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by: Bob Layton, Jim Shooter
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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780979640919
ISBN: 0979640911
Label: Valiant Entertainment
Manufacturer: Valiant Entertainment
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: April 30, 2008
Publisher: Valiant Entertainment
Sales Rank: 129952
Studio: Valiant Entertainment
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From the back cover:
Aric, a fifth century Visigoth barbarian, is captured by spider aliens and enslaved aboard their starship. A fellow prisoner carves a map into his hand that leads to the spider aliens ultimate weapon the X-O Manowar armor. Aric fights his way to the sentient armor and escapes back to Earth with it only to find that 1600 years have passed. He is now the most primitive man on the planet, yet he wields the most technologically advanced weapon in existence! As the spider aliens begin their invasion of Earth, Aric struggles to adapt to his new home the modern world - and prepare for the battle where he can finally seek vengeance against his inhuman captors!
Collected here for the first time is the epic origin story of one of comics most popular heroes.
- Collects the classic X-O Manowar origin story (X-O Manowar #0-6) for the first time and it is digitally recolored and remastered for this edition.
- One of the finest creative collaborations in comics by legendary creators Bob Layton, Jim Shooter, Barry Windsor-Smith, and Joe Quesada.
- Includes an all-new The Rise of Lydia story written by Bob Layton (Iron Man) and illustrated by original Valiant creator Mike Leeke (H.A.R.D. Corps)
- Includes a behind-the-scenes look at X-O Manowar #0 by Joe Quesada and Jorge Gonzalez.
About Valiant Entertainment
Valiant Entertainment is a character-based entertainment company that owns and manages some of the most popular comic characters ever created across all media, including feature films, television, video games, new media, publishing, and consumer products. Since their creation in 1990, Valiant characters have sold over 80 million comic books, 8 million video games, and Valiant became one of the three leading comic character-based companies globally. In addition, the Valiant characters are often called the most important characters created since the Marvel revolution of the 1960s (Sequart, 2006). VALIANT characters include X-O MANOWAR, BLOODSHOT, HARBINGER, ETERNAL WARRIOR, ARCHER & ARMSTRONG, NINJAK, SHADOWMAN, RAI, and QUANTUM & WOODY, among many others.
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Customer Reviews
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Rating: - X-O Manowar: Amazing Hardcover Graphic Novel!
Ask anyone who the top two comic companies are these days and they'll reply with the same answer, "Marvel Comics and DC Comics." That is about to change for the second time.
In the early nineties Valiant Comics arrived onto the scene and quickly shot to the top of the comic book world. They weren't little competition to the companies who published books like Spider-Man or Batman - they were direct rivals who ruled the land with titles like Harbinger, Bloodshot, and X-O Manowar.
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Rating: - Great Graphic Novel
I had always heard how great the Valiant stories are but had never tried them before this year. I'm not a huge fan of action but after reading Harbinger: The Beginning I was excited about X-O Manowar. My boyfriend gave me a copy and I have to say I really enjoyed it. The story is realistically done and has some really interesting ideas. The main character is sympathetic and you really feel for the problems he has. The first issue and the last issue, the origin issue, are the best. They have really ... Read More
Rating: - More quality reprints of excellent material
Of all the original Valiant titles, X-O Manowar was my favorite. Other titles such as Harbinger and Solar got a lot of press for laying the foundation of the Valiant Universe (as well as high demand for early issues), but X-O was certainly the more action-oriented title, and the premise was brilliant. Aric, a 5th century Visigoth living in the present day, has control of a sentient combat suit and heads a plundered billion-dollar business empire built by alien spies - what more needs to be said? ... Read More
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