VALIANT FIRST Includes RAI, DR. MIRAGE, ARMOR HUNTERS

courtesy Valiant
courtesy Valiant

Valiant reveals a huge initiative launching several brand new one series and team-ups. The VALIANT FIRST Initiative launched with RAI #1. The new publishing initiative will unleash a major #1 new series debut monthly throughout 2014, beginning this May with RAI #1. The all-new ongoing series from writer Matt Kindt will have fully painted interiors by artist Clayton Crain.

 

“The defining goal of VALIANT FIRST is to give readers clear and accessible jumping-on points into Valiant’s award-winning publishing line,” said Valiant Executive Editor Warren Simons. “Over the past two years, Valiant’s approach to the craft and business of comics has been widely imitated throughout the industry. Continue reading VALIANT FIRST Includes RAI, DR. MIRAGE, ARMOR HUNTERS

Valiant Comics February 2014 Preview

Unity #4 courtesy Valiant
Unity #4 courtesy Valiant

A super team divided! A hero must die! A warrior becomes an emperor!

 

Here’s a first look at what’s coming from Valiant in February 2014.

 

UNITY #4
Written by MATT KINDT
Art by DOUG BRAITHWAITE
Cover by CLAYTON CRAIN

UNITY divided!

Here comes heavyweight showdown you’ve been waiting for! As Harada’s secret machinations come to light, the newly minted UNITY team will be faced with a choice that will change this team forever – and the Valiant Universe along with it. Get ready for a world-shaking battle royale as the final installment of UNITY’s first adventure pits X-O Manowar and Toyo Harada against the most dangerous battalion ever united – and each other. Continue reading Valiant Comics February 2014 Preview

Valiant January Previews

Eternal Warrior #5 courtesy Valiant
Eternal Warrior #5 courtesy Valiant

Here’s what’s coming from Valiant in January 2014:

 

ETERNAL WARRIOR #5 (NEW ARC – “ETERNAL EMPEROR”)
Written by GREG PAK
Art by DIEGO BERNARD

Valiant’s immortal champion builds a bridge to…4001 A.D.!

THE FUTURE HAS ARRIVED. Two thousand years from today, the planet has been transformed by science, technology…and war. The centuries have not been kind to the Earth’s own undying warrior – but a battle that could change everything is just beginning right here in 21st century. Rising star Diego Bernard joins New York Times best-selling writer Greg Pak to make history with a brand new vision of the Valiant Universe that is to come and define a brand new era for heroes – past, present and future. Continue reading Valiant January Previews

ETERNAL WARRIOR Forges Valiant Future

Eternal Warrior #5 courtesy Valiant
Eternal Warrior #5 courtesy Valiant

Valiant is taking you in the future.

 

Greg Pak (Batman/Superman) and Diego Bernard (Shadowman, Witchblade) will jump-start the legendary future timeline of the Valiant Universe in Eternal Warrior #5!

 

Pak and Bernard reveal an all-new vision of the year 4001 as the Eternal Warrior soldiers into “Eternal Emperor” – a brand new story arc revealing a transformed Gilad Anni-Padda fighting the forces of final extinction to protect what’s left of humanity on a ravaged continent. Continue reading ETERNAL WARRIOR Forges Valiant Future

Clayton Henry Valiant Exclusive For HARBINGER Resistance

Harbinger #20 courtesy Valiant
Harbinger #20 courtesy Valiant

Clayton Henry (Harbinger Wars, Archer & Armstrong) signs up with Valiant as the publisher’s next exclusive artist for the launch of “Resistance” – a new story arc in Harbinger #20.

 

Henry joins artists Doug Braithwaite (Unity), Trevor Hairsine (Eternal Warrior), and Cary Nord (X-O Manowar), as well as writer Joshua Dysart (Harbinger, Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps) and acclaimed colorist Brian Reber (Unity), as the Valiant exclusive creator.
Dysart and Henry reunite for Resistance Continue reading Clayton Henry Valiant Exclusive For HARBINGER Resistance

Valiant December Comics Preview

Shadowman #13 courtesy Valiant
Shadowman #13 courtesy Valiant

Here’s a first look the Valiant comics coming in December.

 

SHADOWMAN #13 (NEW ARC)

 

Written by PETER MILLGAN Art & Cover by ROBERTO DE LA TORRE

 

“All-new creative team… All-new arc… All-new beginning! Comics icon Peter Milligan and visionary artist Roberto De La Torre drag Jack Boniface into his blackest depths yet! Continue reading Valiant December Comics Preview

UNITY is Valiant’s Super Team Book

Unity #1 courtesy Valiant
Unity #1 courtesy Valiant

Valiant will launch it first super team book. 

UNITY is a new monthly series by Matt Kindt, Doug Braithwaite and Brian Reber.
This is the big payoff after last week’s teasers:  “To kill a king…he has created an army.”

 

Harbinger lead villain Toyo Harada will unite the most lethal team the Valiant Universe has ever known to kill X-O Manowar!

 

Livewire, Ninjak and the Eternal Warrior join Harada’s mission. As you can see by this roster UNITY will not be a “feel-good” buddy team. Continue reading UNITY is Valiant’s Super Team Book

Valiant Teases UNITY Crossover

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courtesy Valiant

Valiant revealed two teasers for a November event called UNITY.

 

The first by J.G. Jones comes with the ominous teaser, “Victory is not absolute” with X-O Manowar staring down four rivals from different Valiant titles in a faceoff.

 

The second by Clayton Crain stated ‘To kill a King, he has created an army” shows X-O Manowar under attack by…? Continue reading Valiant Teases UNITY Crossover