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Preview: Robert Venditti and Clay Mann Unearth X-O Manowar #0 – In Stores October 8th!

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Valiant is proud to present your first look inside X-O Manowar #0 – an all-new, must-read zero issue introduction to the origins of Valiant’s alien-armored Visigoth from superstar creators Robert Venditti and Clay Mann!

In the aftermath of Armor Hunters, start reading here with a bold new beginning for Valiant’s blockbuster hero as Venditti and Mann chronicle the never-before-revealed rise of Aric of Dacia – aka the unstoppable X-O Manowar! From the brutality of the Roman Empire to the bone-crunching fallout of the Armor Hunters’s attack on Earth, start at the beginning to discover X-O Manowar’s journey through the ages as Venditti and Mann craft an epic new entry point into the series that IGN calls “fantastic, action-packed storytelling that never fails to satisfy.”

Leading directly into November’s X-O Manowar #30 – featuring the coming of the all-new Armorines – this is the perfect place for new readers to come on board and discover why fans and critics continue to herald X-O Manowar as one of the most action-packed ongoing series anywhere in comics today.

Born into battle… Enslaved by an extraterrestrial race… Bonded to an alien weapon… Stranded in the modern day. X-O Manowar’s journey has been long… his enemies brutal… His challenges insurmountable… On October 8th, join superstar creators Robert Venditti and Clay Mann to discover the iron-clad will and heroic beginnings of the man inside the armor in X-O Manowar #0 – featuring an all-star line-up of covers by Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic, Clay Mann, Dave Johnson, Jeff Lemire, and Bryan Hitch!

X-O MANOWAR #0 
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI
Art by CLAY MANN
Cover A by JELENA KEVIC-DJURDJEVIC (AUG141713)
Cover B by CLAY MANN (AUG141714)
Interlocking Cover C by DAVE JOHNSON (JUL148184)
Interlocking Cover D by DAVE JOHNSON (JUL148185)
Interlocking Cover E by DAVE JOHNSON (JUL148186)
Interlocking Cover F by DAVE JOHNSON (JUL148187)
Interlocking Cover G by DAVE JOHNSON (JUL148188)
Variant Cover by JEFF LEMIRE (AUG141715)
Variant Cover by BRYAN HITCH (AUG141716)
$3.99 | T+ | 32 pgs.| ON SALE 10/8/14 (FOC – 9/15/14)

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The weekend is almost here! What’s everyone have on their plans?

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WWGP – Pistol Annies Launching Interactive Graphic Novel Online Leading Up to “Annie Up” Release May 7 – Wonder why they wen that route?

Kotaku – There are 18 Armors in the Official Iron Man 3 Game. Can You Name Them? – Fun quiz time!

CBR – Bendis & Andreyko’s “Torso” To Be Adapted by Sundance Favorite Lowery – Cool.

Bleeding Cool – What Exactly Did Robert Venditti Say About Plans To Kill Off John Stewart? – Still think it could be a good storyline.

Kotaku – When Video Game Artists Get To Redesign Comic Book Superheroes – Some I really dig.

The Hollywood Reporter – Terry Moore’s Horror Comic ‘Rachel Rising’ Heading to Television (Exclusive) – Yay!

Comics Alliance –Robert Morales, Writer Of Marvel’s ‘Truth: Red, White And Black,’ Passes Away – Sad news.

The Mary Sue – DC Comics Pulls The Plug On Executive Column After Too Many Tough Questions From Fans – In what other industry do fans have this much access to decision makers?

Kotaku – See What Censorship Has Done To These Manga – Huh.

Kotaku – Injustice: Gods Among Us: The Kotaku Review – I need to get this game.

 

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Valiants’s Biggest Events Reload with Harbinger #0 and X-O Manowar #10 Second Printings!

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Valiant is proud to announce that two of the publisher’s biggest spring releases, Harbinger #0 and X-O Manowar #10, have both sold out on the distributor level and will soon be returning to store shelves with new printings!

With the epic events of Planet Death currently rocking the Valiant Universe, don’t miss the essential prelude that launched Valiant’s premier hero off-world and into a one-man crusade against an entire alien planet in the X-O Manowar #10 Second Printing Variant by writer Robert Venditti and comics superstar Trevor Hairsine! Start reading here to get in on the ground floor of the most ambitious X-O Manowar story ever attempted on April 17th – the same day X-O Manowar #12 arrives in stores!

Then, in the aftermath of the Harbinger Wars’ first firefight, meet the man with his finger on the trigger in the Harbinger #0 Second Printing Variant – an indispensable standalone tale of Toyo Harada’s origins by author Joshua Dysart and artists Mico Suayan and Pere Perez! Look for it in stores on May 1st – alongside Valiant’s next standalone zero issue, Shadowman #0 by Justin Jordan and Roberto De La Torre!

This spring, the story starts here! Jump into two of Valiant’s most exciting, sold-out storylines with the X-O Manowar #10 Second Printing Variant and the Harbinger #0 Second Printing Variant – coming soon to finer comics shops everywhere!

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