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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015

VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT FOR APRIL

BLOODSHOT REBORN #1

Written by Jeff Lemire, art by Mico Suayan and Jeff Lemire, covers by Juan Doe, Mico Suayan, Dave Johnson, Lewis LaRose, Butch Guice.

Bloodshot's nanites made him a nearly unstoppable killing machine. His enhanced strength, speed, endurance, and healing made him the perfect weapon, and he served his masters at Project Rising Spirit -- a private contractor trafficking in violence -- very well.

Now, Bloodshot is a shadow of his former self. He lives in self-imposed exile, reeling from the consequences of his past life and the recent events that nearly drove him mad. But when a rash of shootings by gunmen who appear to look just like Bloodshot begin, his guilt will send him on a mission to stop the killers, even if it means diving headlong into the violence that nearly destroyed him.

40 pages, $3.99, in stores on April 15.

NINJAK #2

Written by Matt Kindt, art by Clay Mann and Butch Guice, covers by Lewis LaRosa, Dave Johnson, Pia Guerra, Raul Allen, Das Pastoras.

Hunted by the Shadow Seven! International financier Colin King hasn't just come to Tokyo to take the Rippongi club scene by storm. As the covert MI-6 operative codenamed Ninjak, he's also tracking down the men who trained him to be a lethal weapon...the very same men whose movements have now aligned with the latest terror plot by the cybernetic crime cartel called WEBNET! But how do you detect killers who specialize in the undetectable? And how does he know that the Shadow Seven haven't caught up with him first? It's all-out ninja-versus-ninja warfare as the deadliest men and women of five continents converge on the Tokyo underworld for a blood-spattered blowout!

40 pages, $3.99, in stores on April 22.

IMPERIUM #3

Written by Joshua Dysart, art by Doug Braithwaite, covers by Raul Allen, Doug Braithwaite, Cary Nord.

The world-changing event snowballs over the cliff, as the world's most powerful man -- billionaire superhuman Toyo Harada -- saves the world at the tip of a sword. Harada is collecting monsters -- starting with his pet instrument of death, Mech Major...an unstoppable robot engine of combat and warfare. But there's more to Mech Major than meets the eye...

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on April 8.

X-O MANOWAR #35

Written by Robert Venditti, art by Diego Bernard, covers by Lewis LaRosa, Jorge Molina, Rafa Sandoval, Juan Jose Ryp.

"Dead Hand": Part 2. In the far reaches of deep space, the ultimate fail-safe of an extinct alien race has finally counted down to zero...and the robot army called Dead Hand has been activated. The civilization that built them has fallen...and, now, to combat the doomsday threat that destroyed their world, Dead Hand will complete the mission that their creators could not. Soulless and brutal, this billion strong legion is the phantom army of a dead world...and it will cleanse the universe by any means necessary. But what unthinkable menace were they created to destroy? And will Dead Hand's slow march across the galaxy spell death for countless worlds?

Soon, Aric of Dacia will be forced to confront the secrets that have pushed him to the terrible turning point that is Dead Hand..and battle a single-minded killing machine unlike any he has seen before! Outmatched and vastly outnumbered, how can Aric stop something unstoppable...something that knows no fear, only eradication?

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on April 1.

DIVINITY #3

Written by Matt Kindt, art by Trevor Hairsine, covers by Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic, Tom Muller, Robert Gill, Lewis Larosa.

A being with the power of a god roams free in the Australian Outback, bringing life to the barren wasteland and making him a hero to natives who live there and the visitors that have sought him out. But can the global superpowers of Earth rely on this long lost cosmonaut not to abuse his seemingly limitless power? The entity called DIVINITY will put that trust to the test when he discovers what became of the life he left behind...and the family he once knew...

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on April 22.

IVAR, TIMEWALKER #4

Written by Fred Van Lente, art by Clayton Henry, covers by Raul Allen, David Messina and Ramon Villalobos.

Time is almost up! Ivar has been keeping a secret from his partner-in-time, Neela, this whole time, and once she learns the truth their relationship will be history! Literally! Join New York Times best-selling creators Fred Van Lente & Clayton Henry for the epoch shattering conclusion of our first (time)arc!

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on April 22.

RAI #8

Written by Matt Kindt, art by Clayton Crain, covers by Clayton Crain, David Mack and Bart Sears.

"The Battle for New Japan" erupts into all-out war! Rai has raised an army of former enemies and reluctant allies all in the name of one thing -- freedom! It's the final fight between Father and his prodigal son, except there is no coming back from this as the outcome could spell the end of not just New Japan, but all of Earth!

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on April 8.

QUANTUM AND WOODY MUST DIE #4

Written by James Asmus, art by Steve Lieber, cover by Mike Hawthorne, variant cover by Sina Grace.

R.I.P. Quantum and Woody! A conspiracy is exposed! Plotters are thwarted! Would-be assassins get thoroughly trounced! Is there anything Quantum and Woody CAN'T do? But as the brothers settle into a steady rhythm, they discover the hard way that their lives will never be the same again. Not least because... UH-OHHHHH, THE GOAAAAAAT!!

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on April 29.

