Aric of Dacia has been pretty busy lately. Just a few years ago, he was a barbarian hanging out trying to murder a bunch of Romans back in Visigoth Times, and then, wouldn't you know it, he's abducted by aliens, kept out in space for a thousand years, and winds up bonded to a high-tech suit of sentient armor that gives him the power to take on anything in his path, up to and including the intergalactic robotic army that destroyed the home planet of the Vine, the aliens that kidnapped him in the first place.

Now, the Vine are left without a home planet, and so in true sitcom fashion, they're dropping in on their old pal Aric and his lovely wife Sanna to see if maybe they shouldn't settle on Earth. The action goes down in X-O Manowar #39 by Robert Venditti and Rafa Sandoval, the start of the new story arc 'Exodus'. Check out a preview below!

 

X-O Manowar #39, Valiant Entertainment
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X-O Manowar #39, Valiant Entertainment
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X-O Manowar #39, Valiant Entertainment
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X-O Manowar #39, Valiant Entertainment
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X-O Manowar #39, Valiant Entertainment
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X-O Manowar #39, Valiant Entertainment
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X-O Manowar #39, Valiant Entertainment
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X-O Manowar #39, Valiant Entertainment
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And here's the official solicitation from Valiant:

X-O MANOWAR #39 (NEW ARC! “EXODUS” – PART 1)
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI
Art by RAFA SANDOVAL
Cover A by RAFA SANDOVAL (JUN151616)
Cover B by ROBERT GILL (JUN151617)
Variant Cover by CAFU (JUN151618)
Variant Cover by BRENT PEEPLES (JUN151619)
ALL-NEW ARC! ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT! “EXODUS” BEGINS NOW!
Aric of Dacia is X-O Manowar, hero to humanity, leader of the remaining Visigoths, and a husband about to start a new family. He is also the bearer of Shanhara, and tantamount to a God in the eyes of the alien race known as the Vine. Now, in the aftermath of DEAD HAND, the Vine need a new home and have chosen Earth – tearing Aric between two races that worship him, but each despise one another. New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH) and red-hot artist Rafa Sandoval (Ultimate Hawkeye) unite here to begin a bold and tragic new era in the life of X-O Manowar!
$3.99 | 32 pages | T+ | ON SALE AUGUST 12

 

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