#X-MEN of Earth-9997

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

THE X-MEN ARE DEAD -- LONG LIVE THE NEW X-MEN OF EARTH-9997.

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on original painted artwork of the X-Men of Earth-9997 (painted with gouache and watercolor), and used as cover art to "EARTH X" Vol. 1 #6. September, 1999. Marvel Comics. Artwork by Alex Ross.

This is the new incarnation of the X-Men after the original X-team were wiped out by Plague X, and which are now led by Cyclops, a.k.a., "Mr. S." The new X-Men were former members of the second Daredevil's circus:

• CHARMER – Charmer can create energy constructs in the shape of snakes. She has feelings for her new mentor, which remains unrequited. • DOGFACE – Dogface is implied to be a mutated dog living in Wakanda. He was the Dog-Faced Boy before joining the X-Men. • DOUBLE-HEADER – Double-Header is a two-headed human. • MERMAID – Mermaid has mutated a fish tail giving her the appearance of a mermaid. She is able to "swim" in the air. • TOWER – Tower is a giant human.

Resolution from largest to smallest: 1167x1842, 1200x1691, 966x1452, & 726x1077.

Sources: https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Earth_X_Vol_1_6 & www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1474129.

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EARTH X

Earth X began in 1997 when Wizard magazine asked Alex Ross to create a possible dystopian future for Marvel. Ross designed a future where all ordinary humans had gained superpowers, and he examined how some of the most well-known Marvel characters (including Spider-Man, Captain America and the Incredible Hulk) would manage a world where their superhero powers had now become commonplace. The issue of Wizard that contained the Ross article sold out rapidly. Demand was so extensive that in 1999 (in affiliation with Marvel), they republished the article as the Earth X Sketchbook, which also sold out. Based on this indicator of fan interest, Marvel commissioned Ross to create a full series based on his notes.

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Earth X #6

July 1999

Cover by Alex Ross

[elgaberino-mcoc]

“CHRONOS CORPS 1//5

SAVED FROM DYING UNIVERSES? At least sorta missing from the Battlerealm, the #MCOC Wishlist Poll, AND this list are these three:

• Iron Man 2020; • Deathlok (Abomination); and • Venom (May Parker)

Would you vote to see these in @MarvelChampions?”

[in-a-cave-with]

ive decided to try to redraw this art of mine from a year ago, since the art style is a bit janky and i’m missing a couple of tony starks i’ve tried to make another list for a redraw, so can anyone else tell me if i’m still missing any or if i should include/exclude some universes on the lists of tony starks i haven’t drawn in the OG art:

well-known tony starks i already have:

616 (earth-616)

mcu (earth-199999)

ults (earth-1610)

avengers emh (earth-8096)

avengers assemble (earth-12041)

noir (earth-90214)

1872 (earth-51920)

marvel adventures (earth-20051)

evil tony/superior iron man (earth-616)

rdj (earth-1218)

avengers academy (earth-TRN562)

armored adventures (earth-904913)

iron mouse (earth-8311)

natasha stark (earth-3490)

60s cartoon tony (unknown universe)

obscure tony starks i already have:

spider-man ps4 (earth-1048)

1604 iron man (earth-311)

zombie tony (earth-2149)

more evil tonies: (earth-2020), (earth-5012)

anime tony (earth-101001)

fire planet tony (earth-242)

vice president of praxis (earth-1000)

sorcerer supreme (earth-9810)

the other sorcerer supreme (earth-TRN519)

amazing spiderman: renew your vows (earth-18119)

a couple "served very little purpose in the story other than dying” tonies (earth-807128), (earth-1720)

well-known tony starks i need to add:

AI tony (earth-616)

avengers assemble s5/marvel’s spider-man (earth-17628)

secret wars civil war (earth-32323)

avengers video game (unknown universe)

lego tony (earth-13122)

bullet points (earth-70105)

obscure tony starks i want to add:

more evil tonies: emperor stark (earth-42777), iron goblin (earth-19919), iron cross (earth-9907)

more "served very little purpose in the story other than dying” tonies (earth-9591), (earth-12101), (earth-11638)

ultimate alliance (earth-6109)

steel corpse (earth-11326)

heroes united (earth-TRN607)

teenage tony from the onslaught event (earth-96020)

iron man: the animated series (earth-534834)

mangaverse/severed head tony (earth-2301)

