EARTH X part 1

Alex Ross doesn't just participates in projects as a painter, he was also able to be the co-plotter (with his long-time partner in crime Jim Krueger), character designer and cover artist in 1997-1998's Earth X, a project that was born as a joke. When Wizard Magazine asked him for his ideas of a "Kingdom Come" for the Marvel Universe he immediately thought of a fat Spider-Man with his gut hanging out. But when he got serious, ideas came to his head and with the help of Krueger, they conceived this tale. The premise is very simple, due to a mysterious event, everyone on the planet has superpowers and this redefines the concept of what is a superhero or villain. What comes next is the unfolding of the biggest secret nobody in the Marvel Universe knew about and it involves everything from the beginning of time to Earth's apparent final days. The first sketches and ideas came as a special comic-book insert in Wizard #77, which you can see on the left.

Now, this series was made of 14 issues, #0 - 12 and a final #X, all the cover art was painted by Ross with the intention of putting it next to each other to form a giant collage image of the characters, as seen below in its poster form.
There were also Dynamic Forces' variant covers to issues #0, 1 & X, which were painted by Ross over pencils by series' artist John Paul Leon. Also out there is a special #1/2 by Wizard magazine with a new cover by Ross and the interior art by series' inker Bill Reinhold. The Wizard sketchbook was expanded by Marvel and sold with a new cover by Ross.
IN MY COLLECTION: All issues except for #1/2 and the variant cover to #X