X-Men: Die by the Sword Vol 1 1

X-Men: Die by the Sword Vol 1 #1
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Art by: Jelena Kevic Djurdjevic
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Release Date	October 17, 2007
Cover Date	December, 2007
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Joe Quesada

1. "The Sword is Drawn"
Writer(s)	Chris Claremont
Penciler(s)	Juan Santacruz
Inker(s)	Raul Fernandez
Colorist(s)	Rob Ro
Letterer(s)	Simon Bowland
Editor(s)	Mark Paniccia Nick Lowe

Sage	The authorities want me handed over for interrogation.
Captain Britain	This is a party, Sage. Tonight's about enjoying ourselves.
Sage	If I were them, Brian, I'd lock me up and throw away the key, or simply put a bullet through my head.
Captain Britain	That's not funny.
Sage	No, it isn't. But it does make sense.

Appearing in "The Sword is Drawn"

Featured Characters:

• Excalibur
  • Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (Main story and flashback)
  • Dazzler (Alison Blaire)
  • Nocturne (TJ Wagner) (Main story and flashback)
  • Pete Wisdom
  • Sage (Tessa)
• Exiles
  • Psylocke (Betsy Braddock)
  • Thunderbird (John Proudstar)

Supporting Characters:

• Captain Britain Corps
  • Roma (Main story and flashback)
  • Opal Luna Saturnyne
  • Striker Llewllyn (Owein Llewellyn) (First appearance) (Transformed into a Fury)
  • Two unidentified members (Transformed into a Fury or killed)

Antagonists:

• James Jaspers merged together with Fury (Main story and flashback)
• Merlyn
• Rouge-Mort (First appearance)
• Janissaries (First appearance)
• Fury-like transformed Captain Britains (First appearance)

Other Characters:

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Races and Species:

• Humans
• Human-Otherworlder Hybrids
• Mutants

Locations:

• Earth
  • United Kingdom
    • England
      • London
        • Empress Matilda Docks
        • River Thames
• Otherworld
  • Starlight Citadel

Items:

• Captain Britain's Uniform
• Star Sceptre

Vehicles:

• 
  

Synopsis for "The Sword is Drawn"

• Synopsis not yet written

Notes

• The members of Excalibur last appeared in New Excalibur #24. The members of the Exiles last appeared in Exiles #100.
• Juggernaut left Excalibur in World War Hulk: X-Men #3.
• Striker Llewellyn bears an odd resemblance to Captain England, but is a native of Earth-20712.
• This cover is an homage to the cover of Excalibur #1.

Trivia

• The title of the story is most likely a reference to Excalibur Special Edition #1, the first appearance of the Excalibur team.

See Also

• 5 image(s) from X-Men: Die by the Sword Vol 1 1

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