With Earth X, Ross and Krueger presented one possible future for the Marvel Universe, where all humans are superbeings. "Universe X" is the two-volume follow-up story to the trilogy. The story will be concluded in 2002 in comic form in Paradise X.Much is revealed in the final chapter in the Universe X saga: Why has Mephisto been manipulating Thanos, Nighthawk, Gargoyle and Dr. Doom? Plus: the identity of Belasco, the fate of Her and the resurrection of the man who killed the Avengers The Silver Surfer, the Iron Avengers, the Sentinels and Magneto unite to battle the Absorbing Man—while Peter Parker, Venom, Sgt. Cage and the rest of New York's heroes struggle in vain against a dying world. And in the land of the dead, Captain Marvel fights for the final time against Death herself