A.X.E.: Judgment Day

A.X.E.: Judgment Day
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Format	Limited series
Publication date	July – November 2022
No. of issues	6
Main character(s)	See below
Creative team
Written by	Kieron Gillen
Penciller(s)	Valerio Schiti
Colorist(s)	Marte Garcia
Collected editions
A.X.E.: Judgment Day	ISBN 978-1302947002
A.X.E.: Judgment Day Companion	ISBN 978-1302947927
Judgment Day Omnibus	ISBN 978-1302952907

A.X.E.: Judgment Day is an American comic book crossover event during the Krakoan Age written by Kieron Gillen with art by Valerio Schiti, published in 2022 by Marvel Comics. The event involves the discovery of the mutant resurrection protocols and the subsequent conflict between the Avengers, the X-Men and the Eternals.

Publication history

In December 2021, Marvel Comics posted a teaser "Judgment Day is Coming" involving the Avengers, the X-Men, and the Eternals.

The storyline was built upon previous plot developments from the last few years: the Avengers’ assembling a powerful lineup at their base in the body of a fallen Celestial called the Progenitor in Avengers (vol. 8), the discovery of X-Men's immortality through the mutant resurrection protocols in Immortal X-Men, and the Eternals’ newfound knowledge about their purpose in Eternals (vol. 5).

A.X.E.: Judgment Day was announced as six-issue limited series at "Judgment Day" panel in San Diego Comic-Con by Marvel Comics' Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski and Executive editor/VP Nick Lowe on March July 22, 2022.

The series was preceded by Eve of Judgment and the Free Comic Book Day 2022: Avengers/X-Men issues and succeeded by A.X.E.: Judgment Day Omega.

Main characters

The characters who were credited as main character in at least one issue from A.X.E.: Judgment Day #1 to #5.

Ajak Arjun Black Panther Black King Cable Captain America Captain Marvel Cyclops Daniela Daredevil Destiny Doctor Doom Druig Egg Exodus Gilgamesh Hope Summers Ikaris Iron Man Jack of Knives Jada Katrina Kenta Komali Luke Cage Magik Magneto Makkari Marvel Girl Mister Sinister Ms. Marvel Mystique Namor Nightcrawler Nighthawk Phastos Phebe Reginax Phoenix Professor X The Progenitor Red Bishop Red Queen Rheaka Centaurus Sersi Spider-Man Starbrand Starfox Storm Syne the Memotaur Tetytrona Themex Thieka the Harpsicus Thor Tom Uranos White Queen Wolverine Zuras

Plot

Prelude

After receiving votes from the Uni-Mind upon being revived, Thanos successfully takes over the title of Prime Eternal and kills his uncle, Zuras, for revenge; he then murders Druig to prevent any memory of his weakness.

Thanos requires the newly- resurrected Druig's help in replacing his old body. During his research into his parentage and Deviant heritage, Thanos visits his grand-uncle Uranos, who is imprisoned in the Exclusion, and questions him about the Machine, an artificial intelligence that is bound to and oversees Earth. Uranos tells Thanos and Druig a story about the Eternals' three moral principles: protecting Celestials, protecting the Machine, and correcting excess deviation. Millennia ago, Uranos argued with Kronos and Oceanus about the three principles and decided that eradicating all Deviants and humans, and imprisoning Celestials would provide benefit for all Eternals, tactics his brothers opposed. His genocide of Deviants caused a catastrophic civil war, resulting in 600,000 years of imprisonment, along with Druig's betrayal. After Druig departs, Uranos secretly gives Thanos the imprint key, an armory that allows him to access Uranos' fail-safe into destroying the Machine.

Ikaris, Thena, Sprite, Sersi, and Kingo are shocked to learn that the Machine not only resurrects the Eternals, but also consumes human life. It had also felt distrustful of the Eternals' society. They discover that the Deviants of Lemuria had been mutated uncontrollably from their unstable genes and the Eternals were forced to activate their Excess Deviation to kill them. After acknowledging Thanos' half-Deviant heritage, the Eternals decide to investigate why the Celestials created both them and the Deviants. With Phastos captured by Thanos, the Eternals visit Ajak and Makkari in Celestia and plan to break into the Avengers’ headquarters and question the Celestial ghost known as the Progenitor.

While the rest of the Eternals keep the Avengers occupied, Makkari activates the Celestial's mind, allowing Ajak to confront the Progenitor and question the reasoning behind the Deviants' creation. Ajak is despondent when she learns that the Celestials created the Deviants in response to the Progenitors' death releasing noxious Necrofluids that pollute Earth's environment. To prevent all of Earth's lifeforms from extinction byway of the Deviants' self-destruct mutation, the Celestials created the Eternals as their backup to prevent Deviant extinction, allowing the Deviants to adapt to the Necrofluid's toxicity; this then resulted in stable lifeforms. Eternal scientist Domo confirms that his genes are elusively inconclusive, despite his parents' heritage. Thanos realizes that his Eternal and Deviant genes are folly to him, as the Machine does not recognize him as an Eternal; he then plans to activate the fail-safe, garnering the attention of all Eternals. The Avengers activate to stop Thanos before it’s too late. As Thanos overpowers the Eternals, Druig inadvertently activates Phastos' fail-safe on Thanos' armor, causing Thanos to die from his mutation. With Thanos deposed, the Eternals decide to leave their society and support the Deviants in Lemuria, hoping to help stabilize the Lemurian civilization. Druig, now the new Prime Eternal, and hoping to unite the Eternals, asks The Machine for locations of Excess Deviation. It highlights Lemuria and the island of Krakoa.

Millennia ago, Uranos and Druig had invited Odin to observe their principle of Excess Deviation by eradicating mutations and deviancy, which Odin reluctantly tolerated. In the present day, the Avengers fight against a giant mutated Deviant, allowing Ikaris and Sersi to activate their Excess Deviation all while Druig conspires to infiltrate the mutant resurrection. Meanwhile, Mary Jane Watson gives the public astonishing news about her aunt's recovery from dementia, thanks to a Krakoan medicine; she is then kidnapped by Moira MacTaggert (with an Omega Sentinel appearance), who was using her to infiltrate the Hellfire Gala for Orchis.

Jack of Knives, one of the four Eternal crime lords, sneaks into Krakoa and discovers the Mutant Resurrection Protocols after witnessing the rebirth of Cyclops. They report back to Druig, who considers the mutants of Krakoa to be undergoing excessive deviation because of their immortality.

Meanwhile, on Krakoa, Destiny foresees the coming war between the Avengers, X-Men, and Eternals, and recommends that the Quiet Council defend their immortality.

After discovering the identity of Doctor Stasis, Cyclops confesses to Daily Bugle news reporter Ben Urich his knowledge of the Mutant Resurrection Protocols, believing that this might prevent Orchis' plan to incite tensions and public backlash. Emma reveals the truth to Cyclops about Moira's motives and betrayal. After successfully infiltrating the Hellfire Gala following public news of the mutant resurrections, Moira meets up with Druig and Jack of Knives and tells them to kill the five mutants responsible for resurrecting other mutants.

Emma informs the Quiet Council of Doctor Stasis, who is then revealed to be a clone of Sinister, one claiming to be the real article.

On Olympia, Druig speaks with Domo on how to eradicate all mutants. Domo has created an anti-matter bomb of prodigious size which they can drop into a node on Krakoa before activating. On Lemuria, Ikaris is attacked by a female Deviant mutate named Crimson Karlau. Refusing to kill her, he and Sersi manage to contain her. In the Exclusion, the imprisoned Phastos is visited by Druig, who notes that his fellow Eternals are hiding in Lemuria. Druig brings in Ajak and Makkari to help with the mind-wiping, as Phastos tells them not to comply with Druig. Phastos is shown by Ajak and Makkari that they are creating a god. He mentions how he had tried to stop Project Machine, as it would result in the deaths of mankind. After Phastos leaves, Ajak tells Makkari that they are lucky that they did not introduce their guest, an imprisoned Mister Sinister. As Phastos arrives in Lemuria, Thena is speaking to Kro about Phastos' actions and the previous actions of Thanos. Makkari arrives, stating that the Eternals have secured plans for the Deviants. Druig checks in with Domo on the finishing touches of the anti-matter bomb. Druig is attacked by an unseen force, as a voice says, "Protect the Machine.” The anti-matter bomb activates, heading to an undersea location, only for Domo to deactivate it. When Druig wonders what has occurred, Domo states that Krakoa is a sentient being and that it is a part of The Machine. Domo tells Druig that he will think of another method, only to have Druig turn down his suggestion. Wanting another way to commit genocide and knowing of an expert on the subject, Druig goes to the Exclusion to offer Uranos a proposition. Uranos taunts him, saying, "Oh Druig, little Druig. Not even a thousand years on the throne and already so desperate".

