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

X-O MANOWAR #25 ALL-STAR ANNIVERSARY

X-O Manowar #25 courtesy Valiant
X-O Manowar #25 courtesy Valiant

Valiant revealed big plans for their marquee hero’s anniversary.

 

X-O Manowar #25 – will be Valiant’s first 48-page anniversary spectacular from series creators Robert Venditti and Diego Bernard, with an all-star cast of special guests including Bryan Hitch, J.G. Jones, Justin Jordan, Peter Milligan, Rafer Roberts, and more.

 

The celebration issue is just before the big crossover event: Armor Hunters. Continue reading X-O MANOWAR #25 ALL-STAR ANNIVERSARY

ARMOR HUNTERS Prelude Preview

X-O Manowar #23 courtesy Valiant
X-O Manowar #23 courtesy Valiant

Earth is the hunting ground.

X-O Manowar is the prey.

 

Valiant shares this preview of X-O Manowar #23 – the Prelude to Armor Hunters, a prologue to Valiant’s summer 2014 crossover event. Writer Robert Venditti and artist Diego Bernard lead the march toward X-O Manowar’s first confrontation with the galaxy’s most feared team of hunter-killers, the Armor Hunters on March 19th. Continue reading ARMOR HUNTERS Prelude Preview

Top 5 Comic Book Picks for January 15, 2014

Alex+Ada #3 courtesy Image Comics
Alex+Ada #3 courtesy Image Comics

Alex + Ada #3 Boy gets android girl. Boy rejects android girl then can’t resist her. In this issue Alex goes on a quest to fulfill what’s missing in the new woman in his life. Beautiful, haunting, thought-provoking science fiction by Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn.

 

All-New X-Men #21 Wolverine’s daughter joins the school and romancing is blooming with Cyclops. How will the fiery tempered Jean Grey handled it when she and X-23 forced to work together against a mysterious enemy? Continue reading Top 5 Comic Book Picks for January 15, 2014

Livewire Takes Control in UNITY #3 Preview

Unity #3 courtesy Valiant
Unity #3 courtesy Valiant

Livewire takes control!

The war between Toyo Harada’s strike team and X-O Manowar escalates.

It’s mind over machine in the next chapter.

Valiant shares an early look at Unity #3 by Matt Kindt and Doug Braithwaite.

 

“On an airtight team of stone-cold soldiers, Amanda McKee is the one variable in the equation that equals absolute kill. Now, as the last woman standing against the unstoppable force known as X-O Manowar, Continue reading Livewire Takes Control in UNITY #3 Preview

14 Characters to Watch in 2014 Part Two

FF #6 courtesy Marvel
FF #6 courtesy Marvel

Let’s continue our look at the 14 characters to watch in 2014.

 

8. Medusa

The Inhumans are Marvel’s next big thing after years of playing supporting roles in Avengers and Fantastic Four sagas. Black Bolt and Medusa have always been one of Marvel’s greatest power couples. With her King missing, the Royal Family homeless and an outbreak of new Inhumans popping up around the globe – how will the regal Queen cope? Continue reading 14 Characters to Watch in 2014 Part Two

X-O Manowar #20 UNITY First Look

X-O Manowar #20 courtesy Valiant
X-O Manowar #20 courtesy Valiant

Here’s a first look at  X-O Manowar #20 – the next chapter of X-O Manowar’s confrontation with Valiant’s asuperteam, Unity, from Robert Venditti and artists Cary Nord and Vicente Cifuentes.

 

“X-O Manowar finally has it all, and his people finally have a land they can call home…but threats from all sides now threaten to destroy the man inside the armor, Aric of Dacia, and the peace he has struggled to secure. Continue reading X-O Manowar #20 UNITY First Look