X-Solicits for September 2020

	Excalibur #12 Tini Howard (W) • Marcus To (A) Cover by: Mahmud Asrar X of Swords – Secrets of The Book! • With Rictor in his clutches, Apocalypse must survive long enough to begin the ritual he has waited on for eons.
	X-Men #12 Jonathan Hickman (W) • Leinil Francis Yu (A/C) Living Vampire Variant Cover by: Mike Mayhew X of Swords – The Summoning Begins! • A lead-in to the biggest X-story of the summer.
	X of Swords: Creation #1 Jonathan Hickman (W) • Pepe Larraz (A) Cover by: Pepe Larraz & Mark Brooks Variant Cover by: Miguel Mercado Design Variant Cover by: Pepe Larraz Launch Variant Cover by: TBA Premiere Variant Cover by: Pepe Larraz Wraparound Variant Cover by: Mark Brooks Black and White Wraparound Variant Cover by: Mark Brooks X of Swords – Chapter 1 A tower. A mission. A gathering of armies.
	X-Factor #4 Leah Williams (W) • Carlos Gomez (A) Cover by: Ivan Shavrin Variant Cover by: R.B. Silva Angel Timeless Variant Cover by: Alex Ross X of Swords – Chapter 2 Death and rebirth. Corruption. A dark discovery.
	X of Swords Handbook #1 Mike O’sullivan & The OHOTMU Team (W) Cover by: Ron Lim The dramatic new era for mutantkind takes center stage in the official handbook! This all-new collection of X-Men-related profiles will bring you up-to-date on Apocalypse, Wolverine (Logan), Magik (Rasputin) and Meggan just in time for X of Swords! This issue includes profiles for Cypher, Moira MacTaggert, two Captains Britain (Brian and Betsy Braddock) and Krakoa itself! Plus: the young Cable (Nathan Summers) and the X-Men!
	Marauders #12 Gerry Duggan (W) • Matteo Lolli (A) Cover by: Russell Dauterman Red Reckoning! • The Black King removed the Red Queen from the board…what move will the White Queen make?
	New Mutants #12 Ed Brisson (W) • Marco Failla (A) Cover by: Mike Del Mundo • The human world never seems to tire of lashing out at Krakoa. • The New Mutants have their ways of striking back.
	X-Force #12 Benjamin Percy (W) • Oscar Bazaldua (A) Cover by: Dustin weaver The Cerebro Sword! After taking on the Flower Cartel, Logan has brought back valuable intel to the mutant CIA. The non-treaty nation of Russia is working to undermine Krakoa — and may be aligned with Xeno. Beast wants Colossus on their side as the first drumbeats of war begin to sound.
	Hellions #4 Zeb Wells (W) • Stephen Segovia (A/C) Havok Stands Alone! • Krakoa’s resident rabble are up against the grand dame of the damned — the Goblin Queen, Madelyne Pryor! • Talk about a return that could raise some havoc!
	X-Factor #3 Leah Williams (W) • David Baldeón (A) Cover by: Ivan Shavrin Living Vampire Variant Cover by: TBA Drowning in The Stream! • Every streamer in the Mojoverse is desperate to get a little of the X-magic on their channel, but all X-Factor wants to do is figure out who murdered a Krakoan citizen.
	Giant-Size X-Men: Storm #1 Jonathan Hickman (W) • Russell Dauterman (A/C) Variant Cover by: Jen Bartel Hickman & Dauterman Take Flight Again! • In Giant-Size X-Men: Jean Grey & Emma Frost, Hickman and Dauterman took Jean and Emma into Storm’s mind to learn what had happened to her. • Now they take the X-Men’s resident goddess to the far end of the world to save herself!

R.B. Silva Previews Art featuring Captain Britain

'X of Swords' Becomes a 24-Part Event

Newsarama: Marvel's 'X of Swords' X-Men crossover appears to have expanded in scope from what X-line editor Jordan D. White described to Newsarama as a "15-part story", with a new checklist for the crossover showing 24 parts – with more potentially in the wings.

