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The new Dead Drop series coming from Valiant Entertainment… And Captain Victory #1 from Dynamite Entertainment from last summer…. In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or works of the lightbox We trust you, the reader, to make that judgment yourself?[...]

Valiant Entertainment have issued a Retailer Advisory note over Imperium #1 and X-O Manowar #33. An "Imperium Prelude" was meant to appear in the middle of X-O Manowar #33 but turned up in Imperium #1 instead, interrupting the story – and arriving at retailers this week. As a result, Valiant will be reprinting Imperium without the preldue,[...]

The other day Rich lets us know that something called Dead Drop was coming from Valiant Well now we can put some names to the title… names like Ales Kot and Adam Gorham The new series is being described as an undercover conspiracy action thriller and features X-O Manowar, Archer, Neville Alcott of MI-6, Beta-Max[...]

Well here we have an adanced first look at Imperium #2 by Joshua Dysart and Doug Braithwaite… this is part of the Valiant Next initiative along with new titles like Divinity, Ninjack and Ivar, Timewalker. IMPERIUM #2 [VALIANT NEXT] Written by Joshua Dysart Art by Doug Braithwaite, Covers by Raul Allen, Doug Braithwaite, Butch Guice and Lewis LaRosa. The[...]

Hitting shops this week from Valiant is the new series Imperium #1 by Joshua Dysart and Doug Braithwaite along with X-O Manowar #33 by Robert Venditti and Rafa Sandoval. IMPERIUM #1 Written by Joshua Dysart Art by Doug Braithwaite Covers by Raul Allen, Trevor Hairsine & Tom Muller and Doug Braithwaite A daring new superhero saga from New York Times[...]

Over on his blog, artist Mike Hawthorne shared many steps along the way for creating his most recent Quantum And Woody Must Die cover. This cover was for

By Ian Melton. reporting for Bleeding Cool in Portland Oregon, at Wizard World Portland. There are many heroes in comic books. Mostly we see super heroes

Valiant has sent over an advanced look at Divinity #2 due out March 10th… I told you it was advanced… the issue is written by Matt Kindt and drawn by Trevor Hairsine. DIVINITY #2 [VALIANT NEXT] Written by Matt Kindt Art by Trevor Hairsine Covers by: Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic, Tom Muller, Rafa Sandoval, Deigo Bernard and Lewis Larosa. A Soviet cosmonaut –[...]

A reinvention of Huckleberry Finn? We have no idea. Equally, we have just learned that "Dead Drop" is a new comic book from Valiant Again, all we have is the title, not even a creative team. Nothing else.Does it indicate skydivers? Zombies? Zombie skydivers? We haven't a clue. Let's find out together… Sometimes a name can be so[...]

Here's a look at some upcoming Valiant issues, previews and variant covers – how to get them all, and incentives that retailers have for ordering lots And the launch of Ninjak #1 has some very attractive ones indeed… NINJAK #1 – Valiant Next Title Creators: (W) Matt Kindt (A) Clay Mann, Butch Guice (CA) Various NINJAK #1 CVR[...]

We've got an advanced preview from Valiant for the upcoming new story arc Homefront that kicks off in Unity #15 This story of a fallen team trying to pick itself back up is written by Matt Kindt and drawn by Pere Perez. The United have left Unity decimated – a member lost, a terrible secret revealed,[...]

Comics writer Eliot Rahal  is the  co-conspirator on the Buzzkill sequel Paybacks from Dark Horse with Donny Cates and with art by Geoff Shaw.  He's also been published in Dark Horse Presents and in the pages of Archer & Armstrong for Valiant. Now he's definitely got something new up his sleeve while continuing to be the[...]

Ivar, Timewalker #1. Doctor Who. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKDtDtl13pA Even the title of the episode was that! In Swipe File we present two or more

Valiant has given us an early preview for Ivar, Timewalker #2 by Fred Van Lente and Clayton Henry. At this very moment in Geneva, Switzerland, history is about to be made A thousand meters underground inside the Large Hadron Collider, researcher Neela Sethi is seconds away from discovering time travel – and is about to jeopardize[...]

From the top 5 and honorable mentions to talk of Marvel's big Secret Wars announcements, and a nod to the new issue of Bleeding Cool. Books featured in this episode: Vertigo : The Kitchen #3 Marvel Comics : Guardians of the Galaxy #23 Valiant Comics : The Valiant #2 Boom! Studios : Burning Field #1 Dark Horse Comics: B.P.R.D Hell on[...]

