When
last we left this alternate reality (Earth X #X for those keeping score at
home), the planet had been saved not once, but twice, first from the Red Skull
(thanks to Cap’s handiwork with his shield) and from the Celestials (thanks to
Galactus’ handiwork with…well, being Galactus, I guess). Not only that, but Reed Richards designed
devices to remove the Terrigen mists from the air, thereby “curing” people of
their mutation. What do the heroes get
for putting their lives on the line like this?
Uprising and revolt by the individuals that want to keep their
powers. So grateful. Wait, a revolt against those sworn to protect
you? Where have I seen that before?
Anyway,
we have new narrators for this series!
While X-51 is busy being the new Watcher and Uatu, the old Watcher is
busy being blind, we get Nighthawk, who has been gifted the power to be able to
see the future by Mephisto because of some fancy eyes, and Gargoyle, who is
writing all these future predictions down so that future generations can read
them, kind of like writing a history book before the history happens. After a brief introduction to our new
narrators, we go to Latveria, and Reed is still heartbroken over Sue’s untimely
death (many, many years ago at this point).
We also get the explanation from Reed that the elimination of the
Celestial host in the center of the Earth has thrown off the polarity of the
planet, basically making it opposite day everywhere. The poles are warm and the equator is cold,
and it will get worse, according to Reed.
We are also introduced to Him, also known as Adam Warlock, who has had a
child with Her, the woman created to be his wife. This is the first new child since the mutations,
and people are a little freaked out by it, so much so that they have split up
Him and Her in order to prevent them from doing it again.
We now
take a trip to the Savage Land, where the X-Men and the Hulk stumble across
Sentinel City (which is exactly what it sounds like). We then travel from the South Pole to the
North Pole and see that the kingdom that Iceman created is melting. We then fly over Africa and see that it is
completely frozen over, save for a man-made biosphere that surrounds
Wakanda. We then head to the moon to see
Thor trying to come to grips with what Loki told her in Earth X, that they are
not technically gods at all. We then
travel to New York, where Steve Rogers is swearing in Marshall Muldoon as the
President (after Norman Osborn’s untimely demise at the hands of the Red Skull
in Earth X). We peek in on Immortus, who
is watching the whole thing unfold and get a glimpse at the big role he will
play as well.
In
Egypt, Moon Knight is fighting the Sons of Set in a never ending battle, while
in England, the Black Knight (Black Bolt and Medusa’s Inhuman son) is becoming
king. In Japan, Xen, the ninja clan
fights the Tong of Creel (which will come into play pretty huge in the coming
issues), while in Russia, Colossus is coming to grips with the fact that his
job as the world’s grocery store will soon be coming to an end with the
changing weather patterns.
Back in
New York, Angel visits Gargoyle and Nighthawk, bringing them food and
supplies. Angel has become a good
Samaritan as his namesake suggests, helping others in their time of need. He does do everything he can to avoid hearing
the future from Nighthawk though. He
states that what killed the majority of the X-Men was the fact that they knew
the future, and working to prevent it just brought it about at a quicker pace,
which makes a lot of sense in an overall sense, not just related to the
mutants.
After
Angel leaves, we get an ancient history lesson, about the Skrull and the
Kree. The Skrull were apparently already
an advanced race when they met the Kree, and actually were prepared to offer science
and knowledge to whoever was able to create the greatest advancement on the
Earth’s moon, between the Kree and the Cotati, a race of plant looking
people. The Cotati won, because, while
the Kree were able to build a huge, technologically advanced city, the Cotati
were able to cultivate part of the moon to sustain life (this is how Marvel’s
fabled blue area of the moon came into being).
The Kree, being such sore losers, massacred the Cotati and took that
technology for themselves, while also seeding a hatred for the Skrulls deep
within themselves, one that would carry over into multiple conflicts for
generations to come. 
We are
then treated to the life and eventual death of Captain Marvel, the Kree
warrior, as a lead-up to the fact that the new baby that was born of Him and
Her, is actually Captain Marvel come back to life. He has all of the knowledge of his past life,
but he is just a child. We end on an
image of Captain Marvel, as a child, and Captain America, his nanny of sorts
traversing the frozen wasteland (my guess is it’s somewhere in New Jersey.
Next Issue: What are Cap and Cap doing in New Jersey? And what is this whole story even about?
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