The BIRTH of a new mutant nation! | X-Men: X of Swords

A tower. A mission. A gathering of armies. Swords will be drawn in the first epic crossover of the astonishing Dawn of X! Wolverine, the X-Men, Cable, X-Force, Excalibur, X-Factor, the New Mutants, the Marauders, the Hellions and the rest of Krakoa’s residents will all feel the effects - but which ten mutants will wield the blades? Weapons both new and familiar are drawn from their scabbards as the X-Men prepare to do mythic battle against a truly daunting foe! Jonathan Hickman and his fellow visionary creators - who have painstakingly put all the pieces into place during Dawn of X - join forces to smash the board! Never miss an episode by subscribing today! bit.ly/2WYvgkt #xofswords #xmen #dawnofx
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[@comicpop]

You can buy all of X of Swords on Amazon! amzn.to/3hWX6f3

[@Allean_Adkins]

Man😭. I was ready to buy a sword of Galador

[@cliffsharp1771]

Holy shit this is a long story... we're going to need those ten cases of sprite!

[@Dakonaton]

@@cliffsharp1771 It's a surprisingly quick read!

[@matttriano]

@@Dakonaton That's not a positive thing, it means there isn't enough story on each page

[@aaronpolite4281]

@@Allean_Adkins yyyy

[@Jaimethepanda]

Ethan and Ben: “Who’s Jim Jaspers?” Faintly in the distance: “Man let me tell you somethin’!”

[@7amaniR]

😂😂

[@JohnClark-tt2bl]

That would be an awesome crossover. Let Rob do a back issues as the explainer.

[@johnny2003]

This is an amazing comment.

[@abrashio]

Pure gold right there

[@kaotikguy]

If you know, you know. Lol

[@vaggelisbaousis1756]

"X of Swords" or "An Omnipotent Lady's Quest to Get Laid by a Buff Englishman"

[@dekaritheprofessor2631]

That's the Perfect Summary of X of Swords🔥🔥

[@christianblack4060]

I prefer your title over x of swords. Lol

[@Jaimethepanda]

A tale as old as time...

[@gettingartsywithalobster1949]

Honestly #goals

[@ducdantalion2317]

@@Popcultureguy3000 so to fuck Richard in a figurative sense... I'm beginning to see a pattern

[@logansmith2703]

"You tell me one avenger that uses a sword" Black Knight.

[@comicpop]

Look up.

[@nickrottkamp4933]

Also swordsman. but both of them were a little busy in empyre

[@TheShark110]

Blade

[@MrBromansa]

Hawkeye when he was Ronin, more Avengers should use swords.

[@mrpink99]

They had a member whose name was literally “The Swordsman”, what did you think his specialty was?

[@KingArthur39]

How Dawn of X started: "Yay, now us mutants can finally live at peace" How It's going: "We need magical swords to fight Demons from another universe, so that they can't destroy Earth"

[@jayrett]

"But then, when we get there, we will get rid of the swords and use them rarely, if ever."

[@matttriano]

It sounds like some Australian adventure shit from the late 80s when Claremont was running out of ideas

[@randalf5256]

So...it turned into a DnD campaing?

[@sethbennedetti753]

Examples of why i detest Hickman.

[@MrCeratix]

Tiff: The islands join together.. like in a weird sexual way... Ethan, who nods instantly: Right, I assumed that was where it was going... It's Krakoa

[@caca12349999999999]

I love that Ben is so into this long ass complicated crossover. All because Tiff did an outstanding job explaining everything needed to enjoy this story. Was waiting for this one and it did not disappoint. In 6-8 months when we get the HellFire Gala fuckery it's gonna be another wild ride!

[@caca12349999999999]

@@simonmacconmidhe9489 yes, and it will most likely take a good number of months before we get a Back Issues of it, that's my point.

[@JoshMunroe]

This is my first "same day" video in over a year... it took me that long to go through each Back Issues and comment on/like each one. It's been a fun journey to go through my favorite series on KZbin once again!

[@KingArthur39]

Do a ranking of every single episode lol

[@JoshMunroe]

@@armintamzarian8222 Oh geez, depends on what I'm in the mood for. There are early classic episodes I'd watch any time (Avengers Disassembled, House of M, Siege, Old Man Logan, All-Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder), episodes that surprised me with how funny I found them (Daredevil: Guardian Devil), the different hosting approach from Tiffany (Saga, Vol. 1, God Country, Marvel 1602). It's honestly too tough to pick, and I'll find a new "favorite" every time I go through the catalog again.

[@JoshMunroe]

@@KingArthur39 I love a good spreadsheet, but not that much, lol

[@JoshMunroe]

@@armintamzarian8222 Oh, and I definitely recommend the Halloween episodes as a great intro to the series with cool/classic stories covered (Long Halloween, Blackest Night, Wytches)

[@Selnate]

Gotta love that you think this event will be a shonen tournament arc and ends up being a Japanese game show.

