(W) Tini Howard (A) Marcus To, Wilton Santos (CA) Mahmud A. Asrar In the aftermath of X OF SWORDS, Excalibur must uncover the fate of Betsy Braddock! Can they discern the secret of the woman on the shore? And who is?Queen Elizabeth III?! As the Krakoan Council makes moves to protect the mutants remaining in the realm of Otherworld, an invisible threat is unleashed on the island - unseen, unheard and almost undetectable. Can the team hunt it down before the all-important Hellfire Gala kicks off? And how will Excalibur's actions at the Gala change Krakoan diplomacy forever? As an escort mission reveals deep political unrest among Saturnyne's Otherworld court, a brutal sacrifice will bear bitter fruit. And when doom returns to Avalon, Excalibur's sacred duties to Otherworld will be tested to their very limits. Are they heroes to be celebrated? Or witchbreed to be put to the stake? Collecting EXCALIBUR (2019) #16-26. RATED T+

(W) Alyssa Milano & Various (A/CA) Marcus To Writers: Alyssa Milano, Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing Artist: Marcus To Cover Artist: Marcus To Synopsis: Nate Graft and Edward Hiccox were the young, brilliant co-founders of the social networking company YourLife while secretly running .sve_urs3lf, a hacker collective enabling revolutions around the globe. It's been six months since Ed was killed by a drone on national television while fighting for freedom. It's been six months since Nate lost his company, his best friend, and his mission. Now in charge of the government organization VIGIL, the front line of America's ongoing cyber operations, Nate has started to pick up the pieces of his life when the government comes under attack from a new breed of hacker? working under the name .sve_urs3lf. Collects the complete limited series.

(W) Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly (A/CA) Marcus To Steal a spaceship and leave Earth behind. A simple plan made much more complicated by the fascist World Government Alliance that has put the planet on lockdown underneath an artificial sky. Still, that won't stop Uma Akkolyte, her best friend Dewydd, and their would-be-captor Catrin from embarking on a joyride unlike any other! Joyride is a gleeful mix of the thrill of exploration, the importance of friendship, and the fight against authoritarianism, with a cast of wild and gripping characters, human and alien alike! From writers Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly and artist Marcus To of the Eisner award-nominated Star Trek and Guardians of the Galaxy comes the definitive, complete collection of a truly unique and adventurous love letter to science-fiction! Collects Joyride #1-12.

(W) Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly (A/CA) Marcus To The crew of the Joyride survived their first foray to the stars and met the challenges the galaxy threw at them head-on, so it's only fair they enjoy a bit of relaxation and carefree living. But as Uma, Dewydd, and Catrin have come to learn, in space, nothing is as it seems. In fact, it's the secrets hidden in their own ship and among their fellow travelers that will send the crew down a path that brings them face-to-face with the very alien threat that the leaders on Earth ran from so long ago. Collects issues #5-8

(W) Shannon Eric Denton (A) Marcus To Race through an exciting and dangerous fantasy world on the back of a toad in this wildly original combination of Hunger Games and Amulet. Kayla is a peasant who cares little about the world outside her town or the wildly popular Kingdom Races. That is, until her best friend, Mal, finds herself in trouble and Kayla must enter as a rider to save her. But the prize for winning this series of races is more than Kayla could ever imagine. With control of the entire kingdom at stake, Kayla finds herself thrust into political intrigue and lurking danger. Readers follow Kayla as she adventures into the wider world while putting her own life on the line for her friends, both old and new. No one has ever even finished the Kingdom Races. Will Kayla be the first?

(W) Jackson Lanzing & Various (A) Marcus To (CA) Scott Newman What's to Love: With over 6.5 million copies of the Maze Runner series of books sold and a franchise-launching film that earned over $340 million worldwide, it's plain to see fans are in love with this sci-fi series about a group of young adults who are subjected to sinister experiments in the wake of a global catastrophe that kills most of the Earth's population. Readers got their first taste of Maze Runner comics at last year's San Diego Comic-Con panel and then in the film's Blu-ray release, and we've added three more stories that serve as an introduction to new characters from the upcoming second film, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials. What It Is: As anticipation for 20th Century Fox's Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials ramps up (out in September), gain more insight into the Maze Runner cinematic universe with this anthology collection of five short stories that go deeper into the lives of several key characters that feature prominently in the upcoming film, including Aris, Ava Paige, and Mary Cooper.

(W) Tini Howard, More (A) Marcus To, More The King in Black casts his shadow over the Reign of X! As the Council makes moves to protect the mutants in Otherworld, Excalibur must determine Betsy Braddock's true fate! The S.W.O.R.D. station is thrown into the deep end of a planetary crisis as Krakoa battles the forces of symbiote god Knull! While a cross-division S.W.O.R.D. team take on dragons from outer space, Abigail Brand prepares a deniable operation all her own. What is Protocol V - and can the Earth survive it? Meanwhile, Captain Kate Pryde and her crew of Marauders set sail to fight for the needy amid the global disaster Knull's invasion has caused! Collecting EXCALIBUR (2019) #18-19, S.W.O.R.D. (2020) #2-3 and KING IN BLACK: MARAUDERS. Rated T+

(W) Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing (A) Marcus To Captain Benjamin Sisko's quest to defeat the killer of gods is at an end, and the Prophets beckon him home to the Celestial Temple. He's earned his rest, but he no longer wants to retire into godhood. So when Starfleet requests his help to stop a familiar foe, the Tzenkethi Coalition, from launching their fleet across the Alpha Quadrant, Sisko and the Theseus' crew set out to once again save the galaxy. They team up with Operative Kingsnake (a.k.a. Harry Kim), but the Tzenkethi leader has surprising allies of his own: the Romulans! There's a reason this species of spiritually rich, lizard birds has twice defeated Starfleet in battle. They're xenophobic, ruthless, and innovative...and confronting them on their home turf, a planet thought to be an organism itself, is a death sentence. Collects issues #13-18.