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Captain America
Steve Rogers
- Badass Normal: Downplayed as he still technically has superpowers but having "pinnacle" human attributes in a world of superhumans makes him this by default.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: Bears a scar in the shape of an A on his forehead where the same letter once sat on his mask.
- Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: The super-soldier serum may have kept him in fighting shape as the years went by, but it didn't stop him from losing all his hair.
- Neck Snap: He killed the Red Skull this way in the past as revenge for him killing an old flame of his, and is forced to kill the Skull the same way to end the Skull’s brainwashing of his fellow heroes.
- Old Soldier: Grizzled, angst-ridden, haunted by his past, check, check, check.
- Old Superhero: Time hasn’t affected his super-soldier physique, but he’s now bald, and both physically and mentally battle-scarred.
- Shell-Shocked Veteran: His decades of fighting and losing people he loves have taken a heavy toll on him.
- Un-Sorcerer: The super-soldier serum that had originally made him greater than any human warrior now ironically has protected him from the Terrigan Mists that have turned everyone around him into a superhuman far beyond him.
- Wearing a Flag on Your Head: Elevated from wearing a flag inspired outfit to wearing an ACTUAL flag as a makeshift toga.
Thor
Thor Odinson
The God of Thunder now once more exiled to Earth and transmogrified into a female form.
- Ambiguous Gender Identity: Thor's transformation into a woman was against his will but it also doesn't seem to bother "her" too much and "she" never really makes any great efforts to either return to male shape or correct those who use she/her pronouns in their regard.
- Attractive Bent-Gender: A number of characters remark on how attractive "she" is, including those who knew Thor before his transformation.
- Gender Bender: This was done as a punishment by Odin (manipulated by Loki) to further teach Thor humility as he felt the original punishment of exile didn't do the job well enough. The idea of being a woman as a punishment can be chalked up to Deliberate Values Dissonance with the not exactly feminist Norse Gods.
- Physical God: It’s Thor we’re talking about here, what did you expect?
- The Ageless: True to his/“her” nature, he/“she” hasn’t aged.
Iron Man
Anthony Stark
The former Armored Avenger has sealed himself in a giant suit of Red Ronin armor (renamed Iron Manor) to shield himself from Plague X.
- Old Superhero: Now an old man with a long, white Beard of Sorrow.
- Powered Armor: This is Iron Man we’re talking about here. But this version of him has made his new home in the skyscraper-sized Red Ronin armor. That shoots Iron Man suits.
- Survivor Guilt: He feels this after the Absorbing Man kills all members of the current Avengers roster except for Vision.
Bruce Banner & The Hulk
Bruce Banner
The Incredible Hulk, now one being in two separate forms after Plague X.
- The Dividual: Still technically one entity but with two bodies: a recreation of a pre-teen Bruce Banner and a monstrous ape-like Hulk body. To emphasize this connection, Bruce's eyes are useless and the only way he sees are through the eyes of the Hulk.
- The Kid with the Remote Control: Little Bruce is the "mind" and the Hulk body has all the brute strength. Bruce commands its actions.
- Killer Gorilla: The Hulk now resembles a green hairless gorilla, but he’s still as heroic as ever.
The Vision
Vision
Vision and the Iron Avengers.
The synthezoid himself, and the only one of the last Avengers roster to survive Absorbing Man’s attack. He now leads an army of Iron Avengers, androids designed in the likeness of his dead teammates.
- In the Hood: He now wears a yellow hood.
- Sole Survivor: The Vision was part of the final Avengers roster (Vision, Hawkeye, Giant-Man, Wasp, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch) who fought the Absorbing Man, who was now more powerful than ever and had absorbed Ultron’s intellect. Vision managed to defeat the empowered supervillain, but by then, all of his teammates had already been killed.
- The Ageless: Comes with being a synthezoid.
Daredevil
Unknown
A mysterious showman who tours the world with his death-defying carnival act.
- A Day in the Limelight: Marvels X is a Prequel that's eventually revealed to be his Origins Episode.
- Creepy Good: Undoubtedly a benevolent person (if not a particularly heroic one) but his joyful attitude towards his own death and his far more satanic take on the classic Daredevil outfit do give one pause.
- Death Seeker: His Healing Factor has led him to be numb to not only pain but life itself, his act is little more than an attempt to finally find something that can genuinely harm him. When he's attacked en mass by a crowd he genuinely thanks them.
- From a Single Cell: That’s how powerful his healing factor is.
- Healing Factor: An incredibly powerful one that includes the ability to regenerate From a Single Cell. Giving a new meaning to the Daredevil motto "Man without Fear".
Spider-Man
Peter Parker
The aged and widowed webslinger, who comes out of retirement and joins the NYPD.
- Acrofatic: Despite having gained weight, he still retains his spider-powers when he goes back into action. In the sequels he’s gotten back into shape.
