{"id":1546,"date":"2018-01-16T15:42:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T21:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=1546"},"modified":"2018-01-16T15:42:01","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T21:42:01","slug":"return-to-earth-matt-kindt-ariel-olivetti-begin-a-new-era-in-x-o-manowar-14-coming-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2018\/01\/16\/return-to-earth-matt-kindt-ariel-olivetti-begin-a-new-era-in-x-o-manowar-14-coming-in-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Return to Earth! Matt Kindt & Ariel Olivetti Begin a New Era in X-O MANOWAR #14 \u2013 Coming in April!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before HARBINGER WARS 2, Valiant’s Flagship Hero Charges into a Milestone Moment More Than a Year in the Making<\/em><\/p>\n

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The moment more than a year in the making is almost here! At last \u2013 X-O Manowar returns to Earth!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Valiant is proud to announce\u00a0X-O MANOWAR (2017) #14\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 a\u00a0STAGGERING STANDALONE MILESTONE<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT<\/strong>\u00a0that will return Aric of Dacia to his home world after a year of cosmic conquest…and finally answer the monumental questions that have shadowed Earth’s most powerful hero at every turn! On\u00a0April 25th<\/span><\/span>,<\/strong>\u00a0the heart-wrenching revelation at the center of New York Times best-selling writer\u00a0Matt Kindt’s<\/strong>\u00a0relentless sci-fi epic will be laid bare, as veteran artist\u00a0Ariel Olivetti<\/strong>(Incredible Hulk<\/em>) comes aboard for a blockbuster finale to X-O Manowar’s blistering first year…and a new chapter begins as\u00a0HARBINGER WARS 2<\/strong>\u00a0looms beyond the horizon!<\/p>\n

After a brutal year spent waging war on the far side of the galaxy, Aric of Dacia must now face the one thing he yearned to leave behind: planet Earth. But as the man called X-O Manowar prepares for a world-shaking homecoming, he must come to terms with a savage awakening inside himself…and the obligations that still await him on our world. Just as the forces of HARBINGER WARS 2 \u2013 Valiant\u2019s seismic 2018 crossover event \u2013 begin to vie for Aric\u2019s loyalties, a long-awaited reunion might just shatter everything we\u2019ve come to believe about the fallen warrior-king in control of the universe\u2019s most powerful weapon…<\/p>\n

“[X-O MANOWAR #14] will cast the first year\u00a0into a new light,”\u00a0writer Matt Kindt told Inverse<\/a>. “It\u2019s not a twist, like, ‘I tricked you.’\u00a0It\u2019s more that it reveals something that happened to him that will give new meaning to everything he did in those first 13 issues. Not just why he\u2019d run off to another planet, but, also, why he buried the armor in the first issue. What led to that? Those questions, which I think as you read the series you get distracted by all the\u00a0politics\u00a0and action, you forget he was mad at that armor. Him and his relationship to his armor is one of the things that caused his break from Earth.”<\/p>\n

The comics odyssey of a lifetime comes full circle\u00a0on\u00a0April 25th<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, as Matt Kindt and Ariel Olivetti begin the countdown to\u00a0HARBINGER WARS 2<\/strong>\u00a0with an inescapable turning point for the Valiant Universe\u2019s unrelenting man of war, only in\u00a0X-O MANOWAR #14<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 featuring covers by\u00a0Kaare Andrews<\/strong>\u00a0(Astonishing X-Men<\/em>),\u00a0Ra\u00fal All\u00e9n\u00a0<\/strong>(SECRET WEAPONS),\u00a0Keron Grant\u00a0<\/strong>(Fantastic Four<\/em>), and\u00a0Felipe Massafera<\/strong>\u00a0(Shaper<\/em>)!<\/p>\n

Then: This May, two of the most powerful creative minds in comics today \u2013 New York Times best-selling writer\u00a0Matt Kindt<\/strong>\u00a0(X-O MANOWAR, DIVINITY) and Academy Award nominee\u00a0Eric Heisserer\u00a0<\/strong>(SECRET WEAPONS) \u2013 join the powerhouse artistic team of\u00a0Tom\u00e1s Giorello<\/strong>\u00a0(X-O MANOWAR, NINJA-K) and\u00a0Ra\u00fal All\u00e9n<\/strong>\u00a0(SECRET WEAPONS) for the coming of the summer\u2019s biggest comics event in\u00a0HARBINGER WARS 2!<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the rare and immensely powerful subset of humanity known as psiots, their unique abilities have come with an enormous cost. Once, their existence was known only to a select few. Now, the revelation that thousands of these latent telekinetic \u201charbingers\u201d secretly live among us\u2026with the potential to become active any moment\u2026has led the American government to a dramatic tipping point\u2026<\/p>\n

Armed with new extra-governmental authority, the deep-black military contractor known as OMEN has been authorized to identify, evaluate, and, if need be, eliminate all super-normal threats to the homeland. H.A.R.D. Corps units have been deployed into cities and towns across the United States to enforce their orders.<\/p>\n

In the east, one of the most powerful minds on Earth, Peter Stanchek, is leading his band of Renegades across the country, activating any potential psiots willing to join them, and building an insurrection force of ultra-powerful and unwieldy new powers that will soon bring war to OMEN\u2019s doorstep\u2026and the unstoppable force known as X-O Manowar raging back to Earth\u2026<\/p>\n

In the west, Livewire \u2013 the telekinetic technopath with the ability to bend machines and computers to her will \u2013 will be forced to choose between her former allies\u2026or her newfound team of Secret Weapons. As the situation escalates beyond human control, the United States will be plunged into darkness from coast and coast, launching Bloodshot and Ninjak into a dangerous mission to neutralize their one-time teammate \u2013 and setting the stage for the most shocking, most violent, and most consequential clash of powers ever witnessed in the history of the Valiant Universe!<\/p>\n

This summer, the blockbuster comics event of the New Year erupts in full force as X-O Manowar, Livewire, the Harbinger Renegades, Bloodshot, the Secret Weapons, Ninjak, and a cast of thousands draw their battle lines for\u00a0HARBINGER WARS\u00a02\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 featuring covers by\u00a0J.G. Jones<\/strong>\u00a0and an all-star cast of comics powerhouses soon to be revealed!<\/p>\n

For more information, visit Valiant on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Tumblr,<\/a>\u00a0Instagram<\/a>, and\u00a0ValiantEntertainment.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For Valiant merchandise and more, visit\u00a0ValiantStore.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

X-O MANOWAR (2017) #14<\/strong>
\nWritten by MATT KINDT
\nArt by ARIEL OLIVETTI
\nCover A by KAARE ANDREWS
\nCover B by RA\u00daL ALL\u00c9N
\nVariant Cover by KERON GRANT
\nX-O Manowar Icon Variant by FELIPE MASSAFERA
\n$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On Sale\u00a0APRIL 25th<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(FOC \u2013\u00a04\/2\/18<\/span><\/span>)<\/p>\n