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Then the new Rai series continues, Shadowman: End Times concludes and the Eternal Emperor storyline gets collected. ARMOR HUNTERS #1 (of 4) Written by ROBERT VENDITTI Art by DOUG BRAITHWAITE Chromium & Standard Edition Covers by JORGE MOLINA* Character Design Variant by CLAYTON CRAIN Armor Hunters Variant by TREVOR HAIRSINE Artist Variant by DOUG BRAITHWAITE Blank Cover also available This summer,[...]

Ahead of next weeks solicitation information, we've got an exclusive first look at the covers for Valiant's Rai #2 Here we see the covers by Raul Allen, Mico Suayan and the mask variant by Rian Hughes. RAI #2 Written by Matt Kindt Art by Clayton Crain Covers by Raul Allen and Mico Suayan Mask Cover by Rian Hughes Variant Covers by[...]

The Comics PRO Retailer event began last night in Atlanta… and it started well with Rai shot glasses courtesy from Valiant Entertainment. The rest of the evening seems to have been a blur We look forward to finding out what attendees have learned later today. The Comics PRO Retailer event began last night in Atlanta… and[...]

The idea is these will be given customers or subscribers. The first will be in stores March 12th alongside Unity #5 and will feature a fully lettered preview of Rai #1 by Matt Kindt and Clayton Crain, a first look at Doug Braithwaite's interior pencil art for Armor Hunters #1, and a complete checklist reading order for the[...]

I think it'll be time for another Matt Kindt Count in May's solicitations… here's what Valiant have planned for May this year. RAI #1 Written by MATT KINDT Art by CLAYTON CRAIN Covers by CLAYTON CRAIN, BRYAN HITCH, STEPHEN SEGOVIA, and RAUL ALLEN Variant Cover by KHARI EVANS Variant Cover by TREVOR HAIRSINE Variant Cover by[...]

Bernard Chang has been criticising Valiant for their choice of design on the new Rai character being relaunched by Matt Kindt and Clayton Crain On Facebook, according to these scans sent to Bleeding Cool, he posted, It's not the only target to be criticised for using the Rising Sun flag, often from those with a Chinese[...]

Our response is to raise the bar even higher We've been building momentum with a slew of awards and the best reviewed line of books on the market – but 2014 is where you'll see us double our game without doubling the size of our publishing line." Valiant First kicks off with Rai #1, a new[...]

Courtesy of a loving retailer… That's the return of Valiant classic title from the nineties, Rai They're introducing the 4001 timeline in Eternal Warrior #5 in January – and this would seem to indicate that Valiant has even more plans for building it out, including a series or event centered around the oft-teased and oft-discussed futuristic[...]

 The future timeline from the original 90s run, home of characters like Rai and the Future Force, will be re-introduced in Eternal Warrior #5 this January. The new story arc, "Eternal Emperor" will split time between the modern day and the future with a very different, grizzled Eternal Warrior protecting a small contingent of humanity on[...]

Are you a retailer who would like to be included? Contact us. Reply to this article in the forum. Further Reading: X-O MANOWAR, RAI, ETERNAL WARRIOR, VALIANT, BLOODSHOT, HARBINGER Bleeding Cool Magazine Article By Keith Davidsen In the 1990s, Valiant Comics presented comic fans with a shared universe of unique characters that served not as imitators of established[...]

We've been talking about the appearance of David Aja's Rai for some time And we are rewarded in the Free Comic Book Day volume, with the full design Again to be drawn by someone else when scheduled for next year.   In this weekend's Valiant Free Comic Book Day offering there are plenty of teases as[...]

But there certainly hasn't been the amount of publicity one might have expected if this was official. Here are a selection of the images posted to date, in reverse order, that seem to emphasise the Valiant characters Rai, Bloodshot and X-O Manowar They all seem to be counting down to February… Any other messages Bleeding Cool readers[...]