Marvel has revealed the first two main issues of its summer event AXE: Judgment Day, along with the other tie-in series and issues on sale in July, and despite it being a three-way event featuring the Avengers, X-Men, and Eternals, the tie-ins are so far limited to X-Men titles.
Perhaps that signals the story's revelation that the Eternals will come to view mutants as Deviants, who the Eternals exist to protect the Earth from, will impact the X-Men corner of the Marvel Universe the most.
It would certainly be a continuity game-changer for Marvel Comics and potentially the MCU.
Or maybe the event will expand to Avengers and Eternals titles in future months.
But for now anyway, AXE: Judgment Day appears to be X-forward.
The main series is written by Kieron Gillen and drawn by Valerio Schiti and places the Avengers, X-Men, and Eternals in a deadly conflict.
The event begins after the Eternals attack mutantkind's island home of Krakoa, and according to Marvel, AXE: Judgment Day is a "complex saga" that will serve as the payoff to various plot threads through all three franchises in recent years; including mutantkind's "newfound immortality," the Eternals' discovery of "long-hidden truths about their species," and the Avengers "intense dealings with the Celestials."
The publisher promises the event will have a "massive" impact on all the characters and their stories moving forward.
Here's a look at all seven July issues:
A.X.E.: Judgment Day #1 (of 6) Written by Kieron Gillen Art by Valerio Schiti Cover by Mark Brooks The X-Men claim they're the planets' new gods. The Eternals know that position is already filled. The Avengers are about to realize exactly how many secrets their so-called friends have kept from them.
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