VALIANT BEYOND: X-O MANOWAR #3 delivers a visually strong, thematically clear chapter where Aric steps up as the only wall between a desperate community and a swaggering nightmare, but the script keeps stopping to explain itself when it should be tightening the noose. If your pull list has room for a beautifully drawn, slightly overwritten wasteland war story that leans hard on fear as a weapon and honor as a curse, this issue earns a slot, but anyone craving lean plotting and a fully fleshedout villain might want to sample it before committing to the whole arc. Read Full Review