S.W.O.R.D. #4

Dates

Cover date

May 2021

On sale

March 17, 2021

In stores

March 17, 2021

Pages

32

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #4 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Original edition

  Barcode 75960609951100411

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• Matteo Scalera Cover

  Barcode 75960609951100421

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  Variant CoverMetron

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Story arc: King in Black

This is part 51 of 62. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Symbiote Spider-Man: King In Black #1
2. Atlantis Attacks #5
3. King in Black #1
4. The Union #1
5. King in Black: Namor #1
6. Venom #31
7. Black Cat #1
8. King In Black: Immortal Hulk #1
9. Symbiote Spider-Man: King In Black #2
10. King in Black #2
11. Spider-Woman #7
12. King in Black: Iron Man / Doom #1
13. King in Black: Namor #2
14. Guardians of the Galaxy #10
15. King in Black: Return of the Valkyries #1
16. Spider-Woman #8
17. Symbiote Spider-Man: King In Black #3
18. Venom #32
19. King in Black: Gwenom vs. Carnage #1
20. King in Black: Planet of the Symbiotes #1
21. King in Black: Thunderbolts #1
22. The Union #2
23. Black Cat #2
24. King in Black #3
25. Daredevil #26
26. Deadpool #10
27. King in Black: Namor #3
28. Savage Avengers #17
29. King in Black: Black Knight #1
30. King in Black: Gwenom vs. Carnage #2
31. King In Black: Marauders #1
32. King in Black: Return of the Valkyries #2
33. Venom #33
34. Daredevil #27
35. Fantastic Four #29
36. King in Black: Black Panther #1
37. King in Black: Thunderbolts #2
38. S.W.O.R.D. #3
39. King in Black #4
40. King in Black: Planet of the Symbiotes #2
41. Miles Morales: Spider-Man #23
42. Savage Avengers #18
43. Black Cat #3
44. King in Black: Namor #4
45. King in Black: Return of the Valkyries #3
46. Symbiote Spider-Man: King In Black #4
47. King in Black: Captain America #1
48. King in Black: Gwenom vs. Carnage #3
49. King in Black: Wiccan and Hulkling #1
50. King in Black: Spider-Man #1
51. S.W.O.R.D. #4
52. King in Black: Scream #1
53. Savage Avengers #19
54. King in Black: Ghost Rider #1
55. King in Black: Return of the Valkyries #4
56. Symbiote Spider-Man: King In Black #5
57. King in Black #5
58. King in Black: Planet of the Symbiotes #3
59. Venom #34
60. Fantastic Four #30
61. King in Black: Namor #5
62. Avengers #45

Creators

Stories

• The Krakoan Sun · 20 pages
• The Quiet Council of Krakoa · 1 pages

  Request from Magneto for a meeting of the Council.

• Deep Secret. Eyes Only. Do Not Unredact. · 1 pages

Publisher’s description

KRAKOA, WE HAVE A PROBLEM! The mutants are dying. Their island is dying. Earth itself is dying. All hope for humanity as a species lies in Protocol V. Protocol V isn’t going to work.

Characters

Reprinted in

S.W.O.R.D. by Al Ewing (2021), Reign of X (2021), King in Black Omnibus (2022), X-Men by Al Ewing Omnibus (2025), X-Men: Age of Krakoa - Reign of X Omnibus (2026)