Jonathan Hickman

Collects X-Men (2019) #21, Marauders (2019) #21, Excalibur (2019) #21, X-Force (2019) #20, New Mutants (2019) #19, X-Factor (2020) #10, Hellions (2020) #12, S.W.O.R.D. (2020) #6, Way of X (2021) #3, X-Corp (2021) #2, Wolverine (2020) #13, Planet-Size X-Men (2021) #1, material from Classic X-Men (1986) #7, Hellfire Gala Guide. The X-Men are rolling out the red carpet for the biggest Krakoan event of the season - and this high-class hardcover details

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This is the world. It is not the one we wanted, but it is the one we deserved. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse roam the Earth, signaling the End Times for humanity, and our best hope for life lies in DEATH.

The Great Beast now roams the fractured United States of America. Deep into an all-consuming war between the splintered nations, the Four Horsemen move to further their individual agendas while resisting the inevitability of The Message.

The fifth volume of EAST of WEST marks the last days of peace before the final great war of the Apocalypse. --Publisher

"From the senses-staggering climax of 1984's original Secret Wars saga to the origin of Miles Morales, the new Ultimate Spider-Man, it's all been leading up to this. And Marvels' master planner, Jonathan Hickman, has long been planting the seeds for the story only he could write. The Ultimates encounter an enemy more powerful than the gods -- and Reed Richards is its leader! Doctor Doom deals wirth dangers from a universe he created! And the Illuminati...