S.W.O.R.D. #6 Review

Writer: Al Ewing / Artist: Valerio Schiti / Marvel Comics THIS. ISSUE. IS. EVERYTHING. Light Spoilers ahead. We all knew S.W.O.R.D. has been building up to a bomb dropping point, but I don’t think anyone could’ve predicted that they would use the terraforming of Mars as their launchpad for intergalactic acknowledgement…and yet, here we are in S.W.O.R.D. #6! Notice how I didn’t say intergalactic supremacy. The mutants have been smart in their display of Earth dominion and expansion. It’s time for them to truly make a mark on the universe at large and they do so by engineering the fourth planet from the sun and staking their claim as the newly established dominant race of humans. Abigail Brand and Frenzy stand before Galactic Representatives from the most important reaches of the universe. Guardians of the Galaxy fans will recognize the Galactic Rim Collective and Nymbis Sternhoof of the Kymellian Empire, then we have the powerful Regellian convict Mentacle, Empress Kuga who needed the mutants to survive the ascension to her Zn’rx throne, “T’Challa’s Eye” Riitha of Wakanda’s Intergalactic Empire, Paibok of the Kree/Skrull alliance and more known characters like Smasher, Star Lord, Noh-Varr aka Marvel Boy and Richard Rider aka Nova Prime. They stand before this group of individuals with a hunk of metal that’ll change the economic landscape of every corner of the universe…if they accept the mutants’ terms.

What I love about this book is Al Ewing’s ability to…