S.W.O.R.D. Vol 2 6

Part of the Hellfire Gala event
S.W.O.R.D. Vol 2 #6
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Art by: Valerio Schiti and Marte Gracia
Alternate Covers
2 - Captain Britain Design Variant 3 - Character Design Variant 4 - Dauterman Connecting Variant 5 - Dauterman Connecting Variant Textless 6 - Unknown Comic Books Exclusive Variant 7 - Unknown Comic Books Exclusive Virgin Variant
Art by: Russell Dauterman
Art by: Valerio Schiti
Art by: Russell Dauterman and Matthew Wilson
Art by: Russell Dauterman and Matthew Wilson
Art by: Jay Anacleto
Art by: Jay Anacleto
Release Date	June 23, 2021
Cover Date	August, 2021
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	C.B. Cebulski
Rating	T+ (13 and up)
Original Price	$3.99
Pages	32

1. "This is What Comes Next"
Writer(s)	Al Ewing
Penciler(s)	Valerio Schiti
Inker(s)	Valerio Schiti
Colorist(s)	Marte Gracia
Letterer(s)	Ariana Maher
Editor(s)	Annalise Bissa Jordan D. White

 You have all heard it whispered. It is Wind-Rider. It is she-who-swam-with-Acanti. It is Hadari Yao. I am Storm -- Regent of Mars -- and I am the voice of Sol! 

—Storm

Appearing in "This is What Comes Next"

Featured Characters:

• S.W.O.R.D.
  • Station Commander Brand
  • Frenzy (Ambassador Extraordinary Joanna Cargill)
  • Manifold (Quintician Eden Fesi)
  • Wiz-Kid (Station Technologist Takeshi Matsuya)
• Storm (Regent Ororo Munroe)
• Magneto (Erik "Magnus" Lehnsherr)

Supporting Characters:

• Captain America (Steve Rogers)
• Galactic Council
  • Earth's representatives
    • Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (Joins team)
    • Nova Prime (Richard Rider)
  • Kymellian Empire
    • Nymbis Sternhoof
  • Rigellian Empire
    • Mentacle
  • Zn'rx Empire
    • Empress Kuga (First appearance)
  • Galactic Rim Collective
    • Orbis Stellaris
  • Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda
    • Riitho (First appearance)
  • Kree/Skrull Alliance
    • Galactic Ambassador Paibok
  • Shi'ar Empire
    • Superguardian Smasher (Izzy Kane)
  • Spartax Empire
    • Star-Lord (Peter Quill)
  • Utopian Kree
    • Marvel Boy (Noh-Varr)
• Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)

Antagonists:

• Orchis
  • Henry P. Gyrich

Other Characters:

• Guardian (Mac Hudson)
• Thing (Ben Grimm)
• Several unidentified party attendees
• X-Men (Mentioned)
• Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Mentioned)
• Ashura (Named only)
• Empress Victoria (Named only)
• Knull (Mentioned)
• Black Panther (T'Challa) (Mentioned)
• Hulkling (Emperor Theodore Altman-Kaplan / Dorrek VIII) (Named only)
• Anya (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Mutants
• Kymellians
• Rigellians
• Zn'rx
• Skrulls
• Human-Spartax Hybrids
• Kree-Cockroach Hybrids

Locations:

• Sol System
  • Earth
    • North Atlantic
      • Faroe Islands
        • Mykines
    • Krakoa, Pacific Ocean (Mentioned)
    • Earth Orbit
      • S.W.O.R.D. Station One / "The Peak"
    • Planet Arakko
      • S.W.O.R.D. Station Two / "The Keep", Mars Orbit (Mentioned)
      • Arakko (Mentioned)

Items:

• Captain America's Uniform and Shield
• Guardian's Battle-suit
• Flowers of Krakoa
  • Hellfire Gala's ticket flowers
  • Gateways
• Doctor Doom's Armor
• Exospex
• Nova Helmet
• Mysterium (Real name first revealed)
• Adamantium (Mentioned)
• Magneto's Helmet

Vehicles:

• Wiz-Kid's Hoverchair

Synopsis for "This is What Comes Next"

• Synopsis not yet written

Solicit Synopsis

THIS IS WHAT COMES NEXT.

On Earth, the HELLFIRE GALA is in full swing. But on S.W.O.R.D. Station One, a very different guest list comes together…as Abigail Brand finally unveils her plans for Mysterium – and the future of human and mutantkind.

See Also

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