Plot

An unknown entity wonders how it possesses such power to speak to the reader. In New York, Sersi talks with Tony Stark about an inevitable battle, where she complains that the X-Men are performing the revivals that the Eternals usually perform. Suddenly, Sersi is ambushed by Echo's Phoenix form as Captain Marvel and Thor close in. The attack is seen from the treehouse by Cyclops and Jean Grey. As people protest about the X-Men being life-hoarders, Cyclops tells Jean that they cannot resurrect non-mutants. On Krakoa, Nightcrawler and Mystique speak with Destiny to confirm her prediction of an impending war. Destiny, seeing the Eternals in her vision, advises them to gather the Quiet Council. Arriving on Arakko, Nightcrawler meets up with Cable, Magneto, and Storm to inform them of Destiny's latest vision, and to warn the Arakkis of the threat. At Avengers Mountain, Sersi regains consciousness as Iron Man interrogates her in the psychic dead room. Iron Man mentions that a group of Eternals had previously snuck into Avengers Mountain to “do some cosmic stuff”, and he also learns that Thanos had led the Eternals recently. Iron Man determines that the Eternals had another doomsday device. Captain America then comes in to take part in the interrogation, reminding Iron Man that Sersi was once an Avenger and that the team should show her some trust. He asks her why the Eternals are going to war with the mutants; she then asks what they know about what Druig’s intentions. Iron Man mentions a huge spike in the Pacific Ocean, as Sersi states that she had no involvement in what transpired and is not the Eternal that they should be worrying about. One hour earlier on Olympia, Druig speaks with the Eternal council and determines that the X-Gene came from the Deviants and not the humans; he tries to get the Uni-Mind to bring fire and death to those that need to be corrected, with which the Eternals society all agreed. At the Exclusion, Druig speaks to Uranos about what he had told the Uni-Mind about his speech and is planning to have him released as a test. Uranos states that Druig "will see what Uranos the Undying can do with an hour.” At the Damocles Foundation's corporate HQ in Los Angeles, Moira hears from Druig about Thanos meeting Uranos and his plan to assassinate the Five. At Krakoa, the Quiet Council is informed of Destiny's vision and the Eternals' upcoming war. During this meeting, Professor X, Hope Summers, and other mutant telepaths are psychically attacked by the Uni-Mind, providing the distraction that allows the Eternal fleets to assault the Krakoans. This enables Jack of Knives to lead an attack on Krakoa as Wolverine gives the order to sound the alarm. The X-Men join the others in the assault. At the Great Ring, Nightcrawler gets a warning out to the Arraki. Wolverine finds that Egg has been taken down by Jack of Knives as he orders Jean to have the Five secured. The Eternal fleets suddenly retreat. When Moira tells Jack of Knives that he blew his chance, Druig declares that the Eternals “are eternal"; he also informs Moira that Arakko has already been taken care of, despite his failed attempt. As the X-Men work to revive their fallen comrades, Nightcrawler explains what has happened to Arakko, as Uranos was shown to have decimated Arakko's homeworld and massacred a few mutant Arakki lives; this also serves to destabilize all Krakoan gates. Uranos returns to the Exclusion to inform Druig that he has completed his hour, while hearing about the Eternals' mission. At Avengers Mountain, Captain America, Iron Man, and Sersi hear about the events on Krakoa. Druig broadcasts himself to the people of Earth, declaring that the Eternals will help them deal with the "mutant threat" while advising them not to fear the towering death machines that have emerged off the western seaboard of the United States; he describes the machines as the Hex, giant-sized Eternals consisting of Phebe Reginax, Rheaka Centaurus, Syne the Memotaur, Thieaka the Harpiscus, Tetytrona 3000, and the Themex. In retaliation, Captain America assembles the Avengers. When Captain Marvel indicates that Sersi is locked up, Captain America informs her that Sersi has no involvement with Druig’s plan. Iron Man responds to an intruder alert, only to find Ajak, Makkari, and a bound Mister Sinister; Ajak wants Iron Man's help to forge a god, with the purpose being to end the war. When Iron Man asks how they are going to make a god in a few hours, Ajak states that they have everything they need around them as it shows the outside of Avengers Mountain. The unseen figure narrates that they will find out who this hero is in one way or another.

As Druig's declaration of war is echoed across the world, we see different people at the time of this as the narrator describes them. In London, a man named Tom is getting ready to go to sleep; in Vancouver, a woman named Katrina fires out a supportive tweet at a coffeehouse, hoping that the retweets would be a shield above Krakoa; in Mumbai, an old man named Arjun lies in his bed and shrugs off the Hex; in São Paulo, a woman named Daniela is riding her bicycle knowing the pros and cons of being a mutant; in New York, a woman named Jada notes that people wanting genocide on the mutants are not her people; in Yokohama, Kenta sees his parents worrying about a tidal wave hitting them. On Krakoa, Syne fights Exodus and Jean; Exodus succeeds in removing Syne from Krakoa. Cyclops battles Rheaka Centaurus as he notes to Jean that Rheaka generates attack fauna. In the nick of time, the Avengers show up to help fight the Hex. Back at Avengers Mountain, Iron Man, Ajak, and Makkari work to regenerate their base. A captive Mister Sinister claims that Ajak and Makkari kidnapped him because they feel he is responsible. Back on Krakoa, Captain America and Cyclops go over the objectives of getting the non-combative mutants to the safety of the Vaults and making sure the Five are not harmed. Cyclops tells Captain America to handle the Hex while the X-Men protect the Five. Captain Marvel leads Echo, Starbrand, Thor, Storm, and others into battling Thieaka the Harpsicus and Syne. The resulting battle forms a tsunami that makes its way toward the Philippines, New Guinea, and the eastern coast of the United States. The narrator notes that Iron Man and Ajak have found the thumbprint of Arishem the Judge; Mister Sinister and his clones have found a fragment of the Dreaming Celestial; Makkari has obtained the fragments of the Destroyer; Sersi is gathering the Eternals who oppose Druig's decision; and Tony Stark will pilot Avengers Mountain like he did when a “king wreathed in black ” attacked Earth. Phebe Reginax appears on Krakoa to aid Syne by healing her. Exodus sacrifices his life to take down Syne. The Five are heavily guarded as they resurrect Exodus and the other fallen mutants. In another location, Syne is revived. Meanwhile, Tom is watching the news of the conflict on Krakoa, Katrina is still tweeting, Arjun dies on the street as a side effect of the Machine resurrecting Syne, Daniela comforts a customer at her third job as a tremor hits, Jada still does not want any Eternal-based protests against mutants, and Kenta gets a blurred shot at a tidal wave being punched by Captain Marvel. Phastos puts in the last of the demiurgic conductors. Mister Sinister breaks up an argument between Iron Man and Ajak so that they can prevent the mutants from being slaughtered. While slaying Rheaka Centaurus' attack fauna, Jean gets a status report from Cyclops that the vaults are secured and the X-Men have breached the Eternal armories to cut the Hex's power supply. Nightcrawler notes that Syne has returned to bring Krakoa down. This causes everybody to work to take down Syne as there is not enough time to evacuate everyone. As Avengers Mountain comes to life as the Progenitor (who is revealed to be the narrator) as it commands the Hex to leave. The Hex comply with their principles and take their leave from Krakoa. Despite the heroes' success in banishing the Hex, the Progenitor regains consciousness and declares a Judgment Day after showing its disappointment with the people of Earth for their unrelenting cruelty and unreasonable bickering. The Progenitor addresses the people of Earth, warning that they will be judged within the next 24 hours, both individually and collectively; if they possess more righteousness than wickedness, they will live. Otherwise, there will be no tomorrow. The Progenitor concludes that the people of Earth are all important.

As the Progenitor continues its narration, Ajax assumes that what the Progenitor has decreed must be a test. The Progenitor judges Captain America and deems him a failure. In London, Tom is listening to Captain America's broadcast in a pub; in Vancouver, Katrina misses the broadcast and catches the highlights later; in Mumbai, Arjun's widow Komali sees Arjun's body and expresses negative feelings about the Progenitor; in São Paulo, Daniela has a moment of empathy as her mother messages her to get home; in New York, Jada is on her couch watching the news as she acts sincere towards it; and in Yokohama, Kenta tries to come up with an excuse to avoid homework as his father claims that he might be judged on how he does it. In The Exclusion, Uranos speaks with Druig about the Progenitor's decree as he mentions that Jack of Knives has been sent to observe the Avengers. Uranos states that both of them have failed to justify themselves to the Progenitor as Druig gives the order to prepare the Hex for the second attack. Iron Man discusses a plan with the Avengers, Ajax's group of Eternals, and Mister Sinister to disable the Progenitor by removing its internal node, as Phastos claims that it would be a big risk while. On Krakoa, Professor X falls to an attack as Emma Frost informs the Five to resurrect him. Destiny calls a meeting with the Quiet Council of Krakoa, informing them that Sinister has discovered a weakness on the Progenitor that must be hit. Destiny, Sebastian Shaw, Exodus, Mystique, and Hope Summers are in favor of an attack, while Emma abstains. The X-Men are surprised when Kro shows up with Ransak the Reject and other Deviants to assist in the battle. Back at the Progenitor, Ajak finds that infiltrators have breached the divine boundary as Mister Sinister claims that billions will not die. As the Eternals’ principle of protecting Celestials is activated, Wolverine and Jean arrive with reinforcements to target the internal node. When Jean attacks the internal node, despite Iron Man's attempt to stop her, everyone ends up in the Progenitor's mind as it makes everyone taste the experience of annihilation. The Progenitor then demands that the people of Earth justify themselves as they thought that their heroes were "gods above judgment". It passes negative judgment for Emma, Mystique, and Destiny; gives Kro a positive judgment; and considers the others longer. As Ajak is prevented from attacking Sinister. Iron Man states that they now have no choice, as Phastos agrees that they will have to do things that will enable them to get a positive judgment from the Progenitor, by uniting the whole world. At the Exclusion, Jack of Knives is persuaded by Sersi to release Starfox from his cell.

