marvel seems to be gearing up for its next big summer event though as is often the case the publisher is keeping many of its cards close to the vest revealing only small tidbits of info about the story theyre calling contest of chaosso what is contest of chaos judging by the promo art from bryan hitch that marvel sent with the announcement it appears to be a clash between marvel heroes but rather than being split along the lines of something like avengers vs xmen it looks like heroes and villains from all around the marvel universe will be in a fullon freeforall clashand true to that concept marvel is promoting the story as an upcoming marvel comics saga that challenges your favorite heroes to embrace their inner chaosimage credit marvel comicsalong with the promo art marvels announcement includes the text absolute chaos corrupts absolutely which seems to indicate that some outside force of chaos will cause the marvel characters to go to battle with each otherthe title seems to invoke the classic 80s crossover title contest of champions in which two cosmic beings pit teams of marvel heroes against each other for their own endsas for the chaos part the concept of chaos has been a tangible element in the marvel universe since the 60s embodied by lord chos the personification of chaos itself alongside his opposite number master order and the being that exists to balance the two the inbetweenerinterestingly enough the concepts of chaos and order seem to be at play in writer jonathan hickman and artist valerio schitis still unnamed marvel project thats been teased since 2022 could contest of chaos be connected to that story marvel promises more info on contest of chaos to be revealed the week of february 27 stay tuned to newsarama for more info as it developscontest of champions is considered a close precursor to the modern comic book event check out the best marvel comics events ever