Valiant Universe: Harbinger, Unity, Rai, A&A; current state & future prospects

[Shadowras]

Yeah. It was really dense, a lot of world-building. Something about the lettering bugs me. And the girl-interlocutor character/approach to Rai reminded me an awful lot of Dark Horse's recent reboot of X...

Nevertheless, off to an intriguing start with a pretty fresh futuristic setting. Especially interesting to remember this is happening at the same time as the recent arc of Eternal Warrior. Its a wildly different world.

I got the Plus edition, which had a Spylocke mini-comic, pull-out poster, pull-out/connectible maps of 4001 Japan drawn by Kindt. A bunch of pages of written copy, too. It was kind of strangely plopped into the middle of the book, instead of tacked on at the end. A little weird to flip through in order to continue an interrupted conversation scene.

Can you tell me about Spylocke, how does he look compared to the original?

[thewarning]

Can you tell me about Spylocke, how does he look compared to the original?

Mostly consistent with this image:

[steeplejack2112]

The only book I read is Quantum & Woody, but I am totally on board if Ninjak gets a new comic. I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet.

[harashkupo]

Did anyone read Rai #1 today? I have to wait until next week to get it...

Read it and loved it. Crain killed it on the art and like the thewarning said, it had a good amount of world building.

[clayholio]

I've been reading the new Valiants hit and miss, and for me the biggest surprise is "Archer & Armstrong." The original dozen or so that Barry Windsor-Smith did in the '90s are on my short-list for best comics runs ever, and while the new series hasn't been as good as that, I've enjoyed it a lot more than I thought was going to be possible.

[William Levert]

I buy them all except Quantum and Woody, just not my cup of tea. But other than that, I freakin' love Valiant.

[Dark-Flux]

Reading all and liking all.
Q&W or XO would be my favorites. Bloodshot or EW the weakest, but still enjoyable.

[mrbrklyn]

Your right about Archer and Amstrong. It is hard to do that wiothout BWS. It was much of a unique creation by him, and to do that title again would require taking the series in a different direction, which might be related, but not a direct continuity. Think of the relationship of Jon Byrne to Kirby and Lee with the FF. Somebody needs to be aspired to make it theres like that, with love for the original.

[TheFerg714]

Your right about Archer and Amstrong. It is hard to do that wiothout BWS. It was much of a unique creation by him, and to do that title again would require taking the series in a different direction, which might be related, but not a direct continuity. Think of the relationship of Jon Byrne to Kirby and Lee with the FF. Somebody needs to be aspired to make it theres like that, with love for the original.

I haven't read the original run yet, but Van Lente's run is great.

[mrbrklyn]

I've been reading the new Valiants hit and miss, and for me the biggest surprise is "Archer & Armstrong." The original dozen or so that Barry Windsor-Smith did in the '90s are on my short-list for best comics runs ever, and while the new series hasn't been as good as that, I've enjoyed it a lot more than I thought was going to be possible.

that is a plus plus...