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I have yet to see any other review even mentioning the analogues. It is a major homage that began years ago during the Claremont run. Any of the critics that do not take notice of this need to rethink their reviews. Epic failure!!!
THE SHI'AR IMPERIAL GUARD VS... THE LEGION?!
With Abigail Brand's attention divided between two S.W.O.R.D. stations, all ORCHIS needs is to pick their moment to strike. Meanwhile, the Shi'ar Empress Xandra is making her first formal visit to the Lake Hellas Diplomatic Ring... and stepping into the gunsights of the all-new LETHAL LEGION!
RATED T+
If you love fight comics, you will find S.W.O.R.D. #9 to be a delight. It features cool characters with cool powers, some entertaining violence, and some high stakes too. It all comes together in a tightly-written issue that can entertain anybody. Read Full Review
One of Marvel's most engaging series continues to entertain, especially now that its cast and concept has full come together. It continues to be a must-read every issue. Read Full Review
S.W.O.R.D. #9 kicks off a new story for the mutant space force that feels like its own. The comic's plot is pretty straightforward and weaves together elements from previous issues to build the plot. There's action, intrigue, a couple of big reveals, and the art looks good. However, it's held down by the overused trope of introducing new threats at the expense of more well-established characters, and readers' mileage will vary if they even know who the characters involved are. But this feels like the beginnings of a bigger storyline for S.W.O.R.D. to have for itself. Read Full Review
The ideas underneath have a lot of baggage to overcome, which can be done (like in the surprising Hyperion and the Imperial Guard book from the largely exhausting Heroes Reborn crossover), but it didn't happen here. If you love the X-Men or have enjoyed the Imperial Guard in the past, or like Gyrich's endless meddling, S.W.O.R.D. #9 might do the job for you. Read Full Review
Great character work elevates this otherwise low stakes issue. Read Full Review
It's hardly the most memorable issue of the series, but it is a good time for fans of inventive super-violence. Read Full Review
It feels like S.W.O.R.D. #9 is the bare minimum. It works on a surface level, but it feels like it was written according to a chapter in Comic Book Writing 101, and Ewing is just better than that. Camagnis art is excellent, which is a plus. Theres nothing wrong with this comic, but theres nothing special about it. Read Full Review
This series is really picking up. I was floored by that twist at the end, could not have been more surprised by the mole reveal!
Marvel’s analogies of the Legion of Superheroes pitted against the analogues of the Fatal Five? Yes, please.
Look, I'm just glad someone was brave enough to show the truth about those evil Canucks.
Ok. Enough to make me want to read next issue
The art is pretty good and there are some nice spicy lines in the dialogue. But all those bodies dropped in the big fight scene? I went straight to the Eight Deadly Words: I don't care what happens to these people.
(Also, way to give Brand new tattoos and then not let us see 'em! Frustrating!)
All the deaths felt cheap.
I'm sorry but I don't really see what's so great about this, it's decent but no more than that.
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