- Formerly Fit: The most memorable thing about this Spider-Man is that he gained a spare tyre in his retirement. Despite this, he is never seen stuffing himself, and in the sequels he has lost a fair bit of weight.
- He's Back!: He dons a spare Halloween costume of his old attire and returns to join the fight against the Skull and his army.
- Old Superhero: Despite having gray temples and a spare tyre (at first) he still has his Spider-powers and returns to the fight against the Skull’s army.
- Papa Wolf: Despite their relationship with each other being strained at first, Peter still cares about May, and comes to save her from the Skull’s control. The two become closer after this.
- Super Cop: He and his daughter May Parker/Venom both join the New York Police Department.
Venom
May Parker
Daughter of Spider-Man and the late Mary-Jane Parker, current host of the Venom symbiote.
- Antagonistic Offspring: After her mother passed away from cancer, May’s relationship with her father became strained, and it got worse when she bonded with the Venom symbiote. It didn’t improve until he freed her from the Skull’s control and they joined the NYPD together.
- Creepy Good: No one familiar with the previous Venom (including her own father) entirely trusts her, doesn't help that the symbiote takes the form of an ominous black dress and veil in the style of Widow's Weeds when she's not in action.
- Dating What Daddy Hates: Played with. Non-romantic but Peter Parker has never forgiven his daughter for bonding with the Venom symbiote.
- I Have No Son!: She's not been fully disowned but her relationship with her father is incredibly strained. He's never forgiven her for becoming the new Venom. She keeps trying to maintain a relationship but she refuses to apologize for being herself.
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Tries to beat Spiders Man to death after he shows her what her father always wanted, coming close to caving his head in with a spiked mace before Peter stops her.
- No-Sell: The symbiote made her immune to Spiders Man's illusions.
- Super Cop: She joins the New York Police Department alongside her father Peter/Spider-Man.
- Tainted Veins: May's face is covered in pronounced black veins when she retracts the symbiote, and her costume is covered in blood-red vein-like markings.
The Skull
Benjamin Beckley
A powerful young telepath who has created an ever-growing army of followers to take over Earth.
- Abhorrent Admirer: Has what would normally be considered a "schoolboy crush" on Venom... that is if this particular school boy didn't ALSO have the power to bend the poor woman he's crushing on to his will.
- Big Bad: Of the first part of Earth-X before the Celestials take over in the last part.
- Emo Teen: Started out as this, but he eventually became much worse.
- Enfant Terrible: A child whose god-like telepathic powers have left him with no one to keep him in check and the idea that he can, and should, get whatever he wants.
- Mind Rape: His entire MO, he instantaneously takes over whoever he meets they then become his personal slaves. Horrifyingly they remain aware of what is happening but are unable to control themselves.
- Power Perversion Potential: He uses his mind control to force Venom (Mayday Parker) into becoming his "lady".
Namor the Cursed
Namor
The anti-hero monarch of Atlantis.
- The Ageless: Despite the years between this story and canon, Namor has retained his youthful appearance.
- Body Horror: After killing Johnny Storm in a fit of rage he was cursed by Johnny's grieving nephew Franklin to forever burn when above water but as a hybrid Atlantean he must also regularly return to the surface or go insane. Leaving him in a constant state of pain no matter what he does.
- Flying Brick: Retains the Super-Strength and flight most depictions of Namor have.
- Hero Killer: The reason Franklin Richards cursed him is because he murdered Frankin’s uncle, Johnny Storm/Human Torch.
- Man on Fire: On half of his body. You can thank Franklin Richards for that as revenge for Namor’s murder of Franklin’s uncle Johnny.
- Red Baron: Now almost exclusively referred to as Namor "the Cursed".
The Thing
Ben Grimm
Still the same rocky guy as ever, now retired from the no-longer-existent Fantastic Four. He has married Alicia Masters and had two sons with her.
- Cool Old Guy: Now middle aged, but he’s still as friendly, as rocky, and as strong as ever.
- Happily Married: To Alicia Masters.
- Informed Attribute: In the sketchbook special, Ben is said to be a voice of wisdom in a world still in shock, despite that attribute not showing.
- Super-Strength: His power is undiminished with age.
- True Companions: He still cares about his old friend, Reed Richards, and is happy to be working with him again.
Mr. S
Scott Summers
Formerly Cyclops of the now-defunct X-Men. After a group of mutant former circus employees are sent to him by Captain America, Scott takes the name Mr. S and decides to train them.
- Eye Beams: His eye-beams remain as powerful as ever, and he puts them to good use against such opponents as a Hydra parasite, Charmer’s snake illusions, and a Wendigo army.
