Following the conclusion of Matt Kindt and Tomas Giorello’s “X-O Manowar” run (out today), Valiant Comics have announced the character will return in November with writer Dennis “Hopeless” Hallum (“Spider-Woman”) and artist Emilio Laiso (“3 Guns”) at the helm. Here’s the statement from Valiant:
New X-O MANOWAR Creative Team Revealed
Artwork by Emilio Laiso and Ruth RedmondNew York, NY (April 17, 2019) – Valiant Entertainment is excited to announce the creative team behind the upcoming X-O MANOWAR ongoing series this November!
Promo art by Christian WardScribe Dennis “Hopeless” Hallum (Star Wars: Vader – Dark Visions) proclaims, “The Valiant universe is full of intensely human characters with wild origins and interesting flaws.” With X-O MANOWAR Hallum is excited to explore new territory, “We always give the cool robot suits to billionaires and scientists. I love how Aric flips that on its head. He didn’t build the suit. He can’t explain the suit. And he could kick your butt up and down the road without the suit. The anachronism is fascinating and I can’t wait to play around with it.”
Valiant additionally revealed on Twitter that the series will be colored by Ruth Redmond (“Despicable Deadpool”) and lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (“24 Panels”), and that Christian Ward (“Invisible Kingdom”) will provide the cover art.
Created by Jim Shooter, Steve Englehart, Bob Layton, and Barry Windsor-Smith in 1992, X-O Manowar is Aric of Dacia, a Visigoth warrior who was captured by aliens, and escaped with the help of a sentient piece of alien armor – only to discover that, thanks to the effects of time dilation, 1600 years had passed on his return to Earth. Since Valiant’s revival in 2012, the character starred in a 50-issue run from writer Robert Venditti until 2016, and Kindt and Giorello’s run, which concluded today with issue #26. Hallum and Laiso’s run will start in November.
