X-Men: Apocalypse
Marvel2016
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
The ancient mutant Apocalypse recruits Horsemen while the young X-Men rally to stop him. Its comic connection is a synthesis: familiar characters and ideas are combined into a new cinematic story.
- Director
- Bryan Singer
- Produced by
- Simon Kinberg, Bryan Singer, Hutch Parker, Lauren Shuler Donner
- Starring
- James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac
From screen to page
Shop related comicsComics behind the movie
X-Men: Apocalypse combines ideas from more than one period of the comics, so its source material is better read as a group than as one direct adaptation. Start with X-Factor #5–6, then compare it with X-Factor #24–25 and Age of Apocalypse: X-Men Alpha #1. Reading the references alongside the movie makes it easier to see what the filmmakers retained, combined or reinvented for the screen.
X-Factor #5–6
X-Factor #24–25
Age of Apocalypse: X-Men Alpha #1
Connection: Apocalypse mythology synthesis
