<p><span>Manowar is a superhero in the Valiant Universe. He is Aric of Dacia, a 5th-century Visigoth warrior who was abducted by a race of aliens called Spider Aliens in </span><span><span class="c5aZPb" data-enable-toggle-animation="true" data-extra-container-classes="ZLo7Eb" data-hover-hide-delay="1000" data-hover-open-delay="500" data-send-open-event="true" data-theme="0" data-width="250" data-ved="2ahUKEwjj7azjg-uIAxXmBxAIHYVCK0kQmpgGegQIIxAD"><span class="JPfdse" data-bubble-link="" data-segment-text="Valiant Comics">Valiant Comics</span></span></span><span> and The Vine in Valiant Entertainment, respectively, who are attempting to wage war on planet Earth. He first appeared in 1992 and was<span> </span><span>co-created by writers Jim Shooter and Steve Englehart, and artists Bob Layton and Barry Windsor-Smith.</span></span></p> - Pictures