X-Men: Die by the Sword is a five-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics in 2007. It was written by Chris Claremont, drawn by Juan Santacruz, and inked by Raul Fernandez. The story featured the teams New Excalibur and Exiles. Publication history The events of the mini-series take place following New Excalibur #24 (the last issue of that series) and between the issues of Exiles #99 and #100. Due to a minor delay in publishing New Excalibur #24 was actually released one week after X-Men: Die by the Sword #1. This mini-series served as a conclusion to both Exiles vol. 1 and New Excalibur, though Captain Britain and some of New Excalibur continue on in Captain Britain and MI: 13, part of the Secret Invasion crossover event. Exiles was later restarted as New Exiles. U.S. release dates Exiles #99: October 3, 2007 New Excalibur #24: October 17, 2007 Issue 1: October 10, 2007 Issue 2: October 24, 2007 Issue 3: November 14, 2007 Issue 4: December 5, 2007 Issue 5: December 12, 2007 Exiles #100: December 19, 2007 Plot Issue 1 "The Sword is Drawn" The story starts with all of the members of New Excalibur celebrating their recent defeat of Albion. Captain Britain answers the door and is surprised that it is his sister, Psylocke, because he believed her dead after she defeated the Shadow King. She tells him that she was part of the Exiles for a while, and she introduces her teammate, Thunderbird, to Captain Britain. Thunderbird wanders through the party, and when Nocturne sees him she jumps on him and gives him a kiss while expressing her surprise that he's alive. (This is because the last time she saw him he was lying in a bed apparently brain dead while she was pregnant with his child.) Psylocke explains to Captain Britain what the Exiles do, and he is slightly offended because protecting the multiverse is something that he, as the leader of the Captain Britain Corps, is in charge of, and he was angry that someone else had taken over the job. Most of the first issue focuses on James Jaspers. He is dealing with the fact that he had been killed by The Fury, a creature of his own creation, but somehow he is still alive. He is approached by Merlyn for a deal, but before the deal is explained their meeting is