Kingdom Come Xtra
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Jump to navigationJump to searchKingdom Come Xtra was the name of a series of trading cards produced in 1996 by Skybox. There were 50 regular cards and 28 chase cards plus several promo cards in the set.
Description
The Kingdom Come Xtra set ("Xtra" because they were in the "widevision" format, 4.75 x 2.5 inches as compared to a standard 3.5 x 2.5 size) was issued after the successful Kingdom Come series. The regular cards depicted scenes from the books, while the chase cards featured (among other things) concept sketches by Alex Ross and foldout reprints of the multiple-character wraparound covers.
The set contains a mixture of new and reprinted artwork from the Kingdom Come series, all painted or pencilled by Alex Ross, with text by Ross and writer Mark Waid.
Legion Cards
| Card | Description | art credit(s) |
| 10 | "The resurrected Justice League expanded its numbers..." | Alex Ross (painted) |
| Sketchboard 4 | Superboy | Alex Ross (pencil sketch) |
| Sketchboard 15 | Starman VIII | Alex Ross (pencil sketch) |
| Unfolded Poster 2 | Issue 2 cover reprint | Alex Ross (painted) |
- The Superboy card shows Ross' concept of what Superboy's costume would have looked like as a Legionnaire. There was one panel in Kingdom Come #1 that mentioned how Superboy (Kon-el) and Supergirl (the former Matrix) moved to the 30th century to stay with the Legion permanently. On the back of the card, Waid writes that he needed to get rid of Superman's heir apparent for story purposes, so Superboy went to the future with the Legion.
- The other cards all feature Starman VIII. In the Post-Zero Hour continuity, Thom Kallor appeared in several issues of the Starman series, first in then-current continuity in Starman #50 and later as an adult wearing a "starfield" costume inspired by the pre-Crisis Star Boy but with a full head cover in Starman #80. The Sketchboard commentary by Ross says that in his original conception this was the adult Star Boy, while Waid says that Ross was inspired by Star Boy's costume "but he took it to an awe-inspiring extreme." Starman VIII appeared as a regular character in Kingdom Come, but there has been no evidence either way since publication that the Kingdom Come character was or was not the Legionnaire. His cards are included here for completeness.
