Who Is Rand Banion? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Rand Banion is a Valiant/Acclaim comic book character, with over 5 comic issue appearances. A former Army Operative and the first American X-O Manowar.

Who is Rand Banion?

Major Rand Banion was an Army Special Forces Operative with four years of combat experience and the hero of multiple missions. He was absolutely fearless, no mission was to tough and he had a zero percent failure rate. He was the army's logical choice to become Project X-O's new user. The X-O Manowar armor had fallen into the US Army's hands during World War II and had been trying to unlock it's secrets for over 50 years. When the terrorist group R.A.G.E. targeted the four targets (the last the White House) Band insisted he be bonded with the armor immediately. Despite flat-lining the bonding worked and Banion became the first American X-O Manowar. During his first mission Banion began testing all of the offensive and defensive abilities the Manowar was capable of on the R.A.G.E.

Key facts

Rand Banion is of human origin and first appeared in "Heavy Metal, Part 2: The Interlock Crunch". The character is published by Valiant/Acclaim. With 5 recorded issue appearances, Rand Banion ranks among the most featured characters in comics.