S.W.O.R.D. and GotG: Last Annihilation

[Master of Sound]

S.W.O.R.D. and Guardians of the GALAXY will be crossing over to The Last Annihilation in July.

Not really strange as both books have the same writer, it was about to happen.

It is not clear how big this will be, just one story crossing over in 1 issue of each, or more and if more titles or one-shots will be included.

I like both series, so I am hyped. Cannot wait for a bitch-talk between Moondragon and Agent Brand.

2021 is the 15th anniversary of the original Annihilation event, but is also the 30th anniversary of Darkhawk. Those who did read it, know that on the final page of Darkhawk: Heart of the Hawk it was teased more would be coming for the character this year - so perhaps 'The Last Annihilation' is where this is all heading for Darkhawk as well.

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marv...sover-in-july/

[Master of Sound]

From Newsarama:

"Guardians and SWORD have been building their own unique gravity for a while now, and in space, when two objects have gravity, there's a pretty good chance they'll crash into each other - or get sucked into the orbit of something even bigger," Al Ewing, writer of both Guardians of the Galaxy and SWORD, says in the announcement.

"Marvel Space these days is a fragile coalition of worlds that chose peace over war, a little bubble of hope in a cruel void - but there's an enemy nobody ever suspected readying an attack that'll either cement all those frail alliances or tear them to pieces."

[Fokken]

And for a related Hellfire Gala Spoiler: spoilers:

Doom is definitely invited, per Gerry Duggan's interview on Off Panel

end of spoilers

Man I cannot wait for the Gala. It should be all kinds of crazy fun.

[Factor]

I love Ewing's Guardians, but SWORD can't get 2 issues without a crossover
I wish they had given the book more time to establish itself.
Schiti did the right thing by leaving.

[Nasty_Boys]

I love Ewing's Guardians, but SWORD can't get 2 issues without a crossover
I wish they had given the book more time to establish itself.
Schiti did the right thing by leaving.

Was coming to post this. Seems like all this book is doing is being involved with crossovers/other events.

[Journey]

This is the one crossover that makes sense I mean Ewing was setting this up in Empyre before Sword was even announced it's self-contained I'm here for it!

[sbp1972]

Was coming to post this. Seems like all this book is doing is being involved with crossovers/other events.

Yeah, agreed. 7 issues in, 5 are tied to another book/storyline:2-4 King in Black, 6 Hellfire Gala, 7 (at least) Annihilation. I'd like to be able to read a book without being beholden to outside storylines. (And yeah, I know you could argue "Reign of X" could be construed as an outside story, but that's more of a them than an outright storyline.)

[Master of Sound]

I love Ewing's Guardians, but SWORD can't get 2 issues without a crossover
I wish they had given the book more time to establish itself.
Schiti did the right thing by leaving.

Both events are kind of their cup-of-tea; Cosmic related issues.
I do not think it harms the series at all. They are showing the purpose of SWORD and honestly, it does not feel like the KiB issues were stepped away from developing the SWORD series at all.

[Rnap22]

Both events are kind of their cup-of-tea; Cosmic related issues.
I do not think it harms the series at all. They are showing the purpose of SWORD and honestly, it does not feel like the KiB issues were stepped away from developing the SWORD series at all.

Agreed. This is their job, to deal with extraterrestrial stuff. I’m all for it. The Hellfire Gala is a self contained story from their perspective of the event, so I’m sure it will be more building of the characters and overall theme. SWORD did come out of the end of Empyre so it seems right to crossover with GoG since Hulkling is in that title. That future bit at the end of Empyre needs to get wrapped up.

[Exodus]

I love Ewing's Guardians, but SWORD can't get 2 issues without a crossover
I wish they had given the book more time to establish itself.
Schiti did the right thing by leaving.

the book is way too good for this crossover bullsh*t. Honestly, that's annoying...give the book some time to get established...

[Fokken]

There is a whole lot of odd word selection in this thread.
The SWORD book written by Ewing is not being forced into a cosmic-expansive story that is ALSO WRITTEN BY EWING. Sounds intentional and strategic and ripe for dramatic exploration.
Nor is Schiti "smart for leaving" the book. Its not as if Schiti said "I tire of having to draw non-X-characters." and stormed out of his non-existent cubicle.