S.W.O.R.D. Vol 2 9

S.W.O.R.D. (Vol. 2) #9
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Art by: Stefano Caselli and Federico Blee
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Art by: Stefano Caselli and Federico Blee
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Release Date	October 27, 2021
Cover Date	December, 2021
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	C.B. Cebulski
Rating	T+ (13 and up)
Original Price	$3.99
Pages	32

1. "Friends in High Places"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Al Ewing
Penciler(s)	Jacopo Camagni
Inker(s)	Jacopo Camagni
Colorist(s)	Fernando Sifuentes
Letterer(s)	Ariana Maher Ariana Maher
Editor(s)	Annalise Bissa Lauren Amaro Jordan D. White

 Listening in, were you, Mr. Mole? I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Ready to show S.W.O.R.D. where your true loyalties lie? 

—Commander Henry Peter Gyrich

Appearing in "Friends in High Places"

Featured Characters:

• S.W.O.R.D.
  • Station Commander Brand
  • Frenzy (Ambassador Extraordinary Joanna Cargill)
  • Manifold (Quintician Eden Fesi)
  • Security Team
    • Acting Commander Cable (Security Chief Nathan Summers)
    • Random (Security Subdirector Marshall Stone III)
    • Forearm (Michael McCain) (Death)
  • Wiz-Kid (Station Technologist Takeshi Matsuya)
• Storm (Regent Ororo Munroe)

Supporting Characters:

• Deathbird (Cal'syee Neramani)
• Shi'ar Imperial Guard
  • Titan (Death)
  • Subguardian Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)
  • Fang (Death)
  • Neutron (Death)
  • Gladiator (Kallark)
  • Manta
• Shi'ar Empress Xandra Neramani

Antagonists:

• Alpha Flight Space Program and Orchis
  • Commander Henry Peter Gyrich
  • Guardian (Mac Hudson) (Joins)
• Kobak Never-held (First appearance)
• Lethal Legion (First appearance)
  • Mr. Eloquent (OS017-002) (First appearance)
  • The Electric Head (OS017-003) (First appearance)
  • Half-Bot (OS017-001) (First appearance)
  • Orbis Extremis (OS017-004) (First appearance)
  • Death Grip (OS017-005) (First appearance)
• Galactic Rim Collective
  • Orbis Stellaris

Other Characters:

• Alpha Flight (Mentioned)
• God of War (Mentioned)
• Wolverine (Logan) (Mentioned)
• X-Men (Mentioned)
• Arakko
• Tarn the Uncaring (Mentioned)
• Great Ring of Arakko (Mentioned)
• Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) (Named only)
• Quiet Council of Krakoa (Named only)
• Captain Commander Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Named only)
• Warlock (Named only)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Mutants
• Shi'ar
• Unidentified alien species
• Lupak
• Stygians
• Strontians
• Shi'ar-Mutant Hybrids
• Technarchy (Named only)
• Phalanx (Named only)
• Cyborgs2
• Kymellians
• Badoon

Locations:

• Solar System
  • Earth
    • Earth Orbit
      • Alpha Flight Low-Orbit Space Station
      • S.W.O.R.D. Station One / "The Peak"
  • Planet Arakko
    • Mars Orbit
      • S.W.O.R.D. Station Two / "The Keep"
    • Lake Hellas
      • Diplomatic Ring
    • Circle Perilous
• Shi'ar Galaxy (Mentioned)
  • Chandilar (Mentioned)
  • Krii-7 (Mentioned)

Items:

• Guardian's Battle-Suit
• Adamantium (Mentioned)
• Flowers of Krakoa
  • Gateways
• X-Uniforms
• Techno-Organic Virus
• Atomic Chain Saw (First appearance)
• Orbis Extremis' orbis (First appearance)
• Super-Power Neutralizer (Mentioned)

Vehicles:

• Lethal Legion's spacecraft

Synopsis for "Friends in High Places"

• Synopsis not yet written

Solicit Synopsis

THE SHI'AR IMPERIAL GUARD VS… THE LEGION?!

With Abigail Brand's attention divided between two S.W.O.R.D. stations, all ORCHIS needs is to pick their moment to strike. Meanwhile, the Shi'ar Empress Xandra is making her first formal visit to the Lake Hellas Diplomatic Ring...and stepping into the gunsights of the all-new LETHAL LEGION!

See Also

• 10 image(s) from S.W.O.R.D. Vol 2 9
• 2 reprint(s) of S.W.O.R.D. Vol 2 9