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Valiant Brings Back Rai In 2014
From the inside back page of Unity #1, coming from Valiant tomorrow Courtesy of a loving retailer… That's the return of Valiant classic title from the nineties, Rai They're introducing the 4001 timeline in Eternal Warrior #5 in January – and this would seem to indicate that Valiant has even more plans for building it out,[...]
Monday Runaround – Vote Klingon
But it's his mission to reach that goal regardless. For people who do not collect comics or do not want to part with some of their collection, a $5 donation will ensure 20 kids receive a colourful comic book this Christmas. Any publishers or fellow stores willing to help? GET YOUR GOAT The Goat gets a Zero issue in[...]
Print Previews Revealed Harbinger #20 Silhouetted Cover
Here's the cover to Harbinger #20 from Valiant. And here's the version scanned in from Previews, and posted to the Valiant Fans messageboards… Here's the cover to Harbinger #20 from Valiant. And here's the version scanned in from Previews, and posted to the Valiant Fans messageboards… Here's the cover to Harbinger #20 from Valiant. And here's the version[...]
Unity #1 Gets 68,500 Orders… Initially
Valiant has found a comic that brings people together The publisher announced the initial orders for Unity #1 to be 68,500 copies The high number of orders may have something to do with the previous announcement that there will be only one print run of the issue So when it sells out, there will be[...]
The Heavy Cost Of Returnability?
And so on. This approach has now been adopted by publishers such as Valiant, DC/Vertigo and Dark Horse and more It's getting more and more popular.Valiant have just announced that, as well as Unity #1 being fully returnable, so would issues 2 and 3. But herein lies a problem. Because while returnability has costs for publishers, few see[...]
L'il Unity #1 From The Phantom Folk
The Unity #1 Phantom Variant going to be wrapped in a blank cover with an art contest for those who want to draw their own. The real Phantom Variant
Valiant On Broadway – NYCC Recap
As Valiant Comics moves into their second season, the company had a plethora of announcements to make during the New York Comic Con Big news with names attached like Christopher Priest, M D Bright, Greg Pak and Philip Tan and changes to titles like Quantum and Woody, Eternal Warrior and a cover for Unity. This was[...]
Christopher Priest And M.D. Bright Reunite With Quantum And Woody
Valiant is proud to announce that Christopher Priest and M.D Bright, the creators of Quantum and Woody, will reunite for Q2: The Return of Quantum and Woody – an all-new, five-issue mini-series bringing the original world's worst superhero team into the 21st century! Set wholly in the original continuity of Priest and Bright's Acclaim Comics series, the new[...]
Cover Variance: Unity #1 From Philip Tan
Here's the Collector's Paradise variant cover of Unity #1, by classic Valiant artist Philip Tan You can see how it was put together below – the original art is going in the store owber's extensive X-O Manowar collection… Here's the Collector's Paradise variant cover of Unity #1, by classic Valiant artist Philip Tan You[...]
Something New For Quantum & Woody – Or Someone Old…
You see I blame Marvel for these NYCC teasers… This time last year, Bleeding Cool told you that there were two unreleased chapters of the original Quantum & Woody just sitting in a drawer at Valiant Could this be their final release, digitally? Or more than that, could this be original new Quantum & Woody comics by[...]
Unity #1 To Get Only One Printing
Unity is the big Valiant event comic of the year, starting in November And Valiant have just told retailers that they will only have one chance to order this comic, as the will be no subsequent printings… They are, as a result, making the comic entirely returnable, so retailers can order as many as they want,[...]
Clayton Henry Goes Exclusive With Valiant
Clayton Henry, previously of Suicide Squad and Incredible Hercules, and now Archer & Armstrong and Harbinger Wars has signed an exclusive contract with Valiant, ensuring he only works for them for the near future, and receiving staff benefits often denied a freelancer. Valiant already have Doug Braithwaite, Cary Nord, Trevor Hairsine, Joshua Dysart and Brian Reber[...]
Thursday Runaround – Dredding New York Comic Con
The event takes place in the Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium of the main library, 325 Superior Ave., and is free and open to the public. CAR TOONISTS Comics Beat outlines a new kind of Con War, the Boom Vs Valiant Vs Image Vs Dark Horse battle of the cars at NYCC…. COMIC BOOK JANE Thomas Jane and Tim Bradstreet[...]
Valiant Exclusives And Free Masks And Comics For NYCC
A few bits and pieces that you can only get at New York Comic Con from Valiant this year. Unless you also pop by the nearby offices, a couple of blocks from the Javitz Center Just look for the small crows protesting the Planned Parenthood headquarters that Valiant shares a building with… FREE CONVENTION-ONLY GIVEAWAYS: UNITY #1 NYCC[...]
Valiant's Shadow Man Video Game From 1999 Available Again
Fans of Valiant Comics and the 1999 Shadow Man video game are in luck Gog.com is offering up the classic single-player game for download to your PC for only $5.99 The game was based on the Shadow Man comic from back in the Acclaim/Valiant days In it you travel through out the Bayou hunting criminals, gathering[...]
Valiant's 8 Bit Animated Cover For Unity #1, Right Here
From Hollywood Reporter… Take the cover to Unity #1, out from Valiant, November 19th. Use your smart phone to read the QR code Rest the phone on the cover and let it play the video And you have an animated cover in the 8 But Arcade style, lasting over two minutes. Or, you know, just play it on[...]
Marketshare Per Comic – A New Way Of Measuring Publisher Performance
From the new August figures; PUBLISHER MARKET SHARES RETAIL MARKET SHARE PUBLISHER SHARE MARVEL COMICS 33.70% DC COMICS 30.16% IMAGE COMICS 7.86% IDW PUBLISHING 5.70% DARK HORSE COMICS 5.47% DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 3.01% BOOM! STUDIOS 2.05% EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS LTD 1.34% AVATAR PRESS INC 0.95% ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT INC 0.94% OTHER NON-TOP 10 8.83% UNIT MARKET SHARE PUBLISHER SHARE MARVEL COMICS 36.30% DC COMICS 33.14% IMAGE COMICS 8.51% IDW PUBLISHING 4.98% DARK HORSE COMICS 4.80% DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 2.93% BOOM! STUDIOS 2.07% ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT INC 1.03% VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC 0.97% ASPEN MLT INC 0.65% OTHER NON-TOP 10 So that's the marketshare, divided into Units, the amount of titles sold and[...]
Mara's Ming Doyle To Draw Quantum And Woody For Valiant Comics
But it looks like she's stepping from creator owned to work for hire, for the second arc of the new reboot of Quantum & Woody from Valiant Entertainment, with writer James Asmus, starting with issue 5 in December. The first issue left me cold but I confess I have rather warmed to it again since And[...]
Peter Milligan To Write Bleeding Cool's Shadowman #13X – And The Ongoing Series
This November, Bleeding Cool Magazine #7, for a mere $1.99, will also contain Shadowman #13X bagged in the issue, an extra, in-continuity Shadowman story that will debut the new writer, Peter Milligan, on the book, with Diego Bernard on art. Then in December, Peter Milligan will begin writing the series proper with Shadowman #13 with Roberto[...]
Quantum And Woody Go Blackface
So Woody has to impersonate Eric (Quantum) to acquire some superweaponry. He does the voice. The black voice. Eric is notably a little upset by the
Last Chance To Pre-Order Bleeding Cool Magazine #7 At The Introductory Price
You know Rich causes controversy, do you want to be on the outside looking in when this list hits? You'll miss out on the exclusive first BCM "X" issue as Valiant presents Shadowman #13X This issue preludes the new story arc and the top-secret creative team that will be working on the series This will only[...]