X Of Swords Archives

The cover to Cable #5, part 8 of X of Swords
Three X-books were published by Marvel Comics last week, all part of the X of Swords crossover event that's swallowed the X-line whole: Hellions #5, New Mutants #13, and Cable #5 As an "essential" crossover, this could be costing you a lot of money Or maybe it just costs me a lot of money, and[...]
The cover to New Mutants #13, part 7 of X of Swords
Three X-books were published by Marvel Comics last week, all part of the X of Swords crossover event that's swallowed the X-line whole: Hellions #5, New Mutants #13, and Cable #5 As an "essential" crossover, this could be costing you a lot of money Or maybe it just costs me a lot of money, and[...]
The cover to Hellions #5, part 6 of X of Swords
Three X-books were published by Marvel Comics last week, all part of the X of Swords crossover event that's swallowed the X-line whole: Hellions #5, New Mutants #13, and Cable #5 As an "essential" crossover, this could be costing you a lot of money Or maybe it just costs me a lot of money, and[...]
Moira Mactaggert Has The Same 1-In-9-Billion Bloodtype as Wolverine
It's not a slip, last week's X Of Swords Handbook confirms it as well The Librarian says it is "fortunate" they had the same bloodtype This is nothing less than a miracle.   Maybe she should keep a couple of pints of it on tap? Can't let the vampires have it all… It's Moira MacTaggert time[...]
Hellions #5 Review: Dazzling Performance of Mr. Sinister
The X of Swords crossover is less a series of tales told in multiple avenues and more a single tale weaving through the periodical schedules of multiple series As such, reviewing Hellions #5 (or Cable #5 or New Mutants #13) is not exactly like a regular comic book review, as you don't get a story in any of[...]
X Of Swords, Handbook
And today's X Of Swords Handbook reminds us of them. From X Of Swords Handbook. Make more mutants being the first And in today's Captain Marvel #24, featuring Carol Danvers going through her own Days Of Future Past, and meeting up with an older permanently-diamond Emma Frost, we meet Sora – the daughter of Kwannon and Forge. Art[...]
The cover to Deadpool #7
Four X-books were released by Marvel last week: Wolverine #6, X-Force #13, and Marauders #13 comprised three parts of the X of Swords crossover I also cover Deadpool here in this column, even though Marvel doesn't really treat it like an X-book (even though it is) I read them all, so you don't have to[...]
The cover to Marauders #13
Four X-books were released by Marvel last week: Wolverine #6, X-Force #13, and Marauders #13 comprised three parts of the X of Swords crossover I also cover Deadpool here in this column, even though Marvel doesn't really treat it like an X-book (even though it is) I read them all, so you don't have to[...]
The cover to X-Force #13
Four X-books were released by Marvel last week: Wolverine #6, X-Force #13, and Marauders #13 comprised three parts of the X of Swords crossover I also cover Deadpool here in this column, even though Marvel doesn't really treat it like an X-book (even though it is) I read them all, so you don't have to[...]
The cover to Wolverine #6
.Four X-books were released by Marvel last week: Wolverine #6, X-Force #13, and Marauders #13 comprised three parts of the X of Swords crossover I also cover Deadpool here in this column, even though Marvel doesn't really treat it like an X-book (even though it is) I read them all, so you don't have to[...]
Marauders #13 Review: She Wants The Skybreaker
It achieves half of the storytelling mandate in that its conclusion (for the needs of the larger X of Swords crossover) is in fact inevitable but it is far from surprising. The cover of Marauders #13 Credit: Marvel The second that Ororo heard the proclamation she knew what she had to do, and that she did not[...]
X-Men Hugely Impacted By X Of Swords – Bigger Than House Of X?
Jordan D White (who I first met at a Karaoke bar at a New York Comic Con over a  decade ago) has been talking about the X=Men crossover event X Of Swords at the NYCC/MCM Metaverse panel along with a bunch of creators, Tini Howard, Gerry Duggan, Benjamin Percy and Vita Ayala, hosted by Angelique[...]
Second Printing For Strange Academy and X Of Swords
The three books include a feature issue on Doyle Dormammu and his rather Hellboy-looking future in Strange Academy #3 by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos, as well as the story spread across two issues, of Wolverine and Solem, as part of the X Of Swords crossover, first part in Wolverine, second part in X-Force, with[...]
Even More Swords For X Of Swords
Twenty swords? Did you think that's all we'd have to contend with? This week, with the third, fourth and fifth chapter of X Of Swords, the pattern of the crossovers arc is revealed We have quests for the swords, the swords with which the Krakoan mutants must fight against Arakko in the championship arranged by[...]
X Of Swords: Stasis #1 Preview – And Moira's Return in Wolverine #8
As the Five get feedback from trying to bring Rockside back to life after his death in X Of Swords: Creation #1, we get a glimpse around Krakoa… Moira MacTaggert in X-Factor #4 artwork It appears she has been hanging out in Krakoa's No Place ever since The No-Place were a type of non-natural Flowers that occurred[...]
