hysteria.

The storyline was produced during the franchise's rise to popularity under the writer/artist team of Chris Claremont, John Byrne and Terry Austin. The dark future seen in the story has been revisited numerous times, and was the basis for the 2014 film X-Men: Days of Future Past, wherein Wolverine is sent back in time. In 2001, fans voted the first issue of this storyline as the 25th greatest Marvel comic.^[1]

The Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe: Alternate Universes 2005 gave the numerical designation for the original "Days of Future Past" timeline as Earth-811 in the Marvel Multiverse.