Earth X
Alex Ross · Jim Krueger · John Paul Leon
Story era 06 · Heroes Return, Modern Dawn
Ross, Krueger and Leon connect Marvel’s characters and mythology within a single future-history story.
One-book project: Earth X
Setup & reading order
- After Earth X #X
Earth X concludes here. Universe X is an optional sequel.
Optional context & path
Path: Earth X. Related projects that read well in this order; the order is a suggestion, not a requirement.
Useful background and earlier stops: Marvels · Marvel 1602.
Only required setup and earlier volumes in the same project affect the queue. Everything here is optional.
About these books · 4 sources
Publisher and reference pages describe the editions. Reviews and reader discussions offer different views of the stories.
The books
Earth X
Book 1 of 1 · Heroes Return, Modern Dawn
Earth-9997 is a separate future-history thought experiment published alongside late-1990s Marvel, never an Earth-616 chronology step.
See reading checkpoints9781302962913Planned edition#0–12, #XUniverse X and Paradise X are optional sequels, not requirements.
Edition sources
Each ISBN identifies a specific printing and cover. “Owned copy” identifies the edition on my shelf; “Planned edition” identifies the edition listed for collecting.
Duplication · Earth X
These books share full issues or parts of issues with other books in the plan. Open the lists below to see which stories repeat.
No shared contents are recorded with other books in the plan.
Things to know
- The mythology is deliberately dense and revisionist.
- Universe X and Paradise X are optional sequels beyond Earth X #X.