The January edition of Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly Previews catalog arrives digitally today and at your local comic shop on December 25th, features comic books, graphic novels, toys, and other pop culture merchandise scheduled to go on sale beginning March 2025. Boom Studios takes the front cover with Mouse Guard: Dawn of the Black Axe […]
In news broken by Bleeding Cool last month, Alien Books and Valiant Comics have confirmed that they are publishing a line of new-reader-friendly comic books beginning in March 2025, taking place in a new "Valiant Beyond" universe. Call it a Valiant reboot, call it Absolute Valiant, maybe even The New 4. It will begin with Bloodshot #1 and Tales Of The Shadowman […]
Bob Layton is a veteran comic book creator, best known as the co-creator of Iron Man's Jim Rhodes – War Machine – at Marvel, Huntress at DC Comics, and the Valiant line, including X-O Manowar, Ninjak, Bloodshot and Archer & Armstrong. But he has come smack bang up against the opaque structures that are social […]
Yesterday, Bleeding Cool looked at potential fears for the comic book industry regarding promised tariffs and taxes being levelled against Canada, Mexico and China. And a few more people with knowledge of the situation have been having their say. Anne Trubek is an author, founder, and director of Belt Magazine, the writer of The History and Uncertain Future […]
We mentioned previously that Valiant's February 2025 solicits and solicitations may be a little lacking, before the Absolute Ultimate Rebirth that is Valiant Beyond in March. But we do have a Valiant Universe Ultimate Guide and X-O Manowar #1 Facsimile Edition for Valiant Entertainment. There's the Black Star one-shot by Ricardo Barreiro and Juan Gimenez […]
The finale of the Resurgence of the Valiant Universe crossover event with Fred Van Lente and friends will hit in January 2025 with an extra-sized finale issue that promises to "change everything" and set up the future of the publishing line. So what will Alien Books and Valiant Entertainment follow it up with in February? […]
It's my fifty-second birthday today, And as a special present, Bleeding Cool has been able to secure the full list of Free Comic Book Day titles being given away for the 3rd of May, 2025, through Diamond Comic Distributors. There will also be a handful of other FCBD titles added later, including those from DC […]
Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso are best known for creating the DC Vertigo series 100 Bullets together. They have reteamed for the anthology series Black, White & Bloodshot #4 from Valiant Entertainment. And Bleeding Cool has an early look. Take a break from the election and double down on some comic book cinema noir, and […]
Javier Milei has been the president of Argentina since December 2023. He has been described politically as a right-wing populist and right-wing libertarian and supports laissez-faire economics, aligning specifically with minarchist and anarcho-capitalist principles. And supports freedom of choice on drug policy, firearms, sex work, and same-sex marriage while opposing abortion and euthanasia. He advocates […]
Valiant Comics bring their Resurgence Of The Valiant Universe to a conclusion in January, courtesy of Fred Van Lente, Diego Giribaldi, Tomas Aira, Lautaro Ftuli, Ludwig Olimba and Ezequiel Inverni, as well as the tie-in Bloodshot and Shadowman books. And the parent company Alien Books' and the conclusion of their Nexus two partner from Mike Baron and […]
Valiant Entertainment concludes their Resurgence Of The Valiant Universe in their December 2024 solicits, with tie-in title Shadowman: Soul Eaters and the final Black, White & Bloodshot. But its parent company, Alien Books, also has the return of Mike Baron's Nexus by Mike Baron and Kelsey Shannon, also out in December. RESURGENCE #4 (OF 4) CVR A BALDO VALIANT […]
Valiant Comics continue their Resurgence event, with an X-O Manowar spinoff, in their November 2024 solicits and solicitations, while parent company Alien Books debut Sarami's Astro Biologist Pratess graphic novel. RESURGENCE X-O MANOWAR ONE SHOT CVR A FAJARDO VALIANT SEP241362 (W) Fred Van Lente (A) Jesus Barrios (CA) Guillermo Fajardo A RESURGENCE TIE-IN Explore the […]
Bleeding Cool just ran a look at Massive Select doing a Jim Lee X-Men #1 cover homage for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Town #1. But in November, Valiant Entertainment is doing the same across the line. "After cover artist Richard Ortiz blew us away with his AMAZING covers for Ninjak vs. Roku, we knew […]
There's a lot of job worries in the comic book industry these days. Bleeding Cool's Comics and Graphic Novel JobWatch is an occasional look at people hiring, and being hired, in the comic book industry at all manner of levels, sales, creation, editorial, production or more. And if you are looking for staff, creators (paid) […]
Audrey Meeker was an Assistant Editor at Valiant Entertainment from 2021 to 2022. Now, she is a fully-fledged graphic novelist. She is announcing her second middle-grade graphic novel, Last One Picked, about 14-year-old Annabeth, who gets thrown into the world of volleyball with no experience, no friends, and no knee pads and must learn to enjoy the sport […]
I've been hearing some chatter from a fan group on Facebook about Valiant's upcoming Resurgence crossover, about how it might be breaking a long-standing rule around character deaths. Ordinarily, a character coming back from the dead in a superhero universe is not a big deal, but since the return of Valiant Entertainment in 2012, they […]
Bleeding Cool told you that Valiant was relaunching Shadowman with two titles in their October 2024 solicits both written by AJ Ampadu. Now we have all of Valiant's solicits for the month as well as their parent publisher Alien Books, who are launching the manga Kinryo Rock by Kazuto Okina, Naoto Tsushima and Z-ONE. SHADOWMAN […]
As promised by previous Bleeding Cool reports, Shadowman is coming back to Valiant with two books, Shadowman: Soul Eaters and Shadowman & Punk: Mambo: Tales From The Deadside, both written by AJ Ampadu. Valiant will also be running Horror variant covers in their October 2024 titles to promote the revival. Shadowman was created in 1992 by Jim Shooter, […]
When writing about the relationship between Netflix and comics, inspired by a visit by Comixology and Dstlry's Chip Mosher and David Steinberger to their Los Angeles headquarters, I wrote about an old story about Netflix, "They also came close to buying Valiant Entertainment, though the Millarworld situation also put the kibosh on that." Which caused […]
In the Free Comic Book Day Absolute Power volume from Mark Waid and Mikel Janin, we discovered that Oliver Queen, the Green Arrow, was seemingly willingly working with Amanda Waller in the renamed House Of Justice, the House Of Order. But what had pushed him in that direction? Did he have a bomb in his […]
