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X of Swords

Recapping X of Swords, Week 7: X-Men #14 and Marauders #14 | This Week in X

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Join Peter, Tyler, and Fariha as we dissect the seventh week of X of Swords from 4 November, 2020 – X-Men (2019) #14 and Marauders (2019) #14.

They’re the 12th and 13th chapters of X of Swords, but does it feel like we’re really more than halfway through this mega crossover event? Tyler brought the receipts on the panel-by-panel breakdown of X-Men #14, we discuss repetition as a storytelling device, and we debate all of the dinner-party interactions in Marauders #14.

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Recapping X of Swords, Week 6: X of Swords Stasis #1 – every kingdom, combatant, & tarot card! | This Week in X

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Join Peter, Tyler, and Fariha in the six week of X of Swords, as they dig into the details of X of Swords: Stasis (2020) #1 to uncover every nuance of this halfway point to the crossover – including a review of all 10 Otherworld kingdoms, the 5 newly-introduced sword-bearers on Team Arrako, and the 8 tarot card readings for members of Team Krakoa.

The 10 Kingdoms of Otherworld:

  • Mad Jim Jaspers’ Crooked Market
  • Sevalith, the eternally dark vampire kingdom
  • Infuri, The Everforge – home of the Furies
  • Roma’s Floating Kingdom
  • Merlin’s Holy Republic of Fae
  • Hothive
  • Jamie Braddock’s Avalon
  • Mercator
  • Blightspoke
  •  Amenth (formerly Dryador)

Arrako’s 5 New Sword-Bearers

  • Redroot (and Summoner)
  • Pogg Ur-Pogg
  • Bei The Blood Moon
  • The White Sword of the Ivory Spire
  • Isca the Unbeaten

Saturnyne’s 8 Tarot Card Readings:

  • Betsy, Nine of Swords
  • Doug, Two of Cups
  • Brian, Knight of Pentacles
  • Magik, Page of Wands
  • Cable, The Fool
  • Wolverine, Strength
  • Storm, Death
  • Apocalypse, The Lovers

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Recapping X of Swords, Week 5: Excalibur #13 and X-Men #13 | This Week in X

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It’s the fifth week of X of Swords, and we’ve got a pair of issues by the events architects, Tini Howard and Jonathan Hickman.

Did Peter, Tyler, and Fariha enjoy Excalibur (2019) #13 and X-Men (2019) #13? In this episode we discuss sibling rivalry, the 180° Rule, unreliable narrators, survival of the fittest, if Apocalypse believes in life after love (we really don’t think he’s strong enough, no), and more!

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Recapping X of Swords, Week 4: Hellions #5, New Mutants #13, & Cable #5 | This Week in X

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Join Peter, Tyler, and Fariha as we dissect the fourth week of the 22-chapter X of Swords crossover in three issues – Hellions (2020) #5, New Mutants (2019) #13, and Cable (2020) #5.

In this episode we fawn over Sinister’s plumage, discuss Krakoa’s decadent phase, talk about violence as language, ponder if Cyclops & Jean are acting weirder than their normal Dawn of X selves, and more!

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Recapping X of Swords, Week 3: Wolverine #5, X-Force #13, & Marauders #13 | This Week in X

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Join the former HiX-Men Report as we dive into the third week of the 22-chapter X of Swords crossover in two stories across three issues, as Wolverine seeks the deadly Muramasa blade in Wolverine (2020) #5 and X-Force (2020) #13, while Storm returns to Wakanda as a sister, daughter, wife, diplomate, and thief in Marauders (2019) #13.

In this episode we discussed how comics leave representation to “alien” characters/cultures, how colors help to sell time changes, why Shuri is the better Panther sibling, Storm’s many identities, and more!

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