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It's exactly what you think, mutant. You step into the arena, knowing the full measure of what you're fighting for... You face your enemy, who wants nothing less than your total annihilation... you look them in the eye, steady yourself... And then... And then... You raise. Your. SWORD.
Appearing in "X of Swords: Chapter 01"
Featured Characters:
- X-Men
- Magma (Amara Aquilla)
- Rockslide (Santo Vaccarro) (Death)
- Prestige (Rachel Summers)
- Marvel Girl (Jean Grey)
- Havok (Alex Summers)
- Polaris (Lorna Dane)
- Beast (Hank McCoy)
- Archangel (Warren Worthington III)
- Siryn (Theresa Cassidy)
- M / Penance (Monet St. Croix)
- Cable (Nathan Summers) (Past)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers)
- Excalibur
- • --|A|-- • (En Sabah Nur) (Main story and recap)
- Rictor (Julio Richter)
Supporting Characters:
- Opal Luna Saturnyne (Main story and flashback)
- Quiet Council of Krakoa
- Krakoa
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)
- Storm (Ororo Munroe)
- Cypher (Doug Ramsey) (Merged with Warlock)
- Professor X (Charles Xavier)
- Black King (Sebastian Shaw)
- Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr)
- White Queen (Emma Frost)
- Red Queen (Kate Pryde)
- Mister Sinister (Nathaniel Essex)
- Exodus (Bennet du Paris)
- Mystique (Raven Darkhölme)
Antagonists:
- First Horsemen of Apocalypse (Main story and flashback)
- Death (Main story and flashback)
- Famine (Main story and flashback)
- War (Main story and flashback)
- Pestilence (Main story and flashback)
- Daemons (Main story and flashback)
- Summoner (Main story and flashback)
Other Characters:
- The Cursed King (Only appearance; dies)[1]
- Dryadorian squire (Only appearance; dies)[1]
- Dryadorian army (Only appearance; dies)[1]
- Unnamed quartet (Main story and recap)
- Quaddeus Quo (Main story and recap)
- Ryl (Main story and recap) (Real name first revealed)
- Temple (Recap) (Unnamed)
- Sinner Rose (Recap) (Unnamed)
- Captain Britain Corps (Named only)
- Morgan Le Fay (Named only)
- White Priestesses (Main story and flashback)
- Genesis (Drawing in recap)
- Annihilation (Drawing in recap)
- Gorgon (Tomi Shishido) (Drawing in recap)
- Brian Braddock (Drawing in recap)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Drawing in recap)
- Magik (Illyana Rasputin) (Drawing in recap)
- Captain Britain (Betsy Braddock) (Drawing in recap)
- Tarot (Marie-Ange Colbert) (Named only)
- Xorn (Kuan-Yin) (Named only)
- Zorn (Shen-Yin) (Named only)
- Banshee (Sean Cassidy) (Main story and flashback)
- Healer
- Unus the Untouchable (Gunther Bain) (Main story and flashback)
- God (Yahweh) (Mentioned)
- Homines Verendi (Mentioned)
- The Flower Cartel (Mentioned)
- XENO (Mentioned)
- Orchis (Mentioned)
- Monarch (Jamie Braddock) (Mentioned)
- Roma Regina (Named only)
- Merlyn (Named only)
- Forgemaster Federal - Fury 005 (Named only)
- Colony Queen Vesperidae (Named only)
- Countex Oublia (Named only)
- Countex Oscura (Named only)
- Mad Jim Jaspers (Named only)
- Swordbearers of Krakoa (Mentioned)
- Swordbearers of Arakko (Mentioned)
- A.I.M.
