There have been countless contributors to the X-Men movies over the years. Their own casts and crews created the movies, but several comics influenced these films' plots. In some cases, these storylines were made infinitely worse by the movies that attempted to adapt them.

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However, there are a few cases where the storylines adapted by Fox into the X-Men movie universe were actually adapted excellently. In fact, several of these storylines seemed even to be made better in their transition from paneled page to silver screen. While some fell short, others proved that the X-Men should continue to receive more movies—potentially in the MCU.

10 X-Men: Magneto Testament (2008)

Magneto Testament

After a few years of failures, the movie X-Men: First Class seemed to breathe new life into a previously tanking franchise. This movie had a great deal of original content created specifically for this film. However, in making the movie, several X-Men storylines from the comics were consulted and pulled apart to be used as inspiration for this origin film.

One of the storylines that contributed to the movie was “X-Men: Magneto Testament,” a storyline by Greg Pak and Carmine Di Giandomenico that looked back on Magneto’s childhood and time as a young man. This storyline was perfectly utilized in First Class and gave Magneto a devastating and compelling backstory that made him the radical man viewers know and love.

9 Emma Frost (2003 — 2004)

Emma Frost From 2003 2004 Cover

Another character that X-Men: First Class was responsible for introducing was the White Queen, perhaps better known by her true name: Emma Frost. While Emma Frost did not get her entire origin story told in First Class, the film did pull from the comics to influence Emma’s slight origin and portrayal in the film.

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The series “Emma Frost” by Karl Bollers and Randy Green served as an essential inspiration for Emma in First Class. The bold and blonde frost queen in the film can be traced right back to this story and made all the better.

8 X-Men: First Class (2006 — 2007)

Cropped Cover For X-Men First Class Comic

While it is perhaps obvious that the eight-issue series “X-Men: First Class” inspired the film X-Men: First Class, it still bears mention as a vital contributor to the story.

By Jeff Parker and Roger Cruz, this series saw many guest stars and several spin-offs, attempting to introduce the X-Men in several new and different ways. The film X-Men: First Class used this plot as inspiration and gave everybody clear origin stories in the X-Men franchise.

7 Wolverine (1982)

Wolverine on the cover of Wolverine 1982

As the X-Men movie franchise continued, Wolverine proved to be popular enough to receive his own trilogy in the film universe. After X-Men Origins: Wolverine was not met with great success, Fox hoped that The Wolverine would fare much better. Fortunately, the film could use its origin stories better than X-Men Origins: Wolverine ever did.

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The storyline “Wolverine,” published as a limited series over four issues in 1982, was essential to creating the plot of The Wolverine. The creative team consisted of Chris Claremont and Frank Miller, an incredibly dynamic duo, and saw the story moving from the U.S. to Japan, much like the film. The movie course-corrected Wolverine greatly and improved his story in the films to a significant degree.

6 Days Of Future Past (1981)

Days of Future Past comic

While some parts of the storyline “X-Men: Days of Future Past” were made worse in the movie X-Men: Days of Future Past, some elements of the story were actually effectively utilized. The original story by Chris Claremont, John Byrne, and Terry Austin gave Fox the perfect opportunity to clean up the franchise.

After X-Men: The Last Stand seemed to destroy the timeline, the movie X-Men irrevocably: Days of Future Past used its eponymous storyline incredibly well and was able to fix everything in the process essentially.

5 Cable & Deadpool (2004 — 2008)

Deadpool On The Cover Of Cable & Deadpool

The series “Cable & Deadpool” by Fabian Nicieza, Mark Brooks, and Rob Liefeld has not only served as inspiration for Deadpool and Deadpool 2, but this series’ storylines were actually essential to Ryan Reynolds’ depiction of the titular character of Deadpool.

In fact, Reynolds even commented that the way that Deadpool was depicted specifically in Cable & Deadpool #2 influenced the way he portrayed the character in the movie Deadpool. Deadpool, as he appears in the Fox movies, would not exist at all without this story.

4 The Old Man Logan Arc (2008 — 2009)

Old Man Logan popping his claws

Widely considered one of the best movies in Fox’s X-Men universe, Logan saw Wolverine at the end of his story — and the end of his life. The film drew significant inspiration from the story arc “The Old Man Logan,” created by Mark Millar, Steve McNiven, and Dexter Vines.

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The comics' story arc saw Logan trying to live a normal, quiet, solitary life before he has to return to his heroic activities as Wolverine one last time. The movie saw much of the same. Not only that, but the movie improved the storyline and the franchise it was in, drawing the cinematic story to a unique, devastating, and satisfying close.

3 The New Mutants: The Beginning Of The End (1991)

The Cover Of The New Mutants The Beginning Of The End 1991 Introducing Deadpool

The two-part, two-issue series “The Beginning of the End” in the series The New Mutants was created by Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza. As a result, it was not surprising that the movie Deadpool 2 drew inspiration from this popular comics storyline.

This story not only gave Deadpool his first appearance in Marvel Comics, but it also provided viewers with the first time Deadpool and Cable ever appeared together. This would serve as the inspiration for their meeting in Deadpool 2, which improved the story and made it incredibly exciting to see the two together on film for the first time.

2 X-Men: Second Coming (2010)

Hope Summers and the X-Men preparing for battle in Second Coming

Deadpool 2 was not just inspired by “The Beginning of the End.” The film also drew inspiration from a crossover storyline from 2010 entitled “Second Coming.” Created by a huge team consisting of Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost, Matt Fraction, Zeb Wells, Mike Carey, David Finch, Terry Dodson, Ibraim Roberson, Greg Land, and Mike Choi, “Second Coming” also featured the character Cable in addition to Deadpool.

This story saw Cable joining the X-Force on a trip through time to protect a much darker future. This was roughly adapted into Deadpool 2, though Wolverine and Storm played much bigger parts in the comics. However, the story was cleaned up, clarified, and made even funnier on the silver screen than in the comics' panels.

1 X-Men: Red (2018)

Cover Of X-Men Red

While Dark Phoenix is not considered one of the best movies in the X-Men franchise, it still did execute some plot elements well. It drew a great deal of inspiration from the storyline “X-Men: Red,” an eleven-issue series that ran only a couple of years before Dark Phoenix.

This Jean Grey-led storyline was partially adapted in Dark Phoenix, which saw some of the same story notes being hit for Jean Grey throughout. In the end, some are for the better and some are for the worst.

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