- Old Superhero: Scott has aged, but he’s still capable of fighting. When the new X-Men attack Cyclops to prove they can hang, Scott mops the floor with them despite being outnumbered five to one and fighting people young enough to be his kids, one of whom is a giant.
Iceman
Robert “Bobby” Drake
One of the former X-Men. His powers are the same, but he’s now stuck in ice form.
- Blessed with Suck: Bobby retains his powers, but has lost the ability to change back from his ice form. This has caused him to retreat to the North Pole to avoid melting. After the destabilisation of the Earth from the Celestial Embryo’s destruction, New York is cold enough for him to return.
- An Ice Person: He’s now this, full time, and has relocated to the Arctic.
- Super Cop: He is now a member of the NYPD.
Angel
Warren Worthington III
Another former X-Man, Angel lost his fortune when the trade industry declined following Plague X, but he has found a new calling as a protector who gives aid to any who need it. He is the only former X-Man who has stayed in touch with Mr S, the former Cyclops.
- Winged Humanoid: He still has his large, feathery wings.
Clea, Sorceress Supreme
Clea
The current sorcerer supreme after Dr. Strange's "astral death", former denizen of the Dark Dimension.
- Face–Heel Turn: After years of what she describes as emotional abuse by Strange she turned on him, usurping his power and entering a relationship with Loki.
- Ignored Enamored Underling: Claims Strange treated her like this and says it was her reason for turning on him.
- Lady of Black Magic: The current most powerful magic user on Earth as its Sorcerer Supreme.
Redwing
Wyatt Wingfoot
Former ally of the Fantastic Four, ex-boyfriend of She-Hulk, now the partner of Captain America.
- Lost Lenore: She-Hulk being the host for the new alien Mistress Hydra takes an extreme toll on him and he is still devoted to trying to rescue her somehow, despite most acting like it's a lost cause.
- Expy: More or less takes Falcon's place in more ways then one: As both Captain America's partner, his whole bird theme and even his codename was the name of Falcon's pet bird.
Iron Maiden
Karen
A young scientist from one of Reed Richard's vibranium centers, trapped in a vibranium "skin" after an accident.
- Canon Foreigner: An original character for the Earth X series.
- Mythology Gag: Is completely unrelated to the character of Iron Man but her codename and appearance are based on his and his first armor.
Spiders-Man
Spiders-Man working with Immortus.
A horrifying mutate in the service of the Skull. He has the ability to cast "webs" that cause vivid illusions.
- Canon Foreigner: A original character for the Earth X series.
- Identical Stranger: Spiders Man happened to mutate in such a way as to very closely resemble Spider-Man when he was, you know, still Spider-Man.
- Mythology Gag: Unrelated to Spider-Man but his name and appearance are inspired by him.
- No-Sell: His illusions have no effect on May Parker due to the Venom Symbiote protecting her.
The Goblin King
Norman Osborn
The former Green Goblin, Osborn was mutated by the Terrigen Mists into an actual green goblin, who wears a mask to appear human. By the time the story begins, he is the U.S President and has Tony Stark and his Iron Avengers working for him.
- Big Bad Wannabe: He appears to be the main antagonistic force ruling New York - and then the Skull and his brainwashed cronies come knocking.
- Dirty Coward: When the Skull arrives with his army at his HQ, Norman tries begging his way out of danger. It doesn’t work.
- President Evil: It’s Norman freaking Osborn as the President, what did you expect?
X- 51
Aaron Stack/X-51
Formerly the robot hero known as Machine-Man, recruited by Uatu the Watcher.
- Ascended Extra: Machine-Man/X-51 was an extremely minor superhero in the regular Marvel Comics, now made the Uatu's replacement as the Watcher and given an extremely important role in a story that concerns the entire Marvel universe.
- Become a Real Boy: He really wants to be more human.
- Character Narrator: Serves as this in his capacity as the "new" Watcher.
- Death of Personality: What Uatu wants for him but ultimately averted. Uatu continually says he won't give Aaron the information he seeks till he deletes his emotional programing and embraces simply being a robot.
- Do Not Call Me "Paul": Prefer his "human" name of Aaron Stack as part of Uatu's insistence that he let go of his humanity/emotions he continuously calls him by his designation of X-51 instead, despite Aaron's repeated requests not to.
- Mythology Gag: The character of Machine Man has his roots in the original 2001: A Space Odyssey comics. How does Uatu recruit him? Why by way of a giant black monolith of course.
Uatu
The Watcher, now blinded by Black Bolt and needing X-51 to do his duty for him.
- Eye Scream: Black Bolt blinded him before releasing the Terrigen Mists upon the Earth.
- The Heavy: It turns out that Watchers were basically enslaved by Celestials to monitor the development of Celestials gestating within the planets they're watching over. Uatu was blinded to keep the Celestials in the dark, and he picked Machine Man as his replacement to fulfill his duties.
