X-O Manowar #13 – Review

By: Robert Venditti (Writer), Cary Nord (Artist), Moose Baumann (Colorist)

The Story: Aric tests his connection to the Shanhara armor and defends the Visigoth settlement against the vine.

The Review: As the Planet Death storyline went on, I had problem with the pacing and the characterization of Aric, being bored at his stubbornness and his general attitude toward his goals. The comic had some good idea, but seemed to spin a bit on its own wheels as some new elements were being introduced, but not thoroughly explored in a satisfying way.

X-O Manowar #12 – Review

By: Robert Venditti (Writer), Cary Nord (Artist), Moose Baumann (Colorist)

The Story: Aric discovers that the Visigoth lives on Loam as slaves to the Vine as he finds out he still want to pretty much kill everyone on this planet.

The Review: If there’s one thing that this story cannot be accused of lacking, it’s scope. Let’s see what the synopsis could be so far for X-O Manowar: a Visigoth from 402 A.D. with a powerful alien armor decides to destroy an alien species by committing massive genocide on their home planet of Loam out of vengeance for having suffered in slavery to the Vine. That is what we could call a grand set for what could very well be something very big and memorable.