I’ve read a few books recently that took a second read for me to appreciate them. The question I’m asking, however, is should the comics need a second read to be fully appreciated?

There’s another guy that shows up in X-O Manowar #1. It’s another Valiant Comics character we know. Here’s the spoiler-o-rama on this. Don’t look unless you want this (minor) spoiler.

Paul Bouvier has lost his legs, and knows he is slowly dying of poisoning.

Shanhara, the X-O Armor has been destroyed.

There is a seed, however, that just needs a sentient being to bond with to become a new suit of X-O Armor.

In issue 6 of X-O Manowar, Aric faces Ax. In the final moments, Aric steps out of the X-O armor:

We continue counting down the greatest X-O Manowar moments with three simple words: Feel. My. Power!

In the classic Seed of Destruction storyline, Aric and Solar enter the Spider Alien’s base, and Aric faces the Spider Alien champion in hand to hand combat.

Here it is. We’ve read X-O Manowar #1, and I think it’s safe to say that our reviews are fairly positive.

This is a Non-Spoiler Review of X-O Manowar #1.

Diamond is reporting over 42,000 copies of X-O Manowar #1 from Valiant Comics this May.

That’s a whole lot, but what does it mean?

Aric is revealed to have been buried in his X-O Armor for 1600 years

From X-O Manowar 0, Aric witnesses his parents murdered by Romans, and in that moment, becomes a warrior. He picks up his father’s sword and…