'A-Force,' '1602,' '90s X-Men And More Receive Battleworld Domains

[CBR News]

The Morrison/Quitely-era X-Men and Skottie Young's Marville babies are just some of the characters now taking part in "Secret Wars."


Full article here.

[Songbird/Diamondback]

Huh, so they are making a domain that was a superheroines only place. Nice!

[Kirby Krackle]

Mutopia - The X-Men from Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's "New X-Men" run will inhabit Mutopia.

Whoa, I was not expecting that!

Westchester - Another X-Men domain has been announced, this one focusing on the early '90s era. The text on the map reads, "An exciting era for Marvel's mutants! With a larger team roster than ever before, the X-Men face familiar foes like Magneto, new opponents like Omega Red, and monumental threats in their radical 90's exploits!"

This has me very excited!

[Double 0]

I'll admit, Marville had me worried at first. Thankfully, it's a Marvel Babies section.

[Nimrod]

I bet there will be a star wars world.
Why is there no vs the marvel universe world from the limited series. frank was boss in this world. not to mention feral Thor. would have been cool.
Would have been cool to get any punisher world

[Loulou]

I'm worried about those poor Marvel Babies!!! I hope they come out on top

[Songbird/Diamondback]

I'm worried about those poor Marvel Babies!!! I hope they come out on top

[Shinglepants]

OK, now I'm confused. I thought all the domains were alternate universe or divergent timelines. Are they going to do an AU based on the Morrison/Quitely X-Men?

[Songbird/Diamondback]

OK, now I'm confused. I thought all the domains were alternate universe or divergent timelines. Are they going to do an AU based on the Morrison/Quitely X-Men?

They are all alternative dimensions all smashed on the same planet. One of those dimensions was the Morrison X-Men dimension.

[Shinglepants]

They are all alternative dimensions all smashed on the same planet. One of those dimensions was the Morrison X-Men dimension.

But Morrison's X-Men was 616 right?

[Habis]

I suspect that many of those domains are Earths in which there were way less heroes. Like, Dr. Strange is the only hero in the world of The Eye of Agamotto, and the X-Men are the only supergroup in the Westchester world.

[Kirby Krackle]

But Morrison's X-Men was 616 right?

It could be an alt-timeline where Magneto won or something like that.

[Songbird/Diamondback]

But Morrison's X-Men was 616 right?

So was 2099.

[Shinglepants]

It could be an alt-timeline where Magneto won or something like that.

Yeah, I guess so.

Maybe, I'm just thrown off by the use of the names. Like when they mention Infinity Gauntlet or Planet Hulk, without mentioning the original artists/writers, it's obviously AU's. Mentioning the Morrison/Quitely is a little more specific, y'know?

[TOTALITY]

OK, now I'm confused. I thought all the domains were alternate universe or divergent timelines. Are they going to do an AU based on the Morrison/Quitely X-Men?

Any of these should be pretty easily explained by the way alternate universes/timelines usually work in Marvel comics - sometimes they're totally different but often they're just like 616 with one important inciting difference (like Xavier's death in Age of Apocalypse or Senator Kelley's assassination in Days of Future Past). "Mutopia" may not need an involved explanation but it's easy enough for me to imagine it being from a timeline where the Decimation didn't happen and the mutant population continued to grow exponentially larger and more Quitely-esque.