S.W.O.R.D. over in five

Straight from the blog of Kieron Gillen himself, Marvel has officially canceled S.W.O.R.D. after 5 issues. I am, of course, saddened by this news, as I was enjoying the title very much. This news is made worse by the timing, basically cutting off the series before it even has a chance to get going. Perhaps there wasn't enough Wolverine in the series...


It is a shame, as there aren't enough really unique comics like this one out there (at least not at the Big Two) I hope in the future, Marvel can at least bring these characters back for another round, be it mini-series or some other format.

News Bits

Iron Man 2:

Concept art of War Machine from Iron Man 2! So cool!

Confirmed on Kieron Gillen's own blog, he will be writing a S.W.O.R.D. ongoing for Marvel Comics, starring both Agent Brand and Beast. I thought this was a cool concept when it was established by Joss Whedon during his awesome run on Astonishing X-men. I also want to see more interaction between Brand and Beast. Should be pretty sweet, and being "the boundary between the two great spheres of the Marvel Universe," as Gillen puts it, maybe we'll get to see some special guest stars...(*cough* *cough* Beta Ray Bill *cough*) Fingers crossed!