Crushing Comics Podcast, Episode 0052: This Week in X, 21 April 2021, pt. 2 - SWORD #5 & X-Force #19

It's This Week in X for 21 April, 2021! Join Peter, Fariha, Tyler, & Harry as we discuss SWORD (2021) #5 and X-Force (2020) #19 - for Way of X #1, check out our previous episode. For SWORD #5, we discuss the issues theme of "murder" and how that plays out across two interwoven plots. We cover the rainbow of data that opened the issue, body language, sartorial choices, the power in a name, suffering competition, the meaning of humanity, beating the odds by changing the game, and more! X-Force #19 split our opinions as we discussed muppet faces, Jean-splaining, the Astral Plane vs. The Dreamscape, long-form storytelling, and more. Spoiler warning - we discuss everything about X-Men up to and including comics from this week, as well as other current events in the Marvel Universe.