marvel disk wars (earth-14042)

future avengers (earth-TRN642)

winged tony ???? (earth-9997)

ultimate end (earth-61610)

contest of champions (earth-TRN619/earth-TRN517)

next avengers (earth-10943)

next avengers: heroes of tomorrow (earth-555326)

dark avengers (earth-TRN524)

cancerverse (earth-10011)

night thrasher (earth-81156)

medieval civil war (earth-TRN584)

tony from jj abrams' spider-man comic (earth-TRN759)

shell games (earth-135263)

rhodes international (earth-57289)

tony starks i want to add, but don’t have any official designs:

tony from spider-gwen’s universe (earth-65)

tony from civil warrior’s universe (earth-TRN634)

tony starks i’m probably not including because jfc there are so many of them:

spider-man: the animated series (earth-92131)

marvel super heroes (earth-30847)

spider-man life story (earth-19529)

rise of the imperfects (earth-50701)

house of m (?) (earth-58163)

marvel universe vs punisher (earth-11080)

spidey (?) universe (earth-16220)

what if? age of ultron (earth-81223)

ape-vengers (??) (earth-8101)

ultimate avengers: the movie (earth-3488)

avengers alliance (earth-12131)

age of apocalypse (earth-295)

age of morgana le fey (earth-26111)

planet hulk (earth-10022)

the, uh. this one. (earth-21050)

rise of apocalypse (earth-7964)

the very bad animated iron man movie (earth-199673)

team thor (TIL team thor isnt mcu canon and i’m upset) (earth-16828)

marvel super hero adventures (earth-TRN663)

western au lego tony (earth-13122)

marvel future fight (earth-415)

x-men forever (earth-161)

super hero squad (earth-91119)

power pack (earth-5631)

age of ultron (earth-61112)

avengers in galactic storm (earth-TRN561)

[djinmer4]

Hazy Feel Turn

Okay, so @mikeellee and I were talking about alternate universe Kurtty a few months ago.  One of the ones that came up was Earth-9997.  In typical fashion, we both agreed the concept had some merit, and that it was executed in a less than stellar way by Marvel.  And decided to see if we could do better.  So here’s my (very late) take on Belasco!Kurt.

Be warned, I did a bit more research on Earth-9997 . . . then promptly decided that universe made no sense and discarded most of it.  So anyone looking for something that will fit canon, should probably go elsewhere.

After spending a few thousand years without a right arm, Kurt admitted to himself that it felt weird to have it back.  His balance was off.  He kept whacking the arm into various objects.  He’d start doing something with his hand, then realize he’d only use his left hand, leaving his right lying useless.  “If I’d known getting you back was a handicap,” he addressed his newly reattached arm.  “I might not have agreed to King Britain’s proposal so easily.”  He was currently sitting in a suite in the palace, trying to deal with odd phantom pains.  (Weren’t you supposed to get phantom pains after an amputation?  He thought he remembered enough of human medicine to know that.)  It had been a week since the wedding of Medusa and King Britain, and five days since the Union Jacks had reattached the long-petrified arm.  Kurt figured he could spend at least a month adjusting before too much work piled up in Limbo.  And once he got back, well, then he could just make as much time as he needed after all.

The soft sound of someone sneaking into the room made him turn.

Kitty looked surprised and innocent and alarmed and entirely too young.  The plush blue robe she wore reminded him of her Excalibur uniform, as did the way she was half-phased through the antechamber door.  The image brought back another rush of memories.  Meeting her in New York, those first few missions with the X-Men, her fighting Magneto.  But there were still giant gaps.  He remembered meeting her, but he didn’t remember how they became friends.  Remembered founding Excalibur, but not her reaction to Professor X’s death.  In his mind she was a scramble of remarkably vivid memories and complete blanks.

This might have been why he had been avoiding the newly unfrozen members of Excalibur for the past week.

But could anyone blame him?  It was bad enough that they had missed several years of tremendous changes.  The release of the Terrigen mists, the return to semi-feudalism, how much the very environment of the Earth had changed.  None of them had dealt with the whole Celestial embryo and the Vibranium energy crisis that had followed.  Vibranium had only been a scientific curiosity when they’d been petrified.

Not only on a grand scale, but also what had happened to the members of the team who hadn’t been turned to stone.  Meggan had still been in the honeymoon phase of her relationship with Brian; she came back on his wedding night to another woman.  Piotr had been Mr. Sinister, and was now the Czar of Russia.

