WITNESS THE LAST STAND OF EARTH’S GREATEST CHAMPION IN “LONG LIVE THE KING”! They’re here! The Torment – a world-devouring race older than history itself — has arrived on Earth & now all that stands between our existence & complete annihilation is Aric of Dacia heir to the Visigoth throne & wielder of the X-O Manowar armor! But as the Torment unleash a wrath unlike anything the galaxy has seen even Earth’s most powerful protector will find himself hopelessly outmatched With humanity standing on the brink of extinction X-O Manowar must turn to his greatest adversary for help – the savage Commander Trill! New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR) & acclaimed artists Joe Bennett (52) & Roberto De La Torre (Daredevil) make history across the cosmos as Valiant’s flagship series marches toward a planet-shaking finale! Collecting X-O MANOWAR 47–50 ...

New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH Green Lantern) & Valiant-exclusive sensations Pere Perez (ARCHER & ARMSTRONG) & Clayton Henry (HARBINGER WARS) lead off a centuries-spanning look at X-O Manowar’s past present… & future! From the outcome of a bloodstained battle on the frontier of the Roman Empire that continues to be felt to this day to the last days of Aric of Dacia & the future of the X-O Manowar armor all the way to the year 4001 AD! Then The life & times of the unstoppable X-O Manowar loom large as a massive cast of rising stars & superstar talents – including Amy Chu (Poison Ivy Cycle of Life & Death) Adam Gorham (DEAD DROP) Jody Houser (FAITH) Mike Mc Kone (Teen Titans) & more – come together for tales of Valiant’s most powerful hero…and his allies & foes alike! Collecting X-O MANOWAR 2016 ANNUAL 1 BOOK OF DEATH THE FALL OF X-O MANOWAR 1 & 4001 AD X-O MANOWAR 1 Meet the Author Robert Venditti is the New York Times best-selling author of The Homeland Directive & the sci-fi graphic novel series The Surrogates the first installment of which was adapted into a feature film starring Bruce Willis & Ving Rhames His most recent projects are GREEN LANTERN GREEN LANTERN CORPS DEMON KNIGHTS & Valiant&s X-O Manowar ...

From soldier to general to emperor…to outcast! Aric of Dacia’s bone-crushing climb to the throne of an alien world earned him scores of allies…and a legion of scorned enemies Now stripped of his crown & cast out of his kingdom the man known as X-O Manowar must return to his roots as a sword-wielding warrior of Earth if he is to survive the relentless band of intergalactic bounty hunters that have been hired to kill him cold But with few places left to turn could the last Visigoth’s best hope be the all-powerful…but insidious…weapon he once swore away the X-O Manowar armor?X-O MANOWAR’s whirlwind first year in the Valiant Universe comes to a climax here in a bold new volume from New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (ETERNITY) & explosive artist Ryan Bodenheim (The Dying & The Dead)! Collecting X-O MANOWAR (2017) 11–14 ...

WAR IS COMING! Born under the oppressive thumb of the Roman Empire Aric of Dacia learned warfare at an early age It was amid such violence that he was abducted by an alien race Forced into slavery he survived where others perished His escape would come from bonding with a weapon of immeasurable power the X-O Manowar armor With it he returned to Earth…only to find himself stranded in the modern day But that was a lifetime ago ...

The ultimate turning point!A war has been won a victory has been decided…and now an entire alien world kneels before the throne of their new leader the unstoppable X-O MANOWAR! He has traded his armor for a crown & a new age now begins…even as an extraterrestrial invader readies an interplanetary attack that could pull Aric of Dacia from the newfound safety of his imperial palace & back into the blood-sodden battlefields where his conquest began Comics superstar Clayton Crain (4001 AD RAI) joins New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (RAPTURE Mind MGMT) to summit the next pinnacle of 2017’s best-selling independent superhero series – & unleash a blistering new interstellar opus chronicling the most powerful moment yet in the history of Valiant’s unrelenting icon! Collecting X-O MANOWAR (2017) 7–9 ...

