Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 3 by Joss Whedon

Brand, encased in one of the suits, manages to make her way into one of the Skrull ships. Many agents die in the initial explosion, though others survive due to hostile-environment suits. as their undercover agent.ĭuring the 2008 ' Secret Invasion' storyline, S.W.O.R.D.'s headquarters called the Peak is destroyed by a Skrull infiltrator posing as S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Dum Dum Dugan. Near the end Agent Brand informs Kitty that Lockheed is working for S.W.O.R.D. troops converged upon a place called 'the Palace of the Corpse'. Hisako and Wolverine landed with the impact burning Wolverine's skin.Īnother team composed of Lockheed, Sydren, and S.W.O.R.D.

Kitty and Colossus phased through the pod to the planet's surface, where they landed unharmed. Wolverine's spacecraft disintegrated in mid-air and they were forced to abandon ship. After creating a diversion, the X-Men and Agent Brand landed on the planet, where Agent Deems was being tortured in prison.īrand, Cyclops, Emma Frost, and Beast landed together, while Wolverine, Hisako, Colossus, and Kitty Pryde landed elsewhere. Before they reached Breakworld, they were attacked by enemy vessels. Though emotionally wounded, Emma recovered fast enough to be present for the team's departure to the Breakworld, where they planned to disable a missile aimed at Earth. psychics fail to detect Cassandra Nova in Emma Frost's shattered psyche. The Astonishing X-Men, as well as Hisako Ichiki, Ord of the Breakworld, and Danger, are taken to deep space by S.W.O.R.D. 3, #17, the identity of this undercover operative was revealed to be Lockheed. had an undercover operative in the X-Mansion.

Its primary command-and-control headquarters are aboard the orbital space station known as the Peak. was originally an offshoot of S.H.I.E.L.D., but since the departure of Nick Fury as director of S.H.I.E.L.D., relations between the two organizations have become strained. 3 #6 and was created by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday. was first introduced in Astonishing X-Men vol. The organization appears in several forms of media, such as The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) miniseries WandaVision on Disney+. Its purpose is to deal with extraterrestrial threats to world security and is the space-based counterpart of S.H.I.E.L.D., which deals with local threats to the world. ( Sentient World Observation and Response Department) is a fictional counterterrorism and intelligence agency appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 3 by Joss Whedon