X-Men Vol 5 8

Alternate Covers: God Loves, Man Kills Variant Ngu Unknown Comic ECCC Exclusive Variant Ngu Unknown Comic Exclusive Variant Ngu Unknown Comic Exclusive Color Splash Virgin Variant Second Printing X-Men Vol 5 #8 Published Released May, 2020 March 11, 2020 Issue Details Pages 32 Rating T+ (13 and up) Original Price $3.99 Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski Cover Artist Leinil Francis Yu Sunny Gho Production Tom Muller Nicholas Russell "Swarm" Writer Jonathan Hickman Penciler Mahmud Asrar Inker Mahmud Asrar Colourist Sunny Gho Letterer Clayton Cowles Editor Jordan D. White Annalise Bissa Previous Issue Next Issue X-Men Vol 5 #7 X-Men Vol 5 #9

I'm not quite sure exactly how to put this, but I'll give it my best effort: Listen here, you insane, befurred woman! That's a King Egg!

-- Broo

Appearing in "Swarm"

Featured Characters:

• X-Men
  • Vulcan (Gabriel Summers)
  • Havok (Alex Summers)
  • Marvel Girl (Jean Grey)

Supporting Characters:

• New Mutants
  • Magma (Amara Aquilla)
  • Mirage (Dani Moonstar)
  • Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair)
  • Sunspot (Bobby Da Costa)
• Great Captains of Krakoa
  • Commander Cyclops (Scott Summers)
  • Captain Magik (Illyana Rasputin)
• Oya (Idie Okonkwo)
• Broo

Antagonists:

• The Brood

Other Characters:

• Krakoa
• Lilandra Neramani (Named only) (Deceased)
• Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon) (Named only)
• Petra (Returns)
• Sway (Suzanne Chan) (Returns)
• Generation X (Mentioned)
• Quiet Council of Krakoa (Mentioned)
  • Charles Xavier (Named only)
• Unidentified Accuser (First appearance)
• Starjammers
  • Ch'od
  • Hepzibah
  • Corsair (Chris Summers)
  • Raza Longknife
• Josiah Guthrie
• Shi'ar Empire
  • Majestrix Xandra Neramani (Named only)
  • Imperial Guard
    • Smasher (Izzy Kane)
    • Gladiator (Praetor Kallark)
    • Manta
    • Oracle (Sybil)
  • Kid Gladiator (Kubark)

Races and Species:

• Krakoas
• Mutants
• Acanti
• Brood
• Mutant Brood
• Kree
• Saurids
• Mephitisoids
• Humans
• Cyborgs
• Strontians
• Unidentified alien species

Locations:

• Prime Marvel Universe
  • Milky Way
    • Solar System
      • Earth
        • Pacific Ocean
          • Krakoa
            • Akademos Habitat / The Sextant
              • OMEGA House (Cameo)
              • Lifedeath (Cameo)
              • ZETA House (Cameo)
              • ALPHA House
              • DELTA House (Cameo)
            • Arena (Mentioned)
        • Earth Orbit
          • Moon
            • Blue Area of the Moon
              • The Summer House
  • Shi'ar Galaxy
    • Subsector 43 (Real name first revealed)
      • The Fault
    • Chandilar
      • Sam and Izzy's apartment
  • Hell (Invoked)
• Cancerverse (Referenced)

Items:

• Flowers of Krakoa
  • Habitat
  • Gateways
• X-Uniforms
• King Egg
• T-Bomb (Named only)
• Cyclops' Visor
• Havok's Suit
• Soulsword
• Stargate (Mentioned)
• Universal Weapon

Vehicles:

• Shi'ar Scout

Events:

• War of Kings (Named only)
  
  

Synopsis for "Swarm"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  

Solicit Synopsis

GET READY TO RUN!

The New Mutants are back from space, and they’ve brought intergalactic trouble with them! The Brood! The Shi’ar! The Starjammers! The Imperial Guard!

Trivia

• The page depicting Vulcan waking up in the Fault is identical to the last page of FF #6 where Black Bolt in the same posture as Vulcan also wakes up in the Fault in the aftermath of the War of Kings.

See Also

• 15 Image(s) from X-Men Vol 5 8
• 1 Reprints of X-Men Vol 5 8

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