UNITY #17

Written by Matt Kindt, art by Pere Perez, covers by Lewis LaRosa, Clayton Henry, Juan Jose Ryp.

"Homefront" reaches critical mass as Livewire takes on a deadly solo mission for the future of Unity! Facing the most challenging battle of their lives, Unity struggles to hang on. Livewire, de facto leader of the team, can barely keep her life together...how can she corral a group of lethal warriors? And if she fails...what price will the world pay?

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on April 15.

Q2: THE RETURN OF QUANTUM AND WOODY DELUXE HC

Written by Christopher Priest, art and cover by MD Bright.

Whatever happened to the world's worst superhero team? Twenty years past their prime, the unlikely crime-fighting duo known as Quantum and Woody (not a couple) have long since parted ways...until a middle-aged Quantum suddenly reappears with a brand-new teenage partner. Now Woody is out to break up the all-new, all different Quantum and Woody and put an end to Quantum's recklessness...just as Quantum takes on a life-or-death personal mission for national security. Can these former friends set aside their differences...and their age...and their numerous health difficulties...to join forces one last time without driving each other crazy? Collecting Q2: The Return of Quantum and Woody #1--5 in a deluxe, oversized hardcover format!

160 pages, $24.99, in stores on April 8.

THE DEATH-DEFYING DR. MIRAGE TPB

Written by Jen Van Meter, art by Roberto De La Torre, cover by Travel Foreman.

Death was just the beginning... Doctor Mirage talks to the dead...but the only spirit Shan Fong can't find is that of her late husband, Hwen. Instead, America's favorite semi-retired paranormal investigator is haunted and raw, using her gift to solve homicides and bring peace to the recently bereaved. But when a big-time occultist with a classified military past hires her for a special job, Shan discovers a lead that might close the greatest mystery she's ever tackled -- how to get Hwen back! Now, Doctor Mirage must enter the undiscovered country and cross all the realms of the underworld if she has any hope of rescuing the man she loves...or be forever lost beyond the earthly plane. Collecting The Death-Defying Dr. Mirage #1--5.

128 pages, $9.99, in stores on April 1.

ETERNAL WARRIOR: DAYS OF STEEL TPB

Written by Peter Milligan, art by Cary Nord, cover by Bryan Hitch.

From steel comes salvation! The Eternal Warrior...Gilad Anni-Padda, the Earth's Fist and Steel...is forever charged with guarding the Geomancer and securing the Earth's safety. After completing another brutal mission, the Earth's undying guardian is approached with a cryptic task: find and save a baby -- in whose hands might rest the fate of an entire people! But the Eternal Warrior is no nursemaid...and, to complicate matters, a thousand Magyar invaders want the baby dead. At the edge of civilization, can history's most expert killer keep one precious life alive? Collecting Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel #1--3.

104 pages, $14.99, in stores on April 29.

BLOODSHOT VOLUME 6: THE GLITCH AND OTHER TALES TPB

Written by Peter Milligan, Duane Swierczynski, B. Clay Moore, Howard Chaykin and more, art by Lewis Larosa, Manuel Garcia, Will Rosado and Howard Chaykin, cover by Lewis Larosa.

A collection of stories from throughout the bullet-riddled history of Valiant's most brutal and relentless hero!

Meet the man behind Bloodshot -- or is he? -- when one soldier's untapped killer instinct takes over in "The Glitch"! Then, Russian superpies don't die easy as "Sleepers" takes Bloodshot deep into the biting cold of a former Soviet state and face to face with an enemy eerily similar to himself. Plus: the origin of Bloodshot retold, Howard Chaykin's "Protocol", and much more!

Collecting Bloodshot #24, the oversized Bloodshot #25 anniversary extravaganza, and an exclusive Director's Cut of Bloodshot #1 -- featuring a never-before-seen, behind-the-scenes look inside the script, art, and character designs of the blockbuster first issue that set Bloodshot in motion!

112 pages, $14.99, in stores on April 15.

X-O MANOWAR DELUXE EDITION BOOK 2 HC

Written by Robert Venditti, Matt Kindt, art by Lee Garbett, Cary Nord, Doug Braithwaite, cover by Ladronn.

Born into battle, Aric of Dacia, the fifth century Visigoth now known as X-O Manowar, has never known peace. Abducted and enslaved by the savage alien empire known as The Vine, Aric finally escaped his captors after stealing their ultra powerful X-O Manowar armor and returned to Earth...only to find that more than a thousand years had passed in his absence. Stranded in the modern day, the most primitive man on Earth now wields the most powerful weapon in existence as X-O Manowar...

But when Aric decides to use to his newfound power to reclaim the ancestral homeland of his Visigoth forefathers -- the nation-state of Dacia, now in modern day Romania -- he will inadvertently set the world on a path to nuclear annihilation...one that can only be prevented by the elite super-team called Unity! And, together, Unity will unleash a world-shaking battle royale pitting the world's most formidable heroes -- Toyo Hardaa, Ninjak, Eternal Warrior, and Livewire -- against the unstoppable might of X-O Manowar. Collecting X-O Manowar #15--22.

320 pages, $39.99, in stores on April 22.









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