This adaptation of the X-Men comic books focuses on Wolverine, left to lead dejected colleagues after the catastrophic loss of their mentor, Professor X. When a glimpse of the future shows the world's apocalyptic destiny, the superheroes marshal their forces to continue battling Magneto and The Brotherhood.

A young Bruce Wayne is in his third year of trying to establish himself as Batman, protector of Gotham City. He is in his mid-twenties, just finding his way as protector, defender and Caped Crusader, while balancing his public persona as billionaire bachelor Bruce Wayne.