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The Origin Of Rai And Russia's Rapid Return To Power
We have two previews for Valiant books shipping on Wednesday In Rai #14 by Matt Kindt and Cafu, the crossover with the 4001 AD event continues and we get to see the true origin of New Japan and the birth of it's line of guardians called Rai Also, in Divinity II #3 by Kindt and[...]
A First Look Inside Generation Zero #1
As the "Future of Valiant" initiative continues, the publisher has given us a first look into their series Generation Zero This group of volatile teenage superheroes from the pages of Harbinger Wars will be getting their own series by writer Fred Van Lente and artist Francis Portela. The synopsis kicks off with what sounds like the[...]
Valiant Releases Rai Emoji's For Your Phone
Valiant announced today that with their partners Swyft Media, you can now get a set of Rai emoji's for iOS and Android phones This is the third emoji keyboard that the company has released with previous ones focusing on the Valiant universe in general and then one specifically for Archer & Armstrong. This ties into the[...]
X-O Manowar Vs The Torment From Long Live The King
As we approach the series finale for X-O Manowar, Valiant has sent us an early preview for the second part of the Long Live The King storyline Written by Robert Venditti and drawn by Joe Bennett and Roberto de la Torre, the arc pits Aric of Dacia against an ancient alien race known as the[...]
Trapped Brothers And A Bottle Of Lagavulin
We have two previews for Valiant titles coming out on Wednesday and both involve the heroes being trapped in a place that they can't get out of The Eternal Warrior is going up against the Dying One inside of the Labyrinth while Archer & Armstrong are going up against Bacchus as they try to find[...]
Rai To Confront Father In 4001 A.D. #3
from Valiant Part of their summer event that also includes four issues of Rai and four one-shots featuring X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, Shadowman and the new War Mother. This issue, written by Matt Kindt and drawn by Clayton Crain, focuses on the the forsake guardian of New Japan confronting his creator, the all-powerful artificial intelligence known as Father. The[...]
Faith And Archer Prepare For Their First Date
Valiant does their summer event series, this time with 4001 AD, but it doesn't make every story about that event Take the new A&A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong series… yes, the title is way too long, but the series is focused on the characters along with action and humor The first story arc[...]
Connecting Bloodshot From 2016 To 4001
As Valiant's 4001 A.D event continues, there are the one-shots focusing on individual characters Today I got a chance to read 4001 AD: Bloodshot by Jeff Lemire and Doug Braithwaite The story, for lack of a better term, is the origin of the Bloodshot for that era, but at the same time it's an ending[...]
Milligan and Ryp's Britannia Tells A Mystery On The Edges Of The Roman Empire
Part of the Future of Valiant initiative involves a new series by writer Peter Milligan (X-Static) and artist Juan Jose Ryp (Ninjak) called Britannia It follows a decorated legionnaire who investigates reports of unnatural happenings at the farthest reaches of the Roman Empire, Britannia In the time of Nero's rule, Antonius Axia – the world's[...]
4001 A.D. Is A Different Type Of Summer Event
Valiant is taking a different approach They are doing a four issue mini-series as the driving force of the 4001 A.D event Then there are four issues of Rai that fill in the backstory from what I've read so far And then there will be four one-shots focused on different individual characters So to get[...]
If You're Headed To Space City Con This Weekend…
Valiant has just released their plans for this weekends Space City Comic Con in Houston, Texas The show runs May 27th – May 29th at the NRG Center The publisher will be there with an exclusive cover by Clayton Henry and David Baron with Baron on hand to sign copies They also have two panels[...]
X-O Manowar's 50 Artist Jam Cover
Yesterday Rich pulled together all the different contributions to the 50 artist jam cover that Valiant has created for X-O Manowar #50 Now, the publisher has released the image of the complete cover with all the different artists work on it The book ships this September and is the final issue on the series that[...]
