Valiant has revealed X-O Manoward (2017) #15 – the FIRST ISSUE of “Barbarians,” an ALL-NEW ARC and FEROCIOUS NEW JUMPING-ON POINT from New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt and blockbuster artist Trevor Hairsine! On May 23rd, the best-selling creative team behind Valiant’s groundbreaking Divinity series reunites to reveal a battle-scarred mission from Aric of Dacia’s youth… As Harbinger Wars 2 readies it fire, prepare to witness the landmark episode that forged the heir to the Visigoth nation into the world-smashing, interstellar champion now known as X-O Manowar!

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!

Featuring covers by Lewis LaRosa, Jim Mahfood, Veronica Fish, and Viktor Kalachev!