S.W.O.R.D #7 continues to expand on mutantkind's interests well beyond earth and Krakoa itself as Ewing takes us deeper in to the action of The Last Annihilation while dabbling in some superb character interaction and political maneuvering from several of its main characters. The art on this book continues to be nothing short of incredible as Caselli, Fer Sufuentes-Sujo and Maher combine like a mutant circuit and elevate Ewing's already superb writing to the next level! Read Full Review

Don't be fooled by the crossover chyron on the cover. Al Ewing's pen game is strong enough that this still holds up as its own book while still satisfying editorial mandates. All in all, it's a fun action romp that also continues to reiterate Storm being an absolute savage as much on the political landscape as she is on the battlefield. Read Full Review

The overall "The Last Annihilation" story is, thus far, pretty simple "bad guy attacks" material at the moment. Still, Ewing, Caselli, and company take what's simple, at least on the surface, and make it worthwhile by executing exceedingly well. Read Full Review

Ewing's cosmic epic continues to come together while also telling its part of the grand Krakoan X-Men epic. This is simply a great book, even with a new art team. Read Full Review

Some great character work easily carries an otherwise jumbled issue that's got to deal with another random crossover. Read Full Review

S.W.O.R.D. #7 advances the plot of The Last Annihilation while finishing off some business from the Hellfire Gala. It pays off to several storylines and moments Al Ewing established in Empyre and previous S.W.O.R.D. issues. The art change is very noticeable, and while Stefano Caselli is good, the art's not as captivating as before. The main draw here is the invasion of Throneworld and the dinner between Dr. Doom and Storm in particular. The character interaction between the two is nice and well-written, but no significant development occurs that no one couldn't guess would happen. But the two get to show off their more regal sides. Read Full Review

Overall this was an interesting issue. It had some great moments with Storm but it was a little harder to follow if you are not reading the Last Annihilation event. Read Full Review

S.W.O.R.D. #7 is a bit of a double-edged sword in that it's an entertaining book that is also super annoying. This book deserves to be able to do its own thing, and it's never got to. Ewing is a good sci-fi writer, but he has a whole lot of great characters that he's doing nothing with, and that's a travesty. Caselli's art is excellent, which definitely helps. One day, this book won't be bogged down by crossovers and get a chance to be special. Read Full Review

This is great. That's all. I loved how much Abigail Brand plays everyone. I always love Machiavellian characters, though. Or as others would call them, "skanks."(?)

I definitely liked it, it made me an interesting number, the battles not bad, but not wow either.

THis is your quissential X-men book!

Touching political issues in a comic is difficult, you must find the middle ground so that there is a logic, but that it is not boring for the reader, it is not the great wonder but I think it was decent. Without doubting the star that is coming out is Doom, he already had a very meaningful conversation with Captain America, now he plays with Storm.

That Doom/Storm dialogue was top-shelf stuff.

A bit of political intrigue here. A lot of the Krakoan people really want to get alliances with the Kree/Skrull Empire. This time to the point of completely isolating friends from one another. I mean hate Gyrich too but going so far as to not notify the Avengers just to secure a foothold? But I guess sharing is a hard thing to do when the people like Dr. Doom are always around the corner to try and steal glory for their own ends.

The Last Annihilation swings into full gear and Brand commits SWORD to rescuing Emperor Hulkling (for ominously pragmatic reasons). And Doom and Storm sass each other a bit about Mysterium. It's still brilliantly written. Stefano Caselli is the equal of previous artist Valerio Schiti, but the transition is just a bit jarring. And there's a focus problem: This is more an issue of "The Last Annihilation" than it is an issue of SWORD. That's OK, I'm starting to enjoy the event. But I was enjoying SWORD more when I was reading #6, and this title's already been hard-hit with crossovers.

Storm and Doom were the best, a well thought out dialogue, just great.

Abigail Brand, you little skank, that's the lowest of the lows. I guess we can all agree mutants are full villains now. Not just with Brands' actions and the terraforming of Mars, Storm acted pretty bitchy with Doom too, even though Doom was pretty reasonable, at least as reasonable as he can be. When you're douchier than Doom you quite fall into the villain category. I liked the dialogue bits but the whole war in itself is pretty boring. For all of Ewing's carefully constructed space politics, it's just very dull.

SWORD just keeps getting brought down by events. Still Ewing makes it as entertaining as possible.

Doom and Storm is honestly the main draw for this issue. It was cool to see, but unfortunately not particularly eventful. Hopefully future books change my opinion. Brand seems to be getting more fleshed out tho

This is a decent book, but it’s issue 7 and this is the 3rd event it has covered (King in Black and Hellfire Gala we’re the other two). Will this series ever just be a story unto itself?