X of Swords: Creation Vol 1 1

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Published	Released
November, 2020	September 23, 2020
Issue Details
	Pages 72 Rating T+ (13 and up) Original Price $6.99
"X of Swords: Chapter 01"
	Writer Jonathan Hickman; Tini Howard; Penciler Pepe Larraz; Inker Pepe Larraz; Colourist Marte Gracia; Letterer Clayton Cowles; Editor Jordan D. White; Annalise Bissa;

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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.

-- Omniversal Majestrix Opal Luna Saturnyne

Appearing in "X of Swords: Chapter 01"

Featured Characters:

X-Men
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

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)
- 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)
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)
      - Healing Gardens
      - The Grove
      - House of M (Mentioned)
    - Okkara (Destruction in recap)
  - Earth Orbit
    - Moon
      - Blue Area of the Moon
        Summer House
    - The Peak
  - A.I.M. Island
- Heaven (Named only)
- Sun (Mentioned)
- Hell (Mentioned)

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
- Habitat
- Gateways
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:

X OF SWORDS CREATION Trailer Marvel Comics

X of Swords: Creation Vol 1 1

Appearing in "X of Swords: Chapter 01"

Synopsis for "X of Swords: Chapter 01"

Solicit Synopsis

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