X-O Manowar?s path to domination darkens as blockbuster artist Doug Braithwaite (ARMOR HUNTERS) joins New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (DIVINITY, Mind MGMT) for the perfect planet-shaking continuation of Valiant?s biggest series yet! In the fires of victory, a soldier becomes? a general. With the hostile Cadmium army crushed beneath his force?s boots, Aric of Dacia now commands an entire fleet into the final battle for the soul of an empire. But as a new dawn rises across this unrelenting alien world, what vicious new menace will come forth to greet it? Collecting X-O MANOWAR (2017) #4-6.
From SOLDIER to GENERAL to EMPEROR...to OUTCAST! Aric of Dacia?s bone-crushing climb to the throne of an alien world earned him scores of allies?and a legion of scorned enemies. Now, stripped of his crown and cast out of his kingdom, the man known as X-O Manowar must return to his roots as a sword-wielding warrior of Earth if he is to survive the relentless band of intergalactic bounty hunters that have been hired to kill him cold. But with few places left to turn, could the last Visigoth?s best hope be the all-powerful?but insidious?weapon he once swore away: the X-O Manowar armor? X-O MANOWAR?s whirlwind first year in the Valiant Universe comes to a climax here in a bold new volume from New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (DIVINITY, Mind MGMT) and explosive artists Ryan Bodenheim (The Dying & The Dead) and Ariel Olivetti (Incredible Hulk)! Collecting X-O MANOWAR (2017) #11?14.
A battle-scarred mission from Aric of Dacia?s youth? Before space? Before the armor? Return to the apex of the 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! Jump on board one of the most acclaimed series in comics here as New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (HARBINGER WARS 2, Mind MGMT) and blockbuster artist Trevor Hairsine (ETERNITY) ? the best-selling team behind the DIVINITY trilogy ? reunite for a thrilling melee of blood and steely-eyed daring at the height of ?the barbarian age with a brutal new chapter in the epic saga of X-O Manowar! Collecting X-O MANOWAR (2017) #15?18.
The ultimate turning point! A war has been won, a victory has been decided? and now, an entire alien world kneels before the throne of their new leader: the unstoppable X-O MANOWAR! He has traded his armor for a crown and a new age now begins? even as an extraterrestrial invader readies an interplanetary attack that could pull Aric of Dacia from the newfound safety of his imperial palace and back into the blood-sodden battlefields where his conquest began. Comics superstar Clayton Crain (4001 A.D., RAI) joins New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (RAPTURE,?Mind MGMT) to summit the next pinnacle of 2017?s best-selling independent superhero series ? and unleash a blistering, new interstellar opus chronicling the most powerful moment yet in the history of Valiant?s unrelenting icon! Collecting?X-O MANOWAR (2017) #7?10.
War is coming! Born under the oppressive thumb of the Roman Empire, Aric of Dacia learned warfare at an early age. It was amid such violence that he was abducted by an alien race. Forced into slavery, he survived where others perished. His escape would come from bonding with a weapon of immeasurable power: the X-O Manowar armor. With it, he returned to Earth? only to find himself stranded in the modern day. But that was a lifetime ago. Now, far from home on a strange and primitive new world, Aric has begun a new life. Liberated from his past, he tends to his crops. Free from war. Free from violence. Free from the armor. But the machinery of death marches his way once again. Conscripted into an alien army and thrown into an unforgiving conflict, the fury inside him finds voice as he is forced to embrace the armor once more. With it, he will decimate armies, topple empires and incite interplanetary warfare as he rises from SOLDIER to GENERAL to EMPEROR to VISIGOTH. They wanted a weapon. He will give them war! Join master storytellers Matt Kindt (Divinity) and Tom?s Giorello (Bloodshot Reborn) right here for a stunning new beginning for Valiant?s most enduring icon. Collecting X-O MANOWAR (2017) #1?3 with more than 30 pages of rarely seen art and extras!
