| Release: | May 02, 2012 |
| Cover: | May 2012 |
By the Sword, Part 1: Blades and Open Fields
| Release: | May 02, 2012 |
| Cover: | May 2012 |
It's the comic book event a decade in the making! The all-new Valiant Universe kicks off with a landmark, oversized # 1 issue of X-O Manowar by New York Times-bestselling author Robert Venditti (The Surrogates, The Homeland Directive) and Eisner Award-winning artist Cary Nord (Conan)! Born into battle, Aric of Dacia -- heir to the throne of the Visigoth people -- has never known peace. After a brutal encounter with a mysterious enemy known as The Vine leaves him a prisoner on an incomprehensible world, the only hope Aric has of returning to his family and saving them from slavery is to seize a weapon of incalculable destruction and become X-O Manowar! The Vine destroyed Aric's world. Now he will give them war.
| Writer | Robert Venditti |
| Cover Artist | Esad Ribić |
| Penciller | Cary Nord |
| Inker | Stefano Gaudiano |
| Colorist | William 'Moose' Baumann |
| Letterer | Dave Lanphear |
| Editor | Warren Simons, Josh Johns |
| Aric of Dacia | Aric |
| Gafti | |
| General Stillicho | |
| King Alaric | |
| Commander Trill |
| Age | Modern Age |
|---|---|
| Format | Comic |
| Series Group | X-O Manowar |
| Genre | Action | Adventure | Science Fiction | Super-Heroes |
| No. of Pages | 40 |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |