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Threezero Debuts Valiant Comics Bloodshot Unleashed 1/12 Figure
Bloodshot was created by Valiant Comics back in 1992, and while he is no DC or Marvel superhero, he is widely known and popular He is a pretty complex character and walks more on the line Punisher than other heroes out there Ray Garrison was once a former soldier who was given enhanced superhuman abilities[...]
Valiant Cancels Ninjak & X-O Manowar, No News From Alien Books
Bleeding Cool has, all this year, every month, reported news on the one comic book that Valiant Entertainment was publishing each month And for a while, it was X-O Manowar Unconquered by Becky Cloonan Michael Conrad and Liam Sharp, with three issues published in March, April, and May But then #4, #5 and 6 were delayed and[...]
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Valiant Entertainment has become reduced to publishing one comic book a month, and in August 2023, it's the sixth issue of the long-teased, long-promised, long-awaited X-O Manowar Unconquered from Becky Cloonan Michael Conrad and Liam Sharp!  The third issue  is out next week, and it is still going down very well, after the first[...]
Massive Shadowman Free Comic Book Day Preview
Shadowman was created in 1992 by Jim Shooter, Steve Englehart, and David Lapham, and may be the original Valiant character which had a greater impact on pop culture courtesy of the subsequent video game The series' first protagonist was Jack Boniface as a voodoo and death-powered individual, but he would be superseded by Michael LeRoi[...]
Cover image for X-O MANOWAR UNCONQUERED #5 CVR A SHARP (MR)
Valiant Entertainment has become reduced to publishing one comic book a month, and in July 2023, it's the fifth issue of the long-teased, long-promised, long-awaited X-O Manowar from Becky Cloonan Michael Conrad and Liam Sharp!  The second issue came out this past week, and it is still going down very well, after the first[...]
Cover image for X-O MANOWAR UNCONQUERED #4 CVR C PREORDER BUNDLE ED (MR)
Valiant Entertainment has become reduced to publishing one comic book a month, and in June 2023, it's the fourth issue of the long-teased, long-promised, long-awaited X-O Manowar from Becky Cloonan Michael Conrad and Liam Sharp!  The first issue came out this past week, and it went down very well Might it be enough to turn this once-proud publisher around?[...]
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Maybe 15% fewer for Boom Studios… Something Is Killing The Children #27 ComicsPRO Boom Exclusive Variant 2023  has sold multiple copies on eBay for $100. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ ComicsPRO Blue Book #1 Exclusive Dark Horse InHyuk Lee Variant 2023[...]
ComicsPRO: Bad Idea Appoints Valiant's Peter Stern as Managing Editor
Like a number of those at Bad Idea, Peter Stern was part of Valiant Entertainment for the last decade and more Hired as Operations Coordinator imn 2012, he was promoted to Operations Manager the following year, was made Publishing & Operations Manager the year after that, before becoming Director of International Publishing & Merchandising for[...]
Cover image for X-O MANOWAR UNCONQUERED #3 CVR A SHARP (MR)
Valiant Entertainment has become reduced to publishing one comic book a month, and in May 2023 it's the third issue of the long-teased, long-promised, long-awaited X-O Manowar from Becky Cloonan Michael Conrad and Liam Sharp!  Bleeding Cool has been covering, to our best ability, the current issues at Valiant Entertainment, who have let go many members of staff, with[...]
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Valiant Entertainment has become reduced to publishing one comic book a month, and in April 2023 it's the second issue of the long-teased, long-promised, long-awaited X-O Manowar from Becky Cloonan Michael Conrad and Liam Sharp!  Bleeding Cool has been covering, to our best ability, the current issues at Valiant Entertainment, who have let go many members of staff, with[...]
Remembering Valiant Entertainment's Golden Ages
Valiant Comics was founded in 1989 by former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter along with lawyer and businessman Steven Massarsky, after a failed attempt to purchase Marvel Entertainment Valiant recruited prominent writers and artists from Shooter's time at Marvel, including Barry Windsor-Smith and Bob Layton, and launched a shared universe of original superhero comics and[...]
Cover image for XO MANOWAR UNCONQUERED #1 CVR A SHARP (RES) (MR)
Valiant Entertainment has become reduced to publishing one comic book a month, and in March 2023 it's the long-teased, long-promised, long-awaited X-O Manowar from Becky Cloonan Michael Conrad and Liam Sharp! Bleeding Cool has been covering, to our best ability, the current issues at Valiant Entertainment, who have let go many members of staff, with[...]
Cover image for FCBD 2023 SHADOWMAN DARK LEGACY
Valiant Entertainment continues their current publishing plan of one comic book a month for February 2o23, but also have the Shadowman Free Comic for May in their February solicits and solicitations Bleeding Cool has been covering, to our best ability, the current issues at Valiant Entertainment, who have let go many members of staff, with only[...]
Cover image for BOOK OF SHADOWS #3 CVR A ALBUQUERQUE (RES)
Book Of Shadows #3 will be the only comic book that Valiant Entertainment will be publishing in January 2023 The publisher has recently seemingly restricted itself to publishing one comic book a month, and Book Of Shadows has been on hold since August with Book Of Shadows #3 and #4 currently scheduled for January and[...]