- S.W.O.R.D. (Named only)
Races and Species:
- Daemons (Main story and flashback)
- Mutants (Main story and flashback)
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Dinosaurs
- Wolves (Mentioned)
- Faeries (Main story and flashback)
- Krakoas (Main story and recap)
- Technarchy
- Chimeras
- Birds
Locations:
- Otherworld
- Foul Courts
- Dryador (First appearance)
- Del Di'Lorr (First appearance)
- Holy Republic of Fae (Named only)
- Hothive (Mentioned)
- Blightspoke (Mentioned)
- Crooked Market (Named only)
- Dryador (First appearance)
- Starlight Citadel
- Fair Courts (Named only)
- Avalon (Mentioned)
- Floating Kingdom of Roma Regina (Named only)
- Infuri the Everforge (Named only)
- Sevalith (Named only)
- Mercator (Named only)
- Foul Courts
- Amenth (Named only)
- Arakko (Mentioned)
- Unidentified reality (Some forgotten place. Some forsaken time.) (Recap)
- Unnamed star (Destruction in recap)
- Prime Marvel Universe (Main story and recap)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- Lyon, France (Named only)
- Pacific Ocean (Main story and recap)
- Krakoa (Main story and recap)
- Arak Coral (Main story and recap)
- Eternal Caldera (Main story and recap)
- External Gate (Main story and recap)
- Eternal Caldera (Main story and recap)
- Healing Gardens
- The Grove
- House of M (Mentioned)
- Arak Coral (Main story and recap)
- Okkara (Destruction in recap)
- Krakoa (Main story and recap)
- Earth Orbit
- A.I.M. Island
- Heaven (Named only)
- Sun (Mentioned)
- Hell (Mentioned)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
Items:
- X-Uniforms (Main story and drawing in recap)
- Banshee's Wings (Main story and drawing in recap)
- Havok's Suit (Main story and drawing in recap)
- Vermilion (First appearance)
- Grasscutter (Drawing in recap)
- Godkiller (Drawing in recap)
- Light of Galador (Main story and drawing in recap)
- Transmode Virus (Main story and drawing in recap)
- The Scarab (Drawing in recap)
- Magneto's Helmet (Main story and drawing in recap)
- Wolverine's Suit (Drawing in recap)
- Muramasa Blade (Drawing in recap)
- Sword of Might (Drawing in recap)
- Soulsword (Drawing in recap)
- Captain Britain's Uniform (Drawing in recap)
- Flowers of Krakoa
- Cerebro
- Twilight Sword (Recap)
- Techno-Organic Virus
- Cyclops' Visor
- Mercy (Mentioned)
- Colony (First appearance)
- The Black Bone of Amduat (Mentioned)
- Seducer (Mentioned)
- Pogg Ur-Pogg (Mentioned)
- Purity (Mentioned)
- Alluvium (Mentioned)
- Starlight Sword (Mentioned)
- Skybreaker (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "X of Swords: Chapter 01"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Solicit Synopsis
X OF SWORDS – CHAPTER 1
A tower. A mission. A gathering of armies.
Notes
- A trailer was released by Marvel on YouTube to promote this issue:
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Footnotes
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- Comics
- Week 39, 2020
- 2020
- 2020, November
- Modern-Age
- X of Swords: Creation Vol 1
- X of Swords
- T+ (13 and up)
- C.B. Cebulski/Editor-in-Chief
- Pepe Larraz/Cover Artist
- Marte Gracia/Cover Artist
- Jonathan Hickman/Writer
- Tini Howard/Writer
- Pepe Larraz/Penciler
- Pepe Larraz/Inker
- Marte Gracia/Colourist
- Clayton Cowles/Letterer
- Jordan D. White/Editor
- Annalise Bissa/Editor
- Opal Luna Saturnyne (Earth-9)/Quotes
- X-Men (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Amara Aquilla (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Santo Vaccarro (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Rachel Summers (Earth-811)/Appearances
- Jean Grey (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Alexander Summers (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Lorna Dane (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Henry McCoy (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Warren Worthington III (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Theresa Cassidy (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Monet St. Croix (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Nathan Summers (Kid Cable) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Scott Summers (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Excalibur (Earth-616)/Appearances
- En Sabah Nur (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Julio Richter (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Opal Luna Saturnyne (Earth-9)/Appearances
