X-O Manowar Vol 3 47

As our people spanned millennia, it became easy to forgot the other side of our faith. If there was a savior... then there was also a destroyer. There was the Torment.

-- High Priest of the Vine

Long Live the King, Part 1: The Face of Gods[]

Appearances[]

Featured Characters:

X-O Manowar

Supporting Characters:

Villains:

The Torment

Other Characters:

Chutto (Vine)
Raago (Vine)
Thon (Visigoth)
The Worthy One (Flashback only)

Locations:

Loam (Flashback only)
Nebraska

Items:

Vehicles:

Love Boat

Credits[]

Writers: Robert Venditti
Pencilers: Joe Bennett, Roberto de la Torre (flashback sequence)
Inkers: Marcio Loerzer, Roberto de la Torre (flashback sequence)
Colorists: Ulises Arreola, Dean White (flashback sequence)
Letterers: Dave Sharpe
Cover Artists: Kano (A), Phil Jimenez (B), Khoi Pham (C), Clayton Henry & Andrew Dalhouse (CGC Replica), Rafa Sandoval, Jordi Tarragona & Kyle Ritter (1:10), David Lafuente & Brian Reber (1:20), Jeff Lemire (1:50)
Editors: Tom Brennan
Editor-in-Chief: Warren Simons

Solicitation[]

ALL-NEW ARC! ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT! The march toward the greatest Valiant milestone of all time starts here as X-O Manowar begins “LONG LIVE THE KING”!

They are The Torment – and their name means death. Thought to be a legend by the extraterrestrial empire called the Vine, they have now become Earth’s violent reality. They have traveled for eons to reach us…in search of Aric of Dacia, the unstoppable X-O Manowar. How can Aric of Dacia defeat an omnipotent threat nearly as old as the universe itself? Will the X-O Manowar armor truly be our world’s salvation, just as the Vine’s myths foretold? Is this the beginning of the end for X-O Manowar…or the beginning of something bigger?

Plus: The X-O MANOWAR #50 COUNTDOWN GIVEAWAY begins here! Each issue of “LONG LIVE THE KING” comes bagged with one of 50 exclusive micro-prints from comics’ leading talents…or hand-drawn ORIGINAL ARTWORK!

Synopsis[]

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Notes[]

Each copy of X-O Manowar #47-50 – the "Long Live the King" arc – is bagged with 1 of 50 "micro-prints" (4-by-6-inch) by 1 of the 50 artists contributing to the "All-Star Jam" cover and featuring the artist’s interpretation of X-O Manowar. Approximately 1 in 40 copies feature randomly inserted original artwork by artists who have worked for Valiant in the past and present.

Quotes[]

As our people spanned millennia, it became easy to forgot the other side of our faith. If there was a savior... then there was also a destroyer. There was the Torment.

-- High Priest of the Vine

If not for Shanhara and the Worthy One, our people would never have survived the Torment and emerged from the prehistoric cradle. We would never have spread our seeds across the stars. Nor would we have discovered that our scriptures were not yet completed. On a world called Earth, the final book is about to be written...