Starting Alt 9997: Earth X

Hearing the name of comic artist Alex Ross conjures images of photo-realistic books that explore the rich mythologies of Marvel and DC through classic stories like Marvels and Kingdom Come. With Earth X, he transforms his love of Silver and Bronze Age stories into a dystopian future recasting the legendary events in a new light that explores the iconic characters that he obviously loves.

There is a lot to read. Jim Krueger joins Alex Ross in telling an epic tale across three series: Earth X, Universe X, and Paradise X, and they are some dense reading. I wonder if they may have been better served as prose (still using the beautiful Alex Ross covers of course). I did not stick with the trilogy in part because they felt like a chore to read and in part because they just became such huge multiple issue events that my poor little budget couldn't sustain. As a result, we only have three posts:

• Earth X
• Universe X (Part 1)
• Universe X (Part 2)