Starting this summer, Judgment Day is the latest Marvel Comics crossover event! Written by Kieron Gillen and with art by Valerio Schiti, A.X.E: Judgment Day will put the Avengers, X-Men, and Eternals in the heart of a deadly conflict.
Here is the official synopsis: The battle for the planet is here! The X-Men claim they’re Earth’s new gods. The Eternals know that position is already filled. And the Avengers are about to realize exactly how many secrets their so-called friends have been keeping from them!
Years of tension are about to lead to a volcanic eruption — and two worlds will 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?
What to read before A.X.E: Judgment Day?
Being an event coming from Kieron Gillen and Valerio Schiti, you certainly need to be up-to-date with their Eternals’ run:
- Eternals Vol. 1: Only Death is Eternal
Collects Eternals (2021) #1-6. - Eternals Vol. 2: Hail Thanos
Collects Eternals (2021) #7-12.
But also with Kieron Gillen and Mark Brooks’ Immortal X-Men
- Immortal X-Men
- as well as other Destiny of X titles like X-Men (#11-12, X-Men – Hellfire Gala (2022) #1), X-Men Red. No Avengers reading really required.
A.X.E: Judgment Day Reading Order: Collected Editions
You can find the whole event in one big omnibus (944 pages):
- A.X.E.: Judgment Day Omnibus
Collects A.X.E.: Eve of Judgment (2022) #1; A.X.E.: Judgment Day (2022) #1-6; Immortal X-Men (2022) #5-7; X-Men Red (2022) #5-7; A.X.E.: Death to the Mutants (2022) #1-3; X-Force (2020) #30-33; X-Men (2021) #13-14; Wolverine (2020) #24, 25 (A story); Marauders (2022) #6; Fantastic Four (2018) #47-48; Avengers (2018) #60; A.X.E.: Avengers (2022) #1; Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #10; A.X.E.: X-Men (2022) #1; A.X.E.: Iron Fist (2022) #1; A.X.E.: Starfox (2022) #1; Captain Marvel (2019) #42; A.X.E.: Eternals (2022) #1; A.X.E.: Judgment Day Omega (2023) #1.
Previously collected in two paperbacks:
- A.X.E.: Judgment Day
Collects A.X.E.: Judgment Day #1-6, A.X.E.: Avengers #1, A.X.E.: X-Men #1, A.X.E.: Eternals #1, Free Comic Book Day 2022: Avengers/X-Men #1 (A.X.E. story). - A.X.E.: Judgment Day Companion
Collects A.X.E.: Eve Of Judgment, A.X.E.: Judgment Day Omega, A.X.E.: Death To The Mutants #1-3, A.X.E.: Starfox, A.X.E.: Iron Fist And Fantastic Four (2018) #47-48.
A.X.E: Judgment Day Reading Order: Issue by Issue
With tie-ins from Avengers, X-Men, X-Men: Red, Immortal X-Men, X-Force… This will be updated as the event progresses.
Prelude
- Eternals (2021) #10-12
- Free Comic Book Day 2022: Avengers/X-Men #1
- A.X.E.: Eve of Judgment #1
Main event
- A.X.E.: Judgment Day #1
- Immortal X-Men #5
- X-Men Red #5
- A.X.E.: Judgment Day #2
- A.X.E.: Death To the Mutants #1
- X-Men #13
- Avengers #60
- Amazing Spider-Man #10
- Captain Marvel #42
- A.X.E.: Iron Fist #1
X-Force #30(not an A.X.E. tie-in despite the banner on the cover)- A.X.E.: Judgment Day #3
- Fantastic Four #47
- Fantastic Four #48
- X-Men #14
- X-Force #31 (barely connected to the event)
- Wolverine #24
- Wolverine #25
- X-Force #32 (barely connected to the event)
- X-Force #33 (but comeback later to read the last spoilery page)
- A.X.E.: Death To the Mutants #2
- Immortal X-Men #6
- Marauders #6
- X-Men Red #6
- A.X.E.: Judgment Day #4
- Legion of X #6
- X-Men Red #7
- A.X.E.: Judgment Day #5
- Immortal X-Men #7
- A.X.E.: Death To the Mutants #3
- A.X.E.: Avengers #1
- A.X.E.: X-Men #1
- A.X.E.: Eternals #1
- A.X.E.: Starfox #1
- A.X.E.: Judgment Day #6
- A.X.E.: Judgment Day Omega
After A.X.E: Judgment Day
Now that A.X.E: Judgment Day concluded, things have mostly changed for the Eternals.
It is advertised that those events will reverberate in X-Men Red #9, Immortal X-Men #9, and Avengers Assemble Alpha #1
