THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2013
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT FOR OCTOBER
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #14
Written by Fred Van Lente, art and cover by Khari Evans, variant covers by Michael Walsh, Tom Fowler, Donovan Santiago.
All-new arc, all-new jumping-on point! Sect Civil War starts here!
Every enemy. Against each other.
For centuries, the cloak-and-dagger coalition of conspiracies collectively known as The Sect has worked together to bring silent oppression and undercover tyranny to a world that thought it was free. But, now after centuries of profit sharing and uneasy alliances, the factions of The Sect are about to erupt into open conflict…and the only men that can end the insanity are Archer & Armstrong! Too bad they're fighting for different sides! Why? How? And will either survive? The knockdown, drag-out A&A event of the year starts now – and no conspirator is safe!
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Oct. 9.
SHADOWMAN #11
Written by Jim Zub, art by Miguel Sepulveda, cover by Marcus To, variant cover by Donovan Santiago, Halloween mask variant.
Halloween's here -- and it's about to hit New Orleans like a ton of bricks. It's All Hallow's Eve in the Big Easy -- and Shadowman's about to find himself alone on the job, standing guard on the most dangerous night of the year. Still reeling from the fallout of his cataclysmic battle with Master Darque, can Jack go it alone and protect his city from the legion of evils that haunt the Halloween night?
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Oct. 2.
ETERNAL WARRIOR #2
Written by Greg Pak, art by Trevor Hairsine, cover by J.G. Jones, variant covers by Donovan Santiago, Clayton Crain.
Who is the Sword of the Wild? After thousands of years on the battlefield, the Eternal Warrior has finally laid down his sword. But today he learns that when you turn your back on your destiny, your destiny may find another champion. And when that new champion is your own savage, immortal daughter, the balance of the world itself may be at stake.
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Oct. 9.
BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS #15
Written by Christos Gage and Joshua Dysart, art and cover by Emanuela Lupacchino, variant covers by Matthew Waite.
Post-corporate warfare just got a whole lot deadlier. Trapped in an enemy stronghold, Bloodshot has been broken -- dismantled piece-by-piece, nanite-by-nanite by the Harbinger Foundation's most disturbed minds! But when Bloodshot's signal goes dark, who can the black ops military contractor known as Rising Spirit bring in to recover its most expensive soldier? Time to call in...H.A.R.D. Corps!
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Oct. 16.
QUANTUM AND WOODY #4
Written by James Asmus, art by Tom Fowler, cover by Ryan Sook, variant covers Donovan Santiago and Rob Guillory.
Bitterly divided and hopelessly outgunned, Quantum and Woody are getting torn apart! Literally! Can they get their #$@% together before being shredded to atoms by the mysterious Crone and her super-science foot soldiers?! Probably not. But when a new ally emerges from the shadows, they'll find the strength to fight baaaaack.
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Oct. 2.
HARBINGER #17
Written by Joshua Dysart, art by Clayton Henry, cover by Barry Kitson, variant covers by Matthew Waite and Sean Chen.
A prisoner of the Harbinger Wars...unleashed. While Peter and the Renegades deal with the devastating fallout of last summer's blockbuster crossover event, an unforeseen threat to Toyo Harada's empire lies dormant deep within the walls of Harada's own fortified prison facility. The Valiant Universe gets larger as a fan favorite character from Harbinger Wars makes their triumphant return!
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Oct. 23.
X-O MANOWAR #18
Written by Robert Venditti, art by Lee Garbett, cover by Clayton Crian, variant cover by Donovan Santiago.
Toward the future, toward Unity... With his nation state of Dacia fortified in eastern Romania, X-O Manowar has bent the world to his will. But he will not stand unopposed. With the assembled forces of the United Nations and NATO primed to assail the newly founded homeland of the Visigoth people, the man inside the indestructible Manowar armor is about find himself more vulnerable than ever – and with everything he holds dear on the threshold of a terrible turning point for the Valiant Universe…
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Oct. 16.
BLOODSHOT VOL. 3: HARBINGER WARS
Written by Duane Swierczynski, art by Barry Kitson, cover by Mico Suayan.
In the deserts outside Las Vegas, Bloodshot has banded together with Project Rising Spirit's most dangerous escapees. But when the Harbinger Wars erupt all around them, can he shape these super-powered children into a force for good – or are they too far gone? He'll have to find out the hard way as the opposing forces of PRS and the Harbinger Foundation descend on all sides, bringing about a crucible the likes of which the Valiant Universe has never seen…
Collecting Bloodshot #10-13, jump headlong into the uncompromising action of Valiant's first crossover event right here with an all-new standalone story arc that will redefine the weapon - no, the soldier - no, the hero known only as Bloodshot.
112 pages, $14.99, in stores on Oct. 16..
SHADOWMAN VOL. 2: DARQUE RECKONING TPB
Written by Justin Jordan, art by Patrick Zircher, Lee Garbett, Neil Edwards, and Roberto De La Torre, cover by Patrick Zircher.
The true price of becoming Shadowman is always paid in blood...and Master Darque intends to collect...
Jack Boniface has just been to Hell and back. After surviving the horrors of the Deadside, Jack is taking his new abilities to the limit and discovering more about the legacy of the Shadowman with each passing night. But what if he wasn't the only thing that managed to escape back to Earth? Something dark has arrived in New Orleans, leaving death and madness in its black wake. What's more, the city's deadliest cartel assassin is after Jack, and he refuses to die -- literally...
Collecting Shadowman #5-9.
128 pages, $14.99, in stores on Oct. 23.
X-O MANOWAR DELUXE EDITION VOL. 1 HC
Written by Robert Venditti, art by Cary Nord, Lee Garbett and Trevor Hairsine,
cover by Cary Nord
An oversized, deluxe hardcover collecting X-O Manowar's complete first year in the Valiant Universe!
From the epic origin to the battle for Planet Death, the definitive tale of Valiant's flagship hero comes together in this prestige-sized collection.
Aric of Dacia, a fifth century Visigoth armed with the universe's most powerful weapon, is all that stands between the Earth and all-out annihilation at the hands of the alien race that abducted him from his own time. Stranded in the modern day, X-O Manowar's battle against the Vine will take him into the shadows with the lethal operative known as Ninjak -- and launch a quest for vengeance that will bring an alien empire to its knees. The Vine destroyed Aric's world. Now he will give them war.
Collecting the sold-out X-O Manowar #1-14, the X-O Manowar Vol. 1 Deluxe Oversized HC also comes jam-packed with more than 20 pages of never-before-seen art and extras, direct from the Valiant vaults.
384 pages, $39.99, in stores on Oct. 30.
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