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The company grew quickly, selling over 80 million copies of X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, Harbinger, Archer & Armstrong and Rai. Here we are two and a half decades later and it's time for Valiant to have a 25th Anniversary celebration A celebration of the heroes, villains and creators that have made Valiant what it is today[...]

The next big story arc for X-O Manowar kicks off with issue #34 by Robert Venditti and Diego Bernard and we are introduced to the robot army called Dead Hand. Born into battle, Aric of Dacia, the fifth century Visigoth now called X-O Manowar, has never known peace Abducted and enslaved by the savage alien empire[...]

So, you may have heard us talking about the Dead Hand storyline, beginning in March's X-O Manowar #34. For months, Valiant has been running one-page teasers in the back of each X-O Manowar issue until now, giving us glimpses of an massive robot army as it makes its way — presumably — towards Earth. We knew the robot[...]

Valiant Entertainment have issued a Retailer Advisory note over Imperium #1 and X-O Manowar #33. An "Imperium Prelude" was meant to appear in the middle of X-O Manowar #33 but turned up in Imperium #1 instead, interrupting the story – and arriving at retailers this week. As a result, Valiant will be reprinting Imperium without the preldue,[...]

The new series is being described as an undercover conspiracy action thriller and features X-O Manowar, Archer, Neville Alcott of MI-6, Beta-Max and Detective Alejandra Cejudo from Quantum And Woody. There is a secret black market in New York It is hidden in plain sight – in our streets, trains, restaurants Those who know how to[...]

Hitting shops this week from Valiant is the new series Imperium #1 by Joshua Dysart and Doug Braithwaite along with X-O Manowar #33 by Robert Venditti and Rafa Sandoval. IMPERIUM #1 Written by Joshua Dysart Art by Doug Braithwaite Covers by Raul Allen, Trevor Hairsine & Tom Muller and Doug Braithwaite A daring new superhero saga from New York Times[...]

Look for issue #1 to debut high in the charts – in unit sales, if not in revenue raised…. IMPERIUM #2 – Valiant Next Title Creators: (W) Joshua Dysart (A) Doug Braithwaite (CA) Various IMPERIUM #2 CVR D 10 COPY INCV LAROSA For every 10 copies of Imperium #2 ordered (cvrs A-C any comb) retailers may order 1 Lewis[...]

Valiant has three new issues hit stands next week starting with the debut of Quantum And Woody Must Die #1, X-O Manowar #32 and Unity #14. QUANTUM AND WOODY MUST DIE! #1 (of 4) Written by JAMES ASMUS Art by STEVE LIEBER Covers by MIKE HAWTHORNE, JOHNNIE CHRISTMAS and CHIP ZDARSKY Multiple Harvey Award nominee James Asmus (Quantum and Woody, The Delinquents)[...]

But, thanks to the layout and design, a three dimensional scene seen in isometric two dimensional perspective, he is also sitting on the top of the swings in the middle of the playground, the focus of the page, seen by everyone, in the most prominent place he can be. I just thought it was a really[...]

Hosts Randy Young and Chris Hunter say: Thanks for pressing play and Happy New Year, everyone! It's a really light week this week, but we still have plenty to talk about! This week, we get to see a never published Miracleman story from Grant Morrison and Joe Quesada! It finally sees the light of day! We also get the[...]

Like this preview from Valiant for X-O Manowar #31 This is the second part of the Enter: Armorines story arc and it's due in stores on the December 31st So don't look for this until next Wednesday. X-O MANOWAR #31 ("ENTER: ARMORINES" – PART 2) Written by Robert Venditti Art by Diego Bernard Covers: Raul Allen and Emanuela[...]

Valiant has announced the new story direction for its flagship title, X-O Manowar The new arc is called Dead Hand and its being labeled as a devastating cosmic showdown written by Robert Venditti and drawn by Diego Bernard. In the far reaches of deep space, the ultimate fail-safe of an extinct alien race has finally counted[...]

WS: He definitely does his research. FP: What's funny about that is that in X-O Manowar, it happened with Robert Venditti and Carey Nord, too They wanted to be very true to the time period also. HMS: It sounds like you guys hire a lot of really smart people, really, so attention to detail is going to[...]

Readers who picked up today's X-O Manowar #30 to catch the first appearance of Valiant's new Armorines team have a special surprise waiting for them – an extra-added 23rd story page, touting something called Dead Hand… Dead Hand being the codename of a notorious Russian nuclear fail-safe to be deployed in the event of total[...]

It looks like X-O Manowar is kicking off an all new story arc called Enter: Armorines and we have a preview for the book along with Punk Mambo #0 Both these titles will be in comic shops on November 19th from Valiant. X-O MANOWAR #30 (ALL-NEW ARC! "ENTER: ARMORINES" – PART 1) Written by Robert Venditti Art by[...]

