'SPECIAL ARTIST'S EDITION REPRINT OF THE LEGENDARY #0 ISSUE OF THE ORIGINAL '90s X-O MANOWAR SERIES! SEE COMICS LEGEND JOE QUESADA'S ARTWORK REPRODUCED IN ITS ORIGINAL BLACK & WHITE PENCILS WITH INKS BY JIMMY PALMIOTTI! This special edition will contain no dialog, captions or word balloons and will be printed in oversized 7.15×11 format! Aric of Dacia, nephew of Alaric, King of the Visigoths, is consumed by a relentless desire for vengeance against the Romans, who killed his parents when he was a child. Driven by his thirst to annihilate them, he launches a nighttime assault on what he believes is a Roman encampment, only to be captured by the Spider Aliens. This marks the beginning of years of enslavement. This prologue to 'Retribution' (X-O MANOWAR #1, 1992) explores how Aric ultimately bonded with the powerful alien armor known as X-O Manowar.'
