Valiant has released an advance preview of Book of Death: The Fall of X-O Manowar #1 – an explosive new chapter of the summer’s cataclysmic event from writer Robert Venditti and acclaimed artist Clayton Henry! This October, before Book of Death unleashes an earth-shattering climax for the heroes of today, discover another vision of the far future with an all-new standalone one-shot chronicling the last stand of Valiant’s alien-armored Visigoth…and the inescapable destiny of a world forever changed by X-O Manowar’s journey through time and space!

After hundreds of years in exile on an alien planet, Aric of Dacia – aka the unstoppable X-O Manowar – has returned to an unfamiliar Earth, only to find a planet that doesn’t remember…or want him. Can X-O Manowar finally find happiness in the aftermath of the apocalypse? Plus: the ultimate fate of the X-O Manowar armor, Shanhara, revealed…and a new generation of Valiant heroes take flight in defense of radically transformed planet Earth!

Featuring covers by Cary Nord, Stephen Segovia, Ryan Lee, and Diego Bernard, don’t miss a moment of the summer’s can’t-miss comic book event as Book of Death: The Fall of X-O Manowar #1 lays another milestone for the future of the Valiant Universe’s most noble protector!

BOOK OF DEATH: THE FALL OF X-O MANOWAR #1
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI
Art by CLAYTON HENRY
Cover A by CARY NORD
Cover B by STEPHEN SEGOVIA
Variant Cover by RYAN LEE
Variant Cover by DIEGO BERNARD
$3.99 US | 32 pgs. | T+ | ONE-SHOT | On Sale OCTOBER 21 (FOC – 9/28/15)