Marvel Reveals Another One of the X-Men Becomes a Symbiote Soldier
Another one of Marvel s mutants is now a symbiote soldier conscripted by Knull in
SWORDseries s second installment reveals that those weren t the only heroes to fall into Knull s clutches, and this character is bringing the battle to Krakoa s shores.
SPOILERS for
SWORD#2 by Al Ewing, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia, VC s Ariana Mahar, and Tom Mueller will follow.
Abigail Brand has resurrected SWORD, Earth s interstellar defense force, after growing frustrated with Alpha Flight, which replaced the original SWORD after its fall. Now funded by Krakoa and staffed by mutants, SWORD s headquarters, the Peak, remains in geosynchronous orbit with the island nation that supports it.
King In Black Casts A Shadow On…
….X-Men and Reign Of X As Cable MIA!
What Is Protocol V?
Here’s the dramatis personae and creators credits page to get you looped into this new team.
SWORD’s next mission is to find Cable by heading to Krakoa first.
The threat of Knull is real and his King in Black symbiote forces have overrun the globe.
Something called Protocol V will be employed by SWORD?!
On Krakoa, Fabian Cortez amps up Sunfire’s light powers to defeat the dark of Knull’s symbiote dragon as Magneto watches.
In the hatchery, where the Five are, these are the resurrection mutant team essentially, they…
Comic Book Reviews for This Week: 1/13/2021
Welcome to this week in comic book reviews! The staff have come together to read and review nearly everything that released today. It isn t totally comprehensive, but it includes just about everything from DC and Marvel with the important books from the likes of Image, Boom, IDW, Valiant, and more.
The review blurbs you ll find contained herein are typically supplemented in part by longform individual reviews for significant issues. This week that includes
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Also, in case you were curious, our ratings are simple: we give a whole number out of five; that s it! If you d like to check out our previous reviews, they are all available here.
Sunday, March 21
INCIDENT â At 9:42 a.m., Lompoc Police received a report of a warrant service in the 400 block of West Maple Avenue that resulted in an arrest.
INCIDENT â At 3:25 p.m., Lompoc Police received a report of a warrant service in the 1300 block of North H Street that resulted in an arrest.
INCIDENT â At 6 p.m., Lompoc Police received a report of a death investigation in the 400 block of West North Avenue.
Saturday, March 20
INCIDENT â At 8:27 p.m., Lompoc Police received a report of shots fired/heard in the 100 block of North L Street
INCIDENT â At 6:30 p.m., Lompoc Police received a report of shots fired/heard in the 400 block of East Airport Avenue.
Two women and a man from Santa Maria pleaded not guilty last week to fraud-related charges in which theyâre accused of using a California home to collect more than $390,000 in state medical benefits over more than a decade while living in Nevada.Â
Seferino Hernandez and Eden Bautista, both 59, and Thelma Pedroche, 62, appeared via Zoom before Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Patricia Kelly on Dec. 7 and entered their pleas to the charges, including presenting a false Medi-Cal claim and criminal conspiracy.
Additionally, Bautista and Pedroche each received an enhancement accusing them of stealing more than $100,000 in taxpayer-funded benefits.
Specifically, Hernandez, Bautista and Pedroche are accused of fraudulently collecting funds from January 2005 to December 2016 for the state s in-home support services program, which allows non-medical personal care for elderly and disabled individuals in their own homes, instead of long-term care facilities, according