This would be a prequel to Paradise X, the third and final chapter of Ross and Krueger's Earth X trilogy; and begins with X-51 recovering, and restoring, the Logan from "Days of Future Past," Earth-811. (I'm nerdy, but not nerdy enough to remember earth designations like that of the top of my head!) While he could be resurrected, X-51 sadly tells Logan his friends could not; and Logan recognizes where he was, since he had been there before: the Watcher's home on the moon. (Like the Onion said, "Man Experiencing First Real Moment of Peace in Years Resuscitated.")
X-51 introduces him to the team he had put together, collected from the multiverse, some of which would have even been familiar to Logan: the vampire Ororo, Bloodstorm; the MC2 Spider-Girl, Killraven, Deathlok, Iron Man 2020, and a Hyperion. (Logan recognizes May as "Parker's kid" by scent, which grosses her out.) They also pass by the naysaying old Watcher Uatu, who was basically a big blind face at this point. X-51 gives the quick version of what he had learned, about the multiverse, divergent timelines, Mephisto, and primarily, the Celestial egg planted in earths across the multiverse. (That plot point is probably the legacy of the Earth X books, as it's crossed over into 616 and movie continuity.) He wanted the team to warn the Reed Richards of those worlds; then he would use Uatu's stuff to reward the heralds accordingly. (Killraven and Logan both point out, their earths sucked and were probably past saving, but X-51 had found others.) The heroes are paired up, with X-51 going with Hyperion; as they are transported by familiar-looking big black monoliths...
Hyperion and X-51 arrive on an earth taken over by Kulan Gath (around Uncanny X-Men #190!) and Reed Richards had just been strung up. Deathlok and Killraven get a world ruled by Satyrnin, which does have a lot of armored goons for them to blast. IM 2020 is paired off with Bloodstorm, feeling that he was because he would've been protected from the vampire, but they find a world apparently full of 'em. Logan and Spider-Girl show up at a White House, to see President Richards...perhaps better known as the Brute!
I hesitate to mention this, since I have an irrational fear of anyone horning in on my search; but I read all the Earth X books as they came out, and since my old copies have been read many times I have been putting together another run of them from the cheap bins. Checking the pile I have handy, I had most of Earth and Universe, but needed about 12 of Paradise X. There were maybe 14 issues of that one, since they ran from #0 to #X because of course they do. Still, I had new copies of all three of Heralds, and I think I have all of the one-shots like Xen and Cap, which I thought would be tough to gather up. I've been picking at that for some time, it seems to come in chunks, but I might be making some headway.
Thursday, November 27, 2025
There's definitely an Onion headline that applies for Wolvie there.
Whelp, just spent a hour writing a post, for a book I'd already blogged; so I'd best triple-check I haven't hit this one before, since I'm positive I've bought it three times. (I can see two from here, so...) So far it looks like I haven't, so here goes! From 2001, Paradise X: Heralds #1, plot and cover by Alex Ross, plot and script by Jim Krueger, art by Steve Pugh.
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Well thanks for reminding me to finish reading this miniseries, as up until today I’d only ever read this 1st issue. Like you, I absolutely love & adore the entire Earth X saga in its entirety, and still for the life of me cannot possibly comprehend why Marvel doesn’t do more with it, or why it hasn’t been adapted into an animated series or animated movie considering the wealth of material to work with. We didn’t even get Earth X action figures for f@ck’s sake! I guess certain people enjoy leaving money on the table 🤷♂️
Anyhoo, I finished reading the Heralds miniseries and throughly enjoyed the ending. I thought it fit well & helped lead into Paradise X, another solid part of the Earth X saga.
I’m sure I already asked you, but did you ever read Marvels X, the prequel to Earth X? It came out in 2020. It was ok, not great, but good enough overall.
Anyways, Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours and to everyone in the comments section.
I think I bought the 1st issue of this back when it came out, probably because of Spider-Girl, but didn't care enough to keep going. I bought the first half of Earth X a few years back, but got really tired of the format of Uatu telling a story, X-51 asking a question or voicing an opinion and Uatu basically telling him, "That's stupid," or, "You're worrying about the wrong thing."
I can see where some people would get tired of that, and since that’s the case for you, you’re probably not gonna’ want to finish the rest of it or continue on to Universe X because that narrative style continues over, but subs out Nighthawk & Gargoyle for Arron & Uatu. I liked it myself, because it gives you insight into where those particular characters are in the story & what their motivations are.
Does this have anything to do with Marvels? That’s the only thing I really know about Alex Ross, writing-wise.
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