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Long Live The King Starts In X-O Manowar #47

Published Sat, 30 Apr 2016 15:00:21 -0500

by Dan Wickline

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We've got a preview of X-O Manowar #47, the first part of the Long Live the King story arc that will lead to issue #50, the final one for the series. This issue is written by Robert Venditti and drawn by Joe Bennett and Roberto de la Torre.

Plus each issue, starting with this one and going through #50, will feature a 4" x 6" microprint by various artists or original hand-drawn artwork randomly inserted.

Born into battle, Aric of Dacia – heir to the throne of the Visigoth Empire – never knew peace. Raised under the oppressive thumb of the Roman Empire in fifth-century Europe, Aric's entire existence was spent fighting a never-ending insurgency against history's most brutal empire…until a far more terrifying enemy revealed itself and changed his destiny forever.

Abducted by a brutal race of extraterrestrials known as the Vine, Aric was forced into slavery on an alien world. Torn from family, his people, and his nation, he spent years plotting his escape…until the day came that he was able to seize a weapon of incalculable destruction – a sentient suit of alien armor – and become X-O Manowar!

Returning to Earth only to find that 1,600 years have passed during his journey across the stars, the world's most primitive man now wields the universe's most powerful weapon. Working in concert with Earth's governments and other super-powered heroes like himself, Aric has defended the planet, brokered peace amongst the powerful, and even rebuilt his kingdom from the ashes of history.

But now he faces a unthinkable new foe far more terrible than any that have come before… They are The Torment – and their name means death. Thought to be a legend by the Vine, they have now become Earth's violent reality. As old as the universe itself, they have traveled for eons to reach us…in search of Aric of Dacia and the unstoppable X-O Manowar armor. Can Aric challenge a seemingly omnipotent threat with motives beyond the comprehension of mortal men? Will the armor truly be our world's salvation, just as the Vine's myths foretold? And is this the beginning of the end for X-O Manowar – or the beginning of something even bigger?

X-O Manowar #47 features covers from Kano (Swamp Thing), Phil Jimenez (Amazing Spider-Man), Khoi Pham (Mighty Avengers), Clayton Henry (Archer & Armstrong), Rafa Sandoval (X-O Manowar), David Lafuente (Ultimate Spider-Man), and Jeff Lemire (Trillium).