VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT FOR AUGUST

HARBINGER WARS 2 #4

Written by Matt Kindt, art by Tomas Giorello, covers by J.G. Jones, Mico Suayan, Juan Jose Ryp, Felipe Massafera.

The final battle! Livewire vs. the Valiant Universe! From across the Valiant Universe, the paths of all of the world's most formidable heroes – X-O Manowar, the Harbinger Renegades, Bloodshot, Ninjak, the Secret Weapons, H.A.R.D. Corps, and dozens of newly activated psiots – have finally converged, drawn together by their old ally Livewire's last-ditch effort to protect the powerless. Now, the long-brewing battle between Valiant's greatest icons will finally reach the stratosphere – literally – and, out of the ashes, a new order for the Valiant Universe will be hewn.

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

NINJA-K #10

Written by Christos Gage, art by Larry Stroman, covers by Giuseppe Camuncoli, Larry Stroman, Darick Robertson.

In Margaret Thatcher's Britain, meet the future of espionage: the hard-hitting, brutalizing super-spy codenamed NINJA-H! From the encrypted files of The Ninja Programme, another secret chapter revealed! The Cold War is in full swing and the United Kingdom's top-secret intelligence unit has come to a crossroads. As their once-elite collection of secret agents finds itself outmatched by the escalation of the United States' H.A.R.D. Corps division, the spymasters of MI6 are about to develop a new kind of soldier for their never-ending war of global gamesmanship and international intrigue. Part man, part machine, and bound together with the most extreme technological enhancements that the 1980s have to offer, NINJA-H is faster, stronger, and deadlier than any who have come before. Now, for the first time, the metal-crunching saga of MI6's one-man, super-powered strike force -- and his tragic fall from grace -- can finally be told.

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

BRITANNIA: LOST EAGLES OF ROME #2

Written by Peter Milligan, art by Robert Gill, covers by Cary Nord, Sija Hong, Kano.

Three Roman legions lay slaughtered, and, with them, a cache of Rome's most prized possessions has disappeared... The mystery of the Roman Empire's missing relics deepens into a deadly new case for Antonius Axia, history's first detective and the ancient world's sole possessor of the secrets of deduction and psychology. Now, Axia is on the hunt to recover the empire's treasure by any means, and the trail is about to lead him directly into the mystical kingdom of Egypt!

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

SHADOWMAN #6

Written by Andy Diggle, art by Renato Guedes, covers by Tonci Zonjic, David Mack, David Lafuente, Kaare Andrews.

At humanity's dawn...the rise of the Shadowman of 40,000 B.C.! His soul cast adrift in the astral void, "Dead and Gone" has led Jack Boniface across the centuries in search of the origin of the Shadowman's curse -- and now it's taking him all the way back to the beginning of mankind! Standing beside his ancestors in the kill-or-be-killed world of primordial Africa, Jack is about to awaken something ancient, hungry, inhuman...and, as darkness descends, the long-hidden face of the Shadowman loa will be known!

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

QUANTUM AND WOODY! #9

Written by Eliot Rahal, art by Joe Eisma, covers by Tom Fowler, Geoff Shaw, Joe Eisma, Sean Chen.

Breaking up is hard to do! For Eric and Woody Henderson -- adopted brothers, partners, and the erstwhile superhero twosome known as Quantum and Woody -- the world has just turned upside down! Usually, they can't stand to be near one another... Now, they literally can't be – or their powers go on the fritz! That definitely makes being a "duo" difficult, especially when a perilous new threat is teaching you just how bad you are at superhero-ing solo!

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

X-O MANOWAR #18

Written by Matt Kindt, art by Trevor Hairsine, covers by Lewis LaRosa, Jim Mahfood, Veronica Fish, Renato Guedes.

Sentenced to die for crimes against the empire, Aric of Dacia and his new comrade, Sabbas, have escaped the gladiatorial arena...only to find themselves in far more dire straits! Centuries before he would become X-O Manowar, can a brasher, younger Aric – sworn to combat the Romans at any cost – outwit and outmaneuver the machinations of the planet's most powerful civilization...even as death threatens him and the fate of the entire Visigoth nation?

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

BLOODSHOT SALVATION #12

Written by Jeff Lemire, art by Doug Braithwaite, covers by Kenneth Rocafort, Renato Guedes, M.D. Bright.

The long road to salvation ends here! Bloodshot has traveled from the depths of the Deadside to the far-flung future of 4002 A.D. to save his daughter's life...and spare her the murderous inheritance of the nanites that flow through both their veins. Now, stranded at the crossroads of the 41st century with one last mission between them and freedom, the question will finally be answered: Was it all for naught?

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

VALIANT HIGH #4

Written by Daniel Kibblesmith, art by Derek Charm, covers by David Lafuente, Derek Charm.

Homecoming is here! For the students of Valiant High – the super-powered preparatory academy where tomorrow's heroes learn what it takes to save the world – that means that the biggest night of their young lives is almost upon them...and that the Immortal Enemy is finally ready to make his move! But as Faith, Colin "Ninjak" King, Peter Stanchek, and Amanda "Livewire" McKee try to stir unity amongst their classmates, can teamwork triumph over ancient evil?

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

BLOODSHOT SALVATION VOL. 2: THE BOOK OF THE DEAD TPB

Written by Jeff Lemire, art by Renato Guedes and Jeff Lemire, cover by Kenneth Rocafort.

Into the Deadside! Years ago, Project Rising Spirit's cutting-edge nanite technology transformed Ray Garrison into the walking weapon codenamed Bloodshot. Now, those very same microscopic machines have infected his infant daughter's physiology and threaten to destroy her from the inside out. As the life of an innocent hangs in the balance, Bloodshot will be forced to make an unimaginable decision: to watch the child he loves die, or to confront death itself...and negotiate a deal for her safety. Now, with only Bloodhound and the enigmatic hero known as Shadowman to guide him, Bloodshot is about to undertake an unreal journey into the demon-haunted dimension known as the Deadside to save a life...or sacrifice his own. Collecting #6-9.

112 pages, $14.99, in stores on August 1.

X-O MANOWAR COMPENDIUM ONE TPB

Written by Robert Venditti and Matt Kindt, art by Cary Nord, Doug Braithwaite, Lee Garbett, Diego Bernard and Trevor Hairsine, cover by Paolo Rivera.

Introducing the first compendium collection of the chart-topping, award-winning series that relaunched the Valiant Universe! Go back to where the war began with this first, massive 800+ page volume in a value-priced paperback series collecting the complete adventures of Valiant's armored Visigoth, starting with the 2012 debut. Born under the oppressive thumb of the Roman Empire, Aric of Dacia learned warfare at an early age. It was amid such violence that he was abducted by an alien race known as The Vine. Forced into slavery, he survived where others perished. His escape would come from bonding with a weapon of immeasurable power: the X-O Manowar armor. With it, he returned to Earth...only to find himself stranded in the modern day. The Vine destroyed Aric's world. Now he will give them war. Collecting X-O Manowar (2012) #1-29, Unity (2013) #1-4, and Armor Hunters #1-4.

880 pages, $59.99, in stores on August 22.