Fortune and Fate Clash as 'X of Swords' Begins

This week, the most crucial and climactic mutant crossover in years crossed the starting line with X OF SWORDS: CREATION #1. 

As Tarot cards turned, the oversized ish saw the armies of Krakoa and Arakko come face-to-face. Now, with battle imminent, each side pulls their blades over whetstones and prepares for the worst. And next week, X OF SWORDS Chapter 2 arrives with X-FACTOR #4, as the new team becomes engulfed by the conflict. 

Written by Leah Williams with art by Carlos Gomez, colors by Israel Silva, and letters by VC's Joe Caramagna, the new mag finds X-Factor attempting to handle problems both internal to the team—and existential to mutantkind's rightful place in the world. 

Look inside the next week's X-FACTOR here, then continue on for exclusive looks inside October 21's X-MEN #13 and EXCALIBUR #13...

Next month, X OF SWORDS writers Tini Howard and Jonathan Hickman present Chapters 9 and 10 of the ongoing epic.

First: EXCALIBUR #13. Opposition. Despair. The dark night of the soul.

Here's a flash of the story to come...

Then, the same week, Head of X Jonathan Hickman presents Chapter 10. 

X-MEN #13. Lessons. Longing. What has begun cannot be undone.

Here's another glimpse inside.

Pre-order EXCALIBUR #13 and X-MEN #13 with your local comic shop today, and read X-FACTOR #4 next week! 

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