/ 24" x 36" Over 40 years ago, the world was introduced to a team of mutant superheroes that would change the world forever ? the X-Men. Learn more about their beginnings, for before they were Astonishing, they were the X-Men: First Class. Written by Jeff Parker with art by Roger Cruz and stunning covers by Marko Djurdjevic, X-Men: First Class is an 8-issue limited-series starring the original mutants: Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman, Angel, and Beast. Today, they are battle-hardened super-heroes who have saved the world many times over. But originally they started out as students at the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters and X-Men First Class tells the story of how 5 teenagers became the most popular team in comics, the X-Men.