THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2013
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT FOR NOVEMBER
UNITY #1
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Written by Matt Kindt, art and cover by Doug Briaithwaite, variant covers by Bryan Hitch, J.G. Jones, Travel Foreman, Paolo Rivera, Clayton Crain, Donovan Santiago, Bart Sears and Neal Adams.
To kill a king, he has created an army.
The world's most dangerous man, Toyo Harada, has been struck by the one thing he never thought possible -- fear. Halfway across the globe, a new power threatens to topple modern civilization and, to preempt the cataclysm that is to come, Harada will unite the most lethal, most volatile, most unforgiving team the world has ever known -- Unity. Their mission: defeat the warrior king armed with the universe's most powerful weapon. Kill X-O Manowar!
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Nov. 13.
X-O MANOWAR #19
Written by Robert Venditti, art by Cary Nord, cover by Clayton Crian, variant cover by Miguel Sepulveda, Bart Sears.
All-new arc, all-new jumping-on point! X-O Manowar goes head-to-head against the forces of Unity! Aric of Dacia has fought to reclaim the ancestral lands of the Visigoths -- and he has bled for it. But nothing he has faced before can prepare him for the combined might of Unity -- and the deadly combination of Harada, Ninjak, Eternal Warrior and Livewire!
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Nov. 20.
QUANTUM AND WOODY #5
Written by James Asmus, art by Lee Garbett, cover by Andrew Robinson, variant covers by David Lopez, Mike McKone.
All-new arc, all-new jumping-on point! All-new...problems? Eric and Woody have had their lives turned upside down. What do you do when the most annoying person in your life is also the only thing keeping you alive? You move in with him! And his goat. And his barely legal clone girlfriend. Besides, every team of heroes needs a secret headquarters...and this one has a slightly used hot tub. Plus: Quantum meets his first true super-villain!
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Nov. 6.
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #15
Written by Fred Van Lente, art by Khari Evans, cover by Clayton Henry, variant cover by Michael Walsh.
Now that the Sect Civil War has begun, it is now a "grim" and "gritty" work of "sequential literature" with blood and headshots and naughty words and if you squint real hard at the backgrounds, maybe boobies.
In this particular issue that will change the Valiant Universe forever, the man now calling himself Dark Archer must find his former partner Armstrong so they can reunite to stop the aforementioned Sect Civil War.
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Oct. 9.
SHADOWMAN #12
Written by Ales Kot, Christopher Sebela and Neil Dvorak, art by Clayton Crain, Mico Suayan And Neil Dvorak, cover by Dave Johnson, variant cover by Kekai Katoki.
An all-star anthology of Shadowman tales from the Deadside and beyond! Clayton Crain and a stellar roster of creators bring you three chilling Shadowman stories. Ales Kot, Christopher Sebela and Neil Dvorak push the outer bounds of the world of Shadowman further than ever before!
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Nov. 9.
ETERNAL WARRIOR #3
Written by Greg Pak, art by Trevor Hairsine, cover by J.G. Jones, variant cover by Riley Rossmo.
Hungry for glory as the new Fist and Steel, the Eternal Warrior's daughter Xaran has started a war between the mysterious Houses that rule the world. Now, as Gilad struggles to contain his daughter's savage nature, two generations of Eternal Warrior race after the answers that lie between science and myth, rumor and legend, conquest and defeat.
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Nov. 20.
BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS #16
Written by Christos Gage and Joshua Dysart, art by Emanuela Lupacchino, cover by Patrick Zircher, variant cover by Chriscross..
Sometimes gunslingers go out the hard way. H.A.R.D. Corps has just experienced its first fatality. Bloodshot is severely weakened. He and Charlie are at each other's throats. And the new rookies are a mess. It would be suicide to take on Harada now...so that's exactly what they'll do.
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Nov. 20.
HARBINGER #18
Written by Joshua Dysart, art by by Barry Kitson, cover by Michael Walsh, variant cover by Andrew Robinson.
Scattered across their own mental landscapes, each one of the remaining Renegades must quest to unite with the others or be lost forever inside themselves. It will take courage, strength, imagination and an unwavering belief in one another if they're going to discover the dark truth behind their Perfect Day.
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Nov. 13.
QUANTUM AND WOODY VOL. 1: THE WORLD'S WORST SUPERHERO TEAM TPB
Written by James Asmus, art by Tom Fowler, cover by Ryan Sook.
Once upon a time, Eric and Woody Henderson were inseparable. Adopted brothers. Best friends. Brilliant minds. Years later, they are estranged siblings, petty rivals, and washed-up failures. But when their father's murder leads them into the throes of a life-altering scientific accident, Eric and Woody will find themselves with a whole new purpose -- and a perfectly legitimate reason to wear costumes and fight crime. Go big or go home, folks! Quantum and Woody are coming! (And, yes, there is a goat too.) Collecting Quantum and Woody #1-4
112 pages, $0.99, in stores on Nov. 6.
HARBINGER DELUXE EDITION VOL. 1 HC
Written by Joshua Dysart, art by Khari Evans, Trevor Hairsine, Mico Suayan, Barry Kitson, Phil Briones, Lee Garbett, Pere Perez and Matthew Clark, cover by Mico Suayan.
Outside the law. Inside your head. You've never met a team of super-powered teenagers quite like the Renegades. Skipping across the country in a desperate attempt to stay one step ahead of the authorities, psionically-powered teenager Peter Stanchek only has one option left -- run. But he won't have to go it alone. As the shadowy corporation known as the Harbinger Foundation draws close on all sides, Peter will have to find and recruit other unique individuals like himself... other troubled, immensely powerful youths with abilities beyond their control. Their mission? Bring the fight back to the Harbinger Foundation's founder Toyo Harada -- and dismantle his global empire brick by brick...
Collecting Harbinger #0-14, the Harbinger Deluxe Edition Vol. 1 HC also comes with more than 20 pages of never-before-seen art and extras, direct from the Valiant vaults.
384 pages, $39.99, in stores on Nov. 13.
VALIANT MASTERS: RAI VOL. 1 -- FROM HONOR TO STRENGTH HC
Written by David Michelinie,
art by Joe St. Pierre, Peter Grau and Sal Velluto, cover by Joe St. Pierre.
4001 A.D. - Tohru Nakadai is the 42nd Rai, the spirit guardian of Japan. Infused with the energy of his ancestors and dedicated to the way of the samurai, Rai is sworn to the service of Grandmother -- the personified artificial intelligence that governs the island nation of Japan. For forty generations Grandmother's benevolent dominion has endured, but in the wake of her sudden disappearance, Rai will become all that stands between his nation and all-out chaos. As humanist factions war with mechanist loyalists for control of the future, the masterless Tohru is about to become the first Rai that must choose for himself how best to defend his people, his family, and his honor.
Collecting RAI (1992) #1-8 in a deluxe hardcover format for the first time anywhere, revisit the future of the original Valiant Universe.
184 pages, $24.99, in stores on Oct. 30.
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