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Unfortunately the multiverse is here to stay. All we can hope for is that someday they re-interpret it in a way that fits VALIANT canon, then undo it.


That's the thing about fiction being all made-up though, it can just as easily be un-made-up. Or just like 'Beyond' is ignoring all previous ...

That would be cool. I've loved the new Compendium format for collecting big chunks of old comics for reasonable prices. Would love to see compendiums of all of pre-Unity, Unity, etc.

So stumbled on this. Looks like this collector has posted up some pages for Fatal #0,7 as well as a comic called Makeshift? First I have heard of that, but it is marked as being under Broadway as well.

https://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=87793

https://boards.cgccomics.com/topic ...

Unfortunately the multiverse is here to stay. All we can hope for is that someday they re-interpret it in a way that fits VALIANT canon, then undo it.


That's the thing about fiction being all made-up though, it can just as easily be un-made-up. Or just like 'Beyond' is ignoring all previous ...

At the end of Resurgence, the VEI iterations of the VALIANT characters became lost in the multiverse.

Most are in the Underdeadside, some are still in the VEI reality, and Aram and Faith appear to be lost in the bridge between them.

What if Faith and Aram end up finding their way to the VH-1 and ...

StarBrand wrote: Sun Jun 08, 2025 12:31 pmWow…!!!

Right? Another 'could'a been' in the Shooter catalogue. I still like Star Seed with Wendel/Nichols (and John Ross). But dang it's too bad they couldn't have gotten Swan to at least ink or something.

:o

Oh man.... Now THAT is exactly how I picture Shadowman. I wish VEI would take him in this direction. Mysterious, mystical and 100% Adult oriented.

Would be a big hit IMO.

Rico


Why would it not just be exactly as big a failure as when Acclaim did it that way?

I agree with Rico. A ...

I'm pretty sure Paramount and CBS must retain their version of creative and editorial decision making.

Consider that no matter who publishes those or other licensed comics they are always pretty much the same.

Whether it was Marvel or Dark Horse that published Star Wars and, now, Alien and ...

That's not quite what it says.

What it lays out is a standard licensing deal no different from the one IDW has with Paramount for the Star Trek and TMNT comics. In all instances, the licensee has to consult with the licensor to get approval for what they want to do.

With VALIANT we got used to ...

I mean the interview in the first post of this thread breaks it down pretty clearly. DMG hired Alien to produce their Valiant comic line. DMG still calls the shots and has final say in any major decisions, but has given over the day-to-day running of the comic book line to Alien. This has been ...

If the VEI books were actually as good as a few of the hardcores on here think, they would have had a much bigger impact. People would actually still be re-reading them today and there would be more Valiant fans left.

I think they were very successful for a certain type of reader, but removed from ...

I recently bought Tomahawk #56 because I was struck by the similarity to Magnus #12. I don't really think it counts as a swipe or homage, but there's some overlap in the composition and the subject matter.


The composition looks too similar in certain ways to be a coincidence, and considering ...

Shooter era is great, been done multiple times.

Latham had some strong issues like #12 and HARD Corps

Fontenot era 1 I enjoy, but has a good amount of filler too. Screen is awesome though and Harbinger #25 is an iconic issue.

26-38 is horrendous. Characters are unlikable, and maybe the first ...

They reached their goal, good for them.


It is good news for a project which has surely required massive effort to bring to fruition.

Although I never really read DEFIANT, I am backing the KS for the HC as it piqued my curiosity. :)


I'm missing two Defiant comics, Genesis I think is one ...

RyanMcLelland wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 3:18 pm I was very much like “I just returned to the boards and now they are gone???”

Yes I make everything about me.

Glad the boards are back tho.

I knew it was your fault

Help me remember. Isn't there an article or interview where Shooter says that Valiant choose to radically change Harbinger so it didn't stay too close to a movie treatment that was Shooter's personal copyright?

/Magnus


I don't remember, but that would make some sense. Shooter has a Harbinger ...

VEI did a reboot, they had no reason to adhere to what came before.

I'm the one who said here for years that they shouldn't do one, that they should bring VH 1 back as it was in 2012, others here disagreed...

That said, VEI under Dinesh did retain the aspects that made VALIANT what it was during ...

If you ignore anything that came before, then it's no longer strong continuity. Same goes for the passage of time. You cannot ignore that either.

Indeed, in Unity 2000 Shooter made the Harbinger kids older on purpose, to show that time had passed since the start of VALIANT.

VH-1 revived today ...

Don't you see how stupid that storyline is?

Seriously. X-O Manowar #14 might have one of the best covers in the series,
but the story is built upon a NON-VALIANT foundation.

Turok was about to be destroyed by the black hole, but a "Solar bubble" saved him?
Are you kidding me? Was it drawn ...

Don't you see how stupid that storyline is?

Seriously. X-O Manowar #14 might have one of the best covers in the series,
but the story is built upon a NON-VALIANT foundation.

Turok was about to be destroyed by the black hole, but a "Solar bubble" saved him?
Are you kidding me? Was it drawn with ...

Jim_Shooter wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2016 8:21 pm RE: RAI. I had lots of plans for lots of generations of RAI.

This is what I would love to see. Maybe we can get this info for the fanzine?

Found it, guess I didn't read this entire thread.



1999 would've seen the return of the classic characters with a toy line as well. Jeff Gomez as EiC? Sound good.

ManofTheAtom wrote: Thu May 01, 2025 7:37 am They tried for the '99 event with Skyboltz.

Acclaim was going to do toys for the '99 event? Dang that would've been cool to see.

Yeah, but right now it's presently moot due to Drumpf's tariffs on China disrupting shipments, manufacture, resale, etc.

No point in making the toys if they can't sell them.

Today even he made remarks about how kids will now have to go with two toys instead of 30. That's the same as saying that ...

Not a fan of that particular explanation, though. I'm satisfied with the idea that Harada captured Peter and manipulated him to turn him into his enforcer, then his future self snapped him back to who he really is. That works better for me.

As for Harbinger, sure, it would have been preferable to ...