Witness the very first adventures of your favorite mutants! Follow Cyclops from his childhood through his joining the X-Men. Relive Nightcrawler's early days as a trapeze artist in Germany. See the small town beginnings that helped forge Iceman, the coolest mutant of them all. All this plus Deadpool! Collecting: X-Men Origins Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Iceman, Emma Frost, Deadpool

Describes how several of the most well-known X-Men developed their mutant powers.

Collects X-Men Origins: Deadpool, Emma Frost, Nightcrawler, Cyclops, Iceman. Today they are X-Men, protectors of humanity and the vanguard of mutantkind. But before they became heroes, they were just teenagers - frightened of a world that feared and hated them. Adolescence is never easy - but it's even harder when you find yourself with incredible abilities you can barely understand, much less control. Take a look back at how some of your favorite mutants fought their way through childhood to become X-Men.

"Explore the ragin' Cajun's past on the streets of New Orleans - and his fi rst, fateful meeting with a young Bella Donna Boudreaux. Love at first sight leads to a wedding that may finally unite the feuding Thieves and Assassins Guilds - or set them at war like never before! Discover how Remy LeBeau's mutant powers put him on a collision course with Mister Sinister, the Marauders and a Mutant Massacre! Then watch as Gambit enters the world of the X-Men - when he comes to the aid of a Storm hounded by the Shadow King!, "--Amazon.com.

Welcome to the X-Men's first year -hope you survive the experience! Professor Charles Xavier has recruited five of the most powerful mutants he's ever seen to save a world that hates and fears them. But there's only one problem: They're teenagers who have to survive hormones and uncontrollable superpowers, all while fighting for their very lives. So right now's the perfect time for Magneto and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants - along with the Sentinels, Unus the Untouchable and more - to make their bids for control of the world, right? The first class of X-Men is forged in the fires of combat in ways you've never seen before. You only think you know the story! Plus, the beginning of a new Uncanny era of X-Men in the aftermath of a mutant Schism! BONUS MATERIAL: UNCANNY X-MEN (2011) 1

Contains various stories featuring Wolverine.

Originally published: New York: Marvel, c2012.