Captain America tries to end riots near one of the Krakoan areas in New York as he exclaims that they will get through the event. He is attacked by the rioters. At Avengers Mountain, Sersi speaks with Starfox about using his emotion-manipulation abilities to help get positive judgments upon connecting to the Machine. He is reluctant to do so as they would get negative judgment from the Progenitor. In London, Tom is given negative judgment after an encounter with two other angry men. Mayor Luke Cage is visited by the Progenitor using the illusion of a man from the press when asked how he judges his performance. He heads out into the streets, causing him to receive negative judgment by default. The Progenitor observes Thor fighting Themex in Earth's orbit and exclaims that Thor must be worthy. Eros meets with mutants and talks philosophy with them. The Progenitor appears in the form of Captain Marvel before Ms. Marvel giving her and her family the opportunity to leave Earth. She attacks the fake and asks what she did with the real Carol, being awarded a positive judgment as a result. In Vancouver, Katrina heads to a rally where she sees the Progenitor in the form of her dead aunt, and is horrified to see her aunt with her thumbs down. The Progenitor appears in the form of Legion to speak to a revived Professor X, who is too busy to notice that he has received a negative judgment. In Mumbai, the Progenitor appears at the foot of Kamali's bed and watches her weep; the Progenitor questions itself. Eros speaks with Black Panther and other known world leaders. Starbrand fights an aspect of a dungeon god and receives positive judgment. In São Paulo, Daniela watches a little of Captain America's footage and has a moment of awful understanding of how bad the situation is; she receives positive judgment while on her way to her mom's house. The Progenitor appears before Doctor Doom and asks him to say that Reed Richards is smarter than he is. Doom simply laughs off the request, and leaves as the Progenitor gives him a positive judgment. In New York, Jada watches the crowd chants, “Death to the mutants," while she thinks, “Death to ourselves,”; she receives a positive judgment. Daredevil sees the Progenitor in a vision of Jesus with a crown of thorns and a down-turned thumb as the Progenitor claims that Daredevil is weeping under his mask. Eros is shown at the White House as he listens with empathy, all while judging himself as a failure. Miles Morales sees the Progenitor in the form of Spider-Man giving him a thumbs up as Miles returns the gesture. In Yokohama, Kenta is still not doing his homework, causing the Progenitor to withhold judgment. Starfox speaks before the United Nations asking them to let the mutants and the Eternals help the world. As he leaves the stage, he is approached by Sebastian Shaw, who asks if he speaks for the Eternals. Back at Avengers Mountain, Iron Man, Starfox, and Sersi discuss what to do with Druig, as Ajak states that their best shot is to continue communing with the Progenitor. Uranos’ actions on Arakko are revealed. As the Uni-Mind had made Druig a compromise candidate, Sersi hopes that Druig will make a mistake that they can use before he makes a mistake where no one survives. As Druig states that they can bring even the Hex into the Uni-Mind to unleash its war form, Uranos states he is still waiting to be released; Druig declines. He orders the Eternals to unleash the Uni-Mind. The X-Men witness its arrival as the Eternals arrive to merge with the Uni-Mind. They confront Druig there. Deep inside the Machine, Ikaris and Gilgamesh disable the Uni-Mind's firewalls, allowing the Eternals to bring X-Men telepaths into the Uni-Mind as Sersi leads the people into voting for Starfox to be the new Prime Eternal. Uranos manipulates Druig into believing that he has no other choice but to order the Machine to release Uranos. Uranos is unleashed on Olympia as the Eternals confront him. Starfox is named the Prime Eternal. Portals open up from Uranos' armories around the world, ranging from drones in France to incandescent beams from a dead sun in Australia. Druig is grabbed by Exodus, to whom he admits that he has made a mistake. Uranos defeats Ikaris and Gilgamesh, sealing them inside the Machine. Iron Man enlists Magneto and Storm in activating one of the portals to Uranos' armory. Magneto and Storm then confront Uranos, buying Iron Man enough time to hack into the portals; this enables one of the armories to weaken Uranos. Magneto glimpses the Progenitor as he lays dying in Storm's arms. Ikaris mentions that Uranos is back in his cell telekinetically reassembling himself. The Progenitor then judges Ikaris and Sersi; he awards positive judgment to Ikaris and negative judgment to Sersi. Starfox then persuades the Progenitor that the world is still trying to fight its problems while planning for peace in the future, similar to the mutants making Mars habitable. The Progenitor makes the final judgment as it unleashes a beam that starts to kill the rioters that Captain America was facing; Cap proclaims, “We're going to die.”

The Progenitor has begun its sentencing. In London, Tom is confronted by his son who decides to tell him who he is. In Vancouver, Katrina thinks of her own judgment and heads out into the burning streets. In Mumbai, Komali waits. In São Paulo, Daniela is by her mother's side. In New York, Jada sees a field of bones and a man with a flag. In Yokohama, Kenta realizes what is happening is real and is consoled by his parents. Back in New York, Jada finds Captain America and they talk about their respective failures. Nightcrawler appears, stating that they need Captain America to give the "false god" a piece of his mind. Upon being teleported to the Progenitor, Cap has a word with Progenitor on how the Avengers have always fought for justice. The Progenitor reduces Captain America and Nightcrawler to bones. When Nightcrawler is reborn on Krakoa, Jean Grey states that the Worlds' anger is directed. Professor X speaks with Bishop, Cyclops, Iron Man, Jean, Sersi, and Starfox on the next approach. When everyone suggests that they risk going for the node, Destiny states that this is their only chance, "with certain modifications". The Avengers, the X-Men, the Eternals and the military then attack the Progenitor. The military and the Hex provide the distraction; Emma Frost pilots Phebe Reginax, and the Stepford Cuckoos pilot each of the Hex. The Progenitor manages to defeat many of his opponents by massacring them, forcing others to retreat. The Progenitor then causes destruction around the world and even manages to prevent a shuttle from reentry. Iron Man and the survivors work on coming up with a new plan as the Progenitor is integrating itself with the Machine. Cyclops, Jean, and Wolverine are resurrected. As the team sneak into the Progenitor, Jack of Knives provides a distraction by taking a hit from the Progenitor. As the others prepare one more egg, they are caught by surprise when Captain America emerges from it.

During the end of the world, Jada is rescued by Captain America and taken to where everyone on Earth is being kept safe. In London, Tom perishes in a fire after being distrustful of a portal in the street. In Vancouver, Katrina goes to comfort a woman in a burning building as the fire reaches them. In Mumbai, Komali thinks of Arjun. In São Paulo, Daniela drags her mother into a portal. Jada meets Kenta who states that he does not know where his parents are. The Progenitor narrates that the Machine is resisting its attacks. Nightcrawler informs Starfox that Phastos' resetting of the Machine has given them some time as his A.I. colleagues are working to keep the Machine from self-destructing. Captain America states that they should change tactics. The Progenitor indicates that he has part of Tony Stark in him as he opens part of the Earth in order to get to the Reality Loom. Captain America and Nightcrawler note that when the Reality Loom goes, so does Earth. Inside the Progenitor, Iron Man, Jean Grey, Mister Sinister, Wolverine, Ajak, Sersi, and Makkari fight their way past the Celestial Antibodies as they reach the core. As Jean makes her move to destroy the core, Ajak stops her. Starfox gives the order to get control of the Armories of Uranos as the Progenitor arrives at Olympia. Everyone is given different weapons as they try to hold off the Progenitor. Captain America tries one more time to get the Progenitor to surrender. The half-recreated Syne with Exodus' support arrives and lunges toward the Progenitor. Ajak explains that if the mutants are revived, a lot of humans will not be. The Progenitor narrates where it sees that Orchis is helping out after having originally helped the Eternals start the war with the mutants. The Progenitor's core personality then attacks them, stating that they have failed its tests. Sersi has the Machine broadcast her message, stating that the revival of an Eternal will cost the life of a human, much to everyone's horror. Starfox confirms Sersi's speech to Captain America and Nightcrawler. As Sersi attempts to persuade the Progenitor's core personality, it vanquishes her, believing that the truth will not save humanity due to the resentful backlash toward her; but Iron Man states that humanity can change, similar to the Eternals. Ajak claims that this is also a test for the Progenitor. Showing empathy for the Progenitor's anguish and despair, Jean recalls what she went through when the Dark Phoenix decimated the D'Bari's homeworld, while Iron Man has worked to make amends for his decisions and has learned the virtue of heroism. After being told that it's not a god, the Progenitor's core personality confesses that he had given up on saving humanity and asks Ajak if it was. Ajak shamefully gives it a thumbs down for disapproval and it asks her to be better. This causes the Progenitor to shut down and the entire Earth is restored. With Sersi confirmed dead, Iron Man, Jean, Mister Sinister, and Makkari find that Ajak has been transformed into a new Eternal, having merged with a Celestial body and renaming herself Ajak Celestia; she plans to make herself worthy to the Eternals and act as their new god. In London, a revived Tom and his family struggle as he has a hard time finding the right words to say to his son. In Vancouver, Katrina is greeted in the street with cheers. In Mumbai, Komali meets the unfinished Syne who apologizes for stealing Arjun's life force. In São Paulo, Daniela gets a message from her mom. In New York, Jada gets out of bed after getting a message on her phone that surprises her. In Yokohama, Kenta tells his parents about his visit to Olympia. Starfox makes Zuras the Prime Eternal again and has him apologize on TV to the X-Men for the war the Eternals waged on the mutants. As an act of reparation, the X-Men decide to make use of Uranos for an hour to do with what they will. Druig is incarcerated and he finds that Uranos is his cellmate; Uranos tells Druig that he will show him something that can be done in the next thousand years. Zuras informs Storm that he has more conservative interpretation on mutants than Druig and he will not have the Eternals go to war with them again, as their respective races not only share similar DNA with each other, but also share the same DNA type with both Deviants and humans alike. With Sersi exposing the Eternals' resurrection to the public, Starfox is surprised to face public backlash against Eternals, while Nightcrawler assures Starfox that he will endure. Jean Grey watches a commercial that she’s filmed, stating that it will take time to revive the mutants that were killed and also to aid some nations. The Phoenix Foundation is established as a body independent from Krakoa, with the goal of experimenting in reviving non-mutants (as seen when a child emerges from an egg in front of his parents). Cyclops tells Jean that this is a win for the X-Men, but that he wishes it was not a win for Orchis. At the Progenitor's dormant body, the Avengers get used to living in their base again, with Iron Man and Captain America discussing the aftermath of their respective judgments. Cap meets up with Jada, as he had owed her coffee; he confirms that the world is not perfect, as they had expected. The Progenitor's narration asserts that humanity has failed its test and assures that Ajak Celestia can become a worthy god and continue her judgment on the world; it then declares that every day is a Judgment Day.