""""MASSACRE"""" brings death to a major Valiant hero! Toyo Harada?s former protege ? Alexander Solomon, a ?psiot? with the ability to predict and analyze potential futures ? has been waiting for this moment. With the Harbinger Renegades ? Peter Stanchek, Faith, Kris Hathaway, and Torque ? now reunited as a result of his covert manipulations, his ultimate gambit can now begin. But he?s not the only one who has been watching. Major Charlie Palmer has just re assigned a new division of the militarized psiot hunters codenamed H.A.R.D. Corps to active duty? and they?re about to bring a torrent of blood and calamity roaring into the streets of a major American metropolis for an all-out firefight. Harvey Award-nominated writer Rafer Roberts (Plastic Farm) and superstar artist Darick Robertson (The Boys, Transmetropolitan) begin THE ROAD TO HARBINGER WARS 2 ? right here with a bang that will reverberate throughout the entire Valiant Universe?and claim the life of a major hero! Collecting?HARBINGER RENEGADE #5-8?and?#0.
?THE COALITION? spells doom! A once-loyal agent has defected from the ranks of MI6?s most elite espionage unit? and Ninjak has been dispatched across the globe to prevent his secrets from plunging the world into chaos. But, in the shadows of Mexico City, Colin King is about to discover something far more deadly? The Ninja Programme?s own former sensei, the Jonin, has assembled a conspiratorial circle of enigmatic enemies ? the Dying One, Kostiy the Deathless, Linton March, and The United?s Ultimo ? for a purpose so sinister that even Ninjak can?t risk engaging them alone. Enter: Livewire, Punk Mambo, Dr. Mirage, and GIN-GR ? Ninjak?s brand-new black ops team with a very specific set of skills?and a license to kill the unkillable!
A legend-fueled odyssey into eons past! For years, Jack Boniface believed that he knew the true story of the Shadowman loa ? the true story of the curse inside him. He was wrong. For the first time, Jack Boniface is about to discover the long-hidden history of the supernatural power that became his birthright? Unmoored in time and space, the loa is about to reveal its untold dimensions?and now, the last defender of the wall between our realm and the Deadside is falling backwards through the astral void, finding himself face to face with his forebears across the centuries ? from the paranoia-addled alleyways of 1940s New York to the fire-scorched plantations of the Civil War?all the way back to the primeval height of the African savannah in 40,000 B.C.!
Into the Deadside! Years ago, Project Rising Spirit?s cutting-edge nanite technology transformed Ray Garrison into the walking weapon codenamed Bloodshot. Now, those very same microscopic machines have infected his infant daughter?s physiology and threaten to destroy her from the inside out. As the life of an innocent hangs in the balance, Bloodshot will be forced to make an unimaginable decision: to watch the child he?loves?die, or to confront death itself?and negotiate a deal for her safety. Now, with only Bloodhound and the enigmatic hero known as Shadowman to guide him, Bloodshot is about to undertake an unreal journey into the demon-haunted dimension known as the Deadside to save a life?or sacrifice his own? Eisner Award-nominated writer Jeff Lemire (The?Terrifics, Black Hammer) and explosive artist Renato Guedes (Wolverine) take Bloodshot on a heart-stopping journey to Deadside?s darkest depths to confront death itself in the series named one of the year's best by Entertainment Weekly! Collecting?BLOODSHOT SALVATION #6?9.
A terrifying new quest into the unknown! The Roman standard ? the eagle borne at the front of each Roman legion ? was more than just a symbol of the soldiers that carried it? It was a symbol of Rome itself, the ultimate embodiment of the empire?s power? But now, in the mist-shrouded Germanic forest of Tottenwald, the unthinkable has happened: A rampaging barbarian horde has crushed three of Rome?s most highly skilled detachments in battle?and captured their mighty Roman eagles. His authority threatened by this all-too-public shame, the mad emperor Nero has dispatched Antonius Axia, the empire?s finest ?detectioner? and hero of Britannia, and Achillia, the sword-wielding champion of the gladiatorial arena, to reclaim his stolen relics at any cost. But what began as a simple mission will soon become a terrifying journey into the dark heart of belief itself as the isolated woodlands of Rome?s enemies reveal unseen dimensions?and the true power of the legion?s lost eagles threatens to consume any who would pursue them? Valiant?s sold-out descent into the horrors of the ancient world returns with an all-new volume from legendary comics master Peter Milligan (Detective Comics) and Harvey Award-nominated artist Robert Gill (BOOK OF DEATH) as Antonius Axia, history?s first detective, launches into an otherworldly mystery of monsters, magic, and conspiracy at the boundaries of human understanding? Collecting BRITANNIA: LOST EAGLES OF ROME #1?4.
