Kieron Gillen talks 'S.W.O.R.D.'

Writer Kieron Gillen has spoken about Agent Abigail Brand and her central role in his new S.W.O.R.D. series.

The green-haired commander of the Sentient World Observation and Response Department first appeared in Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men #3.

"I love Brand," the Phonogram writer told Comic Book Resources. "We actually haven't gotten her whole history yet, and we don't really know what makes her operate the way that she does.

"That's part of the core of the series. The more the book goes on, the more you'll get to know Agent Brand, and you'll find out why she's so angry.

"Basically, at one point in her life something went wrong for Brand and she wants to make sure it never happens again."

S.W.O.R.D. is illustrated by Steven Sanders (The Five Fists of Science), and debuts this week with its first story arc, 'No Room to Breathe'.