Fox X-Men · Before the timeline split · Film · 2011 · 2h 12m
X-Men: First Class
Story: 1962 (prologue 1944)
Does X-Men: First Class have a post-credits scene?
No credits scene. Leave when the credits start.
What it’s about
In 1962, young telepath Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr, a Holocaust survivor who can bend metal, team up with the CIA to recruit young mutants and stop Sebastian Shaw, who is pushing the world toward nuclear war.
History both X-Men timelines share. The split comes in 1973, in Days of Future Past.
Where it fits
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- Literally Everything: #9 of 251
Where to watch
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