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On July 1st, Valiant releases X-O Manowar #38 by Robert Venditti and Rafa Sandoval The issue features the much anticipated marriage of Aric of Dacia to Saana of Loam and it includes most of the major characters from the Valiant Universe. Aric of Dacia nearly died in battle against the Armor Hunters, and watched a world[...]

We have a first look inside one of Valiant's titles for their summer event Book of Death: the Fall of Bloodshot #1 is from writer Jeff Lemire and artist Doug Braithwaite and will hit shops on July 22nd. The lovers he's known, the allies he's trusted… All will eventually return to dust… But will the nanites[...]

This week in stores from Valiant is Imperium #5 which kicks off the new story arc Broken Angels by Joshua Dysart and Scot Eaton and then there is Drop Dead #2 by Ales Kot and Adam Gorham. Imperium #5 (New arc! Broken Angels – Part 1) Written by Joshua Dysart Art by Scot Eaton Covers by Kano,[...]

Valiant has sent over a new preview for the Book of Death #1 The issue kicks off their big summer event and is written by Robert Venditti and drawn by Robert Gill and Doug Braithwaite Here we have the first six page of the issue and this time they're lettered. The Valiant heroes X-O Manowar Bloodshot[...]

But Valiant Entertainment have trademarked the name "Gin-Gr" for an upcoming comic book Or "GIN-GR" Or "Gin-GR" Not even that is clear. It suggests ginger, or red coloured hair, there's the spirit gin of course and GR is a little like VR… Ginger Reality perhaps? UPDATE: That's what happens when you get behind on your Valiant, something[...]

From the back of today's final issue of Divinity #4 from Valiant Entertainment, word of a sequel series around January or February, reuniting Matt Kindt and Trevor Hairsine for Divinity II. Well, it has been a bit of a success Lots of sellouts and repeat printing with issue #1 entering its fifth so far And the[...]

Nathan Becker writes from the Denver Comic Con. Valiant Entertainment brought one of their premier writers to the Denver Comic Con in Fred Van Lente.  Fred is known for writing fan favorite characters Archer & Armstrong, The Delinquents and Ivar, Timewalker.  Luckily for fans, Fred is alternating signing autographs between the Valiant booth and his own[...]

Valiant will be unveiling a new deluxe ultra-coated cover process this July with Book Of Death #1 The process is said to feature alternating matte and varnish finished on heavyweight cover stock So retailers can get an idea of what these covers are like, the publisher will be sending out sample printings of Book Of[...]

The fine folks at Valiant are present in force for Denver Comic Con this weekend, and have brought out their brightest banners, including their double-paneled 25th Anniversary image, one that's been part of their Anniversary Tour image.   Here's a closer look at that banner you'll be seeing more of this year: What they've brought out to Denver[...]

Here we have two new previews for Valiant books shipping on Wednesday May 27th. Divinity #4 (of 4) Written by Matt Kindt Art by Trevor Hairsine Covers by Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic, Tom Muller, Raul Allen, Butch Guice This is it! The mind-bending, reality-altering reveal of what happened to turn a long-lost Russian cosmonaut into the godlike being known as[...]

Earlier this week, Bleeding Cool told you that Valiant's Divinity #1 was going to a fifth printing Here's why. For the second time in as many months, a new printing of Divinity #1 by Matt Kindt and Trevor Hairsine has sold out at Diamond in advance of its on sale date, triggering an allocation at Diamond and[...]

The August 2015 solicitation from Valiant brings us The Fall of Ninjak as part of the Book of Death event plus new story arcs for Ninjak, X-O Manowar and Rai plus the final issue of Dead Drop. BOOK OF DEATH #2 (of 4) Written by ROBERT VENDITTI Art by ROBERT GILL & DOUG BRAITHWAITE Cover A by CARY[...]

As the X-O Manowar series finished up the Dead Hand story arc and prepares for the big wedding issue... you might be wondering what's next. Starting with

Divinity, the new series from Matt Kindt and Trevor Hairsine for Valiant Entertainment has seen its #1 has gone to a fifth printing. While Divinity #2 has gone to a third… And Divinity #3 has gone to a second printing. While the new launch from Boom! Studios, Arcadia #1 has also gone to a second printing. Do with this[...]

Valiant is heading to the Denver Comic Con May 23rd – 25th where they will be set up at booth #436 with an exclusive DCC cover of Drop Dead #1 by artist Ian McGinty and Rian Sygh Plus they will have the Valiant t-shirts featuring: Bloodshot, Divinity, The Harbinger Renegades, Ninjak and X-O Manowar. They are[...]

