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Gear up for war, as the Armorines make their explosive debut to the Valiant Universe! X-O Manowar is in for a rude awakening when he realizes he isn't the only armored agent in town. With a target on his back, can Aric outlast not one, but dozens of similarly powered soldiers?

No one is safe in this sense-shattering conclusion to "Operation Deep Freeze!" They stole his armor and endangered his loved ones. Now, the CIA must pay for their sins and the ramifications will reach as far as the Oval Office! But when the dust and blood settles, will X-O Manowar truly find peace?

"Retribution: Prologue" At last, the origin of X-O Manowar revealed! How did Aric of Dacia become a slave to the Spider-Aliens? At what terrible cost was the X-O Manowar armor made? And how did Aric come to find himself in the modern day?

The beginning of an all-new direction for X-O Manowar! Faced with a crisis of conscience, Aric bequeaths the X-O armor to Randy Cartier! Can Randy answer the hero's call or will this sudden surge of power overwhelm her?

Poisoned by Snakebite and on the verge of death, Aric's only hope is Randy Cartier! Will she be able to get the X-O armor back online in time?

Aric struggles to come to term with the loss of the X-O Manowar armor. But he'll find hope when an ally journeys to the depths of the Solar System and discovers a latent seed that could regrow the Manowar armor. But the seed will not germinate without a blood sacrifice. Will Aric or one of his friends pay the ultimate price so that X-O Manowar can live again?

Aric's escape from civilization takes a surprising turn for the worse! With his adopted village as the target of a much larger conspiracy, Aric must once again rise as a protector of the innocent. But without the X-O Manowar armor's protection, can Aric ever be the hero he once was? It's metal vs. mettle as Aric's true strength is finally tested!

Corporate espionage strikes at Orb Industries! When an Orb employee is mysteriously killed on the coast of New England, Aric uncovers a sinister secret. Someone is selling Spider-Alien tech to the black market and Aric will need Ken's help to track down this inside trader!

Can even the X-O Manowar armor survive a hit from a Polaris missile? Randy and Ninjak better hope so, otherwise they'll stand no chance of surviving terrorist Helena Wolfbridge and her psychotic trio of harbinger lackeys.

Aric traces a mysterious trail of green blood, only to walk right into a surprise attack by extraterrestrials! But, while battling the alien colony, the X-O armor begins to starngely malfunction. Who or what could be causing this?