Artist Pepe Larraz has , a one-shot in Marvel's upcoming 'X of Swords' X-Men crossover. Tweeted alongside the text "A ritual. A parliament. A game begins", the cover shows off a host of characters that are the apparent vi🌊llains of the story, but without any indication of who they actually are.
That is, until now.
Newsarama has the reveal on the identities of these villains, known collecti🏅vely as the Swordbearers of Arakko. But before we get into their individual identities, displayed in the image to the right, we'll explain their team name.
At least one of the Swordbearers, Summoner, has already played a role in the core X-Men title, introducing Arakko and the concept of Apocalypse's secret island. Meanwhile, War and Death will be familiar to longtime X-Men readers as the codenames given to two of the mutants who serve as Apocalypse's Horsemen at any given time, alongside Pestilence and💟 Famine.
As for the still-classified Swordbearer of Arakko, the fact that their identit🤪y remains secret indicates it's someone we know – likely a woman judging by the figure. Given Apocalypse's machinations with the Otherworld and the involvement of Excalibur, could this f𒊎inal Swordbearer of Arakko be Betsy Braddock, the current Captain Britain?
'X of Swords' kicks off with September 16's Excalibur #20, and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:extendꦇs across 24🌃 parts through November, as was confirmed earlier this month. Also check out the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Marvel October ღ2020 X♏ of Swords solicitations. Look out for Marvel's full October 🦋2🀅020 solicitations later this month on Newsarama.
X of Swords: Stasis #1, the eleventh chapter of 'X of Swords'ꦕ is due out in October.
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