Earth X [Paperback]

Jim Krueger (Author), Alex Ross (Illustrator), John Paul Leon (Illustrator), Bill Reinhold (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 12, 2006

Collects Earth X #0-12, X.

Product Details

• Paperback: 472 pages
• Publisher: Marvel; 2nd edition (July 12, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785123253
• ISBN-13: 978-0785123255
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 0.7 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #469,766 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Profound, January 14, 2004

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J. A Magill (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Earth X (Earth X 1) (Comic)

As someone with a history as comic reader that runs into decades, I can only marvel (pardon the pun) at this spectacular piece of work. Continuities like Marvel and DC cover such vast and varied terrain of time, space, and dimension that conceiving of a unifying story seems almost impossible. Indeed previous efforts, like the sophomoric Secret Wars series in Marvel or the rather more effective yet still limited Crisis in DC seemed to demonstrate nothing so much as the impossibility of the task.

Alex Ross and company in this work prove that with tremendous talent and effort one can truly bring together the entirety of Marvel's complex continuity. Some readers complain about the occasionally serpentine plot of this work and I must agree I found it rather hard to follow when I read it as individual issues. However, when brought together and read as a single work, one realizes the depth of Earth X. Moreover, despite the story's Homeric quality it never looses sight of the basic theme that runs through the Marvel Universe, the basic humanity of all its characters.

One has to be impressed as some of the more diverse and often forgotten characters such as Rom the Space Knight (here carefully and cleverly presented for reasons of trade mark) play a role in the epic story. What I like most however is how in this work Ross, as in Marvels and Kingdom Come, captures the essences of the heroes both in image and story. Spiderman's humanity, Captain America's idealism, Scott Summer's desire to live up to a father figure's exacting standards all appear as these much loved characters face a world much changed yet still familiar.

It goes without saying that as with all of Ross's other work, the painted pages jump out at the reader brining the story to life. Here we have a graphic novel that brings an entire universe to a whole new adult level.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, November 6, 2001

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Shadi N. Saber (Saudi Arabia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Earth X (Earth X 1) (Comic)

I was a bit put off when i learend that Alex Ross didn't paint the interior art of this tpb, but i was pleasently surprised by the quality of the art by John Paul Leon.

The interior art is nothing short than breathtaking. Gritty and with a newspaper-picture feel to it, it makes reading the story a pleasure and a unique experience. Oh, and the story itself is great, especially if you are an enemy of loose-ends, since this book is nothing less than an attempt to explain the whole Marvel universe, with origins of key figures and races aplenty.

All in all, I heartely recommend it.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wrapping up the Marvel Universe, June 6, 2001

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"[e-mail]" (Edmonton, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Earth X (Earth X 1) (Comic)

Marvel Comics used to be the greatest thing since sliced bread. It was until the company decided to gouge their young readers for every nickle of their allowance that Marvel was the only universe in graphic art worth reading.

But in recent years with the ridiculous slush pile of X-men related books, stories that are senseless, and art that is pathetic, comic books took a massive nose-dive into pulp-ville.

Alex Ross writes for those of us who grew up with Marvel, trusted them to deliver characters worth caring about, art worth losing yourself in, and plots that made the imagination soar. He is also given the last word on what really ought to happen to the Marvel Universe. For me, this was the best thing to ever happen to the Marvel Universe. After reading this marvellous series there is no need to ever purchase another Marvel book again. Alex Ross set it all right and delivered the goods that our comic book creator-heroes would have wanted to see.

Thanks for the greatest, and merciful, ending to the Marvel Universe Alex. You've done well.