Subplots

Immortal X-Men

There is a flashback to Exodus' early life. In the present, the Quiet Council of Krakoa listens as Professor X shares new information he learned from Forge; Forge had imparted that Celestial energy was detected and that Mister Sinister was abducted by a group of Eternals. As Emma Frost plans to order her captains to go on the defensive, Sebastian Shaw suggests that they go on the offensive. Exodus brings up a much earlier encounter he experienced with the Eternals. He recounts his encounter with Apocalypse in Ancient Egypt, his life during Medieval England where he encountered the Black Knight of that time, and his long sleep until Magneto found him. This reminiscing is interrupted when the Uni-Mind attacks. During the attack, Wolverine informs the Quiet Council that the Eternals are going after the rest of the Five, also relating what has happened to Egg. Exodus recalls his fight with what appears to be a five-headed dragon. Once the attacking Eternals have retreated, Mystique is seen carrying Destiny, as Jean goes on the offensive. The Quiet Council learn of Druig's speech and the revelation of the Hex. Exodus advises Jean to get everyone to safety as he flies off to fight two of the Hex that are heading their way.

Destiny receives Mister Sinister's information about the Progenitor judging them and its "off button". Following the Progenitor's illusion, Destiny is judged by the Progenitor for lying about how she achieved her gift and her fear of losing Mystique, which results in a negative judgment. The Quiet Council talk about the Progenitor judging all of Earth as Colossus asks Emma why she did not vote to attack. When she asks if anyone else on the Quiet Council had been tested, Kitty Pryde states that she passed even though she did not know what she did to get the Progenitor's positive judgment. Professor X asks the Quiet Council not to bloody the hands of Krakoa if he dies again. Nightcrawler, Colossus, Storm, and Exodus have not received their judgment yet, while Mystique and Destiny mention that they received negative judgment. After flashing back to his childhood, Sebastian Shaw proclaims that they should do something, as Storm states that she must go back to Arakko to deal with the machines that Uranos left. As the rest of the Quiet Council make their plans to win the Progenitor's favor, Exodus gets a vision of a Black Knight which led to a demon appearing; Shaw snaps him back to reality. As Shaw makes his plans, the Progenitor uses a vision of Emma to give him negative judgment, even as he assumes that Emma herself is responsible. At the Hellfire Club, Shaw meets with Starfox about saving the children. In the basement, he performs a ritual to summon Mother Righteous.

During the meeting of the Quiet Council, Professor X informs them of Magneto’s death, stating that they cannot return him without disrespecting his legacy. Nightcrawler mentions the prospect of Starfox becoming the Prime Eternal while promising reparations. When Mystique notes that Destiny has been quiet, Destiny states that she is petrified. When the final judgment has been passed, Mister Sinister suggests that they churn up some Magneto clones and send them against the Progenitor to see if "it will crack". Nightcrawler teleports Destiny away from Mystique to ask what she is not telling everyone. After being told what he wants to know from Destiny, Nightcrawler heads to New York City where he finds Captain America and Jada talking as well as finding an article regarding humanity’s of “surviving the mutants”. While teleporting Cap to the Progenitor, Nightcrawler secretly obtains a blood sample from him and hands it off to Magik. Cap and Nightcrawler are then killed by the Progenitor, with Nightcrawler being revived on Krakoa. Nightcrawler meets up with Professor X and Rachel Summers as they ask for volunteers to stay behind to trick the Progenitor, while everyone else evacuates Krakoa. While Egg stays behind as his eggs are evacuated, Nightcrawler holds Mister Sinister at swordpoint for making a crack at Egg. Mystique and Destiny are among those who stay behind as the Progenitor attacks Krakoa. As Mister Sinister fails to upload all of his data, Exodus is revived at Avengers Mansion. Then Captain America suddenly emerges from one egg with his shield as he asks, "What now?" After being revived, Nightcrawler makes his way into the Orchis Forge with help from Magik. He takes down Nimrod and confronts Moira MacTaggert's Omega Sentinel form; he threatens to use a Personalized ECM-hunter-killer-virus, created by Forge, to wipe her clean unless she helps him before the Progenitor destroys the Orchis Forge. As Moira cooperates upon being evacuated from the Orchis Forge, Nightcrawler asks her to help the Earth's endangered A.I.

X-Men: Red

On Arakko, Abigail Brand informs everyone present of Destiny's precognition of the Eternals' attack. Ora Serrata states that Idyll cannot see the true future. Just then, Uranos arrives, stating that he has one hour to correct them. Isca the Unbeaten switches sides and kills Idyll. Those on Arakko go on the defensive as Uranos defeats Ora and battles Legion. Brand states that she has lost contact with Station Two and assumes it was destroyed while noting that there are confirmed attacks all over Mars; Lactuca states that the enemy has machines of death and Sobunar notes that this will be a challenge for them. As Cable and Magneto start to go on the offensive, Uranos returns, stating that he took down Legion. The Brotherhood of Arakko, led by Sunspot and Wrongslide, join the fight against a self-replicating machine army at Argyre Planitia. Nova protects the evacuees at Port Prometheus from their attackers. Nightcrawler fights Isca in Sobunar's ocean after she chooses to betray the Great Rings of Arakko and murder Idyll for her own survival. Wrapped in metal, Uranos breaks free and punches Magneto through the chest. Witnessing Magneto's defeat, Cable brings out the Omega-One Plus Rifle to use on Uranos, which does not faze him. Lactuca seals a breach while the Morrowlands start to infect anything organic that comes into contact with it. Xilo unleashes the insects and invertebrates that make up his body to attack Uranos. While the evacuations at Port Prometheus have been partially successful, all the Krakoan gates have been destroyed as seven Kymellian priests are killed before Nova can save them. In the markets below, the vendors and their regulars fight to save what they can. Uranos reduces the collective that is Xilo to 13.5% and uses the Omega-One Plus Rifle to shoot Brand. On the dark side of the planet, the Fisher King feels the wind change. The Arakki at Aryre Planetia go on a strategic retreat. After Uranos leaves when the hour is complete, Lodus regains consciousness, Xilo works to put himself back together, and Ora is in the middle of healing. Swearing revenge against the Eternals, Magneto arises with energy in his wound and tells Lodus that they were part of a losing war and that "the seat of loss takes command".

Craig Marshall of NASA reports on studies of the terraforming of Mars as he illustrates the conflict on Arakko. He is then visited by Storm, Lactuca, and Sobunar of the Depths as they arrive to fight some of Uranos' drones. After some of them are defeated, Storm tells Lactuca and Sobunar that some of Uranos' arsenal had not left when he did. Nova destroys the drone factor above the city to save countless lives. Fisher King prepares to fight. Isca the Unbeaten slays a monstrous fish. Wrongslide and the local civilians fight the ground machines, and Sunspot destroys some of them. Khora of the Burning Heart is also shown fighting some of the ground machines. Wiz Kid and Cable try to get the S.W.O.R.D. space station back online. Professor X oversees the revival of Abigail Brand. Lodus Logos and Magneto engage a giant plastic gorilla; Lodus and Xilo watch Magneto slay it by sending one of Lodus' metals into its brain, as Magneto himself struggles to stay alive. Sunspot and Fisher King arrive with someone Magneto does not recognize as he informs them that Isca killed Idyll and that Ora Serrata is wounded. Magneto states that he is growing weaker as the unknown figure introduces herself as Syzya of the Smoke. Magneto is persuaded to let the old ways change as the gorilla heals from its injuries. As Wrongslide and Khora of the Burning Heart continue their fight against the ground drones, Uthios Stone-Shedder fights the metallic slime. Nova finds that one of the drones is evolving. Storm arrives and strikes Magneto with lightning. The Arrakii watch in shock as Storm and Magneto combine their abilities to slay the gorilla. Sunspot points out that they have to find the off switch for Uranos' armories. Storm states that they have to take the fight to Uranos.

In the heart of the Earth, Magneto is dying after the defeat of Uranos. He asks Storm to let him pass on, despite Storm stating that they can revive him in light of him having no backup data. As he dies, Magneto has Storm promise him to look after Professor X as their enemies will attack Krakoa one day. On Arakko Prime, Lodus Logos, Sobunar, Xilo, and Lactuca hear that the Progenitor is judging everyone. Sunspot learns from Ora Serreta that the Seats of Night were dissolved. The remaining Ten Rings condemn Isca for her betrayal; she believes that genocide is a small price to pay for winning. After realizing her weakness, Fisher King challenges her. Knowing the loss she experienced, Isca resigns from her position and leaves, advising everyone not to follow her where she's going. Storm yields the Seat of All-Around-Us to Lodus and claims the Seat of Loss. At S.W.O.R.D. Station Two, Wiz Kid talks to Cable about the death toll on Arakko. After Abigail Brand is revived, Cable and Wiz Kid talk about their suspicion that Brand killed Henry Peter Gyrich and that they should bring it up with Nightcrawler first.

