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 similarly titled feature 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.