There's a whole lot of secrecy with Marvel's upcoming event, SECRET WARS. Fans know what the titles are, for the most part, but where does everything fit in? Some of Marvel's greatest stories are coming to SECRET WARS and in some ways, being re-imagined, but what does that mean for the Marvel universe as a whole? In an interview with Comicbook.com, Marvel's SVP of Sales & Marketing, David Gabriel, talked about some of the inner-workings of the upcoming event SECRET WARS.
Gabriel tells readers to compare SECRET WARS to what Age of Apocalypse did, during the 90s. All of the X-Titles didn't exist during that time period and only AoA books were around. This is obviously going to be on a much grander scale though and Gabriel says that this will affect the Marvel universe in some shocking ways.
Gabriel went on to break down each of the banners for SECRET WARS. In a nutshell, books under LAST DAYS are the past. LAST DAYS will let creators bring the stories they're telling to a conclusion prior to the Marvel universe being destroyed. BATTLEWORLD titles are the present. These will be like regular, monthly titles and are the core continuity. WARZONES series are the future. These stories will lay down the foundation for the new Marvel universe.
These books are called "series" over "titles" because they will exist as long as Battleworld exists. They're not limited to the story as much as they are limited to the world these stories take place in. However, while the 616 is ending, they want to take the time to announce all of their May and June books before even talking about what is coming next.
Finally, here is the full list of books for LAST DAYS, where creators get a chance to finish their stories before SECRET WARS:
- All-New Captain America
- All-New Ghost Rider
- All-New X-Men
- Amazing Spider-Man
- Amazing X-Men
- Angela: Asgard’s Assassin
- Avengers
- Avengers World
- Captain Marvel
- Cyclops
- Deadpool
- Elektra
- Fantastic Four
- Guardians 3000
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Hulk
- Inhuman
- Iron Fist: The Living Weapon
- Legendary Star-Lord
- Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man
- New Avengers
- Nightcrawler
- Nova
- Rocket Raccoon
- Secret Avengers
- Spider-Man & The X-Men
- Spider-Man 2099
- Storm
- Superior Iron Man
- Thor
- Uncanny X-Men
- Wolverines
- X-Men