{"id":3710,"date":"2008-04-22T21:12:39","date_gmt":"2008-04-22T19:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/?p=3710"},"modified":"2008-04-22T21:15:55","modified_gmt":"2008-04-22T19:15:55","slug":"x-o-manowar-birth-hardcover-set-to-hit-stores-ahead-of-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/news-english\/x-o-manowar-birth-hardcover-set-to-hit-stores-ahead-of-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"X-O Manowar: Birth Hardcover Set To Hit Stores Ahead Of Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/valiant.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-admin\/URL de l\u2019article\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-admin\/Aucun(e)\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3711\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/news-english\/x-o-manowar-birth-hardcover-set-to-hit-stores-ahead-of-schedule\/attachment\/valiant\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/valiant.jpg?fit=113%2C190\" data-orig-size=\"113,190\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"valiant\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/valiant.jpg?fit=113%2C190\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3711\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"valiant\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/valiant.jpg?resize=101%2C155\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"155\" \/><\/a>[ENGLISH] April 22, 2008, New York, NY \u2013 Valiant Entertainment is giving fans and retailers a treat by releasing the X-O Manowar: Birth hardcover edition one week earlier than originally planned. The new edition was originally scheduled for release on April 30, but Valiant has decided to make it available one week early. \u201cThe books came back early from the printer and they looked so good we didn\u2019t want to wait the extra week to get them out to fans,\u201d said Walter J. Black, Senior VP &amp; Publisher of Valiant Entertainment.<!--more-->\u00a0\u201cPutting together this hardcover\u00a0edition has been a labor of love for us, and we figured our diehard fans would appreciate\u00a0getting their hands on it a little bit earlier than expected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">X-O Manowar: Birth collects issues #0-6 of the landmark series that sold over 8 million copies and was originally published in 1992. The material is being collected for the first time in this hardcover edition and has been digitally recolored. The book also features a brand new story by Bob Layton, a look at Joe Quesada\u2019s original layouts for X-O Manowar #0 and a new cover by Sean Chen. The complete solicitation copy can be seen below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">X-O MANOWAR BIRTH HC<br \/>\nBy Bob Layton, Jim Shooter, Joe Quesada &amp; Barry Windsor-Smith<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This digitally recolored and remastered Valiant special edition collects the full X-O Manowar origin story from issues #0-6 for the first time ever, and includes an all-new \u00ab\u00a0The Rise of Lydia\u00a0\u00bb story by Bob Layton and a new cover by Sean Chen! Aric Dacia is a Visigoth barbarian captured by spider aliens and enslaved aboard their starship until he steals their ultimate weapon &#8211; the X-O Manowar armor. Aric returns to Earth only to find that 1600 years have passed. Now, the most primitive man on the planet wields the most technologically advanced weapon in existence! Features explosive artwork by Barry Windsor-Smith and Marvel EIC Joe Quesada and a story by legendary creators Bob Layton and Jim Shooter!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">X-O Manowar: Birth is still available to order by using Diamond Order Number: FEB084088.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To read a 33-page preview of X-O Manowar: Birth, follow this link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.valiantentertainment.com\/features.php\">http:\/\/www.valiantentertainment.com\/features.php<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For more information on X-O Manowar: Birth and other Valiant Entertainment titles, please log on to their website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.valiantentertainment.com\">www.valiantentertainment.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">About Valiant Entertainment:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Valiant Entertainment is a character-based entertainment company that owns and manages some of the most popular comic characters ever created across all media, including feature films, television, video games, new media, publishing, and consumer products. Since their creation in 1990, Valiant characters have sold over 80 million comic books, 8 million video games, and Valiant became one of the three leading comic character-based companies globally. In addition, the \u00ab\u00a0Valiant characters are often called the most important characters created since the Marvel revolution of the 1960s\u00a0\u00bb (Sequart, 2006).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">VALIANTTM characters include X-O MANOWAR\u00ae, BLOODSHOT\u00ae, HARBINGERTM, ETERNAL WARRIORTM, DOCTOR MIRAGETM, NINJAKTM, SHADOWMAN\u00ae, RAITM, and<br \/>\nQUANTUM &amp; WOODYTM, among many others. 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