Next week Valiant will be putting out seven books in their One Dollar Debut line: Archer & Armstrong #1, Harbinger #1, Quantum and Woody #1, Rai #1, Unity #1, X-O Manowar #1 and The Valiant Universe Handbook The six first issues will all have new quote covers from the reviews of the books. Just think, a[...]

We've got a double shot preview from Valiant for books coming out October 8th starting with X-O Manowar #0 by Robert Venditti and Clay Mann and then The Death-Defying Dr Mirage #2 by Jen Van Meter and Roberto De La Torre. X-O MANOWAR #0 Written by Robert Venditti Art by Clay Mann Covers by Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic, Clay[...]

Pretty cool deal and you can check out all the books and how it works at the Humble Bundle website. If you are not already reading Valiant comics… and you should be… the question becomes: "Where do I start?" To help entice you and to give you a good jumping in point, Valiant has sent us a[...]

| ONE-SHOT | T+ | On sale DECEMBER 3 X-O MANOWAR #31 Written by Robert Venditti Art by Dieg Bernard Covers by Raul Allen and Emanuela Lupacchino ARMORINES…ATTACK! Aric of Dacia has laid waste to entire planets and defeated the universe's most skilled hunters, but how can he kill what he can't see? A strange new[...]

Valiant has sent us a first look inside of the upcoming X-O Manowar #0 This issue shows us the origins of the alien-armored Visigoth as done by writer Robert Venditti (Green Lantern) and artist Clay Mann (Gambit). Armor Hunters is over and Valiant is giving readers a new entry point into the universe with the origin[...]

Here's a look at the linked covers from X-O Manowar #0, comprising covers C, D, E, F and G of that origin issue, by Dave Johnson. Clicky for a bit biggy. Here's a look at the linked covers from X-O Manowar #0, comprising covers C, D, E, F and G of that origin issue, by Dave Johnson. Clicky for a bit[...]

Then we have X-O Manowar #28 by Robert Venditti and Diego Bernard as the Armor Hunters storyline continues. RAI #4 (VALIANT FIRST) Written by Matt Kindt Art & Cover by Clayton Crain #ValiantCraft Cover by Donovan Santiago The most daring comic book launch of the year unleashes a cascade of shocking revelations as RAI rockets toward its second arc! In 4001[...]

Valiant has quite a few surprises up their sleeve for the month of November including Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel #1, Archer & Armstrong: The One Percent one-shot, Punk Mambo #0 and the classic X-O Manowar issues collected in a hardcover omnibus. ETERNAL WARRIOR DAYS OF STEEL #1 (of 3) Written PETER MILLIGAN Art by CARY NORD Cover A[...]

Collecting X-O Manowar (1992) #0-30, Armorines #0, X-O Database #1, as well as material from Secrets of the Valiant Universe #1, the Classic X-O Manowar Omnibus ships from Valiant in November for a cool hundred bucks But you do get over 800 pages, so that's not bad at all. A Little Bleeder who was at Boston[...]

The Armorines first appeared in X-O Manowar #24 in 1994 and then has a #0 issue inserted into X-O Manowar #25 From there the series ran another 12 issues mostly written by Jorge Gonzalez and drawn by Jim Calafiore and Jose Delbo. Fast forward twenty years and we get Armorines coming back to take on X-O[...]

Valiant has partnered with custom-painted apparel company Punk Your Chucks to offer a wide array of made-to-order footwear and accessories featuring Valiant's library of comic book characters, including X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, Ninjak, Rai and many more Made on-site at Punk Your Chucks' New York studio, each item is painted by hand and completely one of a[...]

Valiant has quite a few interesting items on their October 2014 solicitation list including a new Quantum And Woody series and hardcover omnibus, X-O Manowar and Unity zero issues and the 25th anniversary issue of Archer & Armstrong. Q2: THE RETURN OF QUANTUM AND WOODY #1 (of 5) Writer: Christopher Priest Art: M D Bright Covers: Neal[...]

Mann's first assignment for the publisher is going to be X-O Manowar #0 This is first of two new zero issues due out in October. Joining Mann on X-O Manowar #0 will be writer Robert Venditti The second zero book, Unity #0 comes from the team of Matt Kindt and Cary Nord. After narrowly surviving the events[...]

In for a penny… Avengers #31… Big Trouble In Little China #1   X-O Manowar #26… Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles New Animated Adventures #14 As well as Transformers Vs GI Joe #1, Star Trek: City On The Edge Of Forever #2, Ragnarok #1, Armor Hunters #2 and Unity #8.   Consider this an irregular feature looking at comic books that have gone to second[...]

This issue will be done by writer Robert Venditti and artist Cafu and sets up the new status quo for X-O Manowar, Unity, Bloodshot and Harbinger Renegades Covers for the book will be done by Diego Bernard, Brent Peeples and Mico Suayan. "With rave reviews for each installment thus far and the fastest sell-outs we've ever[...]