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X-O Manowar launched in the marketplace in a rather strong way for a license that many had thought was on the back burner, with a creative team that the kindest would not call A-List from an independent publisher in the back of the back of the catalogue With a market-busting 40,000 copies. Some thought that the[...]

A second print will be solicited next week to retailers with a new cover by Clayton Henry. Also, their third printing of X-O Manowar #1 has sold out and they'll get a fourth print next month That makes 50,000 sales for the comic so far… Here are the new two covers to each new printing Oh and[...]

The first issue sold out of its 45,000 print run, the second issue of X-O Manowar from Valiant has now done the same for its 23,000 print run, with a second print out next month (but orderable from Monday). The second print cover is a sketch variation of Arturo Lozzi's variant for the first printing. The[...]

But now, it appears, X-O Manowar #1 is to get a third printing from Valiant Entertainment But they aren't doing so well that they can afford a third cover, so they're printing the pencils to the original instead… The second print is out this week Clearly it's not enough… The first print run was 45,000[...]

Are you a retailer who would like to be included? Contact us. Reply to this article in the forum. Further Reading: CHEW, CROSSED, X-O MANOWAR, WALKING DEAD, ADVENTURE TIME, HAPPY, SPECULATOR CORNER Bleeding Cool Magazine Article By Rich Johnston We learned it on the first day of Economics 101 The price of a good is determined by the[...]

It was a decade where we thrilled to the science fiction of X-O Manowar, shivered with fear in the darkness of Shadowman, and explored a vibrant history in such titles as Eternal Warrior and Archer & Armstrong After several changes in ownership and creative direction, new adventures of the once-beloved Valiant characters were no longer[...]

This could well be the biggest comic publisher debut in a decade. I understand that X-O Manowar #1, the debut title from the new Valiant Entertainment, has received over 42,000 preorders. But that the variance in comic store stock is rather large In that some stores of similar sizes have ordered 200, while some have ordered 2. If[...]

It's also reminiscent of Rian's most famous logo, for Forbidden Planet. Anyway, this is how it will look like on the cover of the criminally-under-ordered-and-likely-to-hit-$20-by-the-weekend-after-its-released X-O Manowar.   Today, Valiant Entertainment launches their new logo, designed by Rian Hughes. I like it It's also reminiscent of Rian's most famous logo, for Forbidden Planet. Anyway, this is how it will[...]

Recently, Bleeding Cool ran a piece looking at a current comics industry trend away from exclusive contracxts with prominent creators, specifically at Marvel and DC. Well no one seems to have told the new Valiant Entertainment, who have just signed up their X-O Manowar artist as an exclusive comics creator. I'm not sure what competition there was[...]

We know X-O Manowar, we know Bloodshot, we know Harbingernow, what's next? Well, the following image was posted to that guerilla marketing blog today…   Could that be a new version of Shadowman…? Here's that peek at Harbinger.     Today, Valiant Entertainment announced a new Harbinger series to join XO Manowar and Bloodshot[...]

We've all become familiar with the X-O Manowar "talking" posters and cover, using the iPhone to create a talking narrative from the central character. And while I've been a bit silly, some have been sillier But how original is this idea? This is a campaign for Reporters Without Borders Press ads in which the reader can scan[...]

This is the Valiant promo for the talking X-O Manowar poster, that uses a QR Code to launch a video on an smartphone, becoming the mouth of the character; [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g8oHwNeYck[/youtube] Drawn by Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic, scripted by Robert Venditti and animated by Neal Adams' Continuity Studios This is a video of it in action at the most recent[...]

On May the 2nd, Valiant Entertainment will launch X-O Manowar, a revamp of the Valiant/Acclaim character, from Surrogates creator and Iron Man writer Robert Venditti and artist Cary Nord. This is how they describe the character. Born into battle and raised under the oppressive thumb of the Roman Empire, Aric of Dacia is a beloved figure among[...]

Shooter, who late last night replied, "The reason the Harbinger kids were in a coma for months on the moon was because I trusted Steve Englehart to write a book, X-O Manowar, and he ignored our tight continuity to the point that I had to have months pass for the Harbinger kids to make our planned[...]

But there certainly hasn't been the amount of publicity one might have expected if this was official. Here are a selection of the images posted to date, in reverse order, that seem to emphasise the Valiant characters Rai, Bloodshot and X-O Manowar They all seem to be counting down to February… Any other messages Bleeding Cool readers[...]