Valiant Review PDFs: X-O MANOWAR #20 | ETERNAL WARRIOR #4 | BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS #17‏

Valiant’s final releases of 2013 hit shelves next week, and we have your first look right here!
First up, the fallout from Unity slams into X-O Manowar #20 by Robert Venditti, Cary Nord, and Vincente Cifuentes – picking right where Unity #2 left off on Wednesday!
Then, Greg Pak, Trevor Hairsine, and new Valiant heavy hitter Diego Bernard double down for the final act of Gilad Anni-Padda’s debut solo adventure in Eternal Warrior #4. The end of the first arc is upon — but the questions about 4001 A.D. are only just beginning. Do not miss this issue!
Lastly, Christos Gage, Joshua Dysart, and Emanuela Lupacchino put the finishing touches on their first arc of Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps #17! Hope you haven’t gotten too attached to any of the Corps’ new recruits…because Toyo Harada going to make sure a couple of ’em don’t make it out of the Harbinger Foundation in one piece!
X-O Manowar #20, Eternal Warrior #4, and Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps #17 all go on sale Wednesday, December 18th.

Til next year…have a very happy holiday season, everyone!
Now on with the comics!


X-O MANOWAR #20 (ON SALE 12/18/13)

X-O Manowar finally has it all, and his people finally have a land they can call home…but threats from all sides now threaten to destroy the man inside the armor, Aric of Dacia, and the peace he has struggled to secure. While unrest stirs and Aric’s camp threatens to rebel against him, the most dangerous strike force ever assembled – Unity – have joined forces with the Harbinger Foundation’s Toyo Harada to achieve but one goal: destroy X-O Manowar before his actions push in western civilization to the brink of all-out nuclear annihilation.
Preview Pages: HERE
ETERNAL WARRIOR #4 (ON SALE 12/18/13)

Gilad Anni-Padda was once the Earth’s sworn champion…but time changes everything. Together with his daughter and fellow immortal, Xaran, the Eternal Warrior has returned to stop the never-ending cycle of bloodshed that comes with obeying the Earth’s command. To do it, he’ll slay the god of the Earth itself…and the legion of swords at her command. But, immortal or not, can history’s most feared warrior withstand the divine wrath which he has wrought?
Preview Pages: HERE

BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS #17 (ON SALE 12/18/13)

Bloodshot’s H.A.R.D. Corps team and the uber-powerful Toyo Harada are going head-to-head with the future of the Harbinger Foundation at stake. Can this group of physically, mentally and emotionally damaged living weapons survive a battle with the most powerful man in the world? And if they do survive, just how does one walk out of a war zone unscathed?
Preview Pages: HERE

And just in case you missed last week’s releases…
UNITY #2 (ON SALE 12/11/13)

Broken but not beaten…
Unity has to put down X-O Manowar and avert nuclear war. But Harada’s super-team lasted a grand total of five minutes last issue before they were taken out. Time for Unity 2.0…but how do you get a cast of malcontents, egotists, immortal warriors, and manipulative backstabbers to work together? The answer? You don’t tell them they’re working together.
Preview Pages: HERE
HARBINGER #19 (ON SALE 12/11/13)

Perfect Day no more!
The grim truth behind the most shocking arc of Harbinger yet is finally revealed. Peter Stanchek prepares for the mental battle of his life, with the fate and freedom of his fellow Renegades hanging in the balance!
Preview Pages: HERE

ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #16 (ON SALE 12/11/13)

Showdown on the lowdown! The secret factions of Sect Civil War steamroll into their biggest battle yet!
The multiple Sects that secretly govern our world have stepped out of the shadows and right into each others’ faces! Now the newly reunited Archer and Armstrong (for now) must stand tall in this conspiracy free-for-all and find a way to not only survive, but save the world in the process (again)!
Preview Pages: HERE