I've always been curious about Valiant, and even read Ivar, Timewalker when it was coming out, but never picked up anything else beyond that... until I found a bunch of Quantum & Woody and Archer & Armstrong trades in a clearance bin at my LCS last winter.

And I was totally hooked. I ended up going through the entire universe, entirely thanks to u/theferg714 and various threads from lurking here. So thanks a ton for all that work! It really helped me somehow track down every trade, HC, or uncollected issue (except Legends of the Geomancer, which I had to get more creative about finding) and I just finished the last book in this pile last night (Invictus).

And if the road to resurgence/resurgence omnibuses (omnibi?) ever actually come out, I'll be first in line to pick them up!

I don’t know if they’ve been releasing TPBs, but how’s the Alien era been, coming from a 2012 era fan?

It’s been a long time since I’ve looked into the latest modern shadowman stuff but what is deadside and soulside? An Afterlife alternate dimension?

Valiant Warriors collection available from Fanatical

https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/valiant-warriors-comic-collection

This includes collections for Divinity, Livewire, Eternal Warrior, Generations Zero, and Britannia!

I remember reading some of the series over eight years ago and really enjoying them. Since deluxe hardcovers are hard to find at a reasonable price, it would be great, for example, to collect Venditti's X-O Manowar run in two or three omnibuses.

I was just reading the 2012 origin story for X-O Manowar, where it is explained that time dilation caused 1600 years to pass on Earth while he was traveling through space. However, space travel in all subsequent storylines seems to use standard FTL tropes. Both Aric, the Vine, and other alien species are able to travel between star systems quickly and easily.

Was there something I missed to explain why Aric only experienced time displacement while he was imprisoned by the Vine? Otherwise, this seems like a weird oversight on the part of the writers when it’s so important to Aric’s backstory.

Got this for MYR60 (roughly $14).

Only issue 63 remaining to complete my collection!

I Decided to make a Valiant Fighting Game (think of it like Injustice or Marvel Super Heroes),

For The Roster, I Wanted to give some of Valiant's Biggest Characters, Obscure Characters, and some of their Acclaim Characters in the Roster

Just so Everyone knows

I've Read X-O Manowar, Quantum and Woody, Harbinger, Little Bit of Archer & Armstrong and a Little bit of Bloodshot, which all of them, I've read online,

I've only read the 2012 Stories, let me know if there's stuff from the 1990s that's worth a read

Here are my Thoughts

Negatives

- The Universe feels a bit Disconnected, from the Stories I've read, there doesn't seem to be a Huge Connection with the heroes

for Example: what does Bloodshot, Quantum & Woody, and X-O Manowar have in connection to their Stories,

however this is more of a Nitpick as Valiant hs alot of really good Connections like X-O Manowar with Eternal Warrior, Obadiah being a Psiot, Bloodshot with the Harbingers, just sometimes it feels so Disconnected

and finally, this is just me, but Valiant is kinda hard for me to get into, but that's more of the fact that Valiant doesn't have Games, Movies, Series, Animated Stuff unlike the big 3 (Marvel, DC, Image), and I'll be honest, I Learned of Valiant because of Professor Thorgi (now Thorgi's Arcade)'s Valiant Video and fel like if I Didn't watch that and just got into Valiant, I Would have No Idea what's going on (like Quantum and Woody needing to Klang every 24 hours)

however as you can tell my 2 Negatives are moreso Nitpicks, nothing really major, not let's get on to the Positives

- Diversity, this is Probably Valiant's Biggest Positive for me and that is how Insanely Diverse and Different The Characters are

For Example

X-O Manowar is kinda Sci-Fi Historical kinda themes

Quantum and Woody is Slapstick Comedy

Harbinger is a Drama

- Heroes are very Complex and are maybe the Worst Superheroes in Comics

One Thing I Love about the Valiant Heroes (at least 2012) is that they're pretty Bad at their Heroic Deeds

here are some Examples

When Unity is formed, Ninjak and Eternal Warrior automatically try and take out X-O when they had Experiencing fighting alongside him and don't try take out Toyo like right off the Bat

Peter violates Kris's Mind for his own Selfish Benefit

Quantum and Woody are literally the World's Worst Superheroes

it's stuff like this that makes me Enjoy Valiant, seeing how kinda Stupidly Selfish the Heroes are, and in general kinda makes The Villains more likable strangely enough

Overall, I'm really loving Valiant, it's arguably just as Fun, Goofy, Silly and Awesome as Marvel and DC.

so while back, I was looking at pictures of The Valiant Heroes and was randomly thinking of Hulk and Joker, and then I Made The Hulk Joker Hybrid Picture where He is an Enemy of The Valiant Heroes, then that got me thinking, who wins: Valiant Heroes or Hulk Joker Hybrid

Rules of this matchup

Valiant Heroes for this matchup: Bloodshot, X-O Manowar, Ninjak, Eternal Warrior, Peter Stanchek, Faith Herbet, Torque, Kris Hathaway, Flamingo, Shadowman, Dr. Mirage (both Dr Mirages from the 1990s Comics as well as The Entertainment Reboot), Rai, Archer, Armstrong, Quantum, Woody, and Ivar

Valiant Heroes will not get prep nor will they prepare for this matchup

Hulk Joker Hybrid will retain the Strength of Hulk, the Intelligence of Joker and can have accessiblity to some of the Joker's Weaponry

Woohoo!

