Aric wakes in the year 410 A.D., a prisoner of the Roman Empire and with his wife alive by his side. Convinced that his years in space with the Spider Aliens, his life in the future and the X-O Manowar armor were all delusions, Aric swears to free himself from bondage or to die trying! But this prison is not what it appears to be...

Warrior. Slave. Liberator. King. Aric of Dacia has lived many lives. Now his past, present, and future collide as Valiant's X-O MANOWAR returns in an unforgettable new series. Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad, and Liam Sharp bring X-O Manowar to new planets, old villains, and brutal destinies. X-O Manowar is alone in space and stranded on a distant world, battered and defiant, but never defeated. Put the king back on his throne as X-O Manowar charts...

Aric faces the deadliest menace in the Valiant universe, the malignant necromancer Master Darque! And he wants the most powerful weapon in the universe for himself! Will Aric prevail, or will Master Darque win the power of the X-O Manowar armor!

Aric is unarmed and face-to-face with an angry dinosaur! Can he stay alive long enough for Ken to work his wiles and return control of the X-O armor to him? Meanwhile, Randy and the Wolfbridge group corner the deadly assassin named Snakebite and find out once and for all who it is that wants them all dead!

Donovan Wylie teams up with Quantum and Woody to stop a deadly menace. But with the world's worst superhero team involved things are sure to go wrong quick.

New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH, Green Lantern) and Valiant-exclusive sensations Pere Pérez (ARCHER & ARMSTRONG) and Clayton Henry (HARBINGER WARS) lead off a centuries-spanning look at X-O Manowar's past, present… and future! From the outcome of a bloodstained battle on the frontier of the Roman Empire that continues to be felt to this day, to the last days of Aric of Dacia and the future of the X-O Manowar armor...

Born into battle, Aric of Dacia, the fifth century Visigoth now known as X-O Manowar, has never known peace. Abducted and enslaved by the savage alien empire known as The Vine, Aric finally escaped his captors after stealing their ultra-powerful X-O Manowar armor and returned to Earth…only to find that more than a thousand years had passed in his absence. Stranded in the modern day, the most primitive man on Earth now wields the most powerful weapon...

Aric of Dacia has bonded with the most powerful weapon in the universe, but his command of the sentient X-O Manowar armor will lead him to cross swords with Ninjak, the world's most skilled weapons specialist. Hired by members of The Vine hidden deep within Earth's governments, Ninjak has been sent to bring back the Manowar armor at any cost. It's raw power versus stealth and cunning in the second installment of the espionage-edged thriller that pits...

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...

Prisoner of war! Shackled against his will and brought forward into the homeland of his enemies, Aric of Dacia – the war-hardened Visigoth who will one day become the unstoppable X-O Manowar – is about to encounter a staggering sight: the city of Rome! Soon, Aric will discover that the capital of history's most ruthless empire can be far more dangerous than any battlefield... And even if he survives the hidden horrors of the emperor's dungeon,...