Earth X Vol 1 1

Earth X #1

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Appearing in "Earth X, Chapter 1"

Featured Characters:

• Captain America (Steve Rogers)(Main story and flashback)(Origin revealed)(JoinsU.S. Army,Project Rebirth, andAvengers in flashback)
• Inhuman Royal Family
  • Luna Maximoff(First appearance)
  • Medusa (Medusalith Amaquelin)
  • Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon)
  • Gorgon
  • Karnak
  • Triton

Supporting Characters:

• Allies(Only in flashback)
  • U.S. Army(Only in flashback)
    • Bucky (James Barnes)(Only in flashback)
• Project Rebirth(First appearance)(Only in flashback)
  • Dr. Abraham Erskine(First appearance)(Only in flashback)
• Avengers(Only in flashback)
  • Iron Man (Tony Stark)(Appears in flashback and onscreen in main story; as Iron Man in flashback only)
  • Wasp (Janet Van Dyne)(Only in flashback)
  • Thor(Appears in flashback and cameo in main story)
  • Giant-Man (Hank Pym)(Only in flashback)
• Redwing(First appearance)(Only in flashback)
• Redwing (Wyatt Wingfoot)(First appearance)
• Scott Summers
• Iron Avengers(First appearance)
  • Monolith ("Hank")(First appearance)
  • Crimson Sage ("Wanda")(First appearance)
  • Bolt ("Pietro")(First appearance)
  • Steelbow ("Clint")(First appearance)
  • Vision(First appearance)
  • Sting ("Jan")(First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Axis(Only in flashback)
  • Nazi Germany(Only in flashback)
    • Adolf Hitler(Only in flashback)
    • Red Skull (Johann Shmidt)(Only in flashback)
• The Hydra(First appearance)
  • Falcon / Hydra (Sam Wilson)(First appearance)(As Falcon in flashback only)
  • Hydra (Jen Walters)(First appearance)
  • Hydra (Jessica Drew)(First appearance)
  • Hydra (Sharon Carter)(First appearance)
  • Hydra (Eugene Judd)(First appearance)
  • Hydra (Fred Dukes)(First appearance)
  • Hydra (Val de Fontaine)(First appearance)
  • Hydra (Dum Dum Dugan)

Other Characters:

• Uatu(Voice only)
• Inuit(Only in flashback)
• Sub-Mariner (Namor McKenzie)(Only in flashback)
• The Watcher (Aaron Stack)
• Ahura Boltagon(Mentioned)
• Lockjaw (Earth-9997)(First appearance)
• Daredevil(Poster)(First appearance)
• Professor X (Charles Xavier)(Mentioned)(Deceased)
• Peter Parker
• NYPD(First appearance)
  • Sgt. Luke Cage(First appearance)
• Venom (May Parker)(First appearance)
• President Norman Osborn(Mentioned)
• Punisher (Frank Castle)(Mentioned)
• Abel Stack(Mentioned)(Deceased)
• Osborn Industries(Mentioned)
• Nick Fury(Mentioned)
• Nick Fury LMDs(Mentioned)
• Human Torch (Jim Hammond)(Mentioned)(Deceased)
• Original Hydra(Mentioned)
• Black Panther (T'Challa)(Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Watchers(Voice only)
• Humans(Main story and flashback)
• Atlantean-Human Hybrids(Only in flashback)
• Asgardians(Only in flashback)
• Robots
• Inhumans
• Inhuman Dogs(Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
• Hydra(First appearance)
• Mutants
• Symbiotes(First appearance)
• Synthezoids
• Life Model Decoys(Mentioned)

Locations:

• Earth-9997
  • Earth(Main story and flashback)
    • North America(Main story and flashback)
      • United States of America(Main story and flashback)
        • Virginia(First appearance)
          • Arlington County(First appearance)(Only in flashback)
            • Camp Lehigh(First appearance)(Only in flashback)
        • New York
          • New York City
            • Manhattan
        • Washington, D.C.(Mentioned)
          • House of Congress, National Mall(Mentioned)
          • White House(Mentioned)
    • Europe(Only in flashback)
      • Germany(Only in flashback)
        • Berlin(First appearance)(Only in flashback)
    • Atlantic Ocean(Only in flashback)
      • North Sea(Only in flashback)
    • Earth Orbit
      • Moon
        • Blue Area of the Moon
          • Watcher's Citadel
    • Asia
      • China(First appearance)
        • Tibet(First appearance)
          • Himalayas(First appearance)
            • Attilan
    • Wakanda, Africa(Mentioned)

Items:

• Super-Soldier Serum(First appearance)(Only in flashback)
• Captain America's Shield(Main story and flashback)
• Iron Man Armor Model 2(Only in flashback)
• Cosmic Cube(First appearance)(Only in flashback)
• Falcon's Wings(First appearance)(Only in flashback)
• Ruby-Quartz Sunglasses(First appearance)
• Venom Symbiote(First appearance)

Events:

• World War II(Only in flashback)

Synopsis for "Earth X, Chapter 1"

• The cover to this issue featuresRedwing,Captain America, as well a newDaredevil and aHydra creature which both made their debut in this issue.

