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Book Of Death #1 Hits Shops Next Week From Valiant

Published Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:00:36 -0500

With all that's going on this week at SDCC, we don't want you to miss the fact that Valiant's Book Of Death #1 hits stores this week along with the retailer incentive series Legends Of The Geomancer and Drop Dead #3.

Book Of Death #1 (of 4)
Written by Robert Venditti Art by Robert Gill & Doug Braithwaite Covers by Gill, Cary Nord, Clayton Crain, Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic, Paolo Rivera & Pere Perez

"A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once."
The Valiant heroes. X-O Manowar. Bloodshot. Ninjak. The Harbinger Renegades. Unity. This is how they lived. This is how they died. Now we know. The Book of the Geomancer has recorded it all. But only a young girl – the last in a line of the enigmatic mystics who protect the Earth known as Geomancers – has seen this future come to pass, from the coming cataclysm to the dawn of the 41st century. Alone with her sworn protector, the Eternal Warrior – a soldier battle-forged across five thousand years of combat – the duo must defy their allies to stop the Dark Age that now threatens to eclipse our world. Together, they are the number one target of every hero and villain on Earth. Either the Eternal Warrior hands her over…or they take him down. But can even he single-handedly protect one child when the entire Valiant Universe wages war against him? The blockbuster Valiant event of 2015 starts here as New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (X-O MANOWAR) joins superstar-in-the-making Robert Gill (ARMOR HUNTERS: HARBINGER) and visionary artist Doug Braithwaite (ARMOR HUNTERS) to begin a thousand-year journey into the future of the Valiant Universe…and rain, fire, blood and war on the heroes of today.

Dead Drop #3 (of 4)
Written by Ales Kot Art by Adam Gorham Covers by Raul Allen & Gorham

Ales Kot (Secret Avengers) and Adam Gorham (Zero) continue the sleeper hit of 2015 with a whirlwind race against time to save the Valiant Universe! Neville Alcott and Beta-Max become partners in dealing with crime. The problem is: Neville Alcott doesn't like cyborgs. The bigger problem is: Neville Alcott swallowed the virus they were chasing after — and Beta-Max is his only shot at convincing the virus to surrender peacefully. When we discover the true purpose of the virus, everything changes.

Book Of Death: Legends Of The Geomancer #1 (of 4)*
Written by Fred Van Lente Art by Juan Jose Ryp Cover by Marguerite Sauvage

A special BOOK OF DEATH retailer incentive! The true history and lineage of the Geomancers – revealed here in an all-new series of never-before-seen stories from New York Times best-selling writer Fred Van Lente (IVAR, TIMEWALKER) and artist Juan Jose Ryp (Ghosted) that won't be collected for the trade paperback! Out of the pages of BOOK OF DEATH, the genesis of the very first Geomancer and the sacred pact that swore them to the service of the Earth can finally be told…but, with it too, the source of the divine mysteries that have haunted their line for centuries. Has their mission redeemed or corrupted the world that followed in their wake…and will the ultimate secrets of the Geomancers' book doom us all in the end?