An X-Men classic returns this summer, along with a rarely seen prequel from Chris Claremont

Returning to stores this summer, Days of Future Past is easily one of the best-loved X-Men tales of all time. But have you ready the “prelude”?

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You might’ve missed it, we sure did, but Chris Claremont actually revisited his classic Days of Future Past storyline in 2020. The iconic X-scribe unleashed a “prelude” story as a part of a hardcover book called Marvel Made Paragon Collection: Chris Claremont.

The tale, which featured Salvador Larroca on pencils, took things back to its particular future of the Marvel Universe, where the X-Men stood against a world dominated by Sentinels. A prequel to the main story, this prelude told just how it came to be that Rachel Summers was freed from being a Hound. But if you missed out on that title, then you missed out on the story, as it’s never appeared anywhere else. Til now.

Thanks to a newly announced and upcoming book entitled X-Men by Chris Claremont: Prelude to a Future Past #1, this special prelude story will be seeing the light of day once again.

Revisit the nightmarish world of tomorrow that is Days of Future Past in a revelatory prelude by the legendary scribe and illustrated by his X-TREME X-MEN collaborator, Salvador Larroca! Discover at last how the surviving X-Men saved one of their own, Rachel Summers, from her torment as a Hound – and find out which surprising faces had a vital part to play in the mutant resistance! Presented alongside the original saga in which Claremont and John Byrne unveiled their darkly dystopian vision of the future Marvel Universe – where Sentinels stalk the Earth, and the X-Men are humanity’s only hope…until they die! The giant-sized one-shot will also include bonus materials celebrating Chris Claremont’s fifty-plus years in comics!

Marvel Comics press release

X-Men by Chris Claremont: Prelude to a Future Past #1 is on the way for this summer, and set to hit the stands on July 2nd.