, Jimmy Palmiotti "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 7.15x11 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."