X-O MANOWAR RETRIBUTION TP (1993) - INCLUDES X-O DATABASE (1993) #1 (ONE SHOT)

Written by Bob Layton, Jim Shooter, and Steve Englehart. Art by Barry Windsor-Smith, Sal Velluto, and Mike Manley. Cover by Bob Layton and Tom Ryder.

Aric Dacia is a Visigoth barbarian captured by spider aliens and enslaved aboard their starship until he steals their ultimate weapon - the X-O Manowar armor. Aric returns to Earth only to find that 1,600 years have passed. Now, the most primitive man on the planet wields the most technologically advanced weapon in existence!

Featuring a special guest appearance by Solar, Man of the Atom.

Softcover, 96 pages, full color.

The X-O Database edition, published in 1993, was originally bagged with the X-O Manowar Retribution trade paperback. Because it was available in no other way, the print run for this item was much lower than any other of the early Valiant issues. The X-O Database is comic-sized with 16 full-color pages including two cel transparencies showing details of the inner working of the X-O armored suit together with a complete history and stats. Cover pencils by Clifford E. Van Meter, inks by Tom Ryder. X-O Manowar character profile, script by Clifford E. Van Meter, art by Jim Calafiore, Bob Layton, Mike Leeke, Joe Quesada, Tom Ryder, Sal Velluto, and Clifford E. Van Meter; Description of the X-O armors sealed systems, weapons, propulsion, and armor classes accompanied with illustrations of all of them. X-O Manowar 3-pages of illustration by Jim Calafiore, Bob Layton, Mike Leeke, Joe Quesada, Tom Ryder, Sal Velluto, Clifford E. Van Meter. X-O Glossary by Clifford E. Van Meter.