X-O Manowar #1 Storytime

I stopped reading superhero comics a long time ago, but had a bit of an urge to binge read some interconnected comic universe nonsense this year during coronavirus lockdown.

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I couldn't be bothered with the vast immensity of Marvel or DC, and went looking for something smaller where I could start right at the beginning. And that's when I learnt about the Valiant reboot. I hadn't read the 90s comics, but saw some good reviews and have been working my way through them the last few months. Bump if you want to join me on this journey.

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It kicked off in 2012 with this issue. While not all the comics are zingers; I have been enjoying them on the whole; and since Big 2 superhero comics of the 2010s are very dimly viewed by a lot of Zig Forums, I'd recommend giving something else a try.

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I'll shut up now and leave you with Aric.

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Incidentally, the representation of the division between Goths and Romans here is pretty inaccurate. Large parts of the Roman armies at this period consisted of Goths and Vandals - Stilicho himself was half-Vandal.

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Venditti and Nord again? Based.

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Looks like no-one has storytimed this for at least 6 years, so it's due.

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The only woman in this issue, for those to whom gender representation seems to matter a great deal.

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Not just space. It's deep.

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Rereading this now, artists are much more consistent in how they draw Aric compared to Gafti.

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Good on you, OP. I heard about X-O Manowar in passing back in the day, through that Iron Man crossover game he co-starred in. I had always wondered what his deal was but never got around to checking him or anything Valiant made until the 2012 reboot. This is some great stuff, with X-O Manowar being my favorite. He's Conan the Barbarian and Iron Man at the same time, and there's something amazing about that.

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And there we go.

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>He's Conan the Barbarian and Iron Man at the same time, and there's something amazing about that.
Surprised he's not mentioned more here on Zig Forums. I see a lot of anons whining that there aren't enough masculine heroes in modern comics - Aric sounds like their thing.
Funny you mention the Iron Man crossover. I just read issue 32, which has him humiliating a thinly-veiled reference pastiche of MCU's Iron Man.