WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT FOR DECEMBER
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #16
Written by Fred Van Lente, art by Khari Evans, cover by Clayton Henry, variant cover by Michael Walsh.
Showdown on the lowdown! The secret factions of Sect Civil War steamroll into their biggest battle yet!
The multiple Sects that secretly govern our world have stepped out of the shadows and right into each others' faces! Now the newly reunited Archer and Armstrong (for now) must stand tall in this conspiracy free-for-all and find a way to not only survive, but save the world in the process (again)!
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 11.
BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS #17
Written by Christos Gage and Joshua Dysart, art by Emanuela Lupacchino, cover by Riley Rossmo, variant cover by Emanuela Lupacchino.
How does a rookie member of H.A.R.D. Corps take on Toyo Harada? With his life insurance paid up.
Bloodshot's H.A.R.D. Corps team and the uber-powerful Toyo Harada go head-to-head with the future of the Harbinger Foundation at stake. Can this group of physically, mentally and emotionally damaged living weapons survive a battle with the most powerful man in the world? And if they do survive, just how does one walk out of a war zone unscathed?
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 18.
ETERNAL WARRIOR #4
Written by Greg Pak, art by Trevor Hairsine and Clayton Crain, cover by Lewis Larosa, variant covers by Mico Suayan and Mark Moretti.
Gilad Anni-Padda is the Earth's sworn champion...but he is not its only immortal defender. Across the globe, the rival Houses have gathered to declare war on the Earth and its Eternal Warrior and, finally, their vengeance will be wrought. Can Gilad withstand the swords gathered at his door? A battle thousands of years in the making will be fought today...and even the bravest warriors must fall sometime...
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 18.
HARBINGER #19
Written by Joshua Dysart, art by by Barry Kitson, cover by Khari Evans, variant cover by Andy Friedman.
Perfect Day no more! The grim truth behind the most shocking arc of Harbinger yet is finally revealed. Peter Stanchek prepares for the mental battle of his life, with the fate and freedom of his fellow Renegades hanging in the balance!
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 11.
QUANTUM AND WOODY #6
Written by James Asmus, art by Ming Doyle, cover by Clayton Crain, variant covers by Kalman Andrasofszky.
...(Unwittingly to uphold the ideals of a multi-billion-dollar private security corporation)...Quantum and Woody have blundered into a suicide mission! And if they make it out alive, it only means a whole new world of trouble for our dyadic duo!
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 4.
SHADOWMAN #13
Written by Peter Milligan, art by Roberto De La Torre, covers by Roberto De La Torre, Miguel Sepulveda, Ben Templesmith, Shane Davis.
All-new creative team... All-new arc... All-new beginning! Comics icon Peter Milligan and visionary artist Roberto De La Torre drag Jack Boniface into his blackest depths yet!
When a troubled young man with a history of violence and a penchant for blackouts meets an overwhelming source of power with a mystical scythe, the results are doomed to be destructive. A voodoo loa has possessed Jack Boniface -- or so he believes. But after Jack awakens in an alleyway covered in blood, he embarks on a journey across lands of shadows and death to discover if he can expel the dark force that's seized control of his life...and which may be responsible for a violent rampage throughout New Orleans...
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 4.
UNITY #2
Written by Matt Kindt, art and cover by Doug Briaithwaite, variant covers by Travel Foreman and Cary Nord.
Unity has to put down X-O Manowar and avert nuclear war. But Harada's super-team lasted a grand total of five minutes last issue before they were taken out. Time for Unity 2.0...but how do you get a cast of malcontents, egotists, immortal warriors, and manipulative backstabbers to work together? The answer? You don't tell them they're working together.
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 11.
X-O MANOWAR #20
Written by Robert Venditti, art by Cary Nord, cover by Kalman Andrasofszky, variant cover by Miguel Sepulveda.
Unity tie-in! X-O Manowar finally has it all, and his people finally have a land they can call home...but threats from all sides now threaten to destroy Aric and the peace he has struggled to secure. While unrest stirs and Aric's camp threatens to rebel against him, the most dangerous strike force ever assembled -- Unity -- have joined forces with the Harbinger Foundation's Toyo Harada to achieve but one goal: kill Aric of Dacia. Robert Venditti and Cary Nord ratchet up their standalone story arc at the heart of the year's biggest comic book event!
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 18.
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG VOL. 3: FAR FARAWAY TPB
Written by Fred Van Lente, art by Pere Perez and Clayton Henry, cover by Clayton Henry.
Mary-Maria, Archer's arch-nemesis/love interest/adopted sister, is back and dead-set on taking over the Sect by any means necessary. What better way to seize control of the most secret of secret societies than by unlocking their most secretive of secrets inside the secretest place on Earth? Now, as Mary-Maria sneaks her way inside Area 51 to claim a long-hidden prize, Archer & Armstrong are about to discover the forbidden history that binds America's blackest black-ops base to the time-lost lands of the Faraway – and wind up fighting their way through each of its tightly guarded mysteries, one punch at a time.
Collecting Archer & Armstrong #0 and Archer & Armstrong #10-13, follow Valiant's conspiracy-busting adventurers from the pages of their saga-smashing zero issue and into their most dangerous mission yet.
128 pages, $14.99, in stores on Dec. 4.
X-O MANOWAR VOL. 4: HOMECOMING TPB
Written by Robert Venditti, art by Lee Garbett, cover by Clayton Crain.
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…
Collecting X-O Manowar #15-18 and featuring X-O Manowar's first explosive confrontation with the Eternal Warrior.
112 pages, $14.99, in stores on Dec. 24.
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