2023 marks the X-Men's 60th anniversary and, this July, writer Marc Guggenheim and artist Manuel García will reveal the never-before-told saga that preceded Chris Claremont and John Byrne's groundbreaking Days of Future Past storyline.
Told in 1981 within the pages of Uncanny X-Men #141 - #142, "Days of Future Past" enriched the X-Men’s mythology with the introduction of new core concepts like time travel and alternate universes, and raised the stakes of the team's mission by showing readers what the future held if they failed.
Over the years, the storyline has inspired spin-offs, film, television, and more, and in X-Men: Days of Future Past - Doomsday, we'll witness the thirty-year descent into this dystopic future where mutantkind was crushed under the full might of the Sentinel program!
Beginning at the pivotal moment that Kate Pryde desperately tried to alter in the original story and taking readers right up the opening pages of Uncanny X-Men #141, the series will reveal all the dark history behind "Days of Future Past," complete with the previously untold deaths of key mutant characters, superhero guest stars, and shocking revelations.
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.
However, 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 to in order to find some way to survive? And what scheme of Magneto will bring about their ultimate Doomsday?
"Growing up, I never thought I’d get the chance to write the X-Men as many times as I have," Guggenheim says. "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."
"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!"
X-Men: Days of Future Past - Doomsday #1 arrives in comic book stores on July 12.