Marvel is returning to the popular "Days of Future Past" X-Men storyline in a new prequel series by Marc Guggenheim and Manuel García.
X-Men: Days of Future Past – Doomsday is a new four-issue limited series from Guggenheim and García launching in July 2023. Set before the events of the "Days of Future Past" storyline that began in 1981's Uncanny X-Men #141 (by Chris Claremont, John Byrne, Terry Austin, Glynis Wein and Tom Orzechowski), X-Men: Days of Future Past – Doomsday will show mutantkind struggle to survive in the apocalyptic future brought upon by the Sentinel program.
Marvel teased of the new series, "In a world where mutants are more than simply hated and feared, but not yet slain and apprehended, the assassination of Senator Kelly comes to pass, bringing with it the Mutant Control Act and Sentinels on every corner. But with mutantkind on the back foot, what lengths will Kate Pryde, Wolverine, Colossus, Storm, Banshee, Cyclops, Angel, Professor X, and the rest of the X-Men go in order to find some way to survive? And what scheme of Magneto will bring about their ultimate DOOMSDAY?"
X-Men: Days of Future Past – Doomsday Will Set the Stage for Uncanny X-Men #141
"Growing up, I never thought I’d get the chance to write the X-Men as many times as I have. I particularly never thought I’d be able to play around in the amazing timeline that Chris Claremont and John Byrne brought to life in Days of Future Past," Guggenheim said. "I still have the most vivid memory of visiting the stationery store where I used to buy my comics and seeing Uncanny X-Men #141 on the rack. That iconic cover blew my nine year-old mind. My goal with this story is to fill in some missing gaps in the thirty-year period that Kate Pryde summarized in just four panels back in the day. Prior familiarity with the original story won’t be required. The end result is an event that feels like the X-Men story to end all X-Men stories. At least, that’s the bullseye we’re aiming at!"
Editor Mark Basso added, "This future timeline has always been such fertile ground for stories, and for the first time we’re getting the bigger picture only hinted at in various spin-offs over the years. There are some details fans have been waiting decades to understand the context of, as well as completely untold facets that bring will bring the Days of Future Past fully into focus for the first time."
X-Men: Days of Future Past – Doomsday #1 features cover art by Geoff Shaw. The issue releases on July 12, 2023, from Marvel.
Source: Marvel