X Compendium Volume 1 TPB
X Compendium Volume 1 TPB
The vigilante antihero only know as “X” is the law in Arcadia. One mark is a warning. The second mark is a death sentence.
From the outside, Arcadia may look like a lawless industrial metropolis run by a corrupt brotherhood of criminals, cronies, and crooked cops all drawing from the same tainted well. But you’d be wrong. Dead wrong. The rule of law is the only thing that matters in this dark side of the American Dream. But justice looks a little different here, and enforcement is a single man—a one-eyed, judge, jury, and executioner in black leather and torn cloth that the press has dubbed, “The X-Killer”. X’s rules are simple. If you cross the line once, you’ll receive a warning. If you cross it twice, X will mark the spot where they’ll find your body.
X Compendium Volume 1 collects over 800 pages of story, and includes the entirety of X series one. Relive the series that didn’t just push the boundaries, but battered them into rubble. Violent and morally ambiguous, X walks the thin line between mission and madness. This volume features storytelling by a man known for writing iconic anti-heroes, Steven Grant, and legendary artists Doug Mahnke, Frank Miller, Joe Quesada, Adam Hughes, Bart Sears, Chris Warner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Tim Bradstreet, and many more!
This collection includes Dark Horse Comics #8–#10 & #19–#20, Comics Greatest World: Arcadia Week 1—X, Comics' Greatest World: Arcadia Week 2—Pit Bulls, Comics' Greatest World: Arcadia Week 3—Ghost, Comics' Greatest World: Arcadia Week 4—Monster, X (series 1) #1–#25, Hero Special: X #1–#2, Will to Power #1–#3, and the story "Someone to Watch Over Me" from Dark Horse Extra #28–#31.
Creators
- Writer: Steven Grant · Chris Warner · Jerry Prosser
- Penciller: N. Steven Harris · Chris Warner · Adam Hughes · Derek Thompson · Doug Mahnke · Nghia Lam · Vince Giarrano · Corky Lehmkuhl · Mike Manley · P. Craig Russell · Ron Wagner · Matt Haley · Javier Saltares · Christopher Renaud · Chris Brunner
- Inker: Dan Davis · Tim Bradstreet · Mark Farmer · Ande Parks · Jimmy Palmiotti · Ray Murtaugh · Jordi Ensign · Frank Fosco · Tom Simmons · Andrew Pepoy
- Colorist: Rachelle Menashe · Matt Hollingsworth · Pamela Rambo · Joe Rosas · Eric Vincent · Steve Buccellato · James Sinclair · Cary Porter · Dan Jackson
- Letterer: Clem Robins · Lois Buhalis · Steve Dutro · Michael Heisler · Willie Schubert · Teresa Davidson · Vicki Williams · Dave Cooper
- Cover artist: Frank Miller