X-O Manowar Vol 1 23

I am a man of honor. I want you to see my eyes before I kill you. That is the Visigoth way!

-- Aric of Dacia

White Kings and Black Knights, Part 2[]

Appearances[]

Featured Characters:

Aric of Dacia
Randy Cartier as X-O Manowar

Supporting Characters:

Paul Bouvier

Villains:

Kyle Wolfbridge (Flashback only)
Spectar Enterprises (logging company)
- Reece (First appearance)
U.S. Military
- Colonel Gardner
- Phillip Zahn

Other Characters:

Azim (Dies) (First appearance)
Hovitos (Mentioned only)
Ian (Paul Bouvier's inside man) (Mentioned only)
Jean-Luc Cartier (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
Mujahideen (Mentioned only)
Native Americans
- Yanomama Tribe
  - Elib (Dies)
  - Hasupu (Single appearance)
Orb Industries (Behind the scenes)
Operation Deep Freeze (Mentioned only)
Russians (Mentioned only)

Locations:

Afghanistan (Flashback and main story)
- Prison camp (Flashback only)
Canada
- Vancouver (Mentioned only)
New York
- Ulster County
Peru
- Yanomama Village

Items:

Armorine Unit (First appearance)
Scud missiles
X-O Manowar Armor
- Good Skin / Shanhara
  - X-O Manowar Ring

Vehicles:

Credits[]

Writers: Jorge Gonzalez
Pencilers: Paris T. Karounos
Inkers: Tom Ryder, Phyllis Novin (background inks)
Colorists: Andrew Covalt, Mark Pusateri
Letterers: Ken Lopez
Cover Artists: Paris T. Karounos, Tom Ryder, Jorge Gonzalez
Editors: Mark Moretti
Editor-in-Chief: Bob Layton

Synopsis[]

In Afghanistan, Randy causes more harm than good with the X-O Armor when she seeks revenge against her husband's killers. Meanwhile in Peru, Aric is lured away from the Yanomama village while greedy developers destroy Aric's adopted tribe. Amid the carnage, Aric realizes that this slaughter was actually carried out by a subsidiary of Orb Industries!^[1]