Following hot on the heels of the world shaking events of Planet Death X-O Manowar rockets headlong onto a collision course with the Valiant Universe&s first-ever superteam in this prestige-sized collection from New York Times bestselling writers Robert Venditti (Flash) & Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT) & acclaimed artists Cary Nord (Conan) Doug Braithwaite (Justice) & Lee Garbett (Loki Agent of Asgard) Aric of Dacia returns to Earth with his mind set on reclaiming his ancestral lands He has fought for his people
- & he has bled for them But nothing he has faced before can prepare him for the combined might of UNITY
- & the deadly combination of Harada Ninjak Eternal Warrior & Livewire! Collecting X-O Manowar 15-22 & UNITY 1-4 this hardcover collection comes jam-packed with more than 20-pages of bonus features including covers character designs & process art by Lewis La Rosa Clayton Crain Trevor Hairsine Dave Bullock Clayton Henry & more

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Aric of Dacia a fifth century Visigoth armed with the universe most powerful weapon is all that stands between the Earth & all-out annihilation at the hands of the alien race that abducted him from his own time Stranded in the modern day X-O Manowar's battle against the Vine will take him into the shadows with the lethal operative known as Ninjak
- & launch a quest for vengeance that will bring an alien empire to its knees The Vine destroyed Aric world Now he will give them war! From the epic origin to the battle for Planet Death the definitive tale of Valiant's flagship hero comes together in this prestige-sized collection by New York Times bestselling writer Robert Venditti (Green Lantern The Surrogates) & comics visionaries Cary Nord (Conan) Lee Garbett (Batman RIP) & Trevor Hairsine (X-Men Deadly Genesis) Collecting the sold-out X-O Manowar 1-14 the X-O Manowar Volume 1 Deluxe Oversized Hardcover also features a new introduction by series author Robert Venditti & more than 20-pages of never-before-seen extras direct from the Valiant vaults
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TWO PEOPLES ONE WORLD CAN A MAN OF WAR BROKER PEACE BETWEEN EARTH & AN ALIEN NATION? Aric of Dacia is X-O Manowar hero to humanity leader of the remaining Visigoths & a husband about to start a new family He is also the bearer of Shanhara & tantamount to a God in the eyes of the alien race known as The Vine Now in the aftermath of DEAD HAND The Vine need a new home & have chosen Earth
- tearing Aric between two races that worship him but each despise one another New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH) & red-hot artist Rafa Sandoval (Ultimate Hawkeye) unite here to begin a bold & tragic new era in the life of X-O Manowar! Collecting X-O MANOWAR 38-42
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X-O MANOWAR & NINJAK GO DEEP UNDERCOVER FOR ‘THE KILL LIST’! With two kingdoms now under his command Aric of Dacia has pledged loyalty to his adopted nation
- the United States of America
- & now America has given him a new mission destroy The Vine’s network of humanoid alien agents once & for all To do it he’ll have to turn to the one man among us he can trusthis own former enemy the deadly MI-6 operative called Ninjak! Meanwhile The Vine’s most militant warrior Commander Trill is readying a counterattackand what happens next will shake the Valiant Universe to its core Can X-O Manowar & Ninjak cut their way to the source of this stealth attack before all is lost? New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR) & explosive artists Robert Gill (BOOK OF DEATH) Francis Portela (Green Lantern) & CAFU (IMPERIUM) prepare the next salvo in X-O MANOWAR’s unfolding epic!

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The beginning of the all-new Valiant Universe starts here! Aric of Dacia is a brash warrior & heir to the throne of the Visigoth people He has lived his life under the heel of the Roman Empire but now a far more terrible enemy has come to subjugate him Taken from his home & family Aric is enslaved aboard a starship belonging to a brutal race of alien colonizers known as The Vine If he is to have any hope of escaping & returning to Earth he will have to steal the Vine's most powerful weapon
- a sentient suit of indestructible armor
- & become X-O Manowar! This volume collects the first four issues of the acclaimed breakout series by New York Times bestselling author Robert Venditti (The Surrogates The Homeland Directive) & Eisner Award-winning artist Cary Nord (Conan)!

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