Spoiler warning for X-Force and X of Swords!
The stakes for the X-Force #14, Saturnyne reveals her backup plan: take an unstoppable killing machine that once defeated the Avengers, then use it to kill the X-Men.
X-Force #14 comes from writers Benjamin Percy and Gerry Duggan with artist Joshua Cassara. The issue is a chapter of across Otherworld's various realms, from the cutthroat Crooked Market to the cursed vampire haunt Sevalith.
But the most dangerous known realm Saturnyne rules is Infuri, the Everforge. Controlled by a creature named Forgemaster Federal Fury 005, Infuri is an entire world populated by different copies of Fury, a villain that once terrorized Excalibur. Fury is an adaptive artificial lifeform created by an insane reality-warper named Mad Jim Jaspers. It was intended to destroy all the Earth's superhumans, and in several timelines, the Fury succeeded. In 2009's comic book series Marvel Heroes, the Fury arrived in the United Kingdom's version of the Marvel Universe, Earth-9411, and slaughtered every superhero it met, from Spider-Man to the Avengers. It was impossible to defeat head-on; the only course of action Captain Britain had was to use the Ultimate Nullifier to destroy the timeline and revert Earth-9411 to a point before the Fury ever happened across it.
In the preview of X-Force #14, Brian Braddock, ex-Captain Britain and current Captain Avalon, mourns his sister Betsy. She immediately exploded and died. Since Braddock's steadfastly refused to become Captain Britain again—a title that would mean he works directly for Saturnyne—the white witch is bringing her ultimatum: put the Union Jack tights back on or else the Furies will make him do it. Here are those preview pages, plus a cover by Juan Ferrerya and Dustin Weaver:
Saturnyne already showed that she has near-godlike powers Rogue and Gambit Captain Britains after all.
X-Force #14 will be on sale November 18th, 2020, available at local comics shops, Marvel Studios, and Comixology.