Valiant Comics Also For Sale From Midnight Alongside Marvel And DC
As well as Marvel and DC Comics, Valiant Entertainment has also made of all Wednesday's books available at midnight tonight for DC Universe Rebirth events at participating comic book The titles included are: Divinity II #2 (of 4) Bloodshot Reborn #13 Imperium #16 And no minimum orders needed to qualify… As well as Marvel and DC Comics,[...]
There Are No Bad Guys In Imperium
He hooked up with Valiant Entertainment when they first relaunched years ago and took control of Harbinger That led into Imperium, the perfect blend of writer and concept Josh tells the story of Toyo Harada who is trying to save the world, whether the world wants to be saved or not. On Wednesday, issue #16 hits[...]
Bloodshot Reborn – How Analog Man Leads To Bloodshot Island
This is one of my two favorite books from Valiant, the other being Ninjak. Here is the synopsis and preview pages for Bloodshot Reborn #13 BLOODSHOT REBORN #13 Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Lewis Larosa Covers by Ben Oliver, Jeffrey Veregge, Tula Lotay and Mike Choi "THE ANALOG MAN" slams into a wreckage-strewn showdown that will shatter Bloodshot's world…or[...]
Valiant Hides Free Original Artwork Pieces Inside Every 40 Copies Of X-O Manowar #47-50
Coming off Tuesday's #ValiantSummit in New York, Valiant Entertainment is having a big week…but they'll be raising the stakes even higher in June as X-O Manowar #47 begins the countdown to the long-running series' issue #50 finale. To officiate writer Robert Venditti's 56-issue run on the title, the publisher is holding "X-O Manowar #50 Countdown Giveaway"[...]
Launching Britannia By Peter Milligan And Juan Jose Ryp For September At #ValiantSummit
Live from the Valiant Summit in New York for 2016… a new prestige format mini-series launching in September. Britannia by Peter Milligan and Juan Jose Ryp about a Roman soldier whose mind breaks, taken in by vestal virgins who start to teach him the early principle of psychology… and becomes the world's first detective. Twitch has died so[...]
Launching Generation Zero By Fred Van Lente & Francis Portela At #ValiantSummit
We saw the trademark coming… Live from the Valiant Summit in New York for 2016… Fred Van Lente & Francis Portela launching a Generation Zero series in August. A covert secret organisation that manages to stuff up the lifestyle of its black female teen lead…. The live feed seems to have crashed for me on Twitch[...]
#ValiantSummit Live Broadcast By Twitch TV, Updating As We Go…
  Valiant's upcoming Valiant Summit 2016 live event – to be broadcast from New York's renowned Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre on Tuesday at 2 pm ET – is now being broadcast live on Twitch,.tv making it the first major comics event to receive live coverage on the world's largest live-video network for gamers. The stream will be hosted[...]
The Story Of The First Rai, How A Sci-Fi Story Should Begin
I'm a fan of Valiant Comics, but I'll admit the one series I've never gotten into is Rai I'm not sure exactly why I just never quite got it With the new 4001 A.D event going on, I got a chance to read the return of Rai today and I was pleasantly surprised. Rai #13 gives you[...]
One Week Until The #ValiantSummit Of 2016 – And Is That A New Logo?
Next Tuesday, Valiant Entertainment will be hosting a Valiant Summit at the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) Theatre in New York And it will be streaming live And announcing a whole bunch of new stuff. There will be a  panel presentation broadcasting live on Tuesday, May 17th at 2 pm EDT/11 am PDT. Bleeding Cool will be watching from London – but[...]
X-O Manowar Of The Future And More In Valiant Previews
Here we have an early look at what's coming out on Wednesday from Valiant It starts of with one of the 4001 A.D one-shots, this one featuring X-O Manowar by Robert Venditti and Clayton Henry Then we have the third issue of A&A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong and the second part of the[...]
A Look Inside Valiant's Free Comic Book Day Offering
Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day and one of the offerings is the Valiant: 4001 A.D FCBD Special… say that three times fast The issue features the talents of writers Matt Kindt, Jody Houser, Jeff Lemire and Rafer Roberts And the art of Clayton Henry, Trevor Hairsine, David Lafuente, Francis Portela, Pere Perez, Mico Suayan[...]