- Quiet Council of Krakoa (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Krakoa (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Kurt Wagner (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Ororo Munroe (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Douglas Ramsey (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Warlock (Technarch) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Charles Xavier (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Sebastian Shaw (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Max Eisenhardt (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Emma Frost (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Katherine Pryde (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Nathaniel Essex (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Bennet du Paris (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Raven Darkholme (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Horsemen of Apocalypse (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Death (First Horsemen) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Famine (First Horsemen) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- War (First Horsemen) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Pestilence (First Horsemen) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Summoner (Arakko) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Quaddeus Quo (Otherworld)/Appearances
- Ryl (Otherworld)/Appearances
- Temple (Otherworld)/Minor Appearances
- Sinner Rose (Otherworld)/Minor Appearances
- Captain Britain Corps (Multiverse)/Mentions
- Morgan Le Fay (Earth-616)/Mentions
- White Priestesses (Otherworld)/Appearances
- Genesis (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Annihilation (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Tomi Shishido (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Brian Braddock (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- James Howlett (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Illyana Rasputina (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Elizabeth Braddock (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Marie-Ange Colbert (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Kuan-Yin Xorn (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Shen Xorn (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Sean Cassidy (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Healer (Morlock) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Gunther Bain (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Yahweh (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Homines Verendi (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Flower Cartel (Earth-616)/Mentions
- XENO (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Orchis (Earth-616)/Mentions
- James Braddock Jr. (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Roma (Otherworld)/Mentions
- Merlyn (Otherworld)/Mentions
- Fury (Earth-238)/Mentions
- Vesperidae (Otherworld)/Mentions
- Oublia (Otherworld)/Mentions
- Oscura (Otherworld)/Mentions
- James Jaspers (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Swordbearers of Krakoa (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Swordbearers of Arakko (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Advanced Idea Mechanics (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Sentient World Observation and Response Department (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Demons/Appearances
- Homo superior/Appearances
- Homo sapiens/Appearances
- Dinosaurs/Appearances
- Wolves/Mentions
- Fairies (Otherworld)/Appearances
- Krakoas/Appearances
- Technarchy/Appearances
- Chimeras (Mutants)/Appearances
- Birds/Appearances
- Otherworld/Appearances
- Dryador/Appearances
- Del Di'Lorr/Appearances
- Holy Republic of Fae/Mentions
- Hothive/Mentions
- Blightspoke/Mentions
- Crooked Market/Mentions
- Starlight Citadel/Appearances
- Avalon (Otherworld)/Mentions
- Floating Kingdom of Roma Regina/Mentions
- Infuri the Everforge/Mentions
- Sevalith/Mentions
- Mercator/Mentions
- Amenth/Mentions
- Arakko (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Earth-616/Appearances
- Earth/Appearances
- Lyon/Mentions
- Pacific Ocean/Appearances
- Arak Coral/Appearances
- Arak Maw/Appearances
- External Gate/Appearances
- Healing Gardens/Appearances
- Grove (Krakoa)/Appearances
- House of M (Krakoa)/Mentions
- Okkara (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Earth Orbit/Appearances
- Luna (Moon)/Appearances
- Blue Area of the Moon/Appearances
- Summer House/Appearances
- Peak VII/Appearances
- Barbuda/Appearances
- Heaven (Paradise)/Mentions
- Sun (Star)/Mentions
- Hell/Mentions
- X-Uniforms/Appearances
- Banshee's Wings/Appearances
- Havok's Suit/Appearances
- Vermilion/Appearances
- Grasscutter/Minor Appearances
- Godkiller (Sword)/Minor Appearances
- Light of Galador/Appearances
- Transmode Virus/Appearances
- Scarab (Sword)/Minor Appearances
- Magneto's Helmet/Appearances
- Wolverine's Suit/Minor Appearances
- Muramasa Blade/Minor Appearances
- Sword of Might/Minor Appearances
- Soulsword/Minor Appearances
- Captain Britain's Uniform/Minor Appearances
- Flowers of Krakoa/Appearances
- Habitat/Appearances
- Gateways/Appearances
- Cerebro (Mutant Detector)/Appearances
- Twilight Sword (Amenth)/Minor Appearances
- Techno-Organic Virus/Appearances
- Cyclops' Visor/Appearances
- Mercy (Sword)/Mentions
- Colony (Sword)/Appearances
- Black Bone of Amduat/Mentions
- Seducer/Mentions
- Pogg Ur-Pogg (Sword)/Mentions
- Purity (Sword)/Mentions
- Alluvium/Mentions
- Starlight Sword/Mentions
- Skybreaker (Sword)/Mentions
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