Timeless
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Marvel Comics is closing out the year by havingKang the Conquerorreveal the time to come channelise into 2022 , but it seems as though Marvel’sTimelessevent is just their translation of DC’sFuture State . disclose what lies ahead with events that may or may not encounter , Marvel ’s Distinguished Competition similarly began 2021 by teasing the time to come . Now , it look as though Marvel is pursue courtship ( albeit in a much more condensed format ) .
InTimeless # 1from Jed MacKay , Kev Walker , Greg Land , Jay Leisten , Mark Bagley , and Andrew Hennessy , Kang the Conqueror recruits a young fellow traveller to join him in his travels through time , a scholar commit to the study of supervillains whom the conqueror is endeavor to convince thatDoctor Doom is subscript to Kang himself . While they were spending clip in the past , the menace of a parallel " sea robber timeline " move Kang to take action to preserve the primary Marvel timeline . As such , Kang pulls back the mantle on what may be coming to the Marvel Universe in 2022 .
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In the raw progeny , Kang has a sort of monitors showing various points in the future tense in his observation station held outside the confines of time . As such , Kang reveals several result that may soon issue forth to pass such as the Winter Soldier potentially killing Captain America , Thanos wielding Thor ’s hammer , the upcoming Reckoning War , and many more point of interest . However , this new one - barb feels very similar toDC’sFuture Stateeventwhich mostly took topographic point between January and February of 2021 . During the event , the majority of its title take in place at various breaker point in the future , showcasing what could be coming for Gotham City , the Teen Titans , the Suicide Squad , Superman ’s boy as the unexampled Man of Steel , and many other events that came to pass this last year when the DC titles went back to the present in March .
WhileFuture Statewas of course much larger in scope require multiple title and issues over the span of two months , Timeless # 1does convey the same sort of ribbing for the futurity of the Marvel Universe . Furthermore , Kang also notes that some of the event being seen should not be happening or are deviating in way he had n’t foreseen or manipulated them to go . In a similar fashion , not every event feature inFuture Statecame to overhaul in 2021 the precise same fashion , as they were simply possible futures the DC Universe could have been head up towards .
also , while fans will likely see many of the teased Marvel event playing out in 2022 , they might not see all of them in the same way . Regardless , it certainly looks like Marvel took a page out of DC ’s playbook withTimeless , even if it ’s only a one - shot as fight back to the two - month publication initiative that wasFuture State . Having a clock time - traveller likeKang the Conquerorwho can view everything all at once for certain speed things along by comparing .
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