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

[Captain Craig]

Bloodsquirt is great.

Clearly I disagree.

[TheFerg714]

Well I read Ninjak 23. It was about as underwhelming as expected. I'm really hoping he can subvert his annoying trope of uninteresting groups and make the random members of the Shadow Seven interesting when they work together.

Clearly I disagree.

I'm somewhere in the middle. I like the psychological concept but he's never really made me laugh.

[scribbleMind]

I'm not sure he's supposed to make you laugh considering that he is maybe the second most evil thing in any Bloodshot book ever?

Anyway, Valiant announced a new one-shot. FVL + Anni-Paddi Brothers is always a recipe for hype. http://comicbook.com/2017/01/12/excl...tal-brothers-/

[RolandGunner]

Anyway, Valiant announced a new one-shot. FVL + Anni-Paddi Brothers is always a recipe for hype. http://comicbook.com/2017/01/12/excl...tal-brothers-/

Was just going to say that I've enjoyed everything that FVL has done at Valiant. Got that sweet Cary Nord art too!

[kinggirlfriend]

Oh man, Cary Nord and FVL on the Immortal Brothers! This is everything I love in one package!

[TheFerg714]

I'm not sure he's supposed to make you laugh considering that he is maybe the second most evil thing in any Bloodshot book ever?

Anyway, Valiant announced a new one-shot. FVL + Anni-Paddi Brothers is always a recipe for hype. http://comicbook.com/2017/01/12/excl...tal-brothers-/

Holy crap this is awesome news! I'm so ridiculously excited for Valiant's 2017.

[JasonTodd428]

I'm not sure he's supposed to make you laugh considering that he is maybe the second most evil thing in any Bloodshot book ever?

Anyway, Valiant announced a new one-shot. FVL + Anni-Paddi Brothers is always a recipe for hype. http://comicbook.com/2017/01/12/excl...tal-brothers-/

This sounds awesome. FVL and the Anni-Paddi brothers is an excellent combo. Can't wait.

[Captain Craig]

I'm not sure he's supposed to make you laugh considering that he is maybe the second most evil thing in any Bloodshot book ever?

Anyway, Valiant announced a new one-shot. FVL + Anni-Paddi Brothers is always a recipe for hype. http://comicbook.com/2017/01/12/excl...tal-brothers-/

I'm game, at 48 pages it's essentially an 'Annual' for the Anni-Paddi Brothers.
Under the Acclaim banner didn't they produce a one shot called Immortal Brothers? If so could this be a stake at maintaining that IP by publishing this one shot with that title?

[ksbord]

I'm game, at 48 pages it's essentially an 'Annual' for the Anni-Paddi Brothers.
Under the Acclaim banner didn't they produce a one shot called Immortal Brothers? If so could this be a stake at maintaining that IP by publishing this one shot with that title?

Close! Eternal Warriors.

[kinggirlfriend]

http://www.cbr.com/first-eternal-war...iant-universe/

[keeen]

Caught up on my Valiant reads.

Gen Zero #5 - another solid entry as we begin the next(final?) arc.
Faith # 7 - was a decent read, what's up with these death visions?
A&A #11 - the sooner this ends the better. Gub Gub is horrible. A worse idea than Bloodsquirt.

Looking forward to Britannia II though, really enjoyed the first!

I just caught up on mine!

Gen Zero #5 is still developing kind of slow for my tastes, but I like the characters and I think it's opening up to a bigger plot, so I'm still enjoying this title.

Faith #7 was kind of a nice break from action, but the way she was coping with the trauma of seeing herself kind of die was interesting character stuff, and the art is fantastic.

Harbinger: Renegades #3 is the next one that I mention for its art, and I don't have a lot of good to say, unfortunately. I thought Peter's return was really underwhelming, and basically there's a lot of things I don't like about this. Too bad.

Divinity III: Aric was really fun, and the art was great. I always love these one-shots, but this one did feel a bit thin, like it basically just reintroduced XO in this new context, but his character felt basically the same as in regular continuity, and it wasn't clear to me why he didn't initially fight the Soviets. The backup story was a nice supplement.

And that's all the Valiant I read in the last couple weeks. Is there anything I missed that's worth checking out?

[JediKage]

Reading SOlicits.

Can Ninjak stop stealing Shadowman's entire mythos?

[ian0delond]

No.
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[rui no onna]

Finally dipping my toes in the Valiant Universe thanks to DCBS's 75% discount on the new X-O Manowar #1-3 Preorder Bundle ($2.99). They must be getting a pretty sweet deal from Valiant.

[scribbleMind]

Reading SOlicits.

Can Ninjak stop stealing Shadowman's entire mythos?

I was talking to my buddy about that just yesterday. It's interesting really. Ninjak has been dealing with the Supernatural in a major way. Gilad has been dealing with the supernatural in a major way since The Valiant. Dr. Mirage is all supernatural. Britannia, although disconnected, has proved to have a foot and a half in the supernatural as well. It doesn't look like it, but Valiant actually has a thriving supernatural corner, and Shadowman ain't in it