A.X.E.: Death to the Mutants

Ajak, Ikaris, Makkari, Phastos, Sersi, Sprite, and Thena talk about Druig's actions on Lemuria and the reconstruction of the Progenitor. As Ajak persuades Phastos to come with her, the other Eternals go to march into the war while persuading Kro to grant them access to a pit where the gods lashed out the day the Second Host showed up. Once at the bottom, they are confronted by the "shadows of the Firmament". The Eternals fight them, and learn from Kro what the Eternals had been through with the Second Host. As Kro notes that the Eternals will fight Druig while the Deviants will pay the price, he states that the Deviants would be dragged into the war through their own actions. In the Subspace Tunnels, Ikaris visits Gilgamesh. In Olympia's war room, Druig watches the Hex in action while getting a status report. He also visits a resurrected Zuras to get a status report on the psychic siege. Zuras states that it is hard as they are going up against the strongest mutant psychics. At the Exclusion, the Oceanic Watch's Kalos the Destructor is confronted by Gilgamesh, Ikaris, and Kingo; Kalos forms an energy Hydra while Sprite uploads a temporary override to Uranos' armory. Kalos is subdued by Ikaris, enabling Magik and Wolverine to enter the Machine. Druig discovers this and dispatches his defense units to deal with the intruders. Ikaris uses a device to send a small part of Zuras' mind into another dimension. Druig and Domo find Zuras on the ground as Druig gets word that Syne is ready for redeployment. At Avengers Mountain, Phastos finishes his part in rebuilding the Progenitor. As the Celestials have given the Eternals three principals, the Progenitor gives them a fourth, allowing the people of Earth to justify themselves. This puts Druig in a difficult situation. Gilgamesh and Ikaris flee from the Droogs while having left a message on a wall: “Death to the Eternals".

In London, a woman named Sally is trying to avoid thinking about "Judgment Day" when she somehow receives a text from Syne. On Krakoa, the X-Men engage Syne. In Lemuria, Kro speaks with Emma Frost about the Progenitor's judgment and Uranos. Afterwards, Kro leads the Deviants in helping the X-Men fight the Hex. He has Ransak the Reject throw a deformed Deviant in a cage to distract Tetytrona. Kro speaks with Emma, bringing up the Progenitor's judgment on them; Kro mentions that the Progenitor passed positive judgment on him using the form of Arishem the Judge, and that the rest of the Deviants also received positive judgment. While watching as the Delphan Brothers argue, he wonders how he will be judged; Uranos claims that he is too early to judge. At Avengers Mountain, Ikaris attacks Ajak. Ajak and Makkari restrain Ikaris as the Progenitor declares that Phastos has passed and Makkari has failed; Ajak will be deferred for now, and the Progenitor will consider Ikaris longer. In the Hall of Blades, Sersi persuades Jack of Knives to break out a specific Eternal from the Exclusion; Starfox is then seen being freed. Before departing, he speaks to his mother, Sui-San, who informs him that the Progenitor will consider her judgment longer. Sally has a vision of her grandmother passing negative judgment on her as she brings it up in a text to Syne, who continues to attack Krakoa.

The Progenitor has passed final judgment on Earth, with the Machine narrating. On Olympia, Druig has been deposed and Starfox is now the Prime Eternal. Starfox talks with Ikaris, Thena, and Zuras; he mentions that love has failed and that they must join with the forces of humanity. While Zuras objects to this, Starfox makes contact with Emma Frost, who asks if they are standing together. During the assault on the Progenitor, it slays Syne and Emma as Thena informs them of what transpired. As Zuras is hit by the Progenitor's attack, Sersi answers Ikaris' question on why she failed her test; she indicates that she had made a mistake. Ikaris goes on the attack and is slain by the Progenitor. The Eternals' resurrection engines struggles as it tries to revive both Ikaris and Syne. The Progenitor orders the Machine to activate its self-destruct to destroy the Reality Loom. The Machine objects to this as the Progenitor strikes his weapon into the ground. At Avengers Mansion, Captain America is told of a plan to infiltrate the Progenitor and get to its internal node so that it can be blown up. He then speaks with Nightcrawler and Starfox about saving the remaining humans. Phastos comes in stating that the Machine is nearly compromised. An incomplete Syne emerges from the rubble and texts Sally to inform her that her sisters are dead; she finds that Sally is not answering. In Lemuria, Phastos goes into the Machine as Kro tells him not to worry about the Deviants; he fights his way past the Machine's defenses so that the Machine can help him. In New York, Exodus confronts Syne. At the Heart of the Machine, Phastos finds, while resetting the system, that the Progenitor has nearly compromised the Reality Loom. As Nightcrawler moves his team to shore up his defenses, the Machine tells Phastos that it feels no emotion.

X-Force

Wolverine confronts Krakoa on the fate of Kid Omega, as there is no memory in the cradles. Professor X shows up to confront Wolverine, who states that there are forces bigger than them at work. In the north pole, Kraven the Hunter works to survive after the loss of his dogs and the burning of his sled. He manages to kill a seal that he fished out. Later that night, Kraven uses the seal corpse to draw out a polar bear so that he may hunt it. Later, Kraven pulls an organ from the polar bear and notices some differences. On Krakoa, Deadpool is in a bar talking about how X-Force would not exist without him. Sage gathers Deadpool, Domino, Beast, Black Tom Cassidy, and Omega Red; they discuss the protestors who want the X-Men to use their technology to revive the lost people in their lives. They hear of news from Arches National Park, Utah, where Angel has been taken hostage, with one of the protestors cutting off one of Angel’s wings. Black Tom Cassidy emerges from the gate and drives off the protestors as Domino confronts the one who is holding Angel captive. In the North Pole, Deadpool and Omega Red find a Russian boat. After leaving Deadpool to be found by a polar bear, Omega Red attacks the Russians on the boat and frees the captive mutants. In northern Sibera, Kraven enters a bar wearing the pelt of the polar bear he killed and a large bag containing Deadpool. He overhears some patrons talking about mutants becoming the apex predator of the galaxy. Kraven asks in Russian, “What did you say?”

Kraven makes his way through an icy valley filled with frozen figures. He removes his clothes when he sees the Progenitor. On Krakoa, Black Tom reports on the Eternals' attack on Krakoa and sees a boat heading their way, with Omega Red at the helm and others aboard. Kraven faces the Progenitor as he carves an “X” into the palm of his left hand. Back on Krakoa, Sage introduces Omega Red to the Shadow Room to help him with his killer urges. At Kraven’s hunting lodge in the Arctic, he places Deadpool's head on a hunting trophy. As he prepares to hunt the mutants, he is caught by surprise when Deadpool pulls himself back together. At Krakoa's Green Lagoon, Beast and Sage talk about how Krakoa is changing. Meanwhile, Deadpool is suspended from the ceiling as Kraven demands to be told what he knows about Krakoa. After describing Krakoa, Deadpool classifies himself as an honorary mutant, and gives Kraven the keys to Krakoa. Taking advantage of it, Kraven takes Deadpool's head to one of the Krakoan gates.

Kraven arrives on Krakoa where he eats a glowing butterfly. He finds where the mutants are created as he pulls out a knife. Deadpool's head bites off his tongue. Moments later, Omega Red and Sage find all the backup bodies desecrated and report this to Beast. As Sage suspects that the Eternals are behind this, Omega Red observed that the eggs were hacked and stabbed by someone primal. They find Deadpool's tongue as a clue as they start to look for the attacker. Kraven hunts Maggott and beheads him. Then he hunts others, including a mutant with antlers, a blue-skinned mutant, and a family of tusked mutants. When he subdues Ikaris, he is informed that Wolverine is the best among them; Kraven then kills Ikaris. When Kraven drops Deadpool's head during a fight with Storm, Deadpool tells Black Tom to report that Kraven the Hunter is on Krakoa. Kraven ambushes Beast, rips out his earpiece to keep Sage from contacting him, and takes him captive in order to learn how the Shadow Room works. Black Tom uses plants and rocks to make Deadpool a new body as he gets into another fight with Omega Red. Wolverine arrives fresh from his encounter with the Progenitor to find that Krakoa is under attack. He follows a blood trail into the Shadow Room where Kraven ambushes him and changes the setting to the Savage Land, where Wolverine finds a scar-eyed Beast being chased by a Tyrannosaurus.

Kraven rides the Tyrannosaurus; he hunts Beast and throws a spear into his right leg. Beast manages to pull out the spear and stab the Tyrannosaurus enough for it to throw Kraven off its back. Wolverine slashes his way through some Dilophosaurus as he works to get through to Sage. As he fights some Velociraptors, Wolverine is alerted to the Progenitor' attack, which has turned off the safety features of the Shadow Room. As Krakoa is under attack, Sage and Omega Red find Deadpool; they indicate that the Pointe has been compromised. Back in the Shadow Room, Kraven tracks Beast to a Pteranodon nest as Wolverine catches up to Beast. As the Shadow Room, going haywire, mutates the Pteranodon, Wolverine slays one as Kraven catches up to them. Kraven holds Beast at knifepoint and demands that Wolverine prove to him that he deserves to live more than Kraven. At the Pointe, Sage, Omega Red, and Deadpool find Kraven’s blade in the console as Deadpool and Omega Red enter the Shadow Room. Wolverine fights Kraven as Omega Red evacuates Beast. Deadpool's plant parts start burning up as Sage informs everyone that the Shadow Room is on its way to a structural failure and will collapse upon itself. Wolverine defeats Kraven as he is attacked by a Tyrannosaurus. He then proceeds to rescue Deadpool, who starts to regenerate his body. After having escaped from the Shadow Room with some injuries, Kraven laments that he has failed this hunt and notes that he has found the defeated Progenitor. Kraven sees that the Avengers are currently occupying the Progenitor's body while claiming that everything dies. Kraven states that he will be back on Krakoa when it ends to butcher the remains of its mutants and taste the iron of their hearts.

