Monday 26 November 2012

A Short (very short) Introduction to the Valiant Universe

As part of my new quest to open my eyes to the wider world of comics I have know stumbled upon (thanks to Orbital Comics, of course) the Valiant universe that includes Shadowman, X-O Manowar, Archer and Armstrong, Bloodshot and Harbinger.

Yes, I realise that these comics have all had a long and rich history but I for one have only just discovered them from their new runs starting at issue #1, and thank god I did an would like to help any of you currently unaware to also find them. the Valiant universe provides us with a vast array of characters and storylines, so I think it's safe to say there is something for almost everyone here. And to help show you what there is I will now proceed to give you a very short and inaccurate summary of each title.

Archer and Armstrong #1: Fred Van Lente and Clayton Henry - a possibly immoral immortal and a naive mislead deadly youngster take on both religion and the 1% in a very violent manner.















Bloodshot #1: Duane Swierczynski, Manuel Garcia, Arturo Lozzi and Stefano Gaudiano - here we have the perfect killing machine, for all intents and purposes a man, a man for whom his unique nanite infused body allows for changes to his memories to make him fully committed and motivated for his next mission and will do anything to complete it.












Harbinger #1: Joshua Dysart, Khari Evans and Ian Hannin - an out-of-work guy  who has incredible power, but very little knowledge of them and a rather questionable moral compass, not to mention a rather shadowy plot surrounding him.














Shadowman #1: Justin Jordan and Patrick Zircher - the shadow itself has bonded with a human, and the result is both terrifying and awesome, a book full of darkness, mystery and violence.














X-O Manowar #1:  Robert Venditti, Cary Nord, Stefano Gaudiano - a warrior of the past thrown out into space and surrounded by aliens, fated for a sacred set of technologically advanced armour, what more do you need to know?













What Would Doom Do?
He'd add every one of these fine titles to his pull list and then spend the next week in a sweaty frantic frenzy trying to decided which is his favourite. Then give up and lay them around himself in a glorious circle of comic book beauty.

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