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In the wake of " Empyre " and " X of Swords , " theX - Menwill reformSWORD , Earth ’s prime blank defense . Marvel superhero cartoon strip have always been set in " the world outside our windowpane , " a universe just like our own - but with the addition of gods and freak , demons and mutants . What ’s more , of later it ’s increasingly seemed as though alien invasion are becoming something of a hebdomadal occurrence . Last year , Earth was ravaged by the event of " War of the Realms , " and more late the Cotati seek to kill all non - vegetable life in the universe in " Empyre . "
Abigail Brand has traditionally bear at the forefront of Earth ’s quad defense . Half - mutant , half - exotic , she used to run an brass called SWORD who made SHIELD look like the Boy Scouts . But she ’s found herself progressively sidelined , and in " Empyre " she had no approximation the intrusion was on its way . Brand was left bitterly frustrated with the Avengers , who really should have reported what they were dealing with to her , and so she resolved to make a novel first origin of defense . Empyre : Avengers Aftermathteased thatAbigail Brand will be reforming SWORD , and she was shown sporting a logo that looked suspiciously like a combining of the traditional SWORD insignia and an 10 - Men symbol .
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Now Marvel has confirmed that is no coincidence . This December , they ’ll be announcing a newSWORDongoing series by writer Al Ewing and artist Valerio Schiti . This is considered part of the X - Men line , and it will see the mutants of Krakoa relaunch the Sentient World Observation & Response Directorate to deal with all thing superfluous - terrestrial on behalf of Earth . Abigail Brand will be recruiting a number of key assets , including Magneto , Kid Cable , Frenzy , Wiz Kid , Fabian Cortez , and former Avenger Manifold .
The mould hint this will be SWORD in the traditional sense , an organization that protect Earth and is entirely well-to-do with shades - of - Lady Jane Grey . Brand never allowed herself to be bound by honorable constraints , and the cover suggests Magneto is also one of the fundamental players in the raw SWORD . The other members admit two former Acolytes , most notably Fabian Cortez , a unreliable and self - serving mutation who has the power to magnify the abilities of others . His front in SWORD is entirely apprehensible , given he ’s a trained cosmonaut , but no doubt Cortez will have an agenda all his own .
The timing of this announcement could n’t be good . SWORDis coming to the MCU as a SHIELD replacement , their existence teased in bent photograph fromWandaVisionand confirm in the Disney+ TV show ’s first trailer . It ’s sure no conjunction the series will launch in December , the same month episodes ofWandaVisionwill come out on Disney+ . It ’s nice to see this kind of synergism between the comic and the MCU .
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