Marvel revives 2015’s Secret Wars for series of one-shots

When is a movie tie-in not really a movie tie-in? When it’s the upcoming series of “Incursions” Secret Wars one-shots from Marvel.

Secret Wars revisited

That sub-heading is true in a few ways really. First and foremost, there’s Avengers: Doomsday. A massive feature film hailing from Disney and Marvel Studios, Avengers: Doomsday brings top threat Doctor Doom to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While it’s setting up to be a monster of a movie event, it’s also something of a lead-in.

That would be for its sequel, Secret Wars, which shares a name with more than one comic book event. In this case, it appears that the MCU is skipping the classic 80s event, and settling on an adaptation of the 2015 comic book series.

If you missed that one, it saw Doom forging a universe all his own, as the Marvel multiverse collapsed in on itself. So with that event in mind, let’s talk about Incursions. Yes, those multiversal crossovers might be a big part of the current state of the MCU, but they’re also a part of the comics. In specific, we’re talking once again about that 2015 event.

Incursions will be the title of a new series of one-shot books, hitting stores beginning this December. The issues won’t lead to a new Secret Wars happening, but will instead revisit the last one, focusing on different timelines and eras colliding with one another. And from the sound of it, each pairing will have a decisive victor.

Worlds are colliding

Incursions’ action begins this November 18th, with X-Men: Incursions #1 by Alex Paknadel and Jim Towe, pitting two iconic X-flavored realities against one another. From there, Christos Gage makes up one half of a partially revealed creative team for December’s Spider-Man: Incursions #1.

Fantastic Four: Incursions #1 will follow in that same month, with Ethan S. Parker, Griffin Sheridan, and Paco Medina onboard. The intriguingly named X-Men ’92: Incursions #1 is up in January 2027, from Chris Yost, Craig Kyle “and more”, with Avengers: Incursions #1 by Al Ewing and Fran Mariscal Mancilla rounding things out.

It was the catastrophe that led to the end of both the Ultimate and Marvel Universes and birthed the conflict known as Secret Wars, but not every story of those dark days has been told! 

In X-MEN: INCURSIONS #1, witness what happens when the universe of the mutant-ascendent HOUSE OF M intersects with that of the DAYS OF FUTURE PAST! In eight hours, only one can survive, or both will collide and be utterly annihilated! This devastating choice is left in the hands of Kate Pryde!

Kicking off the series, writer Alex Paknadel said “As someone who sincerely relishes the challenge of dancing between the raindrops of continuity, this project was all my Christmases come at once. I got to tell a story about what really matters, and I got to do it against the backdrop of three (!) of the biggest Marvel events of all time. I really love my job sometimes.”

Check out covers for X-MEN: INCURSIONS #1, featuring pieces by Gleb Melnikov and Secret Wars artist Esad Ribić, along with a promotional cover for the entire series by Bryan Hitch. Plus, check out an INCURSIONS checklist and stay tuned for information on the other one-shots in the months ahead. For more information, visit Marvel.com.

Marvel press release