An exciting new Marvel Comics limited series will explore the lead-up to one of the X-Men's most beloved and famous storylines, "Days of Future Past", in the 4-part prequel comic X-Men: Days of Future Past - Doomsday.

"Days of Future Past" - from X-Men legends Chris Claremont and artist John Byrne - which surprisingly only takes place over two issues of Uncanny X-Men, was the mutants' first real encounter with the horrors and complexities of time travel, with a grown-up Kate Pryde traveling back in time to desperately stop the assassination of Senator Robert Kelly.

the Kate Pride of Days of Future Past originally came from, revealing never before seen backstory of that apocalyptic future, including how the major heroes died.

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 , 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?

Days Of Future Past Is The X-Men's First Major Time Travel Event

"Days of Future Past" showed a world 30 years in the future, where the Sentinels had taken over the American Government, exterminating almost all super-powered heroes and villains - regardless of mutant status - with all other mutants kept in horrific concentration camps. The only surviving heroes like Wolverine, Storm, Kate, Colossus, Magneto, an adult Franklin Richards, and Rachel Summers hatch a plan to neutralize their power inhibitors, allowing Rachel to psychically send Kate's mind back into her childhood self. Eventually convincing the X-Men of 1980 of her story, Kate and the team head to Washington DC to stop Mystique and her Brotherhood of Evil Mutants from killing Kelly. Even though the iconic storyline only lasted two issues, there have been multiple adaptations in several media, such as a Days of Future Past audiobook, and comic prequels and sequels.

"Days of Future Past" was the X-Men's first major foray into time travel, a recurring theme in the mutants' adventures since then. The storyline has been influential and groundbreaking, and it features the introduction of Rachel Summers, the daughter of Cyclops and Jean Grey, who eventually traveled to the main Earth-621 timeline and has been a major character since. The new prequel series will attempt to fill in some of the missing gaps in the story of how the Sentinels gained control of the United States.

Days Of Future Past Prequel Will Explore Key Mutant Deaths

One of the more tragic aspects of "Days of Future Past" was just how many of the X-Men had been slaughtered by the Sentinels, including major heroes like Nightcrawler, Cyclops, and Charles Xavier, as well as unexplored tragedies, like the briefly mentioned deaths of Kate Pryde and Colossus' children. "Days of Future Past" was one of the first dystopian futures shown in Marvel Comics, and it made an intense impact on readers when it debuted in 1981, and has remained influential in the 40 years since.

While "Days of Future Past" remains a beloved and acclaimed classic X-Men tale, there have been many unanswered questions and unexplored stories from the brief two issues it occurred within, and this new limited series from Marvel Comics will finally explore those tragic lost years.

Source: Marvel.com

X-Men: Days of Future Past - Doomsday #1 from Marvel Comics debuts July 12th, 2023.