Earth X

[GammaBomb]

I never really wanted to read that, cause I thought it was too much of Marvel riding the coat-tails of DC's Kindom Come. But sitting at Borders today I read the whole TPB from cover to finish. I was pretty impressed overall. That was some killer inter-connectedness they pulled out. And seeing the Watcher go down faster then a fat kid in dodgeball brightened my day. Sad to see Black Bolt go, but atleast he went out like a champ. Next sunday gonna have to do the follow up and finish of Universe X.

[DareDevil_13]

Universe X is pretty good, much more action than Earth X. I won't spoil any thing for you, but it's on par with Earth X.

[ASpaceBoyDream]

Earth X is wicked good. Universe X suffers from not having the same artist. I don't feel like walking the 18 feet to my bedroom to look at the TPB and find out his name, but the guy who drew Earth X is leagues better than the Universe guy.

I might have a bias against Universe X, because I bought the thing without realizing that there was a "Part 2." Now I have to spend another $25 just to find out what happens. And then there'll be Paradise X...

[GammaBomb]

It took me a bit to adjust to the art in the Earth X/Universe X. None of the artists really appeal to me too much but I think they do go well with a story of that magnitude and don't drown it out. Gonna check out Universe X this weekend. Ill post my opinions later.

[The_Orphan]

Earth X artist = John Paul Leon

He's also filled in on a few of the recent New X-Men issues.

[CyberVenom]

I loved Earth X (and Universe X, can't wait for Paradise X to be released TPB)! Alex Ross is the new King of Comics.

On thing to remember though. And I'm not saying this to be derogatory. Earth X IS Marvel riding on Kingdom Come's coattails. The whole concept behind Earth X was Wizard: The Guide to Comics asked Alex Ross to show what his ideas for a Marvel Kingdom Come would be, and the result was a mini-comic with sketches. The fans (including myself) freaked out about how awesome it was, and Marvel took it from there.

As for the artist(s). I think Earth X's interior art is better, but Universe X is nothing to sneeze at. Leon did a fantastic job of recreating Alex Ross' style of realism for a "comic book" style, whereas Ross himself goes for photo realism.


I've only got one thing to say: Multiple Man.......ewwww.

If you get it, you get it. If you don't, read Earth, Universe, and the almost finished Paradise X books.

[zacharoo]

I recently saw Paradise X comics and I skimmed through them and from what I saw, I'm totally hooked. I like it very very much. But the thing is I don't know a thing about Paradise X, Universe X or Earth X whatsoever. I don't know what Kingdom Come is about too. Can somebody fill me in please? I'd like to read them very much but I want to know what's this universe is about. Thanks any help is much appreciated. :)

[GammaBomb]

Pretty much they're about what happens when super-heroes get old, though a little bit more complex then that.

[zacharoo]

I see. What is the link between Earth X, Universe X and Paradise X? Are they a continuation accordingly? Sounds like a very interesting premise. :classic:

[GammaBomb]

Yeah its kind of a trilogy of sorts, though the Universe X arc is 2 trade paperbacks long.

Earth X is first, then Universe X, followed by Paradise X.

[proditor]

In minor defense of Marvel, and lately this is new for me...Kingdom Come is pretty much DC reviving the Utopia Project storyline from Squadron Supreme.

As a sidenote, I can not wait to see what JMS is going to do with the Squadron this August. Supreme Power is a must have IMHO.

[GammaBomb]

Yeah that looks sweet. What he's done with Spider-man has been amazing. I never that book could be turned around after the whole clone debacle. I wish they'd let him do something with Dr. Strange. He's a character just waiting for the perfect writer to get behind.