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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[...]

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[...]

Valiant Entertainment has only been publishing a very small handful of comics over the last couple of years, and was hit by the pandemic harder than most.  They are now looking to ramp up their numbers a bit through 2022 with what they are calling their Year Of Valiant And they have announced three new[...]

Archer & Armstrong Forever #1 launches in Valiant Entertainment's May 2022 solicits and solicitations, with continuing Armorclads and Harbinger following sharp behind… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 25%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ ARCHER & ARMSTRONG FOREVER #1 CVR A CHANG VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC MAR221968 MAR221969 – ARCHER &[...]

Created by Barry Windsor-Smith and Jim Shooter, this buddy action-adventure was my favourite Valiant Comics title until Quantum & Woody came along In fact, I'd happily have them as a foursome But now the original pair are back, with the reminder that Armstrong was the first serious overweight superhero long before Faith…  Archer & Armstrong[...]

Turns out that not everything Valiant Entertainment is putting out comes in flavours of NFT or Web 3.0, Here are the Valient Entertainment April 2022 solicits and solicitations, with Armorclads, Harbinger and Shadowman… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 25%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ ARMORCLADS #2[...]

Because Valiant Entertainment has sent out a PR and a teaser video that is full of buzzwords I barely understand, even if the image they use is centered around the decade of my birth. Driven by a community-first approach, Valiant will welcome fans and newcomers alike with a revolutionary invitation into a new medium of transformative[...]

Armorclads is a new Valiant Entertainment comic book series launching in March 2022 created by JJ O'Connor, Brian Buccellato, and Manuel Garcia This is the first brand new comic book that Valiant has solicited since the pandemic shut down two years ago. No idea who JJ O'Connor is, and no one on the Valiant Discord where[...]

Valiant Entertainment has their February 2022 solicits and solicitations, sans imaged because they didn't get them to Diamond before the ransomware attack, but we grabbed the Shadowman By Delano And Adlard cover from Amazon. HARBINGER (2021) #5 CVR A RODRIGUEZ VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC DEC211915 DEC211916 – HARBINGER (2021) #5 CVR B GOODHART – 3.99 DEC211917 – HARBINGER (2021) #5 CVR[...]

Audrey Meeker is an assistant editor at Valiant Entertainment, but is also a comic book creator in her own right She tweeted out the news "It's been officially announced that SWING is gonna be a real actual book!!!!! Thanks so much to everyone who believes in this project, and a special thanks to Miranda (who doesn't[...]

Javier Pulido is a Spanish comics artist, best known for work on Human Target, Robin: Year One, She-Hulk, The Amazing Spider-Man, and also the artist on Ninjak, currently published by Valiant Entertainment Or at least he was Javier posted to his blog, On Ninjak, which he uses to deconstruct his own comic book work, saying Hi[...]

Former Valiant Entertainment intern Audrey Meeker has just been hired by Valiant as their new Assistant Editor Audrey's responsibilities include communicating with comic book creators, reviewing pitches, managing and organizing files, and supporting Executive Editor Rob Levin and Senior Editor Lysa Hawkins "I'm excited about working with the people in this company," stated Audrey about[...]

Shadowman #4 was published by Valiant Entertainment back in July but no issue has been solicited since then At the Diamond Retailer Summit happening today, as well as talking about the return of the Harbinger series, Senior Sales Manager John Petrie talked about the return of Shadowman with Shadowman #5 in January 2022, for a new[...]

If Valiant ever elaborated on the meaning of the subtitle Children of the Eighth Day, I haven't run across the explanation.  It's straightforward enough I suppose, based on the biblical notion of the seven-day cycle, with the Eighth Day thus implying the death or destruction of the last cycle and the rebirth of the new. [...]

The last time Gregg Katzman of Valiant Entertainment replied to an email from me was in September 2020 Since then, nothing Which is a shame as there have been a number of Valiant-related stories I really wanted Valiant to comment on, but I didn't even get a "no comment", my e-mails just went into the[...]

