Quote Originally Posted by shooshoomanjoe View Post
Is the current Valiant universe the longest continuously published superhero universe outside of DC and Marvel? I know Spawn and Savage Dragon go back to the '90s but they've had some intermittent breaks in between.
Current Valiant(2.0) started May 2012 and just turned 7 as of this summer(2019).
Original Valiant began with Solar Man of the Atom in Sept of 1991 and ended somewhere around 1996/97 when Acclaim bought them. So 5, 6 years max for OG Valiant.
Relaunching under the Acclaim banner with XO and that was short lived before they folded shop less than 2years later. I don't think a single Acclaim bannered book went 25 issues(2yrs).

I do think Valiant is the longest running super hero universe outside the Big-2 and that it is the most expansive while continuing to grow.
However, things like Hellboy, Spawn, Savage Dragon are singular universes that span a longer amount of time but aren't as broad.