New Series Returns To Marvel's Best Modern Era

Published Aug 18, 2026, 7:20 PM EDT

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is currently focused on its two biggest movies to date: Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, both of which are expected to change Marvel's live-action multiverse, and Hollywood's box office, forever. However, not every upcoming MCU project ties directly to the multiverse. Vision Quest, Daredevil: Born Again season 3, Black Panther 3, and Jake Schreier's X-Men reboot all offer their own standalone premise and their own connections to the wider MCU.

Likewise, Marvel Comics continues to develop its overarching arcs: the apocalyptic Avengers' Armageddon event and its tie-in comics, like Ultimate Impact: Reborn, as well as the blooming Midnight Universe and the eventual return of the Ultimate Universe are all the current cornerstones of Marvel's expansive comic multiverse.

Marvel's New Incursions Comics Revisit Jonathan Hickman's Secret Wars

X-Men, Avengers, Fantastic Four, And Spider-Man Fight For Survival As The Multiverse Collapses

One decade after Marvel's groundbreaking Secret Wars crossover event changed the whole Marvel Comics multiverse, the publisher is offering an unprecedented glimpse at several realities that clashed while Doctor Doom claimed the power of the Beyonders to reshape the multiverse to his image. Each of Marvel's five Incursions one-shots is set to explore an unseen battle taking place during Secret Wars, following famous comic realities like House of M and Days of Future Past, which will clash in Alex Paknadel and Jim Towe's X-Men: Incursions #1.

Spider-Man: Incursions, Fantastic Four: Incursions, X-Men '92: Incursions, and Avengers: Incursions promise to do the same with familiar timelines, though which exactly are yet to be confirmed. Marvel also teases that in every pairing of "classic eras, alternate timelines and beloved media adaptations," there will only be "one left standing," meaning that several known and beloved universes may meet a tragic and definitive end. The fact that X-Men '92: Incursions is released besides X-Men: Incursions suggests that a version of X-Men: The Animated Series' universe will participate in these cataclysmic battles.

Marvel's New Incursions Comics May Set The Stage For Their Live-Action Counterparts

Marvel's Secret Wars One-Shots Are Must Reads For MCU Fans

Apart from commemorating eleven years since Secret Wars overhauled the entire Marvel Comics multiverse with one of the most acclaimed crossover events in Marvel history, the upcoming Incursions one-shots also raise anticipation for Marvel Studios' Avengers: Doomsday, releasing right around the MCU movie's premiere date. Avengers: Doomsday will pay off years' worth of incursion set-ups, finally showing what one looks like on the big screen after heroes like Doctor Strange, Loki, Monica Rambeau, Deadpool, and Wolverine successfully prevented several of these multiversal catastrophes.

Incursions are one of the most exciting Marvel concepts introduced in recent times, but they require a great deal of cooperation and build-up to happen. Marvel Studios is bringing Fox's X-Men universe, the MCU's numerous realities, and possibly other realities like Sony's previous Spider-Man movie timelines together for the first time in Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. While Marvel Comics can't design a new Secret Wars event within the span of a few months to synergize with the movies, the Incursions comics may serve as a guide to appreciate the scale of the original multiversal apocalypse that the MCU is drawing inspiration from.

Which Marvel Comics timelines would you like to see in the Incursions one-shots?

X-Men: Incursions #1 is available November 18 from Marvel Comics

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  Movie(s) X-Men (2000), X2, X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), X-Men: First Class (2011), The Wolverine (2013), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Deadpool (2016), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), Logan (2017), Deadpool 2 (2018), Dark Phoenix (2019), The New Mutants, Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)

  First Film X-Men (2000)

  TV Show(s) X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men, X-Men (1992), X-Men: Evolution (2000), Wolverine and the X-Men (2008), Marvel Anime: Wolverine, Marvel Anime: X-Men, Legion (2017), The Gifted (2017), X-Men '97 (2024)

  Character(s) Professor X, Cyclops, Iceman, Beast, Angel, Phoenix, Wolverine, Gambit, Rogue, Storm, Jubilee, Morph, Nightcrawler, Havok, Banshee, Colossus, Magneto, Psylocke, Juggernaut, Cable, X-23

  Video Game(s) X-Men: Children of the Atom (1994), Marvel Super Heroes (1995), X-Men vs. Street Fighter (1996), Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (1997), Marvel vs. Capcom (1998), X-Men: Mutant Academy (2000), Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (2000), X-Men: Mutant Academy 2 (2001), X-Men: Next Dimension (2002), Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (2011), Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (2011), X-Men Legends (2005), X-Men Legends 2: Rise of Apocalypse (2005), X2: Wolverine's Revenge (2003), X-Men (1993), X-Men 2: Clone Wars (1995), X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse (1994)

  Comic Release Date 213035,212968

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  Release Date May 4, 2012

  Runtime 143 minutes

  Producers Avi Arad, Chris Brigham, Jon Favreau, Kevin Feige, Louis D'Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Jeremy Latcham

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    Steve Rogers / Captain America

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