AsMarvelintroduces a terrifying,Galactus-like villain that can"eat time,“the chaos is giving Marvel fans a look at the publisher’s upcoming plans. For the past few years, Marvel has releasedTimelessspecials which offer glimpses of the upcoming year’s comics. This time, Marvel is changing the game, making mutant heroes Bishop and Cable the stars of a newTimeslideone-shot.
In a freshly released teaser from Marvel,Bishop and time-traveling mutant hero Tempus (aka Eva Bell) witness upcoming events in the Marvel Universe. Alongside major redesigns for Spider-Man, Doctor Doom and Luke Cage, ‘CLASSIFIED’ markers hide some of the crucial images fans will only get when the comic releases this December.
Timeslide #1is coming from Steve Foxe, Ivan Fiorelli, Frank D’Armata and Joe Caramagna on December 25, offering fans a look ahead at 2025’s Marvel stories, as well as seeingCable and Bishop face offagainst a staggeringly powerful villain. The issue’s summary reads:
WHAT IS THE FATE OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE? An X-Man from the future arrives in the present with a dire warning: One of mutantkind’s most hyper-advanced foes is eating his way through time, trying to stop the X-Gene from ever evolving in the first place. Only two X-Men can stop this chronal predator from achieving his goal - if they can tolerate working together long enough. Join BISHOP and CABLE on a trip through futures past, present and beyond. Your first look at the most unforgettable stories of 2025 begins here!
X-Men’s senior editor Tim Brevoort recently hinted at plans for anX-Mencomic event in 2025, and it’s likely thatTimeslidewill begin the path to that story.
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The art shows Bishop and Eva looking out across time, witnessing versions of Dormammu, Cable, Ironheart, She-Hulk, Hulk’sWorld War HulkGreen Scar persona, and Moon Knight’s wannabe sidekick Moon Squire. A version of Luke Cage as Earth’s last superhero (the star of 2023’sTimeless) and the new Sorcerer Supreme Doctor Doom also appear, alongside an upgraded Spider-Man, who has been given new gear and powers by Doom to facethe mystical Scions of Cyttorak.
X-Mensenior editor Tim Brevoortrecently hinted atplans for anX-Mencomic event in 2025, and it’s likely thatTimeslidewill begin the path to that story, setting up a huge threat to mutantkind. Indeed, this issue’s big bad could be a defining foe for the franchise’s new era. Cable and Bishop will face a Galactus-like villain which is eating its way backwards through time, intending to consume the origin of the X-gene and wipe out the mutant race - that’s the kind of threat every mutant hero should be willing to unite to defeat.
It’s possible this majorGalactus-style villain is some ultra-evolved version of advanced Sentinel Nimrod or mutant monstrosity Onslaught, though it could also be a new foe faced by a future iteration of the team. X-Men’s recent Krakoan Era ended with a hyper-evolved AI version of villain Nathaniel Essex transcending time and space and attempting to alter time to erase the mutant species - couldTimeslidesomehow bring this foe back after he was left in a state of suspended torture by Jean Grey’s Phoenix? The answer is coming soon, asMarvelkicks off a whole new year of epic storytelling.