Valiant Entertainment keeps on plodding along, just two monthly titles, but still playing the game, with Harbinger #3 and X-O Manowar #9, with creators Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Robbi Rodriguez, Dennis Hopeless and Emilio Laiso giving an overall feel of Marvel Comics about five years ago… here are the Valiant December 2021 solicits and solicitations[...]

Valiant Entertainment is still not commenting on the whole Harbingergate situation But they are still publishing Harbinger, as well as X-O Manowar, another Jim Shooter co-creation… and a Ninjak collection to boot Here are their November 2021 solicitations, maybe they'll return an e-mail one of these days. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool ran an article, regarding Valiant's Harbinger relauncher Joshua Dysart who had expressed difficulty getting what they perceived as promised payment from Valiant after the sale of the Harbinger film option to Paramount Dysart retweeted the article, elaborating more fully the way he saw the situation  We also looked at Jim Shooter[...]

Two days ago, Bleeding Cool ran an article that had been months in the making, regarding Joshua Dysart who relaunched the psychic teenager superhero comic Harbinger for Valiant back in 2012, and who had expressed difficulty getting payments he believes he was promised from Valiant after the sale of movie rights to Harbinger to Paramount[...]

There have not been many new superhero comic book movies released cinematically since the world started experiencing lockdowns. There have only been four

The revived Valiant Entertainment in 2012 had quite a litany of established comic book creators coming on board to give new life to the likes of Bloodshot, X-O Manowar, Harbinger, and the like But how did they get them? It was, in part, courtesy of the likes of Dinesh Shamdasani, Warren Simons et al making[...]

Valiant Entertainment proclaimed the start of a "brand new era" at the company after promoting Rob Levin to the position of Editor-in-Chief The writer and editor who most recently served as Executive Editor of Humanoids will lead Valiant as it executes its vision of making a buttload of money like Marvel by leveraging its superhero[...]

Did you read Ninjak #1 or X-Factor #10 this week? Stan Lee used to refer to the Marvel Universe as "The world outside your window", set in New York rather

Valiant Entertainment has no new launches in September 2021 – but is valiantly continuing to publish X-O Manowar, Ninjak and collect their current Shadowman series… here are their full solicits and solicitations for the month. #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 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php[...]

As is the cover Simon Bisley painted for Valiant Entertainment's Rai #4, which brings Bisley's barbarian style to that of the samurai. Credit: ComicConnect Simon Bisley – BROOKLYN GLADIATOR #1 Cover Simon Bisley painting; cover; 2020; image size 8.5" x 13" Sexy cover by the legendary Bisley from the Heavy Metal published series Beautiful color and unmistakable[...]

If there's one thing we love around here at Bleeding Cool, it's Ninjak, Valiant Entertainment's masturbating Ninja Why do we love Ninjak so much? Well, for one thing, there's nothing better than a Ninja who's always jakking it all the time For another thing, people love the art by Javier Pulido for this new series[...]

It's still a little sparse on the scene for Valiant But X-O Manowar and Ninjak are continuing, with the classic Shadowman series also collected in Omnibus form in Valiant Entertainment's August 2021 solicitations. #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 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ X-O MANOWAR[...]

Bleeding Cool has a crystal ball-look at a number of the titles, three months ahead. FCBD Preview: Valiant Uprising For Free Comic Book Day FCBD 2021 VALIANT UPRISING VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC APR210045 (W) Dennis Hopeless, Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Jeff Parker, Cullen Bunn (A) Emilio Laiso, Javier Pulido, Jon Davis-Hunt (A/CA) Robbi Rodriguez This Fall, jump on board here as VALIANT[...]

Valiant Entertainment has released an early preview — a very early preview— of Ninjak #1, the new series by Jeff Parker and Javier Pulido launching this July In the new series, the masturbating ninja will be jakking it undercover, on the run after the identity of all MI6 agents was compromised We're not going to[...]

Former Valiant Executive Editor Joe Illidge may have recently spilled the tea on the new Shadowman series, but a new press release from Valiant is encouraging Shadowman fans to drink some coffee Yes, you heard that right Valiant has partnered with Geek Grind Coffee Company to release two different roasts based on the Shadowman Comic[...]