TY - BOOK AU - Ewing,Al AU - Schiti,Valerio AU - Height,Ray-Anthony AU - Chang,Bernard AU - Leon,Nico AU - Gracia,Martegod AU - Maher,Ariana TI - S.W.O.R.D SN - 9781302927516 PY - 2021/// CY - New York, NY PB - Marvel Worldwide, Inc. KW - X-Men (Fictitious characters) KW - Comic books, strips, etc KW - Mutation (Biology) KW - Superheroes KW - Extraterrestrial beings KW - Science fiction comic books, strips, etc KW - Comics (Graphic works) KW - lcgft KW - Science fiction comics KW - Superhero comics KW - Graphic novels KW - Young adult fiction N1 - Collecting: S.W.O.R.D. (2020) #1-5.--from back cover N2 - One giant leap for mutantkind! The new nation of Krakoa has quickly become a major force on the world stage...but why stop there? The X-Men have relaunched the Sentient World Observation & Response Directorate -- a fully independent organization dealing with all things extraterrestrial on behalf of Earth. And S.W.O.R.D. is thrown right into the deep end of a planetary crisis as Krakoa battles the invading King in Black! Meanwhile, Abigail Brand prepares a deniable operation all her own. What is Protocol V -- and can the Earth survive it? Then, walk a mile in the Manifold's shoes as S.W.O.R.D.'s Quintician takes a journey across the universe -- and comes face to face with a deadly enemy! And as the Quiet Council discuss the rules of murder on Krakoa, in space the killings have already begun ER -