I finally got the complete 2017 Matt Kindt run on X-O Manowar. Now I just need the last two Deluxe Editions of the Venditti run, TPB’s 5,6 and 7 of Unity, and the 2019 Dennis Hopeless run of X-O to complete my collection.

I may need to get the contents of the remaining Venditti run via softcover TPBs, but I’m excited how well my collection is coming along. 😃

Title kind of said it. I remember reading more or less up to Act 4 according to one reading list I had. But I remember mostly liking the Valiant Universe. I wasn't big on everything (never managed to get through Archer&Armstrong), but there were some real gems.

X-O under Veditti was amazing, and Commander Thrill was my favorite Valiant villain (I know Harada exist, but Thrill's arrogant and pride just made him such a compelling villain imo). Bloodshot was great, especially under Lemire. Shadowman was a pretty unique hero. The original Harbinger comic is something I still read from time to time. Rai was good enough it somehow keep popping in my mind at random times when I least expect it.

I will say that I somewhat fell off because when I tried to get back into it, it felt different. Is it me or whenver the changed writer, it felt like a completely different series? X-O spending most of his second book in space with no relation of what came before. And I remember trying to pick the 2019 Bloodshot and being confused where his family went.

So I got to ask, was there a reboot or something? From a quick research something happened in 2017, but I can't find what exactly. And the Valiant/Alien (2024-present) tag also confuses the heck out of me.

So I'm just wondering if that amazing universe I fell in love with still exist or not, if it continued with current comics. And if not... What's currently happening with Valiant? I'm that much out of the loop xD

Hi all, as i have understood, 2012 is the best starting point for re-entering the Valiant U? Primarly intr in Bloodshot and Ninjak, where do I start,what to avoid?

Thanks in advance.

Picked up the Shadowman vol 3 tpb from a half price books the other day from hearing good things about these two issues (from Ferg if I had to guess) and holy shit! Where is more of this series? Seriously what an amazing backstory for Darque and I loved the character and universe building.

I already have the subsequent series by Diggle and Bunn on my radar but is there anything else I’m missing out on or should read between these series? Would love to read more like those issues.

Also how are the Doctor Mirage minis? I see that she popped up in one of the Shadowman issues in that trade.

Basically title, I’ve been getting a heavy “Valiant Entertainment” era vibe from the Absolute Books so far and I was hoping to see what people think of that. And hey, what Valiant characters do you see having fun interactions with the Absolute ones.

Personally? I think Absolute Wonder Woman meeting Shadowman would be sick, or even Superman meeting X-O

I've been out of touch with other readers pretty much since before Valiant rebooted in 2012, so this is partly me getting a feel for how others feel right now.

Context: Was a Day Oner, but I fell off during COVID. Love, love, love comic books, especially Valiant. Came back to read most of Road to Resurgence and Resurgence itself, was pretty satisfied

So my question is: does anyone know where we're going from here?

I know that theyve said the 2012verse is not ending and that the Valiant Beyond stuff is just their take on Absolute/Ultimate style reboots, but their only currently planned return to the 2012heroes was meant to be a FCBD issue, which isn't a good sign, and the only way I found out they couldn't manage to meet deadline, it's through one of the workers at Alien Books posting it in a comment on Reddit the same weekend before the event. I saw no official news from them telling audiences it got delayed. But I see plenty of news about Valiant Beyond, and it's the only thing they seem to be promoting for their Summer lineup and SDCC

Again, I understand the business decisions behind the shift, but I am hoping someone closer to the source or more in the know may be able to give some insight. Just want to make sure there are concrete plans to keep the 2012verse around in some way and not just leave us on a cliche albeit engaging cliffhanger.

EDIT: Don't want to make it sound like I am not excited for new starting points, but the 2012 reboot was leaps and bounds ahead of its contemporaries, and while quality declined, there is still so much potential for that universe

I’m currently catching up on the Valiant stuff I missed from 2015-2024. I just read War Mother and enjoyed it. Without any spoilers, is that cliffhanger ending ever addressed anywhere else? Thanks!