This year, Avengers try to cool the conflict down. The crossover continues to make massive revelations, including variant covers from artists like Peach Momoko, promising an inevitable and historic Marvel Comics clash.
Judgment Day will see the Eternals invading the X-Men's nation of Krakoa upon discovering that mutants are a form of Deviants, the Eternals' enemy. Meanwhile, tensions have been rising between the Avengers and the Eternals ever since the Earth's Mightiest Heroes started using the corpse of a long-dead Celestial as their base of operations. The event begins with A.X.E.: Eve of Judgment #1 by Kieron Gillen and Pasqual Ferry on June 29, followed by the main A.X.E.: Judgment Day miniseries by Gillen and Valerio Schiti in July.
The variant cover art that Peach Momoko revealed on her Jack Kirby's iconic cosmic style a brand new tone. As Ikaris leans on the giant astral arm, Echo sits curled up on the other end of the page. Momoko's variant cover truly represents all the different aspects of the Marvel Universe coming together. Whether it turns out to cause more destruction than progress remains to be seen, but Marvel's Judgment Day will seemingly bring a lot of Marvel's corners to a single place.
Writer Kieron Gillen has candidly confirmed that the Eternals are the antagonists of this event. With the discovery of mutant resurrection on Krakoa, the X-Men have become the newest immortals in the Marvel Universe. This naturally places them at odds with the Eternals, the oldest species of immortals on Earth. Currently, the X-Men want peace for the world's mutants and the Eternals seek to bring an end to mutantkind, believing the mutant gene to be a form of "excess deviation." While a mission to destroy all the monstrous Deviants seems noble at first, it might not be so righteous if it involves the extinction of the mutant race.
Marvel Comics' Judgment Day presents an aggressive Eternals against a defensive X-Men. The X-Men are more than capable of handling themselves, but each mutant comes from a different background. The long-standing ties and alliances among the heroes could shatter the peace the mutants have accomplished. Time will tell what will happen to Krakoa this June when the Eternals make their move against the X-Men and Avengers in Marvel Comics' Judgment Day event. But whatever happens, it probably won't be as cute as Peach Momoko's cover art.
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