X-O Manowar volume 2 Acclaim question

Ross2 · Post by **Ross2** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 4:02:48 am

Can someone tell me a good synopsis of Volume 2 and its connection to volume 1, if any?

Thanks

BruceReville · Post by **BruceReville** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:26:14 am

I can say it is not connected to Vol 1 in any way

MarrowMan · Post by **MarrowMan** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:28:45 am

I say we just forget vol 2 even existed, what an abortion. If I could send a T-800 back in time to 1996 to Terminate it, I would.

BruceReville · Post by **BruceReville** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:29:54 am

Issue 5 and me will always have our connection in history

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:06:04 am

No connection to the original other than the name.

The X-O suit ends up in the hands of Americans after being taken from Germany in WWII. The suit is of unknown origin and bonds with the wearer in a way that eventually cause permanent harm. The book leaps to present day and a young scientist name Donovan Wylie ends up wearing the suit after a mishap. I won't spoil too much for you in case you want to give the series a read sometime.

Personally I didn't care for the premise or the characters, but the premise did spawn a cool villain character from WWII called the Teutonic Knight that mainly appears in Dr. Tomorrow. There is also a cool story in a one shot called Operation Stormbreaker.

myron · Post by **myron** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:44:27 am

Daniel Jackson wrote:No connection to the original other than the name.

The X-O suit ends up in the hands of Americans after being taken from Germany in WWII. The suit is of unknown origin and bonds with the wearer in a way that eventually cause permanent harm. The book leaps to present day and a young scientist name Donovan Wylie ends up wearing the suit after a mishap. I won't spoil too much for you in case you want to give the series a read sometime.

Personally I didn't care for the premise or the characters, but the premise did spawn a cool villain character from WWII called the Teutonic Knight that mainly appears in Dr. Tomorrow. There is also a cool story in a one shot called Operation Stormbreaker.

DJ you just made it sound waaaayyyy better than it actually was...iirc

sonicdan · Post by **sonicdan** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:53:16 am

The title also featured some nice artwork.
Sean Chen did the first arc with a noticeable increase in his skills (landed him a job with Marvel on Iron Man).
Scot Eaton, his art I also like, did most of the rest of the series. Bart Sears penciled issue #16 and featured
Quantum and Woody.
DAN

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:03:49 am

It wouldn't have been so bad if it hadn't been called XO Manowar.

betterthanezra · Post by **betterthanezra** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:59:51 pm

BruceReville wrote:Issue 5 and me will always have our connection in history

I have a letter printed in issue #10

-Brian

BruceReville · Post by **BruceReville** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 2:00:34 pm

betterthanezra wrote:
BruceReville wrote:Issue 5 and me will always have our connection in history
I have a letter printed in issue #10

-Brian

I named R.A.G.E.

Phantom.. · Post by **Phantom..** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:43:36 pm

It's good.
Very good take on xo manowar.

Completely different but plays well on the xo armour and it's first owner ( not aric).

hulk181man · Post by **hulk181man** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:41:12 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:No connection to the original other than the name.

The X-O suit ends up in the hands of Americans after being taken from Germany in WWII. The suit is of unknown origin and bonds with the wearer in a way that eventually cause permanent harm. The book leaps to present day and a young scientist name Donovan Wylie ends up wearing the suit after a mishap. I won't spoil too much for you in case you want to give the series a read sometime.

Personally I didn't care for the premise or the characters, but the premise did spawn a cool villain character from WWII called the Teutonic Knight that mainly appears in Dr. Tomorrow. There is also a cool story in a one shot called Operation Stormbreaker.

The Teutonic Knight was seriously cool...but no love for Bravado??

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:13:21 pm

hulk181man wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:No connection to the original other than the name.

The X-O suit ends up in the hands of Americans after being taken from Germany in WWII. The suit is of unknown origin and bonds with the wearer in a way that eventually cause permanent harm. The book leaps to present day and a young scientist name Donovan Wylie ends up wearing the suit after a mishap. I won't spoil too much for you in case you want to give the series a read sometime.

Personally I didn't care for the premise or the characters, but the premise did spawn a cool villain character from WWII called the Teutonic Knight that mainly appears in Dr. Tomorrow. There is also a cool story in a one shot called Operation Stormbreaker.
The Teutonic Knight was seriously cool...but no love for Bravado??

Hahaha....maybe a little...

sonicdan · Post by **sonicdan** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:17:52 pm

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:29:06 am

Daniel Jackson wrote:No connection to the original other than the name.

The X-O suit ends up in the hands of Americans after being taken from Germany in WWII. The suit is of unknown origin and bonds with the wearer in a way that eventually cause permanent harm. The book leaps to present day and a young scientist name Donovan Wylie ends up wearing the suit after a mishap. I won't spoil too much for you in case you want to give the series a read sometime.

Personally I didn't care for the premise or the characters, but the premise did spawn a cool villain character from WWII called the Teutonic Knight that mainly appears in Dr. Tomorrow. There is also a cool story in a one shot called Operation Stormbreaker.

Only slight connection, or rather homage, to volume 1 is that the first known bearer was a Visigoth named Aric of Dacia.

/Magnus

Ross2 · Post by **Ross2** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:05:13 am

So vol.2 is about a military/Iron Man type, with passing references to Aric being the first Manowar.

betterthanezra · Post by **betterthanezra** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:16:27 am

I liked Bravado

-Brian

hulk181man · Post by **hulk181man** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 9:42:49 pm

betterthanezra wrote:I liked Bravado

-Brian

hulk181man · Post by **hulk181man** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 9:43:28 pm

Leave it to Dan to come through....

sonicdan wrote:

BloodOfHeroes · Post by **BloodOfHeroes** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:58:52 pm

As Magnus pointed out, Aric got the armor in 408 AD and was a fierce warrior until the armor resulted in his premature death. Dwayne McDuffie had planned to bring back Aric's consciousness but the title got cancelled before it could happen.

I liked the one-shot and the McDuffie issues were actually really good. And I am far from an X-O fan.

Helios · Post by **Helios** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:02:36 am

The VH2 X-O in my opinion was much more enjoyable than the Bart Sears fluorescent vomit stew from issues 44-63. Skip those issues and read the VH2 version instead. You can thank me later

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