Wolverine #6

X-Men: X of Swords #3

by Benjamin Percy, Adam Kubert (Cover Art), Viktor Bogdanovic (Artist)

X OF SWORDS PART 3. Descent. Penance. A legendary power reclaimed.

Genres: Comics, Marvel, X Men, Graphic Novels Comics, Comic Book

26 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 7, 2020

About the author

Benjamin Percy is the author of seven novels -- most recently The Sky Vault (William Morrow) -- three short fiction collections, and a book of essays, Thrill Me, that is widely taught in creative writing classrooms. He writes Wolverine, X-Force, and Ghost Rider for Marvel Comics. His fiction and nonfiction have been published in Esquire (where he is a contributing editor), GQ, Time, Men's Journal, Outside, the Wall Street Journal, Tin House, and the Paris Review. His honors include an NEA fellowship, the Whiting Writer's Award, the Plimpton Prize, two Pushcart Prizes, the iHeart Radio Award for Best Scripted Podcast, and inclusion in Best American Short Stories and Best American Comics.

Reviews

[Tanabrus · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dopo l'ottimo secondo numero di X of Swords, il terzo rallenta oltremodo il ritmo.

Abbiamo tre giorni di tempo prima del torneo (sembra quasi di essere in un manga, eh?) e Logan va a cercare la sua spada. Per trovarla deve prima trovare Muramasa, che però pare scomparso.
Inizia così una sorta di caccia a Muramasa, rapida e fumosa, che si conclude in maniera ancora più incomprensibile.

Nel frattempo facciamo la conoscenza con l'apparentemente potentissimo futuro avversario di Wolverine, Solem.
E, sorpresa!, pare che pure lui venga lanciato alla ricerca di Muramasa.
Sembra un personaggio interessante.

[heidi · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lot of words for a bit of plot but ok. I enjoyed the opening scene where Logan tells Krakoa straight to their* face that they're* not to be trusted and that he's on to them*. He's been trying to warn the mutants since how many issues back but they wouldn't listen, would they?

*I need to check what's the correct pronoun for a sentient island that is also a giant talking tree.

[RG · Rating 3 out of 5]

So far the weakest of the chapters

[James DeSantis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Part 3 of the sword event for X-Men and sadly the weakest part but still entertaning.

The start is fantastic with Wolverine talking to Krakoa and letting him know he'll never trust him again before swearing to protect this land because of the good it will do. So starts off great, we get to see the other champion that will face wolverine on the other side, and the set up for a big brawl for Wolverine next part. While not great, still solid. A 3.5 out of 5.

[Ian Sharman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Three chapters in and so far I've previously inked two out of the three artists who've worked on X Of Swords. C'mon, guys, let me play too!

But, seriously, this is fantastic. I'm running out of superlatives to describe X Of Swords and we're only three issues in. This issue introduces an intriguing new opponent for Logan, Solem. Solem seems part devil, part trickster god, and all deadly.

As I've mentioned before, Bogdanovic has form when it comes to amazingly good depictions of Hell, and he doesn't disappoint here.

Where's this all headed? Well, I'm going to crack open X-Force #13 and find out...

[Tiag⊗ the Mutant · Rating 3 out of 5]

That's it for Silver Samurai? Come on! We're talking swords here.

[Tym · Rating 4 out of 5]

The pieces are moving in unexpected ways and I’m enjoying it

[jess · Rating 3 out of 5]

if i had a dollar for every wolverine story involving japan i would be a billionaire

[Tom Wilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

X OF SWORDS Part 3

This didn't necessarily take the story forward, but good issue none-the-less.

[Etienne · Rating 5 out of 5]

4,5/5 Very intriguing, I'm curious to see where we go from here on!

[Papasmurfiiiviii · Rating 4 out of 5]

We're gettin' a sword bub [makes claw unsheathing noise]

In terms of story management, this is great. The issue not only advanced Wolverine's series and his story arcs, but also incorporated it well within the overall X of Swords story. Now I will acknowledge that the latter aspect is slower. That may cause quite a few people to not like this issue as much as the previous 2 entries in X of Swords or say that this issue is the weakest of today's releases.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's good, just not as good as the other X of Swords books so far. Wolverine is looking for his sword. His likely opponent, Solemn, is introduced. Sounds like Solem is looking for the same sword but possibly there are two different swords made by the same man. Solem seems chaotic neutral and interesting. I enjoyed his sass.

[Kumasama · Rating 3 out of 5]

*Score: 7/10*

While in sequence this is 6th volume of Wolverine 2020 series, but it seems its also part of another series so its to be honest very confusing structure. This seems not following the main threads from the first 5 volumes so not sure if they will merge later or not. I continue to like the art and writing, but hope things start to have better pacing.

[Hal Incandenza · Rating 4 out of 5]

Prima parte della ricerca di Logan della spada forgiata da Muramasa.
Un po’ di Giappone in salsa ninja, un po’ di Krakoa e un sacco di infografiche su Altromondo.
Devo dire che il Wolverine di Percy mi sta piacendo davvero tanto!

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good solid issue which moved the story forward without being brilliant. Was tempted to give it 4 stars just for the scene at the end but 3 is fair.

[Roman Colombo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read my review at Comic Years.

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wolverine is off to find the muramasa blade but so is solem his future opponent.

[Benjo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple pero nagwork naman. Wolverine plus japan, always fun.

[Cid]

Check out my X of Swords reading Vlog to see what I thought of this issue 🗡

Here: https://youtu.be/H43mxU0oaEs

[Mana · Rating 4 out of 5]

🤔 thought he would at least find his sword. But alas still a good read we got some background with some even more interesting questions.-