WRITER: JIM KRUEGER, ALEX ROSS
PENCILS: DOUGIE BRAITHWAITE, BILL REINHOLD, STEVE PUGH, STEVE YEOWELL, BILL SIENKIEWICZ
In EARTH X, Captain America, the Fantastic Four, Thor, the Hulk and the X-Men discovered that their purpose - and the meaning of all super heroes and mutated people in the universe – was nothing more than to protect their host planet, in this case Earth, from outside invasion. They learned super heroes are merely biological antibodies to protect a growing embryo within the Earth. An embryo for the Celestial race: This is the way these Gods fought back – only to cause a terrible ecological imbalance, a rift at its core that in time would wipe out all life on the planet. In UNIVERSE X, Captain Marvel was reborn on Earth years after his death. But he also still claimed to walk in the realm of the unliving, where Earth's fallen champions still exist. Mar-Vell led a team of heroes in a quest for the greatest weapons of mass destruction on Earth, suggesting this would limit the destruction caused by the growing power struggle on the planet. But this was not the only reason. For his crusade on Earth only supported and armed a battle he fought in the realm of the fallen, a battle against Death herself. Those living champions who died in his collection of artifacts were added to the battle raging in this other realm. Mar-Vell led a charge against Death and killed her. But now that Death is dead, no one will ever die again. They may writhe in pain in hospitals because their bodies have been broken beyond repair, but they will not die. They will call out for an end to their suffering. They will cry out for peace but there will be no answer. Paradise will be denied them. Yes. Death is truly dead. Long live the living. Collecting PARADISE X #0-5, PARADISE X: XEN and HERALDS #1-3.

Written by JIM KRUEGER & ALEX ROSS
Penciled BY DOUGIE BRAITHWAITE, STEVE SADOWSKI,
THOMAS YEATES & ALEX ROSS
Cover by ALEX ROSS
The epic, visionary EARTH X saga concludes. Will the Heroes of Earth be able to solve the problems of the Paradise they helped create? Will their quest for a new Death entity succeed so the pain and suffering of the world's population ceases? Collecting PARADISE X #6-12, RAGNAROK, DEVILS, A, X.

Writer: Jim Krueger, Alex Ross
Pencils: Dougie Braithwaite, Thomas Yeates, Jackson Guice, Brent Anderson
Earth was saved, and the Celestial danger within the planet’s core had been destroyed. Super-humanity had defied its creators and lived to tell the story. But for how long? Earth is on the brink of Civil War, and the surviving heroes of the Marvel Universe are left to fight those they once swore to protect until they can find a cure for the mutated populace. Humanity has become a race unwilling to give up its newfound power, a power that has given way to a war that will lead to the end of all life, as prophesied in EARTH X. It is upon this war-zone world that Captain America and Captain Mar-Vell begin a crusade to collect the world’s greatest sources of power and weapons of mass destruction. But is this quest a means to merely protect humanity - or does it somehow serve a greater, darker purpose? Join creators Alex Ross and Jim Krueger in this chapter of the critically acclaimed, award-winning 'X' trilogy. Collects UNIVERSE X #0-7, UNIVERSE X: 4, UNIVERSE X: SPIDEY and UNIVERSE X: CAP.
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WRITER: ALEX ROSS, JIM KRUEGER
PENCILS: DOUG BRAITHWAITE, THOMAS YEATES, RON RANDALL, BRENT ANDERSON
The next chapter in the critically acclaimed and award-winning "X" trilogy! The Earth is in a state of civil war. Within, the demise of the Celestial at the planet's core has left the world a hollow Earth indeed, with a re-polarization process that will lead to the deaths of every man and woman on the face of the planet. Upon the world, the mutated populace of Earth now seeks to unseat the authority of the heroes who protected and served them in the days when they were only human. Leading them in this charge against the powers that be is Mr. Church – who, unknown to the masses, is Mephisto, the very devil of ancient legend. And in the wake of Captain America's death, the remaining heroes on Earth have rallied around the reborn Captain Mar-Vell and his crusade to bring an end to the power of Death itself. A crusade that will lead to a series of revelations that will unearth the secret of multiple realities, that lie at the heart of the Kree-Skrull War and the very nature of heroism itself. Collecting UNIVERSE X #8-12, X, BEASTS, IRON MEN and OMNIBUS. 328 PGS.

Cover By: Alex Ross
Writer: Jim Krueger & Alex Ross
Pencils: Alex Ross
The Earth X Trilogy revealed secrets of the Marvel Universe, but what are the secrets of the Earth X Trilogy? See for yourself in this collection of sketches, background material and incredible insights - all handpicked by series co-creator Alex Ross, and many seen here for the first time! Plus: the rare EARTH X #1/2; and the never-before-printed X-51 EARTH X prequel, originally serialized as an online comic.