Valiant has three new issues hit stands next week starting with the debut of Quantum And Woody Must Die #1, X-O Manowar #32 and Unity #14. QUANTUM AND WOODY MUST DIE! #1 (of 4) Written by JAMES ASMUS Art by STEVE LIEBER Covers by MIKE HAWTHORNE, JOHNNIE CHRISTMAS and CHIP ZDARSKY Multiple Harvey Award nominee James Asmus (Quantum and Woody, The Delinquents)[...]

Here we have Valiant's full solicitations for April 2015 We get Bloodshot Reborn #1 by Jeff Lemire and Mico Suayan, Ninjak, Ivar and Imperium continue and Quantum And Woody Must Die wraps up with issue four. BLOODSHOT REBORN #1 [VALIANT NEXT] Written by JEFF LEMIRE Art by MICO SUAYAN with JEFF LEMIRE Cover A by JUAN DOE Cover B by[...]

The latest title from the Valiant Next campaign is a solo outing for the master spy, Ninjak In this new series writer Matt Kindt works with both Clay Mann and Butch Guice to tell two stories every month. Kindt and Mann tell the full length lead tale that puts Ninjak on an international manhunt for the[...]

December saw DC Comics take the lead in marketshare in the number of comic books published in 2014, but how much of that was down to publishing more titles? Quite a bit it seems. Using unit marketshare divided by the number of books shipping and multiplied by a hundred gives us a comparative score of percentage per[...]

Valiant Entertainment is expanding Last week they announced the addition of a new editor Tom Brennan, now they are adding two Sales Mangers who are both former retailers Andy Liegl and Matthew Klein are now part of the growing comic publisher. Liegl up until 2014 was the Event Coordinator for Boom! Studios, prior to that he spent five[...]

Valiant has two new Valiant Next titles coming out this Wednesday… the brand new Ivar, Timewalker #1 by Fred Van Lente and Clayton Henry and The Valiant #2 by Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt and Paolo Rivera… and we have previews for both. IVAR, TIMEWALKER #1 [VALIANT NEXT] Written by Fred Van Lente Art by Clayton Henry Covers by[...]

Well, at least part of the second issue, arriving in stores next week. Valiant has just released a lettered preview of The Valiant #2 (of 4) from writers Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt and drawn by Paolo Rivera…and it now features an unannounced "storybook sequence" drawn by Lemire, then inked and painted by Kindt, and inserted[...]

Sneaky, sneaky…Valiant has snuck a secret announcement into today's Death-Defying Dr Mirage #5, the concluding chapter of the critically acclaimed mini-series by Jen Van Meter and Roberto de la Torre that has updated Valiant's paranormal detective for the modern day. But it involves heavy spoilers for today's issue… At the mini-series' end, Dr[...]

We've got a fist look at the upcoming Valiant series Bloodshot Reborn The first issue, written by Jeff Lemire and drawn by Mico Suayan, hits comic shops on April 15th and gives us a brand new beginning for the nanite filled commando. Bloodshot's nanites made him a nearly unstoppable killing machine His enhanced strength, speed, endurance,[...]

Now that the holidays are over and publisher are back up to full speed, we see three new previews for books shipping from Valiant this week Rai #6, Q2: The Return Of Quantum And Woody #4 and the final issue of The Death-Defying Dr Mirage. RAI #6 Written by Matt Kindt Art by Clayton Crain Covers by: Clayton[...]

Now six months later and Tom Brennan is a new Associate Editor with Valiant He will be overseeing the launch of Ivar, Timewalker as well as working with Editor-in-Chief Warren Simons on titles like Ninjak and X-O Manowar This is what was said in the press release about Brennan's background: A six-year veteran of the editorial[...]

Valiant has sent us an advanced preview of The Valiant #3 by Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt and Paolo Rivera. The Eternal Warrior, Ninjak, and Geomancer come together to face down their worst nightmare in the Immortal Enemy, but even with the indestructible fury of Bloodshot to aid them…it won't be enough! As the world teeters on the brink[...]

In stores this week from Valiant is Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel #3, the conclusion to the minseries by Peter Milligan and Cary Nord This issue ships with a cover by Trevor Hairsine and a variant by Al Barrionuevo. The Eternal Warrior's gambit to save an oppressed people…has seemingly failed Will he fall short of his[...]

Today's launch of Roger Langridge's Abigail And The Snowman from Boom has a really nice page layout that I thought was worth bringing to further

With the new year comes a new Valiant series, Quantum And Woody Must Die! by James Asmus and Steve Lieber. They came They saw They pissed off a whole lotta folks And now a team of mystery vigilantes has singled out Quantum and Woody for complete and utter destruction The first target: their minds! But who are[...]