X-O Manowar - Birth

Featuring explosive artwork by Barry Windsor-Smith and Marvel EIC Joe Quesada, this digitally recolored and remastered Valiant special edition collects the full X-O Manowar origin story from issues #0-6 for the first time ever, and includes an all-new "The Rise of Lydia" story by Bob Layton and a new cover by Sean Chen! Aric Dacia is a Visigoth barbarian captured by spider aliens and enslaved aboard their starship, until he steals their ultimate weapon - the X-O Manowar armor.

Aric returns to Earth only to find that 1600 years have passed.

Now, the most primitive man on the planet wields the most technologically advanced weapon in existence!