X-O Manowar #1 [Regular Cover]
(February 1997)

Acclaim / Valiant, 1997 Series
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Volume
2
Price
2.50 USD; 3.50 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Valiant
Brand
Acclaim Comics/Valiant Heroes
Barcode
716892870682 00111
Editing
Lynaire Brust (editor); Omar Banmally (assistant editor); Fabian Nicieza (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Note that the lettering credit changed between Preview and this publication. Indicia says "October 1996" although the cover says "FEB"
This issue has variants:

Operation: Rebirth (Table of Contents)

X-O Manowar / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sean Chen
Inks
Tom Ryder
Colors
Atomic Paintbrush
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-O Manowar [Rand Banion]

Indexer Notes

Cover title is tip of the hat to Captain America.

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Fear Itself (Table of Contents: 1)

X-O Manowar / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Waid; Brian Augustyn
Pencils
Sean Chen
Inks
Tom Ryder
Colors
Atomic Paintbrush
Letters
Comicraft; Dave Lanphear
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-O Manowar [Rand Banion] (Intro); Donovan Wylie (Intro); Tish Boudreau (Intro); Colonel Laidlaw (Intro); Meg Wylie (Intro); R.A.G.E. (Intro)
Synopsis
Banion volunteers to wear X-O armor that Wylie has partly figured out to combat R.A.G.E. terrorists. Banion is killed by the terrorists.
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Indexer Notes

Acclaim numbers the ad pages in the book so the story appears to be 27 pages.

Mano-A-Mano (Table of Contents: 2)

Mano-A-Mano / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Lynaire Brust
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers: Rupert Lawson, Blake M. Petit, Chris Khalaf, Ed Jolie, Jeff Demos

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Operation: Rebirth
    X-O Manowar
  2. 1. Fear Itself
    X-O Manowar
  3. 2. Mano-A-Mano
    Mano-A-Mano
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