Kurt had time-traveled thousands of years backwards and become one of Excalibur’s worst enemies.

It occurred to him that he should leave.  Teleport away.  Go back to Limbo.  Give the woman who had been his best friend in the world time to adjust to the new reality.  Instead he remained frozen on the chair as she finished entering the room.  For a moment they stared at one another.  “I was hungry and about to make myself a snack,” she whispered.  “Care to join me?”

For a moment they were back in Excalibur, having one of their midnight chats.  That must have been what prompted him to say yes, rather than leaving as he should have.

Some of his clearer memories included Kitty (Katzchen, that’s what he used to call her) epically failing at cooking.  Not that it would have mattered much; while he could eat and enjoyed indulging luxuriously, he could also survive solely on the magical environment of Limbo, on the torturous feelings he wrung from his victims or the souls of the dead who wandered into his domain.  He could put up with whatever disaster she ended up preparing.

The ‘disaster’ proved to be vegetarian cup ramen and some frozen mochi balls. (It was sheer luck that the Terrigen mists hadn’t affected Earth’s flora as badly as it had Earth’s fauna.  Even if every place had a shortage of meat, people were only starving at the same rate as they had before, albeit in different distributions.)  Inoffensive to the palate, even if nothing like what he could prepare at home.  So the food went well.  Even if the conversation did not.

“So, you’re arm . . . “Kitty was the one to break the silence.

“Ah, yes.”  He held up his right arm, opening and closing the three-fingered fist.  “It was caught with the rest of you when the Grey Goblin attacked.”

“But you managed to get away.”

“Sort of.  I ended up teleporting into a Terrigen mist and things got worse from there.”

She sipped at the broth.  “How so?”

“My physical mutation actually got worse.” he responded, glossing over the actual form of his mutation.  “I got attacked, and when I was able to teleport away, I accidentally sent myself back in time.”

After a beat she continued.  “That’s interesting, but I meant the form of your arm.  You don’t look as you did when we fought; you look more like K-” she cut herself off.

“I’m a shapeshifter.”  He looked down at his fork.  “The Union Jacks said I should try to match the arm during therapy rather than force it to match my usual form.  Better for reintegration.”

The conversation died at that point and they ate in awkward stillness.  Finally Kurt could stand the silence no more.  “I’m sorry.” he blurted out.

“You’re apologizing?  For what in particular?”  She wasn’t going to make this easy on him.

“Sorry for . . . “ What was he actually sorry for, instead of feeling a vague sense of general guilt?

“Sorry for everything?”

“Well, not everything.  I’m sorry for what I did to Excalibur in particular.”

“You’re sorry?  You’re sorry?  You tried to kill all of us.  You turned me into a cat!  You kidnapped Ilyana and tried to make her your sex toy!”  Kitty’s voice grew higher and louder with every sentence, and Kurt hoped the soundproofing in the palace was up to the challenge.  She also ended up leaning forward, as if to reach him from across the table.  But he didn’t try to stop her.  She needed this.

“Yes, I did all of those things.  And I’m sorry.  And I wish to make amends.  What do you wish for, Katzchen?”  Using the nickname might have been a mistake, she looked like she wanted to stab him with her chopsticks.

“I wish those things had never happened!”

“And so do I.  Hence, why I’m sorry.”  If this was how Kitty was reacting, he wasn’t going to bother with the rest of Excalibur.  They were clearly better off without him.  But she had been his best friend, and he found himself longing to do his best for her.  “I can’t change the past.  But what do you want?  Do you want me to leave?”  If she did, he’d do it.  He’d go away forever, or at least the length of her life.  Not even his current friendships with Brian and Piotr had as much preeminence as his past with her.

She dropped back into her seat.  When she spoke again, her voice was very soft, almost impossible for him to hear.  “I want none of this to have happened.  I want the person who hurt me not to be my friend.  I want my friend back.”

“I can’t be that person again.”  Well, he supposed he could fashion some type of golem in Limbo, shape it in his old form, give it the right type of instructions to act like Kurt Wagner.  But he wouldn’t be that person.  And he didn’t think Katzchen would appreciate being fobbed off with a doll like that, as if she were a child.  “But I will do everything in my power to make up for what I’ve done to you.”

“And are you going to make the same offer to the rest of Excalibur?  To Meggan?  To Dane?  What does Ilyana think of all this?”  Ilyana hadn’t been frozen in time with the rest of them, but clearly her opinion mattered the most to Kitty.

“I will.  Within reason though.”  She looked at him out of the corner of narrowed eyes.  “You were my best friend.  I feel you should get more from me than the others.”

"And Ilyana?”

“We have a working relationship.  We weren’t that close anyway.”  Ilyana had never been that close to Brian, otherwise she too would have been here for the wedding.  Right now she was covering for him during his rehabilitation.

“Kurt wouldn’t have said that.”

“I’m not Kurt Wagner anymore.”

“I suppose.”  She wrapped her arms around herself, curving in to hide from the world.  Kurt got up and put the dishes in the sink.  He’s leave her alone now.  But her voice, still wavering but getting stronger stopped him.  “We can’t go back to the past.”  Not without playing into Mephisto’s hands anyway.  “But if I have to face this future completely unprepared, then . . . “ she looked up at him.  Tears streaked her face, but her eyes were clear.  “I’d rather make friends while doing so.”  She stood up again and reached out for his hand.  “Hi, I’m Kitty Pryde.  A Jew, a woman, an American, a Cubs fan, and a founding member of Excalibur.  Be my friend and I’ll risk my life for you.  Because that’s what I enjoy doing, clearly.”

This might actually work out.  He reached out with his right hand.  “Hello, I’m Nightcrawler.  But in Limbo, I’m known as the Demon Lord of Temptation, Belasco.  They’ll tell you to stay away from me, that I’m not good for you, but that just makes it more fun.”

[komikswaria-n-t]

Podczas tegorocznego NYCC Dom Pomysłów zapowiedział Marvel X, nową miniserię autorstwa Alexa Ross, Jim Kruegera oraz Velibora "Well-Bee" Stanojevica. Tytuł ten będzie prequelem trylogii Earth-X (Earth-9997). Marvel będzie promował nowe wydawnictwo przy pomocy serii okładek alternatywnych Marvels X. Do sprzedaży trafi 26 wariantów. Poniżej zapoznacie się z listą tytułów wraz z autorami oraz z dotychczas zaprezentowanymi pracami.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #37 BY GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #38 BY PHIL NOTO

AVENGERS #29 BY EMANUELA LUPACCHINO

AVENGERS #39 BY KHOI PHAM

BLACK CAT #8 BY JAY ANACLETO

BLACK PANTHER AND AGENTS OF WAKANDA #5 BY MICO SUAYAN 

CAPTAIN AMERICA #18 BY ANDY KUBERT

CAPTAIN MARVEL #14 BY ADAM GARNER

DAREDEVIL #16 BY RYAN BENJAMIN  

DEADPOOL #3 BY DAVID YARDIN

DOCTOR DOOM #4 BY WILL SLINEY  

DR STRANGE #2 OLIVIER VATINE  

EXCALIBUR #5 BY WILL SLINEY  

EXCALIBUR #6 MCKONE  

FANTASTIC FOUR #18 BY GREG SMALLWOOD  

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #1 BY SKAN  

IMMORTAL HULK #29 BY NICK BRADSHAW  

IMMORTAL HULK #30 BY MIKE DEL MUNDO  

IRON MAN 2020 #1 (OF 6) BY CHRISTIAN WARD  

MILES MORALES SPIDER-MAN #14 BY DECLAN SHALVEY  

SPIDER-MAN #5 (OF 5) BY JAVIER RODRIGUEZ  

THOR #1 BY RYAN BROWN  

VALKYRIE JANE FOSTER #7 BY KRIS ANKA  

VENOM #22 BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER  

X-FORCE #5 BY GREG LAND  

X-MEN #5 BY MARCOS MARTIN  

X-MEN #6 BY KRIS ANKA

[AKTUALIZACJA - 22.12.2019]

Źródło grafik: https://www.previewsworld.com

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES ARE NO MORE... TONY STARK IS THE LAST MAN ALIVE."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on sketch art of Tony Stark of Earth-9997, the reported "last man alive" and unaffected by Plague X, from "Earth X" Sketchbook Vol. 1 [a one-shot issue]. February, 1999. Marvel Comics. Artwork by Alex Ross.

PIC #2: Bonus sketch art of the Iron Avengers, robots designed by Tony himself with Iron Man technology, pre-programmed with the personalities and characteristics of all the dead Avengers. Arrwork/design by Alex Ross.

MINI-BIO: "Earth's Mightiest Heroes are no more. Most are dead. A few fled to the other side of the world. Only one remains.

Tony Stark is the last man alive. That is, he is untouched by whatever it is that has mutated his world. He is the man in the armored bubble -- the man who has expanded his armor around himself so far that he lives in utter isolation and utter sterilization.

In a way, though, Tony Stark has also lost his humanity. For humanity has a social existence. And he is alone and too proud to admit that in holding on to his natural form, he has become a stranger to the world."

-- X-51, a.k.a., "MACHINE MAN" (the new Watcher of Earth-9997), story/script by Jim Krueger

Source: https://thedorkreview.blogspot.com/2013/11/alex-ross-earth-x-sketchbook.html.

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THE IRON MEN, A.K.A., THE IRON AVENGERS.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on published cover art to "Universe X Special: Iron Men" Vol. 1 #5. September, 2001. Marvel Comics. Artwork by Alex Ross.

Resolution at 990x1500 & 517x800.

"Without Tony Stark, the Iron Avengers were leaderless. Their bodies had been rebuilt along with their personalities -- personalities based on those of the Avengers who had been killed years before. Yet they had no direction. No home. No purpose.

Until King Britain invited them to become Knights of the World under the leadership of his heir, the Black Knight. Others, desiring to ally themselves against the growing numbers of Immortus's cult, joined them in their quest."

-- MACHINE MAN (Earth-9997), story/script by Jim Krueger

Roll call: Black Knight, a.k.a, Uhura Boltagon, Monolith, Steelbow, Bolt, Sting, Crimson Sage, Iron Maiden, and Jade Dragon.

Source: Marvel Database & Facebook (an old post of mine).

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"....THERE'S SOMETHING I THINK YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE [COSMIC] CUBE. I THINK IT'S ALIVE."

PIC INFO: Spotlight on Earth-9997 Black Panther as the panther-human hybrid [king] of Wakanda (transformed by the Cosmic Cube, no less), with Storm as his Queen, and the Ani-Men as his loyal subjects -- Textless cover art to "Universe X" Vol. 1 #8. May, 2001. Marvel Comics. Artwork by Alex Ross.

"Aaron, there's something I think you should know about the Cube. I think it's alive. At first, it was used as a weapon against the Kree by the Royalty of the Skrull homeworld. It could create anything from a thought. But the power of the Cube could not be contained. They say the Cube destroyed two-thirds of the Skrull Empire alone. In the years that followed, the Cosmic Cube learned sentience and became the being the Shaper of Worlds."

-- KYLE RICHMOND (formerly known as Nighthawk) to X-51

Source: Marvel Database (official site).

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A BLACK KNIGHT AND HIS IRON MEN.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on textless & published cover art to "Universe X Special: Iron Men" Vol. 1 #1. September, 2001. Artwork by Alex Ross. Marvel Comics.

"These new Iron Avengers were no longer led by the Vision, who went on to assist Mar-Vell in his quest... but were instead led by Black Knight -- much to the disappointment of Medusa, the Queen of the Inhumans."

-- KYLE RICHMOND to Isaac Christians (script by Jim Krueger/Alex Ross)

Sources: https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Universe_X:_Iron_Men_Vol_1_1 & Pinterest.

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SUB-ATOMICA IS UNLEASHED! -- DAWN OF THE ANT-MEN OF EARTH-9997.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on textless cover art to "Universe X" Vol. 1 #5 [the Ant-Men of Sub-Atomica]. February, 2001. Marvel Comics. Artwork by Alex Ross.

MEMBERS/LINE-UP:

Marionette

Bug

Neutron

Proton

Ant-Man

Spartak

Spidra

"Pay attention, X-Men. There are things from Sub-Atomica you would not believe."

-- MR. S, a.k.a., Scott Summers (leader of the X-Men), Earth-9997

Sources: https://mx.pinterest.com/pin/275493702186332748, Slab City Comics, various, etc...

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"PLAGUE X DIDN'T CHANGE THE X-MEN. IT KILLED THEM."

PIC INFO: Resolution at 980x1281 -- Spotlight on sketch art of the X-MEN of Earth-9997, artwork by Alex Ross, co-created with Jim Krueger for the "Earth X" story arc published by Marvel Comics, c. 1999.

OVERVIEW: "No reason existed to fight for a peaceful coexistence between man and mutant once all men had become Homo Superior. Prejudice was now an archaic concept. A quaint lesson in history. And with the death of Professor X, the X-Men disbanded and each went his own way.

Remembering that the original X-Men were formed to fight Magneto and other mutants who used their power for selfish gain and evil purposes, Mr. S (Scott Summers, who cannot abide anyone calling him Professor) forms a new team out of the performers that were part of Daredevil's traveling thrill show. Mr. S cites that it's not the enemy that's changed... only their potential number."

-- MACHINE MAN, a.k.a., X-51 (script by Jim Krueger & Alex Ross)

Source: www.pinterest.com/pin/xmen-earth9997--305822630921821339.

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CENTRAL FIGURES OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT OF EARTH-9997.

PIC INFO: Resolition at 1050x1600 -- Spotlight on sketch art/pencil art/character art of King Panther, Queen Storm, The Beast, and the Ani-Men of Earth-9997, from the "EARTH X" Sketchbook (one shot). February, 1999. Marvel Comics. Artwork by Alex Ross.

OVERVIEW/EARTH-9997 AFRICA: "In a world where meat and animal life has become scarce, Wakanda has become the sole sanctuary of the world's wildlife, under the monarchy of King Panther and Queen Storm. Reed Richards' friend and ally Hank McCoy, the Beast, now resides in Wakanda, seeking a cure for the world's mutations by studying her richest known deposit of vibranium. But his work has met with great interference. For plague X affected all life on Earth. And now, the spirits of T'Challa always believed to have lived within the great beasts of the plains have finally been given voice in the form of the Ani-Men."

-- "EARTH X" SKETCHBOOK (story/script by Jim Krueger & Alex Ross)

Sources: https://thedorkreview.blogspot.com/2013/11/alex-ross-earth-x-sketchbook.html & X (formerly known as Twitter).

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"I WAS ONCE CAPTAIN AMERICA. ONCE STEVE ROGERS. A MAN. A SON."

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1744x2594 -- Spotlight on original cover painting to "Paradise X" Vol. #1 Trade Paperback (Marvel Comics, c. 2003). Artwork/opaque watercolor over graphite on board by Alex Ross.

"I was once Captain America. Once Steve Rogers. A man. A son. A living legend. A representation of a dream. A dream great men shared and died to establish. A dream that ebbed and flowed with the freedoms of its people. A dream that never quite took full form. To think that I have now become the dream."

-- THE AVENGING HOST of Earth-9997, formerly Captain America/Steve Rogers

OVERVIEW: "A stunning cover painting for a trade that collected the first five issues of the Earth-9997 mini-series. The cover art features Steve Rogers... Captain America, in three different forms... The Sentinel of Liberty... the broken soldier... and his Avenging Host form."

-- HERITAGE AUCTIONS (HA comics art)

Source: www.artnet.com/artists/alex-ross/alex-ross-paradise-x-1-trade-paperback-collection-WUElRPvwqTXiGmJh40J1ug2.

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"YOU CAN HAVE MY POWER NOW, STEVE... YOU CAN RULE PARADISE IF YOU WANT. JUST ASK."

PIC(S) INFO: Part 2 of 2 -- Spotlight on Steve Rogers, formerly Captain America, and now a member of the Avenging Host of Earth-9997, the protectors of Paradise. Cover art to "PARADISE X" Vol. 1: A. November, 2003. Artwork by Alex Ross. Marvel Comics.

Resolution at 1612x2509 & 1280x1968.

"You want this position I have, don't you, Steve? Ever since the draft board said you weren't fit to fight, and you knew in your heart that you were, you wanted to choose who was worthy.

But for all those years, you kept it hidden. You fought wars, followed orders, allowed yourself to be ruled by the majority. Never listening to your own desires, never giving voice to your own individuality.

You watched as lesser men led millions to ruin. And you took your orders, ready to continue. You can have my power now, Steve. It's yours for the asking. You can rule Paradise if you want. Just ask."

-- MAR-VELL to Steve Rogers (formerly Captain America, now the Avenging Host) of Earth-9997

Story/script by Jim Krueger & Alex Ross.

Source: Source: https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Paradise_X_Vol_1_A.