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Henry Peter Gyrich Returns To Type – Krakoan X-Men Comics Spoilers

There's a big King In Black crossover going on in Marvel Comics right now. Not even the Krakoan books are immune. Last week's King In Black: Marauders saw the team try and rescue Storm and Cyclops from their Manhattan Knullification, and SWORD has been tying to teleport mutants in and out.

But during the whole battle, Henry Peter Gyrich has his own plans. In the comics, Gyrich was the first person to be given the title of US Government liaison to the Avengers, during which he revoked the Avengers' priority status and took takes part in a Senate investigation involving the Avengers which claimed the team are national security threats. He also was a member of the Commission of Superhuman Activities, stripped Storm of her powers in X-Men, and later tried to wipe out all superpowers on Earth. The irony with this issue of SWORD is not lost. He later became the Secretary of the Superhuman Armed Forces after the Civil War. He was the main antagonist in the S.W.O.R.D. series, made co-leader alongside Abigail Brand by Norman Osborn. He also worked alongside Hydra in the Secret Empire before in Civil War II, Gyrich representing the United States as a member of the Alpha Flight Space Program's Board of Governors.

And now he is dealing with Killian of Advanced Idea Mechanisms, sorting out Krakoan issues. Though thankfully Manifold is on hand to see all this play out.

And getting a peek of the big picture.

Orchis, as seen in House Of X, was the collection of agents and tech bods from SHIELD, Hydra, AIM, probably the Enclave, in a combined attempt to revive the Sentinel, Master Mold and Nimrod programmes to eliminate mutantity and for whom Krakoan interests were a major threat. Krakoa was formed as a response to this sort of thing and the X-Men took them down. Of course, X-Men #20 seems to return Nimrod to play, and SWORD seems to suggest that Orchis is a running concern.

The rest of Krakoa is still obsessed with how folk come back from the dead, and if they come back unchanged. Excalibur sees issues with the return of Captain Britain Betsy Braddock, with classic Emma Frost snark.

While the repeated return of Quentin Quire from the dead in X-Force had me asking questions, how does his hair stay that colour? Retain that cut? Why does he still need glasses? And thankfully the text pages are right there for nerdy pedantic geeks like me.

Before jumping into his very own Krakoan Locke & Key crossover.

Over in Black Panther, T'Challa may be rightfully worried about all this Krakoan stuff and his former wife, Storm.

But it turns out Wakanda has all manner of plans to deal with the mutant threat. Maybe that relationship should be rekindled after a false start or two? A Wakana-Krakoan alliance might just work.

Or maybe Australia?

While Hank McCoy, the Beast, is redefining social media attacks on Krakoa as a terror campaign. And with very familiar arguments common among anti-vaxxers regarding the Krkaoan medicine that cures Alzheimer's, extends longevity and cures diseases.

Also, he might actually do it, because as has been repeatedly shown, whether he is messing with time to make a point, messing with Inhumans because he can't pick up the phone, messing with biological warfare because it's intriguing or running show trials against any mutants who are Russian, Hank McCoy is the worst.

Okay, second worst.

EXCALIBUR #18
MARVEL COMICS
DEC200581
(W) Tini Howard (A) Marcus To (CA) Mahmud Asrar
THE WOMAN ON THE SHORE!
As the Council makes moves to protect mutants in the Otherworld, Excalibur must determine the fate of Betsy Braddock. Rated T+In Shops: Feb 10, 2021 SRP: $3.99

X-FORCE #17
MARVEL COMICS
DEC200569
(W) Ben Percy (A/CA) Joshua Cassara
LOVE AND DEATH!
Death gives QUENTIN QUIRE a new lease on life. Long live Quentin Quire! Parental Advisory In Shops: Feb 10, 2021 SRP: $3.99

SWORD #3 KIB
MARVEL COMICS
DEC200530
(W) Al Ewing (A) Nico Leon, Ray-Anthony Heights, Bernard Chang (A/CA) Valerio Schiti
TAKE A TRIP WITH THE EVERYWHERE MAN! The Void-God has overtaken the Earth. Top-level mutants have been assimilated. Protocol V is in effect. But space is a big place… and a lot of things happen there at once. Walk a mile in the Manifold's shoes, as S.W.O.R.D.'s Quintician takes a multi-artist journey across the universe and back… and comes face to face with S.W.O.R.D.'s deadliest enemy. Rated T+In Shops: Feb 10, 2021 SRP: $3.99

KING IN BLACK BLACK PANTHER #1
MARVEL COMICS
DEC200503
(W) Geoffrey Thorne (A) German Peralta (CA) Leinil Francis Yu
SYMBIOTES INVADE THE UNCONQUERABLE COUNTRY OF WAKANDA!
T'Challa's most treasured allies are lost in a storm of Knull's making in this wild one-shot! Critically acclaimed writer, actor and producer Geoffrey Thorne explores a Wakanda gone dark – invaded by Knull's massive symbiote army. Wakanda needs its king. It needs the Black Panther. But once again, the hero must choose between his role as an Avenger, his role as a king… and the yearnings of his heart. Rated T+In Shops: Feb 10, 2021 SRP: $4.99

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