• Page 2-3: In the center of the page is a depiction of young Steve Rogers taking the super soldier serum that turned him into Captain America originally presented inCaptain America Comics #1. The fourth panel shows theRed Skull, first seen inCaptain America Comics #7 as Captain America's arch nemesis. Panels five through seven showcase Captain America and his relationship with Bucky (Bucky Barnes, first seen in Captain America Comics #1 who was Captain America's sidekick duringWorld War 2.

• Page 4-5: Panel one shows Bucky's death aboard an exploding drone plane, first shown inAvengers #4. Panel two shows theSub-Mariner coming across the frozen body of Captain America, this also was from Avengers #4. The center panel shows Captain America as he appeared in the Silver Age starting in Avengers #4, the head shots are of the members of the Avengers of the time (circa Avengers #4):Iron Man (Tony Stark), theWasp,Giant Man (Henry Pym) andThor. Panel four depicts the Red Skull attacking Captain America and theFalcon fromCaptain America #117 with theCosmic Cube (created byAIM -- Advanced Idea Mechanics -- inStrange Tales #79) originally happened in Captain America and the Falcon #???. Panel five shows a Captain America for President sign, Cap originally ran for president inCaptain America #250.

• Page 6: Panel 3 shows theInhumans:Medusa,Black Bolt,Karnak andTriton.

• Page 7: Panel one,Gorgon is first seen. This page shows that they are onAttilan, first seen inFantastic Four #47. It is located in theHimalayan mountains.

• Page 8: Panel 1 we seeLuna (First seenFantastic Four #240) who is the son of the InhumanCrystal, and the mutantQuicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) Panel 5, Medusa is holding the tuning fork that once adorned the head of Inhuman royal pet,Lockjaw (first seenFantastic Four #45).

• Page 9: The Daredevil mentioned on the posters in the third panel should not be confused with the originalDaredevil (Matt Murdock) who first appeared inDaredevil #1. The Daredevil depicted here is a new character created for the Earth X series.

• Page 10-11: Not your father'sHydra, the creatures known as Hydra are associated with the terrorist organization of the same name the same name first seen inStrange Tales #135. Their only similarity is of these creatures forms and the logo of the Hydra organization are like the mythical Hydra creature. There is no connection between either entities.

• Page 12: The creature that Redwing addresses in panel four isShe-Hulk, who first appeared inSavage She-Hulk #1. The two once had a relationship which started when she was a member of back in the Fantastic Four circaFantastic Four #269.

• Page 13 panel 2: The "Sam" that Cap is speaking to is Sam Wilson, AKA the Falcon who first appeared inCaptain America #117 and was his partner for a time.

• Page 14 panel 3: The man in the red glasses isScott Summers, formerly Cyclops of theX-Men. He first appeared inX-Men #1.

• Page 15 panel 6: The "Charles" whom Scott speaks of isCharles Xavier, who as Professor X was the founder of the X-Men and Scott's former teacher and mentor.

• Page 16: Panel one we see for the first timePeter Parker (aka Spider-Man inAmazing Fantasy #15.) Sgt Cage in panel 5 is none other thanLuke Cage (Carl Lucas, first appearanceHero for Hire #1) who was once a costumed hero before becoming a police officer. Panel 7 we seeVenom (May Parker) who has various other counterparts in other realities.

• Page 19 Panel 3: the "Tony" that Redwing speaks of is Tony Stark, formerly Iron Man.

• Page 20-21: Panel one shows the first appearance of theIron Avengers, (Hank,Clint,Vision,Wanda,Pietro andJan). With the exception of the Vision, all members are robots fashioned in the homage to the original Avengers they're named after. Panel five "President Osborn" refers toNorman Osborn (first seenAmazing Spider-Man #14) formerly the Green Goblin.

• Page 23 Panel 5: The Red Skull design on the scrap of cloth resembles that worn by thePunisher (Frank Castle) who had a white skull on his uniform. The ending quote is from"The Rime of The Ancient Mariner", by Samuel Taylor Coleridge a poem originally published in 1798. The poem is about the supernatural events experienced by a mariner on a long sea voyage. The Mariner stops a man who is on the way to a wedding ceremony, and begins to recite his story. The Wedding-Guest's reaction turns from bemusement and impatience to fascination as the Mariner's story progresses.

• The Appendix to the first issue makes mention a number of Captain America related characters the following characters were inquired upon in this issue: President Osborn, who is Norman Osborn, foe of Spider-Man he was known as the Green Goblin, he first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #14;Nick Fury, was director ofS.H.I.E.L.D. and long time Captain America ally, he first appeared inSgt. Fury #1. LDM's, orLife Model Decoys are robot replicas of humans, they were used commonly by S.H.I.E.L.D. first used in ???; The originalHuman Torch, Cap's wartime ally first appeared inMarvel Comics #1;Sharon Carter was an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and one time flame of Cap, she first appeared inTales of Suspense #75.Black Panther, aka T'Challa first appeared inFantastic Four #52, and has been an ally of Cap since he joined the Avengers inAvengers #52. TheCosmic Cube mentioned here first appeared inTales of Suspense #79; TheRed Skull is Cap's long time foe Johann Schmidt who first appeared inCaptain America Comics #7; TheFalcon mentioned here is Sam Wilson, frequent Cap sidekick first seen inCaptain America #117.

See Also

• 26 image(s) from Earth X Vol 1 1
• 2 reprint(s) of Earth X Vol 1 1

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