Fortniteis no stranger to crossovers with popular franchises, but with the newest season of Chapter 2 comes its biggest crossover yet. Season 4 is entirely focused on Marvel and its universe of heroes and villains, complete with plenty ofMarvel-themed locations and challengestied to the new character skins based on the likes of Iron Man, Thor, Doctor Doom, and more.
What the casualFortniteplayer might not know, however, is that Marvel has also been hyping the crossover on its end with apromotional comic tying Season 4’s “Nexus War” to the events of its ongoingThorcomic, created by the same artistic team. The current arc of that comic has seen Thor become the herald for the planet-devouring Galactus in an effort to help him gain the power to stop the Black Winter, a devourer of universes. The tie-in comic continues off this plotline by having Galactus set his sights onFortnite’s island in order to gain its infinite cosmic power, leading Thor to rally friends like Captain America and Storm to prevent it from getting eaten.
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It’d be easy to think theNexus Warcomic is supposed to be nothing more than a disposable ad, as most tie-in comics of this sort tend to be, but apparently that’s not the case. According to Marvel Comics editor Mark Basso,Fortniteis definitely part of the Marvel universe.
“One of the most exciting things about the crossover is how naturally it keeps a foot both inFortniteand the Marvel Universe,” Marvel Comics editor Mark Basso said in a statement celebrating the launch ofSeason 4. “We had a lot of great creative discussions between Marvel and Epic Games about where our storylines could cross over naturally, and seeing how prime a target the Fortnite Island would be for Galactus, who [Thorwriter] Donny Cates had already been exploring in hisThorseries, set the whole thing into motion.”
On one hand, it’s not much of a stretch to imagineFortnite’s world existing somewhere in the vast multiverse of Marvel comics. On the other, though, it raises some interesting questions about some of the game’s other crossovers. Does this mean DC is now canon in the Marvel-verse thanks to the Batman andHarley Quinn skinsFortnitehas featured? What aboutStar Wars, orJohn Wick, orStranger Things, orBorderlands? Technically, it’s possible.
Whether this collaboration opens the door for an officialFortnitecomic book happening someday remains to be seen. For now, Marvel has announced that it will continue pushing the crossover withFortnite-themed variant covers for a number of its upcoming books. At any rate, it’s something else to chew on for those trying to wrap their heads around the fact that Peely the banana man is now part of the Avengers’ canon.
Fortniteis free-to-play for PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One, with PS5 and Xbox Series X versions in development.
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