Valiant is doing some promotion for the upcoming May 23rd, 2018 release of X-O Manowar, which is serving as a solid jumping-on point for the property as written by Matt Kindt and art from Trevor Hairsine. The four-part series is working to tell a tale from ARci’s past just as the whole Harbinger Wars 2 gets put into motion elsewhere in the Valiant universe.
“I wanted to try to do something a little different than we’ve seen in past ‘event’ books that crossover with other books and become these massive unwieldy narratives,” writer Matt Kindt told SyFy Wire. “So instead of getting a double-dose of X-O Manowar during HARBINGER WARS 2 and in his own book, I thought it would be more interesting to have him take on a larger role in the HARBINGER WARS book and then have a contrasting tale taking place in his own title – one that tells a story of him as a Visigoth in Rome – that would both inform his past self and also serve to work in harmony with HARBINGER WARS 2… Two stories that can be read independently of one another, but also work together in this crazy harmonic way if you’re reading both. Both storylines are standalone and also…not.”
“PLUS: Valiant is rewarding fans who reserve “BARBARIANS”, the next staggering arc of Valiant’s best-selling epic series, with specially expanded, limited editions of each issue in the X-O MANOWAR #15-18 PRE-ORDER EDITION BUNDLE – available only as a pre-order set! Released monthly from May 2018 through August 2018, each PRE-ORDER EDITION comes packed with trade paperback-style extras and bonus content, including creator commentary, behind-the-scenes looks at the creation of the comics, process character designs and artwork, and first looks at upcoming issues – plus exclusive covers by Shane Davis (Superman: Earth One) that can’t be found anywhere else!”
Plot Concept: As HARBINGER WARS 2 besieges the Valiant Universe – and X-O Manowar along with it – Aric of Dacia cannot escape the flames that now threaten his future…or the shadows that cloud his past. Before space… Before the armor… Return to the apex of Visigoth conquest as a younger, brasher Aric and a sword-wielding grifter set off on a continent-spanning quest for fortune, glory, and power! From the bloodstained sands of the gladiatorial arena to the dunes of the Arabian Desert, meet the man who would become the warrior-king of an alien civilization – and our own world’s most powerful hero – as he sets out to seize his destiny once upon a time in a land of faraway kings and unrepentant conquerors!
X-O MANOWAR (2017) #15 (NEW ARC! “BARBARIANS” – PART 1)
Written by MATT KINDT
Art by TREVOR HAIRSINE
Cover A by LEWIS LAROSA
Cover B by JIM MAHFOOD
Variant Cover by VERONICA FISH
X-O Manowar Icon Variant by VIKTOR KALACHEV
$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On Sale MAY 23rd (FOC – 4/30/18)
X-O MANOWAR (2017) #15-18 PRE-ORDER EDITION BUNDLE
Written by MATT KINDT
Art by TREVOR HAIRSINE
Covers by SHANE DAVIS
$3.99 each [4 issues]| 40 pgs. each | T+ | Issue #15 on Sale MAY 23rd (IOD – 3/29/18)
