Ho! The good skin senses Spider Alien blood coursing through the veins of this one! How can this be? I thought I killed them all! No matter-- it will give me great pleasure to wipe out this last one! ... Prepare to die, devil-spawn!
- -- X-O Manowar
First Impressions[]
Appearances[]
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Blister / Blisterman
- Ishmael
- Jackals in red suits (terrorists)
- Shadowman / Jack Boniface
Other Characters:
- Brother Mean (gangster boss)
- Obadiah Kingston (runs Jelly's Blues Bar)
- Randy Cartier (Mentioned only)
- Visigoths (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Louisiana
- New Orleans
- French Quarter
- Coke Luxe (night club; destroyed)
- Empora (night club; destroyed) (Mentioned only)
- Orb Industries
- Ritz Carlton Hotel
- Jelly's Blues Bar (also being destroyed)
- Ritz Carlton Hotel
- French Quarter
- New Orleans
- New York
- Ulster County
Items:
- Darque Power
- Explosives
- Flame thrower
- Jack's saxophone
- Mask of Shadows
- Spider Alien blood (Mentioned only)
- X-O Manowar Armor
Vehicles:
Credits[]
- Writers: Jorge Gonzalez
- Pencilers: Luke Ross
- Inkers: Randy Elliott
- Colorists: Andrew Covalt, Sue Random
- Letterers: Jade Moede
- Cover Artists: Jeff Johnson, Tom Ryder, Andrew Covalt
- Editors: Lynaire Brust
- Editor-in-Chief: Bob Layton
Synopsis[]
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X-O Manowar Birthquake Prequel[]
Appearances[]
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Ken Clarkson
- Paul Bouvier (host body for "Pol-Bekhara" armor)
- Randy Cartier (Orb's chief of security)
- Solar, Man of the Atom
- Turok (Cameo)
Villains:
- Mistress Crescendo (First appearance)
- Roman Empire
- Spider Aliens
Other Characters:
- Bionisaurs (Cameo)
- Exo (Spider Alien who Solar killed in Solar, Man of the Atom #7) (Mentioned only)
- Native Americans (Mentioned only)
- Orb Industries
- Visigoths
- Alaric (Mentioned only)
Locations:
Items:
- X-O Commando Armor
- X-O Manowar Armor
- Pol-Bekhara
- Shanhara (X-O Manowar Class)
- X-O Manowar Seed
Vehicles:
Credits[]
- Writers: Ron Marz
- Pencilers: Bart Sears, Andy Smith
- Inkers: Ray Kryssing
- Colorists: Ominous Color
- Letterers: Chris Eliopoulos
- Covers: Bart Sears
- Editors: Lynaire Brust
- Editor-in-Chief: Bob Layton
Synopsis[]
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Notes[]
- The main story line – "First Impressions" – is continued in Shadowman #37.
- "X-O Manowar Birthquake Prequel" is an actual comic (with its own wraparound cover and indicia) stapled into the middle of X-O Manowar #42. Per the indicia the title is "X-O ManowarTM BIRTHQUAKE PREQUEL" with the same cover date of May, 1995.
- The Birthquake story line is continued in X-O Manowar #44.
Quotes[]
- Whatever fool has declared war on me is going to pay with their blood!
- -- X-O Manowar
- Ho! I am bewitched by that woman's beauty! She must be some kind of enchantress.
- -- X-O Manowar
- Ho! The good skin senses Spider Alien blood coursing through the veins of this one! How can this be? I thought I killed them all! No matter-- it will give me great pleasure to wipe out this last one! ... Prepare to die, devil-spawn!
- -- X-O Manowar
- What the--? The bandit manifested a magic shield out of thin air! There is dark sorcery at work here -- but nothing that will discourage a visigoth!
- -- X-O Manowar
Gallery[]
Cover Art[]
Panels[]
(from "First Impressions")
Related[]
References[]
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