SWORD - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 04 Dec 2022 20:25:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 SWORD - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Battle Of The Atom: What Comes Next https://comicsxf.com/2022/12/05/battle-of-the-atom-what-comes-next/ Mon, 05 Dec 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44090 We’ve done a lot of episodes about wretched war criminal Beast, but today we talk about delightful war criminal Abigail Brand and her time with SWORD! Ranked This Episode: SWORD Vol 1 X-Men Vol 4 #18-22 SWORD Vol 2 #1-5

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]]> 44090 All Things Come To An End In Our Exclusive Preview Of SWORD #11 https://comicsxf.com/2021/12/16/all-things-come-to-an-end-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-sword-11/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=36078 All things come to an end. It is the destiny of this world. As such, we have come to this inflection point. The final issue of SWORD. The Peak, SWORD Station One, is cratering towards earth, but Abigail Brand has massive plans that will truly come to fruition in Al Ewing & Jacopo Camagni’s SWORD...

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]]> 36078 Redesigning Armor https://comicsxf.com/2021/12/14/redesigning-armor/ Tue, 14 Dec 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35866 I’m going to start a little personally this time.  Hisako Ichiki, the mutant known as Armor, is one of my favorite X-Men characters. For better or worse, I started reading X-Men comics in 2008 – as a young teen I remember coming across the cover for Uncanny X-Men #505 by Terry Dodson at my local...

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]]> 35866 Disability & The Mutant Metaphor In SWORD #10 https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/23/disability-the-mutant-metaphor-in-sword-10/ Tue, 23 Nov 2021 20:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35390 Why would Taki betray SWORD? Al Ewing, Jacopo Camagni, Fernando Sifuentes and Ariana Maher deliver the truth in SWORD #10. Nola Pfau: Well, Corey, are you finally ready to delve into the first big event of the Krakoan era? Corey Smith: Nola, buddy, I could not be more excited to finally jump into this issue…...

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]]> 35390 Cosmic Is A State Of Being: An Interview With Al Ewing https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/14/cosmic-is-a-state-of-being-an-interview-with-al-ewing/ Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34591 Since getting his start as a writer at Marvel in 2013, Al Ewing has become one of the publisher’s resident experts in cosmic concepts and big ideas. From The Ultimates and Contest of Champions to his recent and upcoming runs on S.W.O.R.D., Guardians of the Galaxy, Defenders and Venom, Ewing has always shown a willingness...

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]]> 34591 Magneto & S.W.O.R.D. Are On Notice In Our Preview Of Guardians Of The Galaxy #15 https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/17/magneto-s-w-o-r-d-are-on-notice-in-our-preview-of-guardians-of-the-galaxy-15/ Thu, 17 Jun 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29729 If you have been paying attention to Planet-Size X-Men you will know that Magneto, and the entire Sol system, have had a pretty big week. Proving some people weren’t just spouting lies and fables years ago, the mutants have taken control of Mars. They have terraformed the planet for two reasons, to give a home...

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]]> 29729 Knull Possesses Cable, Keeping Krakoa In Crisis In SWORD #4 https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/17/knull-possesses-cable-keeping-krakoa-in-crisis-in-sword-4/ Wed, 17 Mar 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=23039 As King In Black winds down, S.W.O.R.D. makes sure Krakoa is kept safe. Surely this will end well. Al Ewing, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia and Ariana Maher deliver S.W.O.R.D. #4. Zach Rabiroff: Well, I’m out of the shower, and I finally managed to wash all of this disgusting Knull goop out of my hair. Boy,...

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]]> 23039 S.W.O.R.D. Returns to Orbit, a Haunted House Walks and More Staff Picks for 12/9 https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/07/s-w-o-r-d-returns-to-orbit-a-haunted-house-walks-and-more-staff-picks-for-12-9/ Mon, 07 Dec 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9827 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Forrest’s Pick S.W.O.R.D. #1: Mutants! In! Spaaaaaaaaace! Krakoa gets its own Space Force in once and future SWORD Director Abigail Brand, frequent space-dwelling mutant leader Magneto, former Acolytes Fabian Cortez and Frenzy, current Galadorian...

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