JUDGMENT DAY IS COMING! when writer Kieron Gillen and artist Valerio Schiti’s Marvel Comics epic, A.X.E.: JUDGMENT DAY, defines the summer of 2022. Now Marvel fans can get their first look at covers, interior artwork, as the pieces of the upcoming event will fall into place.
The event kicks off in June with A.X.E.: EVE OF JUDGMENT #1, a prelude issue where Gillen will team up with artist Pasqual Ferry to present the first shot of the apocalyptic conflict to come. After that, the saga will be told across six explosive issues in A.X.E.: JUDGMENT DAY, the main event series launching in July, as well as tie-in issues unleashed across the Marvel Universe.
This extraordinary odyssey will leave a profound emotional impact on the Marvel mythology, A.X.E.: JUDGMENT DAY will tie together radical plot developments from the last few years including the X-Men’s discovery of immortality, the Eternals’ newfound knowledge about their purpose, and the Avengers’ assembling a powerful lineup at their base in the body of a fallen Celestial.
The Avengers have become a more powerful global force than ever from their base inside a long-dead Celestial. The X-Men have achieved a form of immortality on their utopian island nation of Krakoa. And the Eternals have begun a new cycle of life as they continue their sworn mission to eliminate the Deviants.
But when the Eternals learn that mutantkind itself is a form of excess deviation, a vicious assault on Krakoa ensues – with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes trapped in the middle. Years of tension lead to a volcanic eruption as two worlds burn!
In a press release from Marvel about the upcoming event, writer Kieron Gillen had this to say about the upcoming event:
“There’s a classic metaphor to describe the Marvel Universe – a toybox, which creators take toys out of, play with, and put back. I get it, but it’s never quite how I’ve seen it – I think ‘play’ in another way. I think of a music shop, with all these instruments with their different qualities suggesting different songs, different stories. For all the Marvel instruments I’ve played, I’ve never written an event. Writing an event is something different. It’s not like playing an instrument. It’s having all the instruments in the Marvel music shop. That’s not like writing a song. That’s like writing a symphony. I looked at everything in Eternals and Immortal X-Men and everything else all the X and Avengers writers have done and thought… yeah, this is an event. In fact, an event is the only way to do justice to this.”
Check out the trailer and the covers of A.X.E.: EVE OF JUDGMENT #1 and A.X.E.: JUDGMENT DAY #1 now, and be sure to pick up FREE COMIC BOOK DAY: AVENGERS/X-MEN #1 on May 7 for your first taste of the action.
A.X.E.: EVE OF JUDGMENT #1
- Written by KIERON GILLEN
- Art by PASQUAL FERRY
- Cover by CARLOS PACHECO
- On Sale June 29, 2022
A.X.E.: JUDGMENT DAY #1 (OF 6)
- Written by KIERON GILLEN
- Art by VALERIO SCHITI
- Cover by MARK BROOKS
- On sale in July
Stay tuned in the coming weeks for tie-in issue announcements, cover reveals, and the full event checklist as the A.X.E. Judgement Day arrives for Marvel’s biggest teams.