X-O Manowar Vol 5 3

Solicitation[]

Who would win in a fight: X-O Manowar or a cybernetic tech monster formed out of lava?

In order to prevent catastrophe, will Aric hand over the X-O armor to a new ally?

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Villains:

Ukrainian rebels
- Vlad Yakiov (Leader)
- Unnamed scientist
- Unnamed terrorists

Other Characters:

Locations:

Items:

Dragon's Rage Underdark (Fictional video game; not being released until next year)
Nanites
- G.D. Nanite Swarm (First appearance)
Whittech Battle Bots (Name revealed)
X-O Manowar Armor
- Shanhara
  - Incident Log #49761.416
  - Incident Log #49764.117
  - Personal Log #16973 (Troy Whitaker)
  - Personal Log #16981 (Vlad Yakiov)

Vehicles:

Writers: Dennis Hopeless
Pencilers: Emilio Laiso
Inker: Emilio Laiso
Colorists: Ruth Redmond
Letterers: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Cover Artists: Christian Ward (A), David Nakayama (B), David Lopez (C), Giuseppe Camuncoli & Ulises Arreola (Pre-Order), Dustin Weaver (1:25)
Editors: Drew Baumgartner (assistant), Heather Antos (senior)

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The "Pre-Order Edition" of this issue contains the following exclusive material:

X-O Manowar #3 Cover Gallery (1 page)
- Textless Cover A
- Textless Cover B
- Textless "Sword of Shanhara" Cover
- Textless Pre-Order Edition Cover
Page in Process (2 pages)
- Script, inks, colors, and final edits for page 2
Battle Bites - script excerpts and line art (2 pages)
- Go, Go, X-O Armor!
- Heat Wave
- Houston, We Have A Problem
- Grab 'n Go
- Wanna Shake?
Breaking Down Balloons with letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (2 pages)
- About readability, sound effects, and giving Shanhara a voice (over pages 8 and 4)
Vlad Yakiov Design with writer Dennis Hopeless and artist Emilio Laiso (1 page)

This comic book was initially solicited for release on May 27, 2020, but had to be delayed due to the lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]
Christian Ward's regular cover is some sort of homage to Joe Shuster's iconic cover for Action Comics #1. In the debut issue of this series there is a similar panel on page 11 showing X-O Manowar lifting a vintage Volkswagen Beetle in the air.