#queen storm

"....THERE'S SOMETHING I THINK YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE [COSMIC] CUBE. I THINK IT'S ALIVE."

PIC INFO: Spotlight on Earth-9997 Black Panther as the panther-human hybrid [king] of Wakanda (transformed by the Cosmic Cube, no less), with Storm as his Queen, and the Ani-Men as his loyal subjects -- Textless cover art to "Universe X" Vol. 1 #8. May, 2001. Marvel Comics. Artwork by Alex Ross.

"Aaron, there's something I think you should know about the Cube. I think it's alive. At first, it was used as a weapon against the Kree by the Royalty of the Skrull homeworld. It could create anything from a thought. But the power of the Cube could not be contained. They say the Cube destroyed two-thirds of the Skrull Empire alone. In the years that followed, the Cosmic Cube learned sentience and became the being the Shaper of Worlds."

-- KYLE RICHMOND (formerly known as Nighthawk) to X-51

CENTRAL FIGURES OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT OF EARTH-9997.

PIC INFO: Resolition at 1050x1600 -- Spotlight on sketch art/pencil art/character art of King Panther, Queen Storm, The Beast, and the Ani-Men of Earth-9997, from the "EARTH X" Sketchbook (one shot). February, 1999. Marvel Comics. Artwork by Alex Ross.

OVERVIEW/EARTH-9997 AFRICA: "In a world where meat and animal life has become scarce, Wakanda has become the sole sanctuary of the world's wildlife, under the monarchy of King Panther and Queen Storm. Reed Richards' friend and ally Hank McCoy, the Beast, now resides in Wakanda, seeking a cure for the world's mutations by studying her richest known deposit of vibranium. But his work has met with great interference. For plague X affected all life on Earth. And now, the spirits of T'Challa always believed to have lived within the great beasts of the plains have finally been given voice in the form of the Ani-Men."

-- "EARTH X" SKETCHBOOK (story/script by Jim Krueger & Alex Ross)