[@Neuroticmancer]

Yes exactly

[@ocskope]

S-words is an underrated joke....

[@fredlucha]

Honeslty it's so simple that it took a minute to fully register what the joke was

[@kobetharp4420]

"So they cant loose." "Well yeah unless she switches sides at the last second." Looks at camera That was too good!

[@TARDISman85]

Genuinely surprised they got this under 3 hours

[@mr.goblin6039]

Tiffany did a monumental work in summarizing most of it. Really makes me want to reread the whole thing all over again. lol

[@Matthewlaing1395]

Ben may not have a weapon, but he'll be refreshed

[@cliffsharp1771]

Ben can just use the book as his weapon

[@dinosaurusmaximus8506]

Ben IS the weapon

[@andrewwestfall65]

White Sword: "The duel is a sacred act, using poison or cheating is disgraceful and I will not stand for it" Also White Sword: "In this 1 on 1 duel with me you must first kill my 100 men all at once"

[@andrewwestfall65]

Also, Grass Cutter is an ancient Japanese sword. It's called Grass Cutter because a single swipe will send out a slicing wind that can cut down a field of tall grass with one stroke.

[@mikhaelgribkov4117]

I mean, he did give free points.

[@lukeclaudius951]

Ethan and Ben's reaction to hearing how Ten of Swords ends (the arm wrestling in the tournament) is making me so happy.

[@Bradcliffe99]

Tiffany: Rob got the vapors Rob: MANNNNNNNNN LEMMME TELL YOU SOMETHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Sicod79]

This event ties all the way back into the Alan Davis Chris Claremont era, which is pretty great. Saturyne has had a long history of being tied romantically to Brian across realities. Apparently she does not realize that doing your best to mdk your proposed paramour's sister to clear the deck for him to take a role that leaves him by your side is not the smoothest maneuver.

[@mathewgalopoulos2669]

Tiffany explaining the X-books is always a treat

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Rule with wife. Life good. Wife fight back! LEAVE WIFE! Wife gone. Think about wife. R E G R E T

[@Peecamarke]

?

[@mikhaelgribkov4117]

@@Peecamarke Apocalypse arc.

[@BigT4489]

I'm so happy Tiffany was the one to shepard the guys through this one, she did it flawlessly. I just read the story myself a few days ago, so this was great timing. Hope we see her cover more of the X stuff going forward, she did great

[@Xelveki]

I really enjoyed Tiffany's 'I made this' meme face.

[@chikidchris]

A feature film length back issues covering a dope story, today's a good day. Great job guys, loved the episode.

[@akongsupern00b1]

Nice call predicting Excalibur (aka Apocalypse and What He Doin) would tie into this! Being previously introduced to Saturnyne and the Braddocks’ status quo coming into this and how Avalon tied into everything really helped and would’ve been a lot to unpack in an already jam-packed episode. Going back to read X of Swords, I probably would’ve glossed over that part entirely. Can’t wait til I have time to go back and read through everything myself.

[@mattmurray6104]

😂😂😂😂 @ s-words!! "I have 10 cases of sprite in the car"😂😂😂😂 you all kick ass but today was Ben's day to shine off the hop.

[@johnny2003]

Isca the goddamn “changes teams in Madden right before they’re about to lose”

[@archivegaming3014]

My whole madden career exposed

[@catlawyerwilldefendfortrea6038]

I kinda wish the first half of the event was called 'Road to X of swords' or something like that. Rather than burning out by the middle, I would've been able to compartmentalize the comic budget

[@TheClitCommander530]

I didn't watch this episode when it first dropped because I was still busy getting caught up on all the DoX books, but I finally read X of Swords and I gotta say that I really enjoyed it, as did I enjoy this episode. Thanks to Tiffany and Sal for making me want to get into this new age of X books.

[@Grievousish]

ComicPOP: The Movie 2! More Comic, More POP, All heart!

[@nickrottkamp4933]

Loved this so much when it came out. So glad they guys enjoyed how fun and bonkers the matchups were. This will definitely be an episode i rewatch in the future.

[@linknlog]

It can’t be overstated just how great the art is for this event (especially the actual X of Swords titles).

[@chad8767]

I agree, every artist punched their art up an extra notch for this book, it looks just amazing!

[@SkylightCiel]

This event went all over the place and somehow ended up SO damn FUN!

