Paradise X #X Painted Captain Marvel Cover (STUNNING DETAIL!) 2003

Check out this stunning 2003 cover which was Painted in watercolor and airbrush on board! This great Alex Ross painted cover was for the final issue of his multi-year trilogy which began with Earth X, continued with Universe X and concluded with Paradise X. This sensational cover features Captain Marvel, the cosmic Kree Captain Mar-Vell who became one of Earth's greatest heroes and helped to defeat Thanos during the original "Thanos Saga" of the 1970s. Although Mar-Vell famously passed away in the classic 1982 Death of Captain Marvel graphic novel and unlike most heroes has stayed deceased, Paradise X involved all of the deceased heroes coming back to life after Death herself was eliminated from existence. Art is painted on 11" x 17" art board and is in Excellent condition. (The same size issue #1 of this series featuring the guardians of the galaxy sold for 25k at heritage in 2024!) After Alex Ross completed his monumental dark vision of the future of the DC Universe in the 1996 series Kingdom Come, Wizard Magazine asked him to come up with a similar concept for Marvel's future as part of a fun exercise. Ross came up with rough designs for Earth X which appeared in the well-read magazine. The response was so positive that Marvel ended up turning Earth X into a best-selling maxi-series based on Ross' notes and using his character designs. Ross provided covers for the original series and its two sequels, Universe X and Paradise X. Earth-X is a possible future of the Marvel Universe where all humans receive superpowers from Terrigen Mists. It was a very ambitious project that made extensive use of Marvel history. The series and its two sequels went in some interesting directions. By the third sequel, Paradise X, Death herself has been eliminated and mankind had become immortal. Ross' elegant and powerful painted work on the series established him as one of the most significant and sought after artists of the Modern era. His work is respected for both its realism and dynamic compositions. Just a great opportunity here to own a NICE painting by this artist! Compare this nice painting to the published comic book in the red link above! ALL art on our website (including this one) are able to be purchased with VERY fair time payments, and trades are always considered towards "ANY" art on our website! Just send us an email to mikeburkey@aol.com and we can try to work something out.

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