X-O Manowar Issue 22

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X-O Manowar Issue 22
Published: November 1993
Cover Artists: Paris T. Karounos, Jorge Gonzalez
Writer: Jorge Gonzalez
Penciler: Paris T. Karounos
Inkers: Tom Ryder, Rodney Ramos
Colorists: Andrew Covalt, Stu Suchit & Knob Row
Letterer: Ken Lopez
Editor: Bob Layton

Title: White Kings and Black Knights Part 1
Synopsis: Aric chooses to live with the Yanomama people in a remote village in Peru. Randy Cartier, his head of security, uses her power to wield Shanhara, the sentient armor, to solidify her position as head of Orb Industries in Aric's absence. While he uses his natural fighting skills to defend them against the attacks of a nearby tribe, Randy flies through space, and into the heart of a volcano, to learn the test Shanhara's limits.

X-O Manowar Issue 21

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X-O Manowar Issue 21
Published: October 1993
Cover Artists: Jim Calafiori, Bob Layton, Jorge Gonzalez
Writer: Jorge Gonzalez
Penciler: Paris T. Karounos
Inker: Tom Ryder, Phyllis Novin & Peter Palmiotti
Colorist: Jorge Gonzalez
Letterer: Ken Lopez
Editor: Bob Layton

Title: Strange Bedfellows
Synopsis: Aric's old foe Ax has recently broken out of custody at the Harbinger Foundation. When he learns that Aric has left Orb Industries, he ambushes Ken, Aric's second-in-command, and then Randy Cartier, his Head of Security. Randy has been troubled by the easy affinity she's formed with Shanhara, the sentient armor. But when Ax shows up wearing his less powerful Hunter Armor, she dons the X-O Manowar armor, and shows him she won't give it up without a fight.

X-O Manowar Issue 20

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X-O Manowar Issue 20
Published: September 1993
Cover Artists: Paris T. Karounos, Tom Ryder & Jorge Gonzalez
Writer: Jorge Gonzalez
Penciler: Paris T. Karounos
Inker: Tom Ryder
Colorist: Jorge Gonzalez
Letterer: Rob Johnson, Ken Lopez
Editor: Bob Layton

Title: Operation Deep Freeze Part 3: The Consequences
Synopsis: Aric's been buried before, but this time he's not content to lay down and die. While he blasts his way out of the ice, snow and debris, and takes on the U.S. Government forces outside the Amundsen-Scott research station, his Head of Security, Randy, takes on the troops inside. The two return to the states, where Aric calls in a favor from Harada, the head of the powerful Harbinger Foundation, to call off the military. Aric uses the information Shanhara, the sentient X-O Manowar armor, gleaned from the computer systems in Antarctica to insure that the Internal Revenue Service keep out of Orb Industries' affairs. Then, disgusted with our "modern" world, he hands the X-O control ring to Randy, and tells her he's going away. Maybe forever.

X-O Manowar Issue 19

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X-O Manowar Issue 19
Published: August 1993
Cover Artists: Jim Calafiore, Tom Ryder, Jorge Gonzalez
Writer: Jorge Gonzalez
Penciler: Jim Calafiore
Inker: Tom Ryder
Colorist: Jorge Gonzalez
Letterers: Tony Bedard, Ken Lopez
Editor: Bob Layton

Title: Operation Deep Freeze Part 2: Gentlemen's Agreement
Synopsis: When the Feds surround Aric, and point a gun at Randy's head, Aric surrenders his X-O Manowar armor to save the life of Orb Industries' Head of Security. The Feds then transport them to the Amundsen-Scott research station at the South Pole. The Feds plan to test the armor inside a fortified bunker. What they don't realize is that Aric still possesses the control ring. When he and Randy are locked inside a cell, her life is no longer in jeopardy, and they realize the Feds still plan to kill them, Aric calls the armor to him. But then, in the process of escaping his cell and battling the Feds, Aric sets off an avalanche that buries him beneath snow, ice, and debris.