Valiant is moving up the release of RAI #1 to April 30th in time for Free Comic Book Day 2014 The first issue an all-new ongoing series from creators Matt Kindt (Unity, Justice League of America) and Clayton Crain (X-Force, Carnage), and the launch title of the Valiant First publishing initiative.
"Free Comic Book Day has been a major[...]
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And give those folks who have picked up the Valiant FCBD title a chance to… spend some money, as well as the Rai #1 Plus Edition with 16 pages more stuff for an extra dollar.
This summer, Matt Kindt and Clayton Crain's one-of-a-kind adventure proves that there is nothing else in comics like RAI! The year is 4001 A.D[...]
Here we have an advance preview of Eternal Warrior #7 from writer Greg Pak (Action Comics) and artist Robert Gill (Armor Hunters: Harbinger)! This continues the Eternal Emperor storyline as we see the future of the Valiant Universe.
King Gilad Anni-Padda hoped to leave his days as the Eternal Emperor behind him But when an unforeseen challenger[...]
We've got the Valiant Entertainment solicitations for July 2014 and it kicks off with the start of Armor Hunters #1 which ties into both Unity #8 and X-O Manowar #26 Then the new Rai series continues, Shadowman: End Times concludes and the Eternal Emperor storyline gets collected.
ARMOR HUNTERS #1 (of 4)
Written by[...]
Layton, who was principally involved in the Valiant revival of the character in the nineties, has been grabbed by Dynamite to give a little Valiant flair to their revivals of the Gold Key character, reserved for the Subscription Covers, intended to reward fans who order their copies from stores in advance…
Bob Layton[...]
Valiant has announced that this May's X-O Manowar #25, which is already oversized, is adding Cary Nord, Sean Chen, Tom Fowler, Barry Kitson and Andy Runton to the anniversary issue Already working on the project are Robert Venditti, Diego Bernard, Bryan Hitch, J.G Jones, Justin Jordan and Rafer Roberts Also covers by Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic and Bryan Hitch, and incentive variants[...]
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[...]
As well as giving us tales of the current team of Valiant folk, drawn together by circumstance to fight toi save their common interest Such as survival….
…it also gives us the story of some familiar figures doing the same thing quite some time ago Matt Kindt reaches back to World War II to showcase a[...]
We get a lot of previews and press releases here… but I have to say that this line sent out with the preview for Quantum And Woody #9 may be one of my favorites of all time:
If robo-criminals are the disease, Quantum and Woody are the cough drop! Bring a napkin because things are going to[...]
Valiant is making a big push for their summer event Armor Hunters and it kicks off with a prelude in X-O Manowar #24 which we have a preview for right here Written by New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti and art by Diego Bernard, this issue not only preludes the big 18-part crossover but[...]
First the story of Vincent Van Goat… do I need to say more? Then we get the first part of the crossover between two Valiant titles.
Quantum And Woody: Goat #0
Written by James Asmus & Tom Fowler Art & Cover by Tom Fowler Pullbox Exclusive Variant by Matthew Waite Variant Cover by Chip Zdarsky
Are heroes born…or are they bred? Tom[...]
Valiant comics has a new retailer incentive push that involve 5 wraparound chromium covers for their big Armor Hunters 18-part event this summer The covers will come out in June and July and will feature the art of Jorge Molina, Mico Suayah, Clayton Crain, Philip Tan and Lewis LaRosa. Each Chromium cover is a jumping on[...]
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[...]
In support of the Valiant First publishing initiative, Valiant is starting the Valiant First Pullbox Preview – a brand new wave of promotional preview books shipping from March to August to the top 500 Valiant retailers The editions will come 20 to a pack with more bundles available for reorder through Diamond The idea is[...]
Valiant has sent over a couple advanced looks at the books they are shipping next week Always nice when you have to figure out your comic shop budget before hand.
X-O MANOWAR #22 Written by Robert Venditti Art by Cary Nord with Vicente Cifuentes Cover by Lewis Larosa Variant Cover by Will Conrad
Valiant Signature Series Variant by Jim Calafiore
UNITY[...]
Wait… did Valiant name a character after our website? I'm going to pretend they did.
Harbinger: Bleeding Monk #0 comes out in March and gives a new introduction into the world of Toyo Harada's Harbinger Foundation.
What has become of the Bleeding Monk? Formerly Toyo Harada's right hand, the cryptic and seemingly immortal seer at the center of[...]
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[...]
Valiant sent over previews for three of their upcoming books… and a Valentines image that may just be too disturbing to share Okay, I'm sharing it anyway.
UNITY #4
Written by Matt Kindt Art by Doug Braitwaite
Cover by Clayton Crain Variant Cover by Riley Rossmo Variant Cover by Clayton Henry
Unity Divided! Here comes heavyweight showdown you've been waiting[...]
Veteran artist Tom Raney (Ultimate X-Men, Stormwatch) is jumping about Valiant's Bloodshot And H.A.R.D Crops with issue #20 The series written by Christos Gage (Superior Spider-Man) and Joshua Dysart (Harbinger) is continuing the Mission Improbable storyline started in Archer & Armstrong #18.
Valiant sent over these preview pages for the crossover event
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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[...]
Starting this May, Valiant is kicking off a new initiative called Valiant First The plan is to release the first issue of a new series every month for the rest of 2014.
"The defining goal of VALIANT FIRST is to give readers clear and accessible jumping-on points into Valiant's award-winning publishing line," said Valiant Executive Editor[...]
(It was drawn by superstar artist Inaki Miranda, which helped a lot.)
A couple of days ago my first novel went on sale – it's called Portal 666 and it stars Valiant's Bloodshot.
A few months ago Amazon Publishing in Seattle called and asked if I'd be interested in writing a novel for their Kindle Worlds[...]
Valiant has sent over not one, but two previews for your weekend enjoyment First up we have Harbinger #21 the second part of the Resistance story arc by Joshua Dysart and Clayton Henry.
Once again, the Renegades are on the run with the combined forces of the Harbinger Foundation and Project Rising Spirit closing in on[...]
We've got an advanced look at Archer & Armstrong #18, the first issue in the new Mission: Improbable story arc that brings the duo up against
I am really hooked on the Valiant titles I jumped in because I wanted to see what my friend Josh Dysart was going to be doing on Harbinger and because I was a bit nostalgic for the 90s, but these titles are great and if you're not reading them you should be.
I got a chance[...]
Valiant hitting their first anniversary special, X-O Manowar #25 and they are doing it up as a 48-page special with series regulars Robert Venditti and Diego Bernard to be joined by Bryan Hitch, J G Jones, Justin Jordan, Peter Milligan, Rafer Roberts and others.
The over-sized issue will include:
ARMOR HUNTERS: PART ZERO by Robert Venditti (Green Lantern, The[...]
At its Final Order Cut Off Date, Dynamite had received 35,281 orders from comic shops for their launch of Turok The Dinosaur Hunter #1, out this week. The
Valiant is giving us a big glimpse into the future Just a few weeks back we showed you and advanced look at X-O Manowar #21, now we are jumping two issues ahead and get a chance to see X-O Manowar #23 by Robert Venditti and Diego Bernard This is the first issue in the Prelude to[...]
In shops February 5th we get the latest issue from Peter Milligan and Roberto De La Torre, Shadowman #15. This continues the Fear, Blood And Shadows story
Edward Greenberg of the Collector's Paradise stores writes, regarding the Unity #1 3D cover offer from Valiant that we covered in depth.
The Valiant 3D cover in exchange for non-returned books is a great idea Our order for Unity #1 was pretty big, 1000 copies We kept most of them to get 3D covers which we[...]