Valiant has two books shipping on May 20th The first is Bloodshot Reborn #2 by Jeff Lemire and Mico Suayan and the second is Ninjak #3 by Matt Kindt, Clay Mann and Butch Guice We have previews for both books below. Bloodshot Reborn #2 Written by Jeff Lemire  Art by Mico Suayan and Lemire  Covers by Suayan, Dave[...]

Valiant has sent out an early first look at their big summer event, Book Of Death The first issue is 40 pages written by Robert Venditti and drawn by Robert Gill and Doug Braithwaite Featured in the series are X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, Ninjak, The Harbinger Renegades and Unity. Now we know The Book of the Geomancer[...]

Valiant's newest series Dead Drop by Ales Kot and Adam Gorham has already sold out of issue #1 A second printing is being done up and will be in stores on June 10th. A week prior to that will see the second issue hit shelves And we have the second printing cover for Dead Drop #1[...]

Valiant has three new titles hitting comic shops next Wednesday and we have previews here for all three. IMPERIUM #4 Written by Joshua Dysart Art by Doug Braithwaite Covers by Rafael Albuquerque, Kano, Rafa Sandoval, Cary Nord and Doug Braithwaite The greatest villain in the Valiant Universe wages war…to create Utopia! New York Times bestselling writer Joshua[...]

Fresh off of their recent movie announcements, Valiant is looking to put more copies of this year's event on shelves and has come up with a rather novel way of doing just that for their upcoming summer crossover Book of Death, beginning in July. Case in point: they recently announced the four-issue, retailer-incentive "companion series" for[...]

Valiant's 25th Anniversary Tour heads to Atlantic City the weekend of May 15th through 17th for the Atlantic City Boardwalk Con They will be set up at booth #1105 and will be offering some ACBC 2015 exclusive t-shirts featuring Bloodshot, Harbinger Renegades and X-O Manowar. There will also be two Valiant panels The first, Valiant 101[...]

We just recently saw what the solicitations for July were going to be and now we already have the advanced solicitations for Valiant's Book Of Death comics coming out in August of 2015 Those titles are Book Of Death #2, Book Of Death: The Fall Of Ninjak #1 and Book Of Death: Legends Of The[...]

The second printing will be in stores for May 27th. And Valiant Entertainment are going through a batch of second prints, with Imperium #2 and #3 hitting stores on 3rd June, along with Ninjak #1 and #2. And the Batman #40 second printing we reported on yesterday? Already sold out from Diamond Comic Distributors. Expect a third printing to follow… [...]

Each year, Valiant seems to make a big show out stuffing surprises into their Free Comic Book Day releases Well, 2015 is no different and, fresh off the news of their Bloodshot/Harbinger/Harbinger Wars five picture plan at Sony, the publisher is releasing the Valiant 25th Anniversary Special into stores tomorrow… …and, surprise surprise, it's packed with[...]

Then I get a preview for issue #3 from Valiant I'm starting to think they are watching me… maybe that Divinity guy is real. Ninjak #3 is written by Matt Kindt and drawn by Clay Mann and Butch Guice Mann is handling the modern day story while Guice is drawing the Lost Files that shows just[...]

Valiant has sent out a preview for the Free Comic Book Day offereing, the Valiant 25th Anniversary Special The book will include work from Jeff Lemire, Robert Venditti, Matt Kindt, Butch Guice, Diego Bernard, Clay Mann and more It will also feature a cover by Rafa Sandoval This issue kicks off the company's 25th Anniversary[...]

One of Valiant's announcements from C2E2 for this summer is a new Ninjak story arc called The Shadow Wars kicking up with issue #6 The series will continue to be written by Matt Kindt while he will be welcoming artists Raul Allen (Hawkeye), Juan Jose Ryp (Black Summer), Stephen Segovia (Convergence) to the series along[...]

 We ran a piece last week about the Bloodshot Reborn character find of the year, Bloodsquirt. Well, Valiant Entertainment are not done with their cute miniature sized assassin character… and a speaking voice variant for when that QR code gets triggered… This August, follow all-star creators Jeff Lemire and Raul Allen down the rabbit hole as Bloodsquirt[...]

The four-issue miniseries, Quantum And Woody Must Die!, comes to its conclusion this week in comic shops. James Asmus and Steve Lieber bring us the reveal

Gabriel mentioned that they are getting all sorts of Ant Man collections ready and have them in stock for retailers. Next up was Valiant They were represented by four people Hunter Gorinson (director of marketing), Fred Pierce (publisher), Atom! Freeman (sales manager), and CEO/COO Dinesh Shamdasani They bantered a bit as they set up[...]