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Killers #1: Magic! Ninjas! Magic Ninjas!
Killers #1 Fernando Dagnino (Artist), B Clay Moore (Writer), Jeff Powell (Letters), José Villarrubia (Colours) Valiant Comics 31 July, 2019 Desdemona Rush returns home to find a masked man dead in her hallway, alongside her beloved companion. She needs answers—they lie in Burano, Italy, with a former covert colleague Roger Thorpe. Traveling there is the…
The Forgotten Queen: Making New Memories
The Forgotten Queen Ulises Arreola, Tini Howard, Amilcar Pinna, Jeff Powell Valiant Entertainment February 27, 2019 I don’t know a lot about Valiant’s established Pantheon. I’ve read some of XO Manowar, some of Archer and Armstrong, and I’m vaguely aware of some of the other titles, but beyond that I’m kind of a neophyte regarding…
Valiant Efforts PUBWATCH: Everything Valiant from November
It’s Valiant Pubwatch, it’s me, it’s you. We are gathered here today, to get through this month’s releases.
Valiant High is All That and a Bag of Empanadas
Valiant High Derek Charm (Artist), Daniel Kibblesmith (Writer) Valiant September 5, 2018 Comixology has a 60% off sale on Valiant collections that ends on the 26th of October. In this sale, the Valiant High digital collection is £1.99. That’s 50p an issue. That’s bargain back issue bin prices for one of the best superhero books…
EXCLUSIVE: Details from Howard & Pinna’s Forgotten Queen (2019)
On November the fifth Tini Howard, fresh off Captain America and her Black Crown collaboration with Gilbert Hernandez, announced another collab: with Amilcar Pinna drawing, she’ll be writing a forthcoming Valiant miniseries spotlighting established villain War-Monger. War-Monger has been around in the Valiant U since May 2015—she debuted in Unity #18, calling a bunch of…
Valiant Efforts: Your All-Valiant Monthly Catch-Up
Valiant! PUBWATCH! Put’em together and what do you get? You get the Valiant PUBWATCH, which is where you are now. Exactly where you need to be, my darling. We’ll get onto short reviews of everything Valiant put on the shelves in October, to catch you up should you have missed anything, but as always we…
September’s Valiant Efforts: Your Everything Valiant Catch-Up
Hello, my Valiant darlings—how are you this month? Oh? Well, I’m doing quite well; this past week I finished reading the entire ’90s Valiant universe up to Unity, the first and best crossover of the publisher’s original form. Frankly…probably the best superhero crossover of all time. Yeah, I said it. And their first run of…
Dump DC, Move Past Marvel… Viva Valiant? Yes! A Primer
Howdy, pals, it’s your trusty ex-Ed Claire here. What have I been doing since I left the hallowed halls of authority? Well, I’ve watched a LOT of Criminal Minds. And guess what? I also went bonkers for Valiant. Yeah! Valiant! Let’s talk about that, as my powerful heiress Nola Pfau, your WWAC managing editor, has…
PUBWATCH: Valiant Efforts! July
Fresh off the BOOM! Beat, I’ve come over to Valiant territory. Having accidentally made the history of the publisher my new favourite obsession, I decided to get up to speed with the present of it too. From now on I’ll be reading everything the V puts out each month and giving them all a paragraph…
Harbinger Wars 2: Should I, An Adult, Read This Superhero Summer Event?
I don’t know. Do you now or have you ever liked Marvel comics? If the answer is no, I’m probably not gonna be much help here. Valiant’s Harbinger Wars 2 is straight outta Westchester, a Mutant Registration Act battle for America over whether or not it’s OK to kill teens. It feels rude to relegate…
Previously on Comics: Revolving Doors
Good morning. It’s been a few weeks since the last Previously On Comics! Apologies for that, I was once again writing about bad actors. Fortunately, having done that, I can keep it simple here. The last few weeks have had some employee shakeups at a few comics companies. Let’s break them down by company: