Marvel Reveals New Covers and First Checklist for A.X.E. Judgment Day

Marvel Reveals New Covers and First Checklist for A.X.E. Judgment Day

Marvel Comics has revealed new covers, tie-ins, and the first checklist for the upcoming crossover event A.X.E. Judgment Day. The series will be written by Kieron Gillen and drawn by Valerio Schiti. The series will find the Avengers, X-Men, and Eternals caught in a deadly conflict which all begins with the Eternals attacking the new mutant home of Krakoa.

Marvel notes in their press release that “this complex saga will pay off various plot threads that have defined these franchises in recent years including mutantkind’s newfound immortality, the Eternals’ discovery of long-hidden truths about their species, and the Avengers intense dealings with the Celestials.” The publisher also says the event will have a massive impact on not only the characters involved but the Marvel Universe.

A.X.E. Judgment Day #1 and A.X.E. Judgment Day #2 arrive this July with the issues’ official description reading:

“The X-Men claim they’re the planets’ new gods. The Eternals know that position is already filled. The Avengers are about to realize exactly how many secrets their so-called friends have kept from them. Years of tension lead to a volcanic eruption as two worlds burn. Who has leaked the X-Men’s secrets to their latest foes? Why is Tony Stark abducting an old friend? And who stands in judgment over the whole world? As the world shakes, an unlikely group of heroes and less-than-heroes gather to find a peaceful solution. Sadly, the best laid plans of man, mutant and Eternal oft go awry…”

Gillen also teams up with artist Guiu Vilanova for A.X.E.: Death to the Mutants in what the publisher describes:

“The mutants are Deviants. Eternals are coded to correct excess deviation. The mutants are eternal, Mars colonizers, ever-spreading. Eternals know what they should do. Our heroes don’t want to, but can they resist the murderous designs coded into their body as surely as any Sentinel? And if they can’t, can anyone survive the coming judgment?”

Marvel also notes that in addition to A.X.E. Judgment Day, they will be releasing the following tie-in titles throughout July:

• IMMORTAL X-MEN #5 will see Gillen and artist Michele Bandini spotlighting one of mutantkind’s most fervent warriors—EXODUS. Bennet du Paris was born in the 12th century. Exodus marched forth with a sword in his hand and a shield in his heart to protect what he believes. It’s now the 21st century. What’s changed? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. And the Eternals who dared attack Krakoa are going to discover what that means.
• Deadpool joins and Kraven’s mutant hunt begins in Benjamin Percy and Robert Gill’s X-FORCE #30. X-Force has taken some lumps, but a new era begins as old-school X-Forcer Wade Wilson makes his grand return! Well, grand for him, necessary for the team, as X-Force needs all the help it can get in the fallout from the Hellfire Gala and the revelations of A.X.E.: JUDGMENT DAY! Find out why Kraven the Hunter is involved in the start of a landmark storyline titled “The Hunt for X.”
• Who are the true inheritors of the Earth? The X-Men and Eternals fight over the answer to that question in X-MEN #13 by Gerry Duggan and C.F. Villa. The mutants are the next stage of evolution. Evolution depends on a mutation of genes – the genes of the offspring deviating from their progenitors. Some would call the X-gene EXCESS deviation. Those people are gonna need to be taken down a few pegs.
• Arakko sees war yet again in X-MEN RED #5 by Al Ewing and Stefano Caselli. No one who is not an Omega-level mutant has ever taken one of the nine seats of the Great Ring. Together, they are the greatest power Arakko has ever known – and it’s nine against one. So, if the nine are losing…what does that say about the one? Judgment Day has come to the Red Planet – and it’s Arakko’s greatest test since X OF SWORDS!

It all kicks off this July when A.X.E. Judgment Day #1 arrives at your favorite local comic shops and digitally on July 6th, 2022. Check out the covers and first official checklist below:

Source: Marvel