X-Men

As the X-Men fight Thieaka the Harpsicus, Forge fires a laser from the beach that results in Thieka being coated in nanites that will render it crystalline enough to be put into a state of hibernation. Forge states that he does not have any more nanites as more of the Hex are approaching Krakoa. Jean Grey sends a telepathic message to Ikaris, who informs her that the Hex are powerful Eternals deployed from the armories of the Eternals that are beneath the Earth's crust. As non-Eternals cannot access the vault, Ikaris can help the X-Men out in exchange for no Eternals being killed. As Cyclops and Jean help the Avengers hold off the Hex, Iceman grows large and takes Firestar, Forge, Havok, Magik, and Synch into the closest armory beneath the Pacific Ocean. Tapping into Ikaris' mind, Magik teleports her team to him as they work to take out the Hex's energy supply by fighting past the drones. After his right arm is blasted off, Synch uses his previous sync with Iceman to grow another arm, which he uses to destroy the drone responsible. He then assists Iceman with freezing the engine. Magik allows Forge to take some "souvenirs" from the fallen drones. Magik's group escapes through Limbo before arriving back in Krakoa. As Havok suggests to Magik that they check to see if Blob is alive and the Green Lagoon is still standing, they hear the voice of the Progenitor as it tells the X-Men that their adjudication has begun.

At a newspaper company, the editor-in-chief tells a reporter to lose the "gay mutant hero" story that depicted Iceman helping to disable the Eternals' armory. Some time earlier, a torpedo is shot towards the sun by an unidentified alien race as they are suddenly attacked by Magik and Cyclops. After interrogating one of the attackers, Cyclops learns that the torpedo that was shot into the sun was a Flare Generator that will bathe Earth in its flames. Being informed of what is happening, Jean uses her telekinesis to lift Iceman into the sky where he freezes part of Earth's orbit. Then Jean sends Firestar up to Earth's orbit to deal with the debris. Magik evacuates everyone from the International Space Station; she and Cyclops drop them off in Chicago. The flare makes contact with the ice as Firestar, Synch, and Rogue help to destroy the icy debris. Iceman manages to land safely in Chicago and gives a brief interview to the reporter. Back in the present, the reporter persuades the editor-in-chief to keep the "gay mutant hero" story in. In the Arctic, Cyclops confronts the Progenitor and he requests that it does a change of venue before he can be judged. The Progenitor gives Cyclops a positive judgment.

Marauders

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Scratch shows his class a dissected creature as Lockheed watches from above. At the Krakoa Transit, Fabian Cortez talks to Kitty Pryde about recent events as Cassandra Nova is present. At Hellfire Bay, Birdy telepathically speaks with Bishop, Aurora, Tempo, Psylocke, Northstar, and Daken, who relate their respective encounters with the Progenitor. Fabian Cortez tells Kitty that he has finished the Krakoan gate when she hears Aurora's voice stating that it is time to move in on the Progenitor. Meanwhile, Judas Traveller of Orchis hatches his plot.

Wolverine

On Krakoa, Wolverine is hunting a strange beast when he encounters what appears to be Moira MacTaggert, Jean Grey, Omega Red, and other people he has killed; the Progenitor speaks to him, communicating that it wants him, in the next 24 hours, to prove that he is worth more than the lives he has extinguished. In Hell, Hellbride tells her father, the Beast of the Hand, about the judgment that is being cast on Earth and that it is time for him to leave Hell to cast judgment on those who killed her beloved on their wedding day and stole the sacred blades that were blacksmithed by Muramasa. She plans to get his weapons back and make Wolverine and Solem pay for killing her groom. In San Francisco, riots are occurring as Solem's party is disrupted by Hellbride; the Progenitor speaks to her through the form of the Beast of the Hand, stating that she has until the end of the day to make his punishment worthy and swift. At the Summer House on the Moon, Wolverine arrives and is ambushed by Solem, who wants his weapons back. Solem also mentions that Hellbride crashed his party. Wolverine gives him one of Muramasa's blades back in exchange for Solem helping Wolverine kill "a god above", with Wolverine committing to help Solem kill "a demon below". Hellbride arrives with a group of ninjas from Hand to search for Wolverine and Solem. The Progenitor discovers the plans of both Wolverine and Hellbride as it creates an avatar out of ice, snow, and water to deal with them.

Wolverine and Solem arrive at the North Pole. Hellbride and the Hand are also at the North Pole; they are attacked during a blizzard. Wolverine and Solem make their way through a maze of ice and snow. Hellbride struggles to make her way through the blizzard. Her body is found by Wolverine and Solem and they leave it by a campfire before fleeing. They are confronted by the Progenitor's arctic avatar wielding an ice sword. Wolverine and Solem fight the Progenitor's arctic avatar as Hellbride joins the battle upon catching up to them. After the Progenitor's avatar is slain, Solem takes his leave with Hellbride as he wants to see what the troublemakers are up to “down south”. When Wolverine confronts the Progenitor, it gives Wolverine a positive judgment. Sometime later at a bar, Wolverine is shown drinking as defeated patrons are shown on the ground. He recalls how he had defeated anyone that tried to interrupt his drinking. Wolverine also recalls his time operating as Patch in Madripoor's Princess Bar. Then he recalls how he has fought alongside Captain America and Blade. Wolverine also recalls his encounter with Flamingeaux in New Orleans. As Wolverine finishes his drink and starts to leave, the bartender pulls out his gun as Wolverine starts to bring out his claws.

Avengers

While walking around covered in a red fluid that resembles blood, Hawkeye enters a diner and gets the key to the bathroom. After cleaning himself up, Hawkeye encounters the Progenitor, who has decided to judge him while using the form of Black Widow. The Progenitor explains that humans have become self-destructive as it brings up the different people that pass by the diner. After finishing his first hamburger, Hawkeye gives the second to a dog tied to a mailbox. Later that day, Hawkeye is watching TV when he gets a call about an alien on the loose in the sewers. He goes to see Mayor Luke Cage and they talk about ethics. Afterwards, he works to thwart an assassination attempt by Crossfire. The next day, Hawekeye reads a letter from the Progenitor stating that he has received positive judgment.

Fantastic Four

At the Baxter Building, Mister Fantastic is watching a data cast of the Progenitor's proclamation and a pre-recorded message that mentions that Franklin Richards and Valeria Richards are with Alicia Masters, as he prays that their fourth-dimensional fallout shelter will be strong enough. He also mentions that he will be locked in the Think Tank with its Archimedes protocol activated and he will not be able to be contacted while within it. Having received the message, Susan Storm enters the Baxter Building, speaks with Harriet, and meets a new worker named Zoe Golding. The Thing contacts Alicia Masters to inform her that he and the H.E.R.B.I.E.s are battening down the hatches. Human Torch then drives up in his flying car about to go on a pizza run. While in an elevator, Susan introduces Zoe to a custodian named Eduardo. Just then, Exterminatrix and her minions lay siege on the Baxter Building with help from the Mindless Ones. After defeating the hacked H.E.R.B.I.E.s, Sue saves Eduardo from falling as they are confronted by Exterminatrix's minions. The Thing fights the Mindless Ones until part of the building falls on him while the Baxter Building's forcefield prevents Human Torch from entering. Sue takes out some of the minions, as one of them puts on a pair of Midas Foundation goggles to detect her heat signature. She defeats the minion and uses his radio to speak to Exterminatrix, who reveals that she is after the knowledge stored in the Think Tank; she intends to use the vast information to take the Midas Foundation intergalactic.

As Sue fights her way through the Baxter Building, Exterminatrix works to have the hacked H.E.R.B.I.E.s break into Mister Fantastic's Think Tank. As Sue closes in on Exterminatrix, she is told by Exterminatrix that she used the bio-splicers that her father Doctor Midas used to create a clone of Noh-Varr, called Spaceboy. Outside, reporter Claire Hoffman reports on the Fantastic Four being cut off from the outside by a forcefield, as the Torch receives a complaint from a man named Leo who is two hours late for his shift. The Torch gets an idea and asks Leo if he can borrow his toolbox. The Thing continues to struggle under heavy debris. After being unable to get into the Think Tank, Exterminatrix gives Spaceboy the order to bring Invisible Woman to her alive. Spaceboy uses his acidic tongue to break through the forcefield and traps Invisible Woman in a Kree Pocket Battlefield. To Exterminatrix's surprise, Sue breaks free from the Kree Pocket Battlefield just enough to defeat Spaceboy. Exterminatrix breaks into the office where the stockbrokers are; she threatens to harm them if Invisible Woman does not surrender immediately. Sue then surrenders to the Mindless Ones, as Eduardo rescues the Thing. Upon being brought to Exterminatrix, Sue fails to reason with her; Exterminatrix informs her that genetically enhanced mercenaries have taken hostages in order to obtain the password to the Think Tank. Sue tells her that the Think Tank's passcode is "Imperius Rex". This causes the H.E.R.B.I.E.s to be reset to their original programming, and they attack the Mindless Ones and free the hostages. Exterminatrix uses a gun that causes Sue to slowly be transmuted into gold thanks to bullets that were dipped in Doctor Midas' gold. With help from Leo, the Torch breaks through the forcefield. While using a forcefield on her shoulder, Sue reveals to Exterminatrix that Doctor Midas' genetic code, enhanced by cosmic radiation, would not allow him to conceive children. This leaves Exterminatrix in shock, and she surrenders. Later that day, Invisible Woman's injury is treated by Mister Fantastic after he emerges from the Think Tank. After being told about the Progenitor, Mister Fantastic states that he should be judged as a father and a husband and not as a thinker. The Progenitor gives him positive judgment.