Cover image for BLOODSHOT UNLEASHED #4 CVR E PREORDER BUNDLE ED (MR)
Which is why Valiant Entertainment appears to have hired a couple of them back, publisher Fred Pierce and Senior Editor Lysa Hawkins Most of their planned books like Book Of Shadows and X-O Manowar have been pushed back to 2023, but their December 2022 continues Deniz Camp and Jon Davis-Hunt's Bloodshot and then a collection[...]
Valiant Comics PR Still Definitely Working
Earlier this week, after breaking news stories about Valiant Entertainment letting much of their staff go, Bleeding Cool broke the story about Valiant cancelling Archer & Armstrong midway through the series, of delaying future issues of Book Of Shadows until 2023 and wondered what would happen to X-O Manowar, still scheduled for November 2022 Today[...]
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Bleeding Cool has been covering, to our best ability, the current issues at Valiant Entertainment, who have let go many members of staff, with only a few remaining – including publisher Fred Pierce (but only just) And with no one sure what is going on (least of all the NFT investors) people have been looking[...]
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It appears the Non Disclosure Agreements are strong with Valiant Entertainment Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported on major issues concerning Valiant Comics, with multiple reports of layoffs and resignations at the publisher, and was unable to find anyone still working at there aside from freelance creators Some employees posted that their employment status at Valiant as[...]
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There is significant concern within the comic book industry tonight over the status of New York-based comic book publisher Valiant Entertainment In recent weeks there has been concern expressed regarding the timeliness of payments to freelance comic book creators, but that is sadly not a unique issue among some comic book publishers Tonight, however, Bleeding[...]
August The 4th Is Now Bob Layton Day As Tampa Launch A Week Of Events
An apprentice to Wally Wood, he is best known for writing and drawing Iron Man and Hercules for Marvel Comics, co-creating the team X-Factor, as well as working on Batman  at DC Comics, co-founding Valiant Comics and becoming its EIC and SVP co-creating X-O Manowar, and in the last couple of decades, launching Future Comics[...]
Retailer Lunch Boom Studios
No sign of Dark Horse, Image, Dynamite though, as well as Marvel it's just AfterShock, Valiant and Boom Studios sponsoring this It appeared that Bleeding Cool were the only press who have turned up, with Jimmy Leszczynski and his son, Jimmy Leszczynski I think there were numbers in those names You can read all about[...]
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Bloodshot is Unleashed in Valiant Entertainment's September 2022 solicits and solicitations, the revamped series trying to leave the film behind, by Deniz Camp and Jon Davis-Hunt As well as Book Of Shadows and Archer & Armstrong who have all that to come. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1[...]
Valiant’s Bloodshot Comes to threezero with New 1/12 Scale Figure
Valiant was never on par with what DC Comics or Marvel Comics have accomplished, but they do have some sweet heroes Ninjak and Bloodshot are just two classics from the comics' early days and newcomers like Faith Herbert, keep the creativity flowing Threezero is showing some new love for the Valiant Universe as they debut[...]
Valiant Partners with Blanx to Tell Stories on Sneakers
Valiant comic book heroes, coming soon to a shoe near you? In a move that would make Al Bundy proud, Valiant Entertainment is getting into the shoe salesman business Specifically, The Flying V will be selling sneakers featuring Valiant characters, according to a press release To accomplish this not-so-pedestrian task, Valiant has partnered with Blanx,[...]
Valiant Free Comic Book Day
Valiant Entertainment is publishing original comics and upcoming previews of their line in their Free Comic Book Day offering this Saturday with their new Year Of Valiant 2022, with new Bloodshot, Archer& Armstrong and Ninjak comic book stories, from the likes of Jeff Parker, Steve Foxe, Deniz Camp, Mike Norton, Jon Davis-Hunt and Marcio Fiorito[...]
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Cullen Bunn and Vicente Cifuentes launch the new Valiant Entertainment horror event book in their July 2022 solicits and solicitations, teaming up Shadowman, Punk Mambo, Eternal Warrior and Doctor Mirage. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 20%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ BOOK OF SHADOWS #1 CVR[...]
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Gregg Katzman, who is still listed as Director of Marketing & Publicity for Valiant Publishing on his LinkedIn page, posted there "Some personal news: I started my career in comics as press and I've accepted a dream opportunity to return to that side of the industry! I am truly grateful for my time at Valiant[...]
Valiant Entertainment Signs Deal For Adult Novel Line
Valiant Entertainment has signed a deal for a line of debut adult novels featuring the Valiant characters they still own in a partnership with Blackstone Publishing With characters such as Shadowman, Eternal Warrior and Livewire appearing in prose for the first time Blackstone is best known as a publisher of audio books, based in Ashland, Oregon with[...]
Valiant Classics For 2023 250 Pages For $25.99
At last weekend's ComicsPRO retailer event, Valiant Entertainment looked at their upcoming plans, most of which have been reported previously or since But not all, a few slipped through the net. Valiant Classics For 2023 250 Pages For $25.99 So we knew that Valiant was to publish the original run of X-O Manowar, the Valiant title that[...]