"'X of Swords' is what we have always thought of as a classic X-Crossover," White told Newsarama in March 2020, following the event's announcement at C2E2. "It's a 15-part story that crosses the entire line. It's a big story that affects all of the X-World, so it's only right it jump into every book."

White also described 'X of Swords' as having 15 parts in the event's C2E2 announcement.

'X of Swords' kicks off in September with X of Swords: Creation #1, labeled 'Chapter One' on the 'X of Swords' checklist, with X-Factor #4 featuring 'Chapter Two' also in September.

The checklist shows the order of chapters as they'll appear in Marvel's monthly X-Men titles, including X-Men, Marauders, X-Factor, Wolverine, Cable, Excalibur, X-Force, and Hellions, as well as three one-shots: the previously mentioned Creation, X of Swords: Stasis in October, and X of Swords: Destruction in November. Another possible tie-in featuring Captain Britain was possibly revealed in the latest episode of Marvel's Pull List, though no details have been revealed.

'X of Swords' – pronounced "ten of swords", like the Roman numeral - brings together threads from throughout the current 'Dawn of X' era of the X-Men, and centers on mutants wielding magical blades from across the Marvel Universe in battle against a still unrevealed opponent.

Though the exact details of the set-up remain to be seen, Apocalypse has been pulling the strings of the mutants of Krakoa for some time, trying to set up an ancient magical ritual involving the Otherworld – home to its own magical blade, the Sword of Might.

'X of Swords' kicks off in September with two prelude issues in Excalibur #12 and X-Men #12.

Excalibur #10 Art

Excalibur #10 Spoilers

Spoilers: Excalibur finds itself under air strike in London. Britain has declared war on Krakoa after being hit seemingly by Krakoan missiles. The British military opens fire against Excalibur with no hesitation. Rictor saves the team, who then finds out the Krakoan gates have been burned down. London has been warded against mutant powers which prevents Excalibur from using their powers. Betsy can’t teleport the team back to Otherworld either. Suddenly, Kitty Pryde appears at the helm of a flying ship to rescue Excalibur. Kitty explains that the missiles hitting Britain are Krakoan, but the Council has nothing to do with it. All mutants have been called back to the island, and Kitty has been picking up stragglers and strandeds on her flying ship with Rachel’s help. Kitty tells Betsy that Pete Wisdom was shot to death at the Lighthouse and is taking his body back to Krakoa for resurrection. Betsy insists Kitty drops her by the Lighthouse as she wants to see Jamie.

Meanwhile, at Apocalypse’s laboratory in Otherworld, Jamie Braddock taunts Morgan Le Fay, who’s being held captive against her will. Jamie reveals that everything that has been happened so far is his doing as he has created a pocket reality to meddle with Excalibur. Jamie plans to create another Captain Britain Corps for his own amusement.

At the Lighthouse, Excalibur finds itself against air strike again. Gambit protects the team from an incoming missile. Jamie appears riding a unicorn, which hits Jubilee heads on. Betsy demands to know why would Jamie attack Britain and implicate Krakoa. Jamie explains that he broke reality and that the actual 616-Betsy and Excalibur are still in Otherworld behind enemy lines and have no idea he’s doing this. As it turns out, Jamie has created an entire pocket dimension for this alternate Betsy. She angrily overwhelms him with a psychic attack. Jamie responds with force and seemingly kills this alternate Betsy. Rogue, Gambit, Rictor and Jubilee take her Amulet of Right and all four of them become Captains Britain. Back in Otherworld, the Omniversal Majestrix Opal Luna Saturnyne claims these new Captains Britain are pretenders and must die.

Excalibur #10 Advance Preview

Psylocke by Taurin Clarke

Captain Britain by Marcio Hum - MiniCo

Captain Britain by Lucas Werneck