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X-O Manowar #4 Advanced Review

By Andy Frisk
August 26, 2012 - 00:11

While the alien Vine argue over the proper course to proceed with regards to the X-O Manowar armor, now in the possession of the human Visigoth Aric of Dacia, Aric gets a crash course in 21st Century warfare...and history. Meanwhile, sleeper agents of The Vine on Earth (shown being inserted into the human race way back in X-O Manowar #1) are contacted with a special mission...

The best issue of X-O Manowar yet (and that's saying a great deal since every issue has been outstanding) is upon us. Master scribe Robert Venditti ups the ante by bringing Aric fully into contemporary times while revealing more about the inner workings of The Vine's religious vs military power struggle, as well as their designs on the Earth. Some great action coupled with some intriguing new developments and insight into Venditti's long term plans for not only X-O Manowar, but perhaps the Valiant Universe itself make X-O Manowar #4 the issue that Valiant fans simply can't miss.

Eisner Award winning artist Cary Nord makes the shift from ancient Rome to sci-fi spacecraft to modern day Rome without missing a beat. His ability to bring to life everything from large screen TVs to out of this world sci-fi action is simply brilliant. He is the perfect artist for this new X-O Manowar series.

A dazzling and wide ranging epic of a tale, X-O Manowar just gets better and better with each issue. Congratulations to Valiant Entertainment for wrapping up what was truly a "Summer of Valiant" in grand style!

Rating: 10 /10

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