Robert Venditti

Prelude To Armor Hunters – Part 2! Who – or what – is the man called Malgam? Aric of Dacia, a fifth-century warrior bonded to alien armor and transplanted to the modern day, is now the most important weapon in the arsenal of M.E.R.O., the top-secret American intelligence organization that monitors extraterrestrial life on Earth. In order to protect his people, Aric must undergo dangerous missions in space, but nothing can prepare him for the...

ALL-NEW ARC! ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT! "LABYRINTH" starts now! Across six millennia, Gilad Anni-Padda - an immortal warrior sworn to forever serve the Earth - has felled zealots and madmen, emperors and tyrants in the course of his duty. But nothing he's faced yet can prepare him to run the "LABYRINTH" - a miles-long maze of horrors specifically designed to undermine his every strength, enhance his every weakness...and to send him screaming into...

Hal Jordan is the paragon of a Green Lantern: courageous and unrelenting. But even a hero can sometimes doubt the methods they're known to use. And in those moments, something dark creeps in and it can create an evil the universe isn't ready to face! When a mysterious object breaks into the Sciencells and abducts former Green Lantern, Tomar-Tu, Hal Jordan flies into action to save his friend. But will what he's confronted with be too much for the...

Unbound and unrelenting! After countless centuries apart, the Earth's Fist and Steel has finally reunited with his long-lost son, Kalam. But before this father and son can truly find peace, they must first face the impossible...and escape from death itself! As unimaginable terrors rise to prevent Earth's immortal champion and his scion from returning to the land of the living, can the Eternal Warrior conquer eternity to save the boy he once thought...

SURRENDER THE ARMOR OR EARTH WILL DIE! Following the shocking final moments of the previous issue, the Armor Hunters have made their intentions clear, and unless X-O Manowar is turned over to them immediately, thousands of innocents will become additional casualties of this already brutal war. Valiant's most formidable heroes are about to go on the offensive, but the Armor Hunters have another trick up their sleeve, and this one will change the battle...

X-O Manowar vs. Ninjak. To the victor – Earth! Agents of the alien race known as The Vine have been living in secret among us for centuries and now they've just been activated for one final mission – purge the Earth of all human life! An invasion fleet is on its way and the only weapon in existence powerful enough to defeat it is the X-O Manowar armor. But first, Aric of Dacia must survive his latest encounter with Ninjak, the covert operative...

The countdown to Planet Death starts now! The Vine invasion fleet has finally reached Earth, and they aren't leaving until they reclaim their sacred X-O Manowar armor. Standing in their path is Aric of Dacia, the first human to ever wield the armor's power. But the armor is capable of so much more than even Aric knows and he'll face adversaries old and new in his battle to save humanity from extinction. The war begins here!

Out of the abyss…and into oblivion! Gilad Anni-Padda, the Eternal Warrior, has sacrificed his humanity for the betterment of the Earth. Empowered with the gift to recover from any wound – and even death itself – he has waged an endless crusade to guide the path of civilization through the ages. But as the centuries pass and his list of battlefield victories grows, he is fated to always reap the same sad reward: to see his families, his children,...

Lock missiles and ZERO in on the can't-miss origin of Aric of Dacia, a.k.a. X-O MANOWAR! After narrowly surviving the events of ARMOR HUNTERS, X-O Manowar (or what's left of him) must look to the future, but, to do so, Aric must first learn the startling secret of his past. Be here in October and learn the TRUE, violent origin of Visigoth life under the brutality of the Roman Empire.

"EXODUS" - PART 2! Two peoples. One world. Can a man of war broker peace between Earth and the alien nation it now harbors? In the aftermath of a horrible tragedy, Aric is trapped between the two worlds he's sworn to protect. As X-O Manowar, he has made it his mission to protect the Vine's mass of alien refugees...but his people want them dead...and G.A.T.E. wants them gone! Now, an old enemy will attack Aric at his weakest moment - and the Earth...