[@UncleBlerd]

Happy Birthday Sal

[@lautaromedina9056]

Well this has definitely cemented tiffany as the resident X-pert

[@redsteel1151]

We knew apocalypse is strong in ability, but now we know he is also strong in character

[@-libertyprimev1-902]

(Around 2:08:22) Always love how Cyclops' Sword on that Promotional Art was just a Straight Up Lightsaber, like they called up Disney and Star Wars saying "So we cool right, we all owned by the same Company and even produced Star Wars Comic back in the day... S-so we can just give Cyclops a Lightsaber?"

[@eliteninja23]

Dude, i adore all of this Hickman X-men stuff

[@thegreyinitiate3680]

Not even a second in and i already liked. This is gonna be one hell of a ride 😂

[@Joe-jj3fg]

Was rewatching your HoxPox and Excalibur back issues episodes and was waiting for this one!

[@idaadler1392]

Really great episode, I already know it's going to be one of my favourites! It was really nice seeing Tiffany having such a blast telling this story, and Ben and Ethan enjoying it too.

[@DCReviews4]

OHHOHOHOHOHO this is going to be good!

[@Venthris]

33:05 I just wanted to say the Grasscutter sword is also a real sword, like Muramasa blades. It can control the winds. Not sure if that's mentioned in the rest of the episode.

[@tromusic7815]

And we back w another Tiff hosted episode, let’s goooo

[@gageboan3961]

Another 2 hour Tiffany back issues!?!? What is it, my birthday? 🤪

[@punkxblaze]

Oh shit, a two hour x-event back issues. I love these, I've gone back to the HoX and PoX episode so many times over the last year just to try and absorb all the information.

[@gregsanders61]

Let's see what the X-Men are up to today in their whacky adventures!

[@BalmierLotus]

Tiff as host = click and like..... although Sal as host also = click and like

[@WestyWJ]

Just watched back issues for house and powers of x yesterday perfect timing

[@Insane-Howl-Cowl]

Great episode! I feel emotionally drained after but in a good way. Almost like watching a Greek Trajedy.

[@aeeolus]

I love the long form X-men back issues, Tiffany does such an excellent job leading Back Issue episodes.

[@spheremode3271]

S words? Smile, sister, sadistic, surprise...

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

SNOOP DOG (Snoop Dog)

[@02ninjaman]

1:35:20 Cable: mom can you come pick me up, the other team is being mean to me.

[@bergerchicken]

I was hoping one of the swords would be a lightsaber. Missed opportunity.

[@Depthcharge2030]

Really digging the Hickman X-men coverage getting prime real estate run times

[@Javierm0n0]

This is a crazy run. I hope my mom likes Hox&Pox cuz she'd love this.

[@kyronlewis6975]

Your mom reads comics ? That’s cool asf.

[@chrismuskett6867]

Episodes like this are the reason I’ve stayed subscribed for over five years. Outstanding stuff.

[@dakotaroot_8816]

Still patiently waiting for Mystique to burn down Krakoa, I'm so excited for that! Magneto and Xavier are too untrustworthy at this point imo

[@langleymneely]

The BEST living island erotic fan fiction EVER!!! KRAKOA KNOWS WHAT KRAKOA WANTS!!! "The other island thrust its bountiful fjords into my valleys and inlets! I suddenly felt the sensual lips of my volcanoes erupt with hot PASSIONATE LAVA!! The unmistakable stench of geographic love making creating a pungent, acrid scent known only to us and those that knew of our need to make the BEAST with MANY geographical backs!" lmao 😜 Gives me the VAPORS!!!

[@matttriano]

That's all very amusing but is it literally one island climbing on top of another to have sex? Because that's fucking dumb. No spores? No underground or underwater entanglements? No panspermic conveyences carried by animals or clouds?

[@mcmastersbp]

The Sword of Galador? I never would have expected a Rom: Spaceknight reference in a 2020s X-Men book :)

[@TheInfoYouNeed]

I know its bad, but I read some of this and decided to wait for Tiffany to explain it, its much more enjoyable that way

[@matttriano]

This is fucking depressing to read. What was so bad about it? Aimless? Nonsensical?

[@725TommyG]

Love the Hickman x-men episodes

[@chuckjamm]

The Kool-Aide guy is there!! LOL!!

[@galvatron3323]

This is gonna take a couple of good listenings too :-)

[@darktheg.o.d5541]

Yay been waiting for this since X of swords ended

[@thetizic]

Look, I'm not saying I love these videos filling the void of X-Men movies in my heart, but I've already watched this 4 times.

[@knucklehead5487]

I hated this cross over when it was coming out. I was so lost I ended up dropping the lot from my pull list. Hearing y'all tell this story was excellent. I actually understood it. Lol. Well done guys.

[@robertobaynes4295]

Storm drops the beat Akka akka akka Wolverine: “my names Wolverine and I’m here to say the x men boys and girls don’t fucking play”

[@Jokezz101]

Been really looking forward to this one!!

[@JasonLopezII]

"I have like 10 cases of Sprite in the car"

[@GODemon13]

"I have a whole case of Sprite out in the car." Do you have some Seagram's Seven to go with that? S Words!

[@matthewlane2380]

I can’t believe I watched this enjoyed it then rewind it and watch it again god I love this channel

[@just4commentsable]

This is great. Idk what else to say. Simply great.

[@conradlecroy5821]

54:32 Ben: You tell me one Avenger who has a sword! Swordsman: Am I a joke to you?

[@conradlecroy5821]

@@davidmernick7360 yeah

[@captaincomics3626]

I love the unity mind of swords

[@juk3boxh3r0]

I read the first 7 or so issues and was kinda confused. I’m glad you went in depth with it! I should have stayed on with it lol

[@jamesc2889]

Tiff hosting xmen is peak :)

[@antdujar]

The insanity pleasantly delivered by Comic Pop.

[@greatstoneplanet]

Kudos to Tiffany for the really entertaining way she covered this massive event! I have to admit that I did not enjoy X of Swords and the problem I had with it was that while so many crazy things happened, but I didn't care about why they happened or the point of it. Much of the story didn't make sense and were apprarently done to cheekily subvert my expectations in a way that I didn't find satisfying. Finally, so many of the characters who show up don't act like themselves, but instead act the way that needed to advance to the next big thing that happens. This event is far better in summary than issue to issue where plot and little details matter.

[@morlath4767]

Totally agree with you. I love Tiffany's presentation of the story, but I hate the story itself. The constant stacking of the deck against the X-group just got to the point where I had no interest in what was happening.

[@kazen16]

"beyblade" lol

[@catlawyerwilldefendfortrea6038]

I love that Ben has the He-man sword

[@Kitsunekun2]

Kusanagi no Tsurugi is a famous blade from Japanese Mythology, it's name means grass cutter.

[@moeman813]

Wooooooo just in time for the work day

[@ericemanwu]

Not going to lie. This was probably my favorite back issues in months.

[@Chactemal]

38:50 that vintage comicpop reference though!

[@CrackemReacts]

2 hours of content - let me get my snacks

[@Hardy34]

HELL YEA, 2 HR EPISODE!!!

[@seanthatsit1089]

You can read this on Marvel Unlimited. There is a X of Swords Reading list. And also reading lists for each period of the X books like House and Powers, Dawn, and Reign of X which is what’s going on now.

[@majorsmind]

One of my favorite moments of all back issues time, "S Words"

[@gamemasterbob9]

Very excited for this episode. There is some awesome stuff in this book

[@colegerlach6721]

It took me a week to watch it, but I made it through the episode! One of the best! I loved this story and Tiffany did a great job of telling it!

[@thaddeuswolfeiii8523]

I do like how Hickmans like to hell with it let's get weird and tell a big ass long form story tying in my retcons and using tarot cards as a narrative device. I really like what he's doing with the xmen and am super eager to see how it end in a typical cult fashion. Also I love how summoner looks similar to the familiar in Black Monday Murders

[@DMorfin11]

I need the Snyder cut version of this episode ! 4 hours!

[@mylesgaddy8867]

Halfway through, Ben shifts into Martian Manhunter for no reason.

[@moonknight3286]

Excited. I've been anxious to see this ever since you said you were waiting on the trade release. Re-read the hardcover during some recent jury duty in anticipation of this episode.

[@serPomiz]

this event had 2 big objective, in regards to Apocalypse: end the cycle started with fantomex cloning him and the whole thing that forcing survival of the fittest on people wasn't good, with the relative being removed long range from the supervillain scene, and removing him for the events that would hit the mutant later, and it was done masterfully, IMO

[@sunnyhoarder7424]

I don’t care for X of Swords at all, but I like ComicPop’s review of it.

[@NerdGasims]

When dad goes out for a pack of smokes and comes back centuries later

[@BLKFIR3]

I love these 2 hour vids! 👍

[@-libertyprimev1-902]

(Around 1:52:52) This was simply the Endgame Moment for X Of Swords, and I Wish some company would come in and do Just This Arc as an Animated Movie just to see this Bada** Scene playing out... Doesn't matter if you're skipping a ton of other Arcs and Story s**t, let's just Start Strong and assume you were already reading the series, then if they really want to and it sells well that's giving them a reason to do the rest of it over time until eventually the entire Saga is Animated... Just imagine.

[@dannydoo8717]

I've been waiting for this one

[@valterurrea9774]

Its always a pleasure watch xmen with you guys :)

[@diegoyerse593]

Great show as always! loving these longer episodes centered around Hickman's Xmen. Cant wait to read the Hellfire Gala and watch your recap a few months after. Excellente!