One giant leap for mutantkind! The new nation of Krakoa has quickly become a major force on the world stage…but why stop there? The X-Men have relaunched the Sentient World Observation & Response Directorate — a fully independent organization dealing with all things extraterrestrial on behalf of Earth. And S.W.O.R.D. is thrown right into the deep end of a planetary crisis as Krakoa battles the invading King in Black! Meanwhile, Abigail Brand prepares a deniable operation all her own. What is Protocol V — and can the Earth survive it? Then, walk a mile in the Manifold’s shoes as S.W.O.R.D.’s Quintician takes a journey across the universe — and comes face to face with a deadly enemy! And as the Quiet Council discuss the rules of murder on Krakoa, in space the killings have already begun… COLLECTING: S.W.O.R.D. (2020) 1-6
Publication Year: 2021
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House of X/Powers of X ⭐⭐⭐
X-Men, Vol. 1 ⭐⭐
Marauders, Vol. 1 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Excalibur, Vol. 1 ⭐⭐⭐
X-Men/Fantastic Four: 4X ⭐⭐⭐⭐
X-Force, Vol. 1 ⭐⭐
New Mutants (Hickman), Vol 1 ⭐⭐⭐
New Mutants (Brisson), Vol 1 ⭐⭐
Fallen Angels, Vol 1 ⭐
Giant-Size X-Men, Vol. 1 ⭐⭐⭐
X-Men, Vol. 2 ⭐⭐
Marauders, Vol. 2 ⭐⭐⭐
Excalibur, Vol. 2 ⭐⭐
X-Force, Vol. 2 ⭐⭐
Wolverine, Vol. 1 ⭐⭐⭐
Cable, Vol. 1 ⭐⭐⭐
Hellions, Vol. 1 ⭐⭐⭐
X-Factor, Vol. 1 ⭐⭐
X of Swords ⭐⭐
Hellions, Vol. 2 ⭐⭐
X-Factor, Vol. 2 ⭐⭐
Well, this wasn't terrible? I'm actually impressed at how much Al Ewing was able to focus on character along with the plot, even though the plot made no damn sense because I have NO idea what's going on in the greater Marvel universe around this time. Venom symbiote stuff? Cosmic Marvel plots?
(As an aside: I hate what Wanda has become to the mutants in this post-Krakoa world. Just seeing the way Magneto mentions her in one single instance in one of these issues speaks volumes to how much she is thoroughly reviled by all the mutants. And, like, yeah. I get it. But she's also a character with decades of history in the Marvel universe AND WITH MANY OF THESE MUTANTS, INCLUDING MAGNETO. It boggles the mind that Krakoa turned the mutants into such a massive cult-like hive mind. There has to be some payoff about that at some point, right? ...right?)
The 3 stars is because Abigail Brand is a boss ass bitch, and that's all I ever want from a SWORD volume, really.
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