Title: Valiant Beyond: The X-O Manowar #1
Publisher: Valiant
Writer: Steve Orlando
Artist: Guillermo Fajardo
Color: Lautard Ftuli
Flats: Ludwig Olimba
Price: $ 4.99 US
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Website: www.alienbooks.com/
Comments: A big man with a suit of armor lands and loses the suit to battle some roaming thieves. This is Aric of Dacia. He is a brute and a killer. He is also a hero.
The Earthborn are the villains here, and the Punx have a fortress/settlement that Doctor Demolition protects. The Punx welcome the unwelcome. They take in families to join them in peace.
Aric has his own path, and it is steeped in mystery. Who is his Queen? How did he get the armor he wears?
Now Aric finds himself a prisoner of Brother Typhon’s army. Typhon is one sick bastard, and the evil just flows off him. He comes across as a despot.
The story does need more fleshing out. How did Aric get here? There is so much left unexplained about him. Plus, the world he is on is it Earth?
The art shows a harsh world, and the people in it are even harsher.
The new design of Aric’s suit gives him a knight of old look. A shining knight in armor out to protect others.
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