One of the way DC Comics has detain relevant throughout their history is by allow for artist and writers to imagine dreary future for their hero .   In 1996 , creative person Alex Ross and writer Mark Waid createdKingdom Come , which limn a future DC Universe on the brink of collapse . The comedian is one of DC ’s most well - respectedElseworldsstories and has been referenced by everything from the mainline DC Universe   to   theArrowverse . Kingdom Comeproved so popular that fans demand the comic ’s creator , creative person Alex Ross , ideate a similarly bleak future for Marvel ’s universe of discourse . The resolution wasEarth X.

Before the book was published in 1999,Earth Xbegan liveliness as an clause . In a 1997 issue of comic magazineWizard , Kingdom Come ’s Jehovah , artist Alex Ross , was ask what sort of dreary future he could remember of for the Marvel Universe . The issue was so democratic that it deal out and result Marvel to involve Ross to create a limited serial for them base on his ideas . Though Ross did n’t do most of the serial ' artwork , he did provide the plot of ground synopsis , character figure , and each issue ’s cover art . Ross ' musical theme behind the series was that the bleakest hereafter conceivable for the Marvel Universe is a one where everyone has superpowers .

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While the main persona is ostensiblyAaron Stack , the Machine Man , characters such as Captain America , Iron - Man , and the Hulk   are all given the spotlight at various point in the story . Captain America is a threadbare old man who has understand every single one of his companions either exit or be taken dominance of . Iron - Man has locked himself aside and controls an army of Iron - military personnel lawsuit model after the beat Avengers .

The Hulk is one of the few characters to have a happy time to come , with Bruce Banner and Hulk separate but making peace with each other in a symbiotic family relationship . Some of the glowering fate for Marvel ’s sub are the ones readers only get a brief expression at . The Punisher wipe out himself after accidentally belt down an innocent family while Wolverine has been shorten to a lazy slovenly person after years of a loveless marriage to Jean Grey .

More surprising than howEarth Xdepicts the Marvel Universe ’s future though is how it rewrites its yesteryear . Earth Xreveals that the   major planet itself is really a cosmic egg for aCelestialand that superheroes get up on Earth to protect the dormant god . Galactus ' use is n’t just to eat humans , but to stop Celestials from hatching . Though human being such as the Green Goblin and a young man who can operate mass gang of people are villain , the serial ' ultimate scoundrel is give away to be Uatu the Watcher , who has covertly assisted the Celestials throughout human chronicle .

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unluckily , Earth Xnever had the same impact asKingdom get . The serial '   fourteen progeny and focus on retconning or reframing Marvel persistence made the record book less approachable than its DC combining weight which was only four effect and largely ego - hold in . Despite sundry critical reception , Earth Xhad a clear influence on Marvel Comics . Three sequel series ' have been relinquish sinceEarth Xwas published , with the latest sequelMarvels Xstarting its campaign in 2019 .   Ideas from the original series such as Thor becoming a woman , Norman Osborn becoming a political leader , and Loki becoming a hero have even find their agency into the mainstream Marvel continuity .

Though the series was n’t for everyone and did n’t pass on the same eclat as Ross ' old work onMarvels , Earth Xcertainly offer an challenging   and novel look at a conversant macrocosm .

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