S.W.O.R.D. #1 Review: Welcome to the Mutant Space Program

Writer: Al Ewing / Artist: Valerio Schti / Marvel When you flip through the first pages of this book and take in Abigail Brand’s vision of S.W.O.R.D., you cant help but smile and get hype about what’s in store for the mutants of Krakoa. With the wild space antics the New Mutants were involved in a while back, to the bonkers Mars base that we all know will come to fruition one day, this was step they eventually had to take.

Conveniently, Scott, Jean and Cable’s recent commandeering of S.W.O.R.D.’s abandoned space station was all they needed to begin shooting for the stars. Now we follow a key member of the Quiet Council to find out exactly what this new division is about. Take a Wild Ride on the Space Side With Magneto playing the part of COO, we take a stroll through the new S.W.O.R.D. base and witness the glory of how this is all coming together. Armor as a space ambassador in training, a robust, 5 mutant teleportation team and Cable being the Director of security? Everything just screamed geeky goodness in the very first pages.

But things really take off when we get introduced to key (but replaceable) members of the team that have been designated as THE SIX. Station Technologist, Wiz-Kid works hand in hand with the power of Manifold, Fabian Cortez, Armor, Risque and Peeper to locate any items and/or elements from the universe, venture out into the unknown then bring whatever is needed back to the Peak. Everyone knows that teamwork has been one of the major…