Description: This is a very nice X-O Manowar #1, featuring cover variant "A" from the talents of David Aja, Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic, Moose Baumann, Cary Nord, Stefano Gaudiano, and Esad Ribic. It is a 1st printing, 2nd edition (vol. 2), bagged & boarded titled "Blades and Open Fields" and signed by Robert Venditt (writer) with a witnessed and notarized certificate of authenticity (COA). The comic book is in excellent condition, graded at 9.0 Very Fine-Near Mint (VFNM) at 95% market Near Mint price and is a must-have for any fan of action, superheroes, adventure, drama, or science fiction. Robert Venditti is an American comic book writer, known for his work on DC Comics when he took over Green Lantern & Green Lantern Corps (June 2013) and for the Valiant Comics title X-O Manowar. He has also worked on DC Comics titles such as The Flash, Green Lantern, Justice League, Hawkman and Superman '78. He adapted the Percy Jackson & The Olympians and The Heroes of Olympus book series by Rick Riordan into graphic novels. He attended the University of Florida where he received a B.A. in Political Science and English. Later moving to the Port St. John/Titusville area in Brevard County to attend the University of Central Florida (M.A. in Creative Writing) and working at a Borders Books store in Winter Park. In about 2000, while working at Borders, a coworker recommended comics books as reading material to him. Though the skeptical, Venditti read Kurt Busiek's Astro City and was impressed enough to decide to change his career aspirations from prose to comics. In May 2012, Valiant Entertainment chose Venditti to take the helm of writing the X-O Manowar series. He began his first work for DC Comics by accepting Demon Knights (#16) Paul Cornell (who was moving off to other projects).
Price: 66.42 USD
Location: Edgefield, South Carolina
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Shipping Cost: 4.63 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Artist/Writer: Cary Nord, Moose Baumann and, Robert Venditti, Stefano Gaudiano
Variant Type: Cover Variant - A
Character: X-O Manowar
Signed By: Robert Venditti (writer)
Tradition: US Comics
Cover Artist: David Aja, Esad Ribic, Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic
Signed: Yes
Series Title: X-O Manowar
Universe: Valiant Alternate Universe
Grade: 9.0 Very Fine/Near Mint
Publisher: Valiant Comics
Intended Audience: General Audience
Vintage: Yes
Story Title: Blades and Open Fields
Publication Year: 2012
Type: Comic Book
Format: Single Issue
Issue Number: 1
Language: English
Era: Modern Age (1992-Now)
Style: Color
Features: First Printing, Variant Cover, bagged and boarded, a witnessed and notarized certificate of authenticity (COA), 2nd edition (vol. 2)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction, Superheroes
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