A.X.E.: Avengers

Iron Man leads Jean Grey, Mister Sinister, Wolverine, Ajak, Sersi, and Makkari into the Progenitor. After Iron Man mentions to Mister Sinister that the Progenitor killed Captain Marvel and Thor, Ajak states that there are different paths to the Progenitor's destruction node. Just then, the group is attacked by the Celestial antibodies causing everyone to fight their way past them. Iron Man is then attacked by the Celestial energy and then sees Ho Yinsen. The Progenitor speaks to Iron Man, stating that Ho Yinsen was the first person to die for him as he mentions that he keeps making suits of armor. He then starts to hallucinate, seeing Captain America, War Machine, Thor, Hulk, Wasp, Black Widow, Pepper Potts, and Hellcat, all dead; and the day when Howard Stark and Maria Stark died in a car crash. When Iron Man points out that the car crash was not his fault, the Progenitor responds that they died because a machine failed them and that they should have been in a better machine. As Iron Man works to fight the hallucination, Howard Stark emerges from the wreck and says that “people die”, while noting that he was not a good father to his son as he was growing up. Ajak and Sersi free Iron Man from the hallucination. When Mister Sinster claims that Iron Man reconciled with his father, Iron Man replies that the Progenitor is testing them and they must work to pass the tests.

Amazing Spider-Man

A lot of people are coping with the Progenitor's decree that all will be judged. Peter Parker is on the phone with Iron Man who confirms his suspicions on the Progenitor. He then asks what would happen if someone dead shows up. When Iron Man asks why he asked, Spider-Man quotes "no reason" as he sees a vision of Gwen Stacy. Later, Peter still sees a vision of Gwen Stacy as Randy Robertson needs his help picking out a tuxedo for his wedding to Janice Lincoln. Knowing that he will be judged, Peter goes to help Randy pick out a tuxedo. Then he pays a visit to Aunt May where he fixed her faucet and states that he loves her before checking up on anyone else. After Peter leaves, Aunt May sees a vision of Uncle Ben. Peter then goes to see J. Jonah Jameson who apologizes for the nasty things that he has said about Spider-Man all these years, his use of the Spider-Slayers, his use of Scorpion, and how he abused his power as the Mayor of New York City. As Peter states to Jonah that he has been a good guy, Jonah calls up Robbie Robertson to apologize for having underpaid him. On the rooftop, Peter tells the Progenitor's Gwen Stacy form that Ben Reilly is not coming when he wanted to apologize. Spider-Man goes to see Miles Morales after he had to subdue Rocket Racer who had flipped his lid at the time when people are taking the Progenitor's judgment better than others. Spider-Man tells Miles how proud he is of him. The next day, Peter goes to work at Oscorp where Kamala Khan is working on a prototype that they prepare to get started as Norman Osborn arrives. After accidentally driving the Progenitor's Gwen Stacy form away by stating to Norman that he should not be here for the test run, Kamala states to the Progenitor's Captain Marvel form that he told it that Parker was weird. Peter catches up to the Progenitor's Gwen Stacy form on the roof and states that he would ask himself what the real Gwen Stacy would have thought of him and he lived his life since she died. He states that he has lost someone a while back where not everybody agreed with his tactics while Norman Osborn has helped him. Peter states that it is his responsibility to keep Norman Osborn from becoming Green Goblin while mentioning how Green Goblin killed Gwen Stacy. The Progenitor gives Peter a positive judgment and briefly revives Gwen Stacy to give them a moment to see that beautiful heart of his. Unbeknownst to Peter, Norman has witnessed what happened and tries to keep himself from losing his mind. He is unaware of a Gwen Stacy figure behind him.

A.X.E.: Starfox

Long ago on Titan, Mentor and Sui-San talk about having another child and state that this one must prove that eternal love can flourish. In the present day that is 12 hours before the Progenitor's final judgment, Starfox is given the accelerated extinction event location by the Machine. He works to save lives during the riots and other types of chaos. Long ago on Olympia, Sui-San learns from the Machine that Stardox is now integrated with the Machine. Years ago in Deep Space Party Zone XII, Starfox is visited by a Recorder who states that Thanos has destroyed Titan. Back in the present, Starfox destroys as skull-headed meteor. Sometime ago at the Exclusion, Starfox found himself reborn on Earth after the events where Thanos used Starfox's body to revive himself. After he had been locked up in the Exclusion, Starfox was later freed by Thena and Jack of Knives. Back in the present, Starfox find a man half-buried in the rubble and comforts him in his final moments. Arriving on Olympia, Starfox asks the Machine if he can take the throne and issue the command as the Prime Eternal. Starfox is then confronted by Zuras where he informs Zuras that he is opening the portals and removing the access restriction as the Machine answers his questions when it comes to protecting humanity. Zuras states that his plans are going against the Eternals' traditions. In retaliation, Zuras attacks Starfox stating that his plans will doom everyone while stating that he is starting to act like Mentor as Starfox states to him that he is starting to act like Uranos. After a brief scuffle, Starfox states to Zuras he wants to inspire and that Zuras can rule the Eternals again. Zuras agrees to his suggestion to help save the people of Earth. Starfox appears before the people and states that love will conquer all.

A.X.E.: X-Men

Deep within the Progenitor, Jean Grey informs Iron Man, Mister Sinister, Wolverine, Ajak, Sersi, and Makkari that she cannot get any images of what is happening outside of the Progenitor due to its consciousness. Iron Man states that the Celestial is still testing them and that they can find a way to turn back the clock and save everyone. Mister Sinister rambles that they saved lives through the Five on Krakoa. After fighting their way towards the Progenitor's heart, Jean Grey forms a forcefield for everyone to get through while fighting its way past the Celestial antibodies. The Progenitor makes Jean Grey re-experience her first time at the X-Mansion as it takes the form of Professor X while also showing Jean Grey's time as the Dark Phoenix. As the others try to get Jean Grey to snap out of it, Jean Grey re-experiences the Quiet Council of Krakoa's decision to make the Progenitor self-destruct. Mister Sinister and Wolverine snap Jean Grey out of these visions as she starts to go into the Progenitor's mind as it brings Mister Sinister and Wolverine into her mind as character witnesses. Mister Sinister admitted that he once cloned Jean Grey and made something else several times. After Wolverine talks back to it, the Progenitor throws Wolverine and Mister Sinister out of Jean Grey's mind stating that their insight helps with it learning who envies her and who loves her while also mentioning that it met Cyclops. When the Progenitor mentioned how Jean Grey destroyed a world, Jean Grey stated that it was the Dark Phoenix who destroyed the D'Bari's homeworld. Jean Grey states that she has never stopped trying to make up for it and plans to destroy the Progenitor while mentioning how she had gone to a casino to save countless world's fates. The Progenitor states to Jean Grey that she can never make up for it as she is the Phoenix "now and forever". After Jean Grey is brought out of her latest vision stating that she has failed as Wolverine comforts her. As the group makes it ways to the stave core, they end up attacked by more Celestial antibodies. Jean Grey uses her abilities to destroy the Celestial antibodies as Wolverine states to Thena that Jean Grey is not used to failing tests.

A.X.E.: Eternals

After Jean Grey had taken down the Celestial antibodies, those with her continue through the Progenitor's body. More Celestial antibodies appear. Iron Man asks Sersi why she failed. In a flashback, Sersi tells Ikaris that he cannot tell the humans the reason for how their resurrection process works. The Progenitor then causes Ajak to re-experience when she first met Cetaka and mentioned how she once fought the Prehistoric Avengers where he died so that she can be revived after that disastrous battle. Then she encounters a prehistoric human named Vart who mentions why humans were created. The Progenitor then states to Ajak that a millions years of death was on her hands as it makes her remember all the steps. Ajak works to fight the Progenitor's mind tricks as the Progenitor claims that it is not the Eternals she had to kill to revive him. The Progenitor states that there is such a thing as too much faith. Before ceasing to speak with Ajak, the Progenitor states to her that she will experience the final moment of true freedom. Once that was done, Ajak leads everyone down a shaft.

A.X.E.: Iron Fist

Loki visits his ally Lin Feng in K'un-Lun as the latter and his demon army are sacking the city in search of his master Chiyou's final tomb. Despite Feng's success, Loki notes that Feng is not satisfied, suggesting that he is distracted by thoughts of his brother Lin Lie, the current Iron Fist. Feng threatens Loki, who reminds Feng of a deal they made once Feng conquered K'un-Lun before departing. Meanwhile, Lie is on a flight to Seoul to meet up with White Fox, who still believes Lie had previously perished months before. Loki appears before Lie on the aircraft and informs him of his brother's siege of K'un-Lun. Lie demands Loki to take him to Feng but Loki refuses, mentioning that he is only an observer and musing the outcome of the Progenitor's final judgement of humanity. The Progenitor narrates that Loki is wrong for his lack of concern for the world and for believing he is above judgement, declaring that gods shall be judged along humanity as the aircraft is suddenly destroyed. Lie and Loki safely land but mysteriously find themselves in Asgard, where they witness a memory from Loki's childhood. When a young Loki causes a young Thor to trip into a frozen lake, the present day Loki refuses to help, realizing that the scenario is his judgement from the Progenitor, which he believes he will fail. Duplicates of Mjolnir rain down from the sky with one of them striking Loki and trapping him under the lake. To Loki's surprise, Lie is able to lift Mjonir off of him and carry him to the surface. The two then find themselves in K'un-Lun, where the Progenitor appears as Shou-Lao and challenges Lie to take his heart to officially earn the title of Iron Fist. As Lie struggles against the dragon as he is reluctant to kill Shou-Lao, Loki refuses to help until he is urged to by the Progenitor, who appears to him as Loki's younger self. With Loki's help, Lie is able to defeat Shou-Lao but asks for Shou-Lao to give him his heart instead of taking it. Lie receives the mark of the Iron Fist on his right arm and is given a positive judgement by the Progenitor along with Loki. The two then awaken back on the airplane as if nothing had happened, although the mark still remains on Lie's arm. Lie again demands Loki to take him to Feng but Loki teleports away. The Progenitor appears before Feng as Lie in K'un-Lun and gives him a failing judgement. Lie eventually arrives in Seoul and reunites with White Fox.

