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Crossovers are much better if they actually count and are integrated into the ongoing story. That is one part of why I like the Predator vs Magnus story (apart from it simply being a good story). It both fits the continuity established for Magnus and Valiant generally and is reused later on (the XO...

slack wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:05:56 am Since you brought it up... I've always hated cross company crossovers. They tend to feel like bad advertising disguised as a poorly written cash grab.

There's that, but there's also the ones where two characters that fit well together make a good story. Like Predator vs Magnus.

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greg wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:14:30 am It's nice to hear that I was right 20 years ago and I'm still right today.

My first instinct is to think we were very young 20 years ago, but...

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That was mostly just me digging through the archives a bit :lol: Some really fun stuff from the 2004-08 era. It's a shame all the 01-04 archives are gone, I feel like everyone was on top of their game at that point. Good idea, there are lots of threads that are worth revisiting, even with so much l...

'if in 1996 they would have just gone back to the core characters, pre-Unity principles (real-time passage, etc.) focus on writing and cohesion, etc. Then the readers would have come back. Readers like us would have come back, not sure if it could have brought the mass market that Acclaim wanted. I...

Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 3:10:46 pm With that being the case, and 14 years of publication to draw from and build on, there should be more than enough fodder for discussion.

Not 14 years. Maybe 2012 to 2017.

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If something happens that disrupts the events of Rai #0, then it's no longer VH 1 because those events are indisputable. Rai #0 catalogued the events that took place between Solar's time and Magnus' time. None of them can be disrupted or ignored. The sad truth is that Magnus is not coming back, so ...

ManofTheAtom wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:22:22 am Like saying that Shadowman dying in 99 is not the same as Jack dying in 99.

Good example.

That's how it could play out, but is it what people want to see?

If it's very well made, then it'd be ok by me.

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ManofTheAtom wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:08:44 am I was just reminded of X-O Manowar #68 contradicting Rai #0, as does Aric killing Darque.

Well, killing Darque and ridding the world of the Darque power could be separate events.

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ManofTheAtom wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:13:29 am Nothing in VH 1 contradicted Rai #0 until VH 2.

Well, they were on the limit. For instance the scene where Aric and Turok don't want to help did happen, but Aric immediately changed his mind and did help...

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...creators like Layton, Hall, etc. should be given the chance to wrap up the stories of the VH 1 iterations of X-O Manowar and Shadowman (as detailed in Rai #0) in either mini-series form (like Q2) or graphic novels. The true death of Shadowman need not be a massive line-wide crossover. It can be ...

Ryan wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:28:29 pm I just think the Valiant brand is at a low point right now.

A low point means it can only get better.

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SouthernComicGeek wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:15:08 pm I just picked this up with a great image of Harada vs Peter

Nice!

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If whoever publishes VALIANT is going to do that, they might as well reboot so they can have both the original characters in their prime and those new concepts. While I agree with the post, I think it's worth pointing out that "might as well" is not the same as "should instead"....

In a Corporate Wars event, each different corporation involve in the conflict could be used to reflect a real-world corporation, like X, Meta, Amazon, Wal-Mart, the Trump Organization, etc. Corporate states like in Rai 0 indicate corporations that can control governmental aspects of life. Tradition...

Thinking about it, it occurred to me that it would be cool if they did the VEI version of the corporate wars alluded to in Rai #0 (which would be different from the Harbinger Wars). They lead to the Harbinger wars so it would be like a prequel. One that takes place right now since it says that the ...

That suggests multiple timelines or at least that the way the 90's and Unity happened for future Gil was different. Doesn't he mention at some point that he remembers things happening differently? Yes, "It didn't go like this. It's all different. Worse". And then there's that scar that fu...

jakgrimm wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:40:37 pm Gilad should have been like holy squee Geoff great to see you! Does my heart good....

Yeah, their first (assuming the quick encounter at arrival in Lost Land was so quick it doesn't count) conversation in Eternal Warrior 2 is just about practical things, no emotions .

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who would you say is stronger - Magnus or Gilad? Just saw some comparisons in Unity. In Archer & Armstrong 1 Albert seems to rank Magnus only slightly above Gilad. Asked who (except for Aram) can knock a robot's block off he answers: "Magnus, Rai, X-O... probably Gilad, too". In Rai 7...

Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:37:41 am Awesome Classic Rai

+1, real nice.

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Time to ressurect this thread. Two cover sketches from Stockhom last year (one on a back cover). Darick Robertson and Jeff Johnson.

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PS, regardless of how I orient the pictures, they are not shown with the topside up.

Cool idea to collect these.

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myron wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:58:08 am Nice info, Thanks man

My pleasure

ryan wrote: It's amazing how many Russ Manning concepts and characters were used in Valiant.

That's a perfect summary.

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ManofTheAtom wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:45:34 am You miss every shot you don't take, so I took mine.

I've sent my resume to Alien Books, and now we wait to see what happens...

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Another thread mentioned that elements from the Gold Key series of Magnus were reused in Valiant, so I got curious just how much it is. In the general setting I see at least 1-A, Leeja, Senator Clane, president Claiburne, major Timbuc, Outsiders, the one thousand, weather control, Danae, Sam, junko,...