The organization appears in several forms of media, such as The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) / Disney+ miniseries WandaVision.

was originally an offshoot of S.H.I.E.L.D., but relations between the two organizations have been strained since Nick Fury's departure as director of S.H.I.E.L.D.

is Special Agent Abigail Brand, and its primary command-and-control headquarters are aboard the orbital space station known as the Peak.

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.

psychics fail to detect Cassandra Nova in Emma Frost's shattered psyche.

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.

During the 2009 Chicago Comic Con, it was announced that Kieron Gillen will collaborate with Steven Sanders on a S.W.O.R.D.

to pass legislation to have all aliens currently living on Earth deported from the planet while Brand was distracted with another mission.

He manages to take several notable aliens into custody including Noh-Varr, Adam X, Beta Ray Bill, Jazinda, Karolina Dean, and Hepzibah.

[7] The debris from the station nearly destroys Rio de Janeiro, but is safely vaporized by Sunfire.

Written by Al Ewing and drawn by Valerio Schiti, the initial team consisted of Abigail Brand, Cable, Frenzy, Fabian Cortez, Magneto, Manifold and Wiz Kid.

(Sentient World Observation and Response Directorate) was restored when Abigail Brand resigned from Alpha Flight after the Alliance-Cotati conflict feeling that the space program wasn't properly utilized and when the mutant nation repowered the abandoned Peak space station.

was originally intended to be mentioned in the MCU film Thor via a deleted post-credits scene wherein Erik Selvig tells Jane Foster and Darcy Lewis to "cross reference... with the S.W.O.R.D.