‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Incursion Image Shows What the Multiverse Collapse Could Look Like

One word keeps surfacing in nearly every conversation about ‘Avengers: Doomsday‘, and it is “incursion.” A new image circulating among fans has pushed the term back to the center of the discussion, and it is worth looking at closely because it points straight at the idea the whole film seems built around.

Before getting to the image, it helps to know where the word comes from. Incursions are a creation of writer Jonathan Hickman, who introduced them in his Avengers run, the storyline that led into the 2015 ‘Secret Wars’ event. In those comics, two parallel universes are pulled toward each other with only hours left before they collide and both are wiped out, unless one is destroyed to save the other.

The image now making the rounds is being presented as an official look at the incursion in ‘Avengers: Doomsday’. It pairs a planet seen through a window with a panel in the style of the Hickman comics, which draws a direct line between the movie’s version of the event and its source material. The comic-style framing is the clearest signal that the filmmakers are leaning into the original concept rather than inventing something new.

There is a caveat. The origin of the image could not be traced to a specific Marvel Studios release, so it should be treated as unverified until the studio confirms where it came from. The claim that it is the “first” look at an incursion also doesn’t hold up well, because Marvel’s marketing has already touched on the idea several times.

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Promotional art released in October shows two planets colliding in an explosion of pink and violet energy, with jagged debris scattering through space. There are no heroes, villains or logos in that image, which makes it one of the purest depictions of an incursion shown so far.

Other material has been more specific. A three-way image with the Avengers, Fantastic Four and X-Men logos crashing together has led fans to speculate about Earth-616, Earth-828 and Earth-10005 converging, though those designations come from reports and fan reading rather than anything Marvel has stated outright. An international poster also shows two worlds colliding behind a lineup of heroes, with a masked Doctor Doom looming overhead.

The term has even leaked into a more playful corner of the marketing. Channing Tatum’s Gambit, paired with the robot H.E.R.B.I.E., appears in a doughnut-themed campaign titled “Munchkin Incursion.” The spot is set in a diner and centers on a snack break rather than any world-ending event, and Tatum told PEOPLE he “definitely flirted” with H.E.R.B.I.E. a little. It is a joke on the word, not a story clue, but it shows how widely Marvel and its partners are now using the concept.

Directors Joe and Anthony Russo have framed the multiverse collapse as the center of the film. According to a report from Comic Basics, Joe Russo has described it as the most profound thing to have happened in the MCU. Anthony Russo reportedly called it the unifying principle that brings the X-Men, Avengers and Fantastic Four universes together.

The report does not say where either brother made those remarks, so the wording should be read as a paraphrase rather than a verified transcript. Still, the two descriptions line up with how the marketing has been built, with each new image stressing collision and convergence over individual heroes.

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The pattern across the poster, the promo art and this latest image is consistent. Marvel appears to be teaching audiences the word “incursion” ahead of release, so that the film can use it as shorthand for the stakes without lengthy explanation. If the Hickman template holds, the pressure will come from a countdown, two worlds with very little time, and a choice nobody wants to make.

What remains unknown is which Earths are actually involved and how far the film follows the comics. Marvel has not confirmed the universe numbers floating around online, and no marketing so far has settled whether the version on screen will end the same way the ‘Secret Wars’ lead-up did. For now, every new image is best read as a clue to the tone rather than a map of the plot.

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