Planet X (Star Trek) Planet X (Star Trek) Planet X () is a 1998 "Star Trek" novel by Michael Jan Friedman which is a crossover between the X-Men comic book series and the characters of "". A "New York Times" bestseller, it was a sequel to an earlier crossover, detailed in the Marvel Comics one-shot "Second Contact" (which was itself similar to an earlier "Star Trek/X-Men" crossover comic, where a slightly different team of X-Men encountered the characters of ). The novel is noteworthy for hinting at an attraction between Jean-Luc Picard and Ororo Munroe (Storm), and made a forward-looking reference to the (then
Inhumans vs. X-Men individuals. "Inhumans vs. X-Men" was announced by Marvel's Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada on July 23, 2016 during his "Cup o' Joe" panel at the San Diego Comic-Con. This story closes the story arcs established at the end of 2015's "Secret Wars" event. Prior to releasing "Inhumans vs. X-Men", Marvel released the four-part bimonthly series "Death of X" to serve as a prequel that would lead into the events of "Inhumans vs. X-Men". In a Comic-Con interview, Lemire discussed the broader, real-world implications of the event: " X-Men stories have always been very allegorical and very symbolic for real world