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XO Manowar #9 Discussion

Post by BugsySig »

What an awesome issue! Great action, plus more insight into why Shanhara in Aric's possession is so dangerous to The Vine. Hairsine does a great job, espescially in that brutal closing fight scene.

All this plus:

Gafti!

Orb!

SVEN!

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Aaaaah!!!

Gaaaah!!!

This issue was ridiculously awesome!! As Bugsy said - Orb!!! Gafti!! Aric in the collective!! Mega-brutal fights with the commandos!!!

Nerd-gasm!!!!!!

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Really solid issue with a great cliiff hanger moment.... :clap: Aric is a really enjoyable fish out of water style characther and I cant wiait to see where this goes next
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BugsySig wrote:What an awesome issue! Great action, plus more insight into why Shanhara in Aric's possession is so dangerous to The Vine. Hairsine does a great job, espescially in that brutal closing fight scene.

All this plus:

Gafti!

Orb!

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Had we seen any indication of Orb Industries up to this point?

Great issue. Finally some foes that Aric can be challenged by. While Ninjak was getting his goat for different reasons, the combined X-O Commandos were bringing the very physical battle that I think we've all been waiting for... while it lasted, I mean. Slicey slicey. :clap:

Super curious to see how they will use Gafti against him. And is Alexander already suspecting that the armor can transport him to Loam? :hm:
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Keith wrote:

Super curious to see how they will use Gafti against him.
That will be interesting.
On the one hand it would be neat to see a second displaced Visigoth. Only this one won't have the benefit if speaking English or anything else Aric has learned from the armor.
On the other hand, his brain was all opened up and junk. How the *SQUEE* does he walk away from that?

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I'm thinking maybe Gafti will be the 'replacement' XO the future issues herald... unless you guys know something I don't.

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I think they rip off his head and I loved this issue!

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That was such a awesome head split :thumb:

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Keith wrote:Had we seen any indication of Orb Industries up to this point?

Great issue. Finally some foes that Aric can be challenged by. While Ninjak was getting his goat for different reasons, the combined X-O Commandos were bringing the very physical battle that I think we've all been waiting for... while it lasted, I mean. Slicey slicey. :clap:

Super curious to see how they will use Gafti against him. And is Alexander already suspecting that the armor can transport him to Loam? :hm:
There was a brief glimpse of the Orb building in XO #5, but it was not named as such.

I think Gafti is again doomed (though hopefully in a more heroic manner this time). The battle to regain his lost friend, and only contemporary, followed by his loss again, would be very powerful and might be the event that pushes Aric over the edge and to Loam.
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Sven wrote:My GLORIOUS FIRST MENTION in NEW VALIANT COMICS HAS ARRIVED!!!!!!!!
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Congrats, Sven! Congrats. :clap:
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SVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Great issue. The scene with him being held with grappling tethers reminded me very much of the VH1 battle in Solar #7. :clap:

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Keith wrote:Had we seen any indication of Orb Industries up to this point?

Great issue. Finally some foes that Aric can be challenged by. While Ninjak was getting his goat for different reasons, the combined X-O Commandos were bringing the very physical battle that I think we've all been waiting for... while it lasted, I mean. Slicey slicey. :clap:

Super curious to see how they will use Gafti against him. And is Alexander already suspecting that the armor can transport him to Loam? :hm:
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Yep, the battle with Vine Commandos was the top Valiant moment of the month for me.

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Fantastic issue. Loved every panel.

Congrats SVEN!

Looking forward to the big showdown with Trill next issue, and finally the Shanhara origin in the next!
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Wow... Just wow.
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Indeed it was a (yet again) fantastic issue. The art and action was great. I got a little giddy at the Orb building mention. What I liked the most is how the Vine is portrayed. The are like any other society, albeit extra-terrestrial. They are not presented as mindless creatures. They have tactics and a structure. Alexander mentioned that the Vine nurtured humanity. All this shows a complex Vine that is so much more than two dimensional.
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Wow, really great issue IMHO. The art was much better than I expected. IMHO better than Garbett, but not as good as Nord.

Loved the battle scene with the Vine Commando's. I am curious to see if VEI leaves a Commando suit of armor on earth. I wasn't a big fan of axe, but I liked the X-O Commando usage in the 4000 AD time period.

IMHO this is one of the best issues of X-O yet.
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I'm also really glad I nabbed a pull-box variant... Really loving that Nord cover! SonicDan - is that on your art hit-list?
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Great issue. There's lots of speculating about what will happen to Gafti, my guess is he doesn't live very much longer.

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I'm guessing they are either going to put Gafti in a Commando armor or somehow (due to his close genetic relationship to Aric) he will find himself, temporarily in the Manowar armor. Maybe he will get absorbed into the armor and become integrated with its systems. I don't know...just speculating.
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vaevictis wrote:<snip> Maybe he will get absorbed into the armor and become integrated with its systems. I don't know...just speculating.
seriously hope not...it's already been done...
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