aliant is still announcing marketing support for its launch of X-O Manowar, due out March 22; the latest is a store tour to over 20 cities on the release date.  On that date, Valiant reps will fan out to 26 stores across the U.S. with prizes and promotional items.  Here are the stores involved:

• A Comics Shop, Winter Park, FL
• Atomic Comics, Shirley, NY
•  Aw Yeah Comics, Harrison, NY
• Brave New World, Newhall, CA
•  Collector's Paradise, Pasadena, CA
• Comics Factory, Pasadena, CA
• Comics Toons N Toys, Tustin, CA
• Earth–2 Comics, Sherman Oaks, CA
• Encounter Comics & Games, Allentown, PA
•  Fight or Flight Comics, Raleigh, NC
• Forbidden Planet NYC, New York, NY
• Geoffrey’s Comics, Gardena, CA 90249
• Illusive Comics & Games, Santa Clara, CA
• Jim Hanley’s Universe, New York, NY
• Joker's Child, Fair Lawn, NJ
• Midtown Comics Downtown, New York, NY
• Midtown Comics Times Square, New York, NY
• Midtown Comics Grand Central, New York, NY
• P Dot's Comics & Collectibles, Pasadena, CA
• Royal Collectibles, Flushing, NY
• Ssalefish, Winston Salem, NC
• The Comic Book Store, Glassboro, NJ
• Third Eye Comics, Annapolis, MD
• Ultimate Comics Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
• Ultimate Comics Raleigh, Raleigh, NC
• Ultimate Comics Raleigh, Raleigh, NC

Valiant has had marketing set at 11 for the past few months, announcing a promotional and marketing barrage for the X-O Manowar launch in January (see “Promo Barrage for ‘X-O Manowar’”), adding to it with additional announcements at ComicsPro, and now announcing its launch day tour.