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Valiant Solicitations For January 2015 – The Valiant #2, Ivar, Timewalker #1, Quantum And Woody Must Die! #1…

Published Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:00:33 -0500

The new wave of books at Valiant has begun and in January we get Ivar, Timewalker #1 and Quantum And Woody Must Die! #1 along with The Valiant #2 and more…

THE VALIANT #2 (of 4)
Written by JEFF LEMIRE & MATT KINDT Art & Cover by PAOLO RIVERA Interconnecting Variant Cover by JEFF LEMIRE & MATT KINDT Variant Cover by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA

From comic book superstars Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt, and Paolo Rivera – the year's most epic new adventure ratchets up the stakes as Bloodshot is drafted into the eons-old war against mankind's oldest, darkest enemy!

The Immortal Enemy has crawled out from the black depths of history to destroy this generation's Geomancer and send Earth back to the Dark Ages! Now…the Eternal Warrior, Ninjak, and Kay McHenry must overcome their worst nightmares before the unlikeliest of white knights rides in to save the day. Will he be enough to battle back the unyielding evil that threatens to plunge the Valiant Universe into the darkness?.

$3.99 | 32 pages. | T+ | On sale JANUARY 21

IVAR, TIMEWALKER #1 (VALIANT NEXT)
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Art by CLAYTON HENRY Cover A by RAUL ALLEN Cover B by JORGE MOLINA Character Design Variant by DAVID AJA Variant Cover by BARRY KITSON

From the New York Times best-selling team of Fred Van Lente and Clayton Henry comes a centuries-spanning race against the clock, straight out of the pages of ARCHER & ARMSTRONG! Prehistoric empires! Dystopian futures! And everywhere in between! The past, present, and future of our universe are about to meet an untimely end, and only the mysterious Ivar Anni-Padda can prevent all three from collapsing in on themselves. Unstuck in time, and pursued by enemies simultaneously across every moment of his time-lost life, can the man called Timewalker save everything that ever was, is, and will be? Get ready for a clock-stopping odyssey into the distant past and far future as the most unlikely Valiant hero of all leaps into his first history-ripping adventure!

$3.99 | 32 pages. | T+ | On sale JANUARY 21

QUANTUM AND WOODY MUST DIE! #1 (of 4)
Written by JAMES ASMUS Art by STEVE LIEBER Cover by MIKE HAWTHORNE Variant Cover by JOHNNIE CHRISTMAS Variant Cover by CHIP ZDARSKY

Multiple Harvey Award nominee James Asmus (Quantum and Woody, The Delinquents) and Eisner Award-winning artist Steve Lieber (Superior Foes of Spider-Man) are here to bring the most talked-about, most award-not-winning-est heroes in comics to a whole new high! Unfortunately, there are a bunch of people that would like to kill them up there.

They came. They saw. They pissed off a whole lotta folks. And now a team of mystery vigilantes has singled out the world's worst superhero team for complete and utter destruction. Their first target: their minds! But who are these all-new enemies? Are Quantum and Woody hitting it off with a sexy duo of cat burglars? And, dear god, what have they done to the goat? Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Sex Criminals isn't the only comic that can quote Queen, comics fans – here come Quantum and Woody! (Or so they think! [Trippy, right?!])

$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On sale JANUARY 28

RAI #6
Written by MATT KINDT Art by CLAYTON CRAIN Cover A by CLAYTON CRAIN
Cover B by CARY NORD Cover C by MIGUEL SEPULVEDA Variant Cover by DAVID MACK Variant Cover by JEFF LEMIRE

As 41st century Japan spirals into chaos, will Rai protect his nation…or help tear it down? As Rai grapples with a life beyond the control of Father, new feelings distract him from uprisings, secret armies, and a bomb that could all doom the mission to free New Japan before it even begins! Matt Kindt and Clayton Crain's astonishing saga of the year 4001 rockets toward a terrible reckoning as "Battle for New Japan" continues!

$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On sale JANUARY 14

X-O MANOWAR #32
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI Art by DIEGO BERNARD Interlocking A & B Covers by RAUL ALLEN Variant Cover by RYAN LEE

Small package…heavy hitters! ENTER: ARMORINES smashes into a GIANT confrontation that will rock X-O Manowar to his very core! The bleeding-edge commando unit codenamed: ARMORINES has finally undermined the X-O Manowar armor and the man inside it – Aric of Dacia, one of the most feared men alive. But who are these hardened men and women, and just who orchestrated their lethal combination of technology and cunning? The new generation of ARMORINES are more than just mercenaries…and the figure pulling their strings is about to activate a fail-safe that will leave the world reeling.

$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On sale JANUARY 28

UNITY #14
Written by MATT KINDT Art by CAFU Cover by LEWIS LAROSA Handbook Variant by FRANCIS PORTELA Variant Cover by RYAN LEE

A world on fire! Unity vs. The United! A dark secret at the heart of the Unity team has led the world to the brink of global war. Only Unity and their international counterparts, The United, can broker a peace…but that might not work, seeing as how they're trying to kill each other. All hope lies with Unity's newest team member, who may not be able to shoulder the weight of the world!

$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On sale JANUARY 28

ETERNAL WARRIOR: DAYS OF STEEL #3 (of 3)
Written by PETER MILLIGAN Art by CARY NORD Cover by TREVOR HAIRSINE Variant Cover by AL BARRIONUEVO

The Eternal Warrior's gambit to save an oppressed people…has seemingly failed. Will he fall short of his mission on behalf of the Geomancer? With steel sparking and axes clashing in battle, the hero of countless wars since time immemorial may yet find success…by laying down his weapons and yielding the fight. The field of battle will run red when this epic anthem of warfare and heroism by master storyteller Peter Milligan (Hellblazer) and Eisner Award winner Cary Nord (X-O Manowar) roars into its final chapter!

