Arriving this Wednesday (8/29), X-O Manowar #18 wraps the “Barbarians” storyline which takes place before Aric of Dacia was abducted by aliens and found his armor. In 393 A.D., Aric finds himself in the Colisium of the Western Roman Empire fighting on a boat.
A preview follows:
X-O MANOWAR (2017) #18
Written by MATT KINDT
Art by TREVOR HAIRSINE with BRIAN THIES
Colors by DIEGO RODRIGUEZ
Letters by DAVE SHARPE
Cover A by LEWIS LAROSA
Cover B by JIM MAHFOOD
Interlocking Variant by VERONICA FISH
X-O Manowar Icon Variant by RENATO GUEDES
Pre-Order Edition by SHANE DAVISThe executioner’s blade!
Sentenced to die for crimes against the empire, Aric of Dacia and his new comrade, Sabbas, have escaped the gladiatorial arena… only to find themselves in far more dire straits! Centuries before he would become X-O Manowar, can a brasher, younger Aric – sworn to combat the Romans at any cost – outwit and outmaneuver the machinations of the planet’s most powerful civilization… even as death threatens him and the fate of the entire Visigoth nation?
$3.99 | 32 pgs. | VALIANT PREMIUM | T+ | On Sale AUGUST 29th