The Sword Bearers Of Arakko
Marvel Comics released a video for the upcoming X Of Swords: Stasis one-shot, part of the ongoing crossover And it detailed those from Arakko who will be wielding weapons against Krakoa as part of the Otherworld championship (don't die there) Hey, here's a thought, is dying and being reborn as a different version of yourself[...]
Mutant Warning: Don't Die On Otherworld (X-Factor #4 Spoilers)
In the first issue of X Of Swords: Creation #1 , we saw the death of Rockslide But hey, you know, these are the House Of X books now, where mutant death is just a setback, to be resurrected back on Krakoa with your last save point It's all good. Art from X Of Swords: Creation. And[...]
Where In The World Is Moira Mactaggert?
As the Five get feedback from trying to bring Rockside back to life after his death in X Of Swords: Creation #1, we get a glimpse around Krakoa… Moira MacTaggert in X-Factor #4 artwork There she is In the No-Place Unseen by Krakoa, where we last saw her in House Of X #6 Has she been here[...]
The cover to Juggernaut #1
Marvel published two X-Books last week: X of Swords: Creation #1 and Juggernaut #1 These books couldn't be more different On the one hand, an overpriced one-shot kicking off a 22-part crossover event that will rock the X-Men universe to its foundations and make sure nothing is ever the same again, produced by the entire[...]
WWE Clash of X-Champions Coming to PPV in X of Swords: Creation [XH]
Marvel published two X-Books last week: X of Swords: Creation #1 and Juggernaut #1 These books couldn't be more different On the one hand, an overpriced one-shot kicking off a 22-part crossover event that will rock the X-Men universe to its foundations and make sure nothing is ever the same again, produced by the entire[...]
Naming All Ten Swords in X Of Swords - Then Another Ten? (Spoilers)
More hell than usual, I mean. Bestseller list – X Of Swords: Creation artwork. X Of Swords: Top ten bestseller comics of the week X Of Swords topped the bestseller charts with its launch issue, but even Immortal She-Hulk beat out the Death Metal one-shot this week Juggernaut had a strong launch, Maestro has been really strong and[...]
This Week, Marvel Comics #1000 Page Ties In To X Of Swords (Previews)
And in a months time, interacting directly with the current continuity in X-Men #13. Dustin Weaver art from Marvel Comics #1000. We have seen the original Four Horsemen, reflected in that puddle of blood, through the Dawn Of X series, and in the recent X Of Swords: Creation we learnt that they were, literally, his children Who[...]
Al Ewing and Valerio Schiti’s New X-Men Comic, S,W.O.R.D.
And that the end of Empyre had seen Al Ewing bring up a pissed off Abigail Brand and setting up a future with Abigail leading some new team in a future apocalypse. Art from Creation #1 Today, it all comes together with the climax of X Of Swords: Creation #1 With Team Summers/Grey going to a place[...]
Naming All Ten Swords in X Of Swords - Then Another Ten? (Spoilers)
X Of Swords spoilers coming, be warned And we start with a doozy, though it may be lesser of late Acts of death mean less in the X-Men comic books of late To be fair, they never did, every death would be followed by reader speculation as to how and when they would return House[...]
You Already Read A Chunk Of X Of Swords: Creation - But It Changed
Originally planned for Free Comic Book Day earlier this year, Marvel's X-Men comic ran an X Of Swords preview (if we but knew it) by Jonathan Hickman and Pepe Larraz later in the summer For days of mutants yet to come, creatures summoning other creature, a visit to the Starlight Citadel and a tarot reading[...]
James Jaspers And The Fury Return to X-Men in X Of Swords? (Spoilers)
And in today's X Of Swords: Creation #1, we get the inkling of where they both may be now, on Otherworld, the magical parallel dimension embodiment of the British Isles. Pepe Larazz art from X Of Swords: Creation.   With the Fair and Foul Kingdoms of the Starlight Citadel, of Otherworld and Avalon, laid out, in the House[...]
Bleeding Cool Has A New Cypher For The Krakoan Native Language
We're probably going to be talking a lot about X Of Swords: Creation today We will start out small and relatively non-spoilery, such as this article, but it may ramp up through the day When the big spoilers come you will know about it, But for now, we have a new cypher for the Krakoan[...]
Otherworld
Jubilee's son transforms into a dragon when they are there, the new Captain Britain Betsy Braddock helps depose Morgan Le Fey from power and replaced by her recently revived brother Jamie Braddock.   X-Men #12 artwork by Leinil Francis Yu. Apocalypse has now used the bones of his fellow Externals to open a larger, more central External gate[...]
X of Swords: Creation #1 Cover
Not with X of Swords. X of Swords: Creation #1 Cover In the latest X-Men Monday column at Adventures in Poor Taste, power-man X-editor Jordan White twirled his handlebar mustache and revealed you pretty much have no choice but to purchase and read all twenty-two chapters of X of Swords if you hope to understand what's going[...]
So What Is X Of Swords About Exactly? (X-Men, Excalibur #12 Spoilers)
Spoilers below for X-Men #12, Excalibur #12, Captain America #23 and Giant-Size X-Men: Storm as everything begins to ramp up for the X Of Swords crossover event And for the first time, we get an inkling of what is actually going on. The Summoner, who first appeared in the most recent X-Men #5, was the son of[...]