$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On sale JANUARY 7

THE DEATH-DEFYING DR. MIRAGE #5 (of 5)
Written by JEN VAN METER Art by ROBERTO DE LA TORRE Cover by KEVIN WADA

Doctor Shan Fong-Mirage has lived and died…and lived to fight again! Scarred, transformed, and strengthened, Dr. Mirage returns from the perils of the spirit world to face the treacherous men who would erase her from existence…with everything to fight for and nothing left to lose! Do not miss out on the haunting climax of the critically acclaimed, sold-out series that Comic Book Resources calls "equal parts clever and emotional as it sets up an impressive new hero."

$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On sale JANUARY 14

Q2: THE RETURN OF QUANTUM AND WOODY #4 (of 5)
Written by CHRISTOPHER PRIEST Art & Cover by MD BRIGHT Variant Cover by KALMAN ANDRASOFSZKY Throwback Variant by SEAN CHEN

Back together! Back in the tights! Back in action! Christopher Priest & MD Bright's long-awaited return to the world's worst superhero team hits full swing!

Quantum and Woody suit up and zero in on the mystery that may have caused the new Quantum to disappear…and the new Woody to exist in the first place! But Eric Henderson knows more than he's letting on. Can Woody trust his one-time partner again…and together can they manage to stop the global intelligence networks and their worldwide conspiracy?

$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On sale JANUARY 14

MUST READ VALIANT: GREATEST HITS #2
Written by MATT KINDT, ROBERT VENDITTI, JAMES ASMUS, JEN VAN METER, JOSHUA DYSART, and JOHN LAYMAN Art by CLAYTON CRAIN, DOUG BRAITHWAITE, TOM FOWLER, ROBERTO DE LA TORRE, BRYAN HITCH, RAMON VILLALOBOS, and MORE

Never tried a Valiant comic? Get hooked right here with 100+ pages of Valiant's most memorable moments for just $5.99 Featuring James Asmus (Gambit), Doug Braithwaite (Justice), Clayton Crain (X-Force), Joshua Dysart (BPRD), Bryan Hitch (The Ultimates), Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT), John Layman (Chew), Jen Van Meter (Captain Marvel), Robert Venditti (Green Lantern), and many more!

This is your chance to find out why VALIANT is the MUST READ superhero publisher in comics today with the second value-priced collection of Valiant's greatest hits! Re-presenting RAI #1, ARMOR HUNTERS #3, QUANTUM AND WOODY: THE GOAT #0, THE DEATH-DEFYING DR. MIRAGE #1, and HARBINGER: BLEEDING MONK #0 – plus sensational short stories from X-O MANOWAR #25 and ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #25 – start reading here to find out why IGN declares, "If you haven't jumped on the Valiant bandwagon yet, now is the time."

$5.99 | 112 pgs. | T+ | On sale JANUARY 7

HARBINGER VOL. 6: OMEGAS TPB
Written by JOSHUA DYSART Art by RAFA SANDOVAL, KHARI EVANS, LEWIS LAROSA, STEPHEN SEGOVIA, and MICO SUAYAN Cover by LEWIS LAROSA

Cold war no more! Peter Stanchek. Toyo Harada. The two most destructive superpowers in the world — literally — have come to a reckoning of will, and in the fallout of their cataclysmic conﬂict, each will come to grips with a world in which the other is free…and unchecked. Their former families, the Harbinger Foundation and the Renegades, lie in shards around them. What will stop these men — either of them — from reducing the world to ashes?

Jump on board the convention-defying series that the Onion/A.V. Club calls "the crown jewel of Valiant's line-up" as New York Times best-selling writer Joshua Dysart and red-hot artists Rafa Sandoval, Khari Evans, Mico Suayan, and Stephen Segovia close the door on one generation of Harbinger Renegades…and prepare the foundation for another. Collecting HARBINGER: OMEGAS #1–3 and HARBINGER: BLEEDING MONK #0.

$14.99 | 112 pgs. | T+ | On sale JANUARY 28 TRADE PAPERBACK | ISBN: 9781939346384

QUANTUM AND WOODY DELUXE EDITION BOOK ONE HC
Written by JAMES ASMUS Art by TOM FOWLER, MING DOYLE, KANO, WILFREDO TORRES, and ERICA HENDERSON Cover by MARCOS MARTIN

From award-winning writer James Asmus (Thief of Thieves, Gambit) and artists Tom Fowler (Venom), Ming Doyle (Mara), Kano (Gotham Central), and more, the origin of the world's worst superhero team starts right here in Quantum and Woody's first deluxe oversized hardcover collection!

Once upon a time, Eric and Woody Henderson were inseparable. Adopted brothers. Best friends. Brilliant minds. Years later, they are estranged siblings, petty rivals, and washed-up failures. But when their father's murder leads them into the throes of a life-altering accident, Eric and Woody will find themselves with a whole new purpose – and a perfectly legitimate reason to wear costumes and fight crime. Go big or go home, folks! Quantum and Woody are coming!

Collecting QUANTUM AND WOODY #1–12 and QUANTUM AND WOODY: THE GOAT #0, the Quantum and Woody Deluxe Edition Book One oversized hardcover also features more than 20 pages of special features, including rarely seen designs, artwork, and behind-the-scenes bonus material by Tom Fowler (Hulk: Season One), Ming Doyle (Mara), Andrew Robinson (The Fifth Beatle), Ty Templeton (Batman '66), Ryan Sook (Seven Soldiers) and many more!

$39.99 | 350 pgs. | T+ | On sale JANUARY 21
OVERSIZED HARDCOVER | ISBN: 9781939346681