Captain Marvel

Captain Marvel and Lauri-Ell are detaining people that are acting like Thanos when they see the Progenitor in the form of their mother Mari-Ell. Captain Marvel had to pull a Hulk in to shake the ground. Chewie is in Carol Danvers' apartment when the Progenitor appears to it in the form of Captain Marvel. When Chewie catches a mouse, the Progenitor plans to pass judgment on Chewie who lets the mouse go. There is a glimpse at the other tenants like Kit Renner terrified in the bathtub, three roommates keeping their distance from the fight outside, a brokenhearted lady watching television, a boyfriend and girlfriend having a fight, a guy beyond help with some kids, and a man doing his laundry. Chewie teleports the boyfriend out, protects the three roommates from a tire that is heading its way, and comforts Kit. Lauri-Ell states to Captain Marvel that they have to find the source of the infection. Chewie comes out and traces the infection to a creature which it eats. This causes the infected to faint. Captain Marvel sees a vision of Mar-Vell giving her positive judgment. The same outcome happens to Lauri-Ell and Chewie.

Legion of X

On Arakko's Olympus Mona summit, Legion speaks to the Progenitor whose vision appears in the smoke where Legion wants the Progenitor to settle an argument with himself on if he did the right thing. Legion explains about his encounter with Uranos and how Nightcralwer found the Isca the Unbeaten killed Idyll and uses his teleporting to send her to the west of Arakko Prime. Legion then proceeds to mention how he fought Uranos' drones before engaging Uranos. As this was happening, an eel made of fractal embers erased the Outcast Gate as Nightcrawler rescued some people. Legion fights Uranos where they are evenly matched as Nightcrawler was still evacuating Arraki's inhabitants. Uranos notes his awareness of Legion's other personalities and wanting to die for his father as Uranos also mentions that he had many sons of his own through blood or oath who were disappointments do. When Legion starts to attack, Uranos stops him. Legion is saved by Banshee's Vox Ignis form. After Uranos was found to have left, Legion meets up with the others as Magneto turns down Legion's offer to let him accompany Magneto and Storm in going after Uranos. Legion proceeded to hold the line by destroying Uranos' drones until he found out that Magneto sacrificed his life to defeat Uranos. Back in the present, Legion tells the Progenitor how he envied a hero's death as Professor X is shown mourning Magneto's death. When Legion asks if he did the right thing, the Progenitor disappears while giving him positive judgment. Legion comments that the Progenitor knows that Legion rules himself.

Aftermath

In the Temple of Ajak Celestia, Makkari is doing her version of writing to recap Ajak's victory over the Progenitor and Ajak's transformation into Ajak Celestia. After finishing the book, Makkari is told by Ajak Celestia to make the book about heresy. In New York, Sophia Robson is visited by Ikaris and finds herself unable to harm him as Ikaris understands her pain. In London, Sally is visited by Syne who divulges some information to her before returning to the armory while planning to speak to the families of those whose lives were stolen to revive it. After Sally mentioned that she saw the footage of the Hex's fight with the mutants, Syne states that this may be the last time anyone will see the Hex. Sally is told by Syne that if the Hex are unleashed again, it will share its poems with Sally, Sally's children, or Sally's grandchildren. At the Temple of Ajak Celestia, Starfox tells Phastos that he and Zuras are going to apologize in person while planning to have his parents freed. Phastos, Kingo Sunen, Ikaris, Sprite, and Thena meet with Ajak Celestia who mentions that Sersi was a martyr and hopes that there can be a miracle for the Eternals. Ajak Celestia states that she must be a better god and the Eternals have to be better Eternals. She then passes the new Theses on the Principals involving protecting Celestials, protecting the machine, correcting excess deviation, and giving anyone 24 hours to justify themselves. At The Exclusion, Zuras visits Uranos and informs him that the Arakki will have access to his gifts for about an hour at the time and place of their choosing as part of the peace treaty between them. In addition, Uranos will be briefly released to the Arraki for an hour to serve them. Uranos agrees to the terms as he continues killing time by beating up Druig. On Lemuria, Thena visits Kro as he asks if Ajak Celestia will free them from the excess deviation. Thena states that she will find a way to do that eventually. On Krakoa, Wolverine is visited by Phastos stating that he has carried a message from the Machine to Krakoa before the Machine wiped its own mind. Wolverine takes him to Cypher and Krakoa as Phastos gives Cypher the Machine's message. As they walk away, Phastos informs Wolverine that the Celestials who created the Machine found Krakoa already living upon their arrival where they used it as a template for the Machine. He tells Wolverine that the final message says "Goodbye mommy/daddy/self/other". In New York, Ikaris visits Sophia again while sporting a shaved head. He takes up lodging in her home as he states that he will do everything he can to make it up to the people of Earth. He starts by helping a family on the side of the road with their car trouble. A final narration claims that the Eternals will continue to protect humanity and that the Machine is fully operational with no malfunctions remaining.

Issues involved

Prelude issues

Title	Issues	Writer	Artist	Colorist	Debut date	Conclusion date
Eternals (vol. 5)	10–12	Kieron Gillen	Esad Ribić	Matt Wilson	March 9, 2022	May 18, 2022
Eternals: The Heretic	1		Ryan Bodenheim Edgar Salazar	Chris O'Halloran	March 12, 2022
Free Comic Book Day 2022: Avengers/X-Men	1		Dustin Weaver	Marte Gracia	May 7, 2022
A.X.E.: Eve of Judgment	1		Pasqual Ferry	Dean White	July 13, 2022

Main series

Title	Issues	Writer	Artist	Colorist	Debut date	Conclusion date
A.X.E.: Judgment Day	1–6	Kieron Gillen	Valerio Schiti	Marte Gracia	July 20, 2022	October 26, 2022
A.X.E.: Judgment Day Omega	1		Guiu Vilanova	Andres Mossa	November 9, 2022

Tie-in issues

Title	Issue	Writer	Artist	Colorist	Debut date	Conclusion Date
Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 6)	10	Zeb Wells	John Romita Jr.	Marcio Menyz	September 28, 2022
Avengers (vol. 8)	60	Mark Russell	Greg Land	David Curiel	September 21, 2022
A.X.E.: Avengers	1	Kieron Gillen	Federico Vincentini	Marte Gracia	September 28, 2022
A.X.E.: Death to the Mutants	1–3		Guiu Vilanova	Dijjo Lima	August 17, 2022	October 12, 2022
A.X.E.: Eternals	1		Pasqual Ferry	Matt Hollingsworth	October 12, 2022
A.X.E.: Iron Fist		Alyssa Wong	Michael YG	Brad Anderson	October 12, 2022
A.X.E.: Starfox		Kieron Gillen	Francesco Mobili	Valerio Alloro	October 5, 2022
A.X.E.: X-Men			Daniele Di Nicuolo	Frank Martin	October 5, 2022
Captain Marvel (vol. 10)	42	Kelly Thompson	Andrea Di Vito	Nolan Woodard	October 12, 2022
Fantastic Four (vol. 6)	47–48	David Pepose	Juann Cabal	Jesus Aburtov	September 21, 2022	October 12, 2022
Immortal X-Men	5–7	Kieron Gillen	Michele Bandini	David Curiel	August 3, 2022	October 12, 2022
Legion of X	6	Si Spurrier	Rafael Pimentel	Federico Blee	October 12, 2022
Marauders (vol. 2)	6	Steve Orlando	Andrea Broccardo	Matt Milla	September 7, 2022
Wolverine (vol. 7)	24–25	Benjamin Percy	Federico Vicentini	Frank Martin	September 7, 2022	October 12, 2022
X-Force (vol. 6)	30–33		Robert Gill	Guru-eFX	August 17, 2022	October 19, 2022
X-Men (vol. 6)	13–14	Gerry Duggan	Carlos Villa	Marte Gracia	August 17, 2022	August 31, 2022
X-Men Red (vol. 2)	5–7	Al Ewing	Stefano Caselli	Federico Blee	August 3, 2022	October 5, 2022

Collected editions

Title	Material collected	Publication Date	ISBN
A.X.E.: Judgment Day	A.X.E.: Judgment Day #1–6, A.X.E.: Avengers #1, A.X.E.: Eternals #1, A.X.E.: X-Men #1 and material from Free Comic Book Day 2022: Avengers/X-Men #1	December 20, 2022	978-1302947002
A.X.E.: Judgment Day Companion	A.X.E.: Eve of Judgment #1, A.X.E.: Judgment Day Omega #1, A.X.E.: Death to the Mutants #1–3, A.X.E.: Starfox #1, A.X.E.: Iron Fist #1 and Fantastic Four (2018) #47–48	December 20, 2022	978-1302947927
Judgment Day Omnibus	A.X.E.: Eve of Judgment, A.X.E.: Judgment Day #1-6, Immortal X-Men #5-7, X-Men Red (2022) #5-7, A.X.E.: Death to the Mutants #1-3, X-Force (2020) #30-33, X-Men (2021) #13-14, Wolverine (2020) #24 and #25 (A story), Marauders (2022) #6, Fantastic Four (2018) #47-48, Avengers (2018) #60, A.X.E.: Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #10, A.X.E.: X-Men, A.X.E.: Iron Fist, A.X.E.: Starfox, Captain Marvel (2019) #42, A.X.E.: Eternals and A.X.E.: Judgment Day Omega	January 30, 2024	978-1302952907

Reception

According to Comic Book Roundup, the event received an average rating of 8.4 out of 10 based on 74 reviews.

External links

• Marvel pages: AXEDTTM2022, AXEEOJ2022, AXEJD2022, AXEJDO2022