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Top 5 Classic/iconic Valiant Issues (in your opinion)

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Was just curious as to what everyone here thinks are the top 5 issues that come to mind when you first think of Valiant comics as well as your own personal favs...

1.Please list what you think are the most iconic and classic issues (based on any factor besides storyline. Cover art, issue number, rarity, etc)
2.Then please list your personal top 5 favorite issues (again in terms of cover art, rarity, issue number etc over storyline)


These can be any issue, variant, hardcover etc. No Acclaim stuff please.

If you feel this topic has been played out, let me know and ill delete the post.

Being a collector since their debut in the early '90's I would say that the following represent Valiant most to me:

1. Harbinger 1
2. Rai 0
3. Solar 10
4. Archer & Armstrong 0
5. Unity 0 (both)

Personal Favorites:

1. Magnus 7
2. Magnus 0
3. Rai 0
4. Solar 10
5. Eternal Warrior 4

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1. Harbinger 1
2. Rai 0
3. Solar 10
4. X-O 1
5. Unity 0 (both)

Personal Favorites:

1. Shadowman 1
2. Magnus 12
3. X-O 1
4. X-O 4
5. A&A 0
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Re: Top 5 Classic/iconic Valiant Issues (in your opinion)

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1) Harby #1
2) Solar #10
3) Magnus #12
4) Rai #3
5) Harby Pink

These were the top Valiant books that I remember seeing for crazy prices on dealers' walls.

my fav:
1) A&A #0
2) Shadowman #8
3) Eternal Warrior #6
4) Eternal Warrior #7
5) Eternal Warrior #1

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Top 5 Classic/iconic Valiant Issues (in your opinion)

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1. Harbinger 1
2. Unity 0 (both)
3. Rai 0
4. Solar 10
5. Harby 0 PINK

Personal Favorites:

1. Unity 0 RED
2. Harby 0 PINK
3. Solar 3
4. X-O 2
5. Eternal Warrior 4
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Unity 0
Harbinger 1
Magnus 12
Solar 5
EW 4

U Red
Pink
Cear
Ceog
Rai 3


really IMO there are so many iconic covers in the valiant u that it's hard to narrow it to just 5
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Classic/Iconic:
1) Harbinger 1
2) Rai 0
3) Rai 3
4) Magnus 12
5) Solar 10

Personal Favorites:
1) Unity 0 Red
2) Harbinger 1
3) Rai 3
4) Magnus 0
5) Rai 5

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I've been struggling for days at trying to make a response to this. Here's my take:

Classic/Iconic:
1. Unity 0 (Red, blue, whatever. Mass-produced, sure. But look again at the site's main page. See?)
2. Harbinger 0 (Did anyone NOT pee their pants when they first got this book?)
3. SOLAR 10 (Second-print for a reason, kids)
4. Rai 0 (the cover says it all, but so does the book)
5. Magnus 12 (what we wanted to pursue after we wanted to pursue)

Personal Favorites:
1) Archer & Armstrong 0 (what all books should strive to be)
2) Harbinger 7 (the heart of it strikes into my soul every time)
3) Rai 5 (understood what it was like to be a father)
4) Magnus 0 (more appreciation as they years go by)
5) Shadowman 8 (cool cover, cool story, cool-cool)

I also wanted to put on the SOLAR-X-O crossover books after Unity.
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Re: Top 5 Classic/iconic Valiant Issues (in your opinion)

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Most Important
1. Harbinger 1
2. Solar 10
3. Unity 0
4. Rai 0
5. Solar 1

Personal Favorites
1. Eternal Warrior 1 (first valiant comic I ever bought)
2. Eternal Warrior 6/7 (BWS was by far the best writer/artist on the book, despite the short stint)
3. Eternal Warrior/Archer & Armstrong 8 (Loved seeing Gil and Aram together even thought they didn't like each other very much)
4. Eternal Warrior 4 (Immortal Enemy was the coolest villain, though I think he got played out a bit during/after Chaos Effect)
5. Eternal Warrior Yearbook 1 (loved all the violent back stories for Gil, plus I thought the artist did a great job)

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1. Harbinger 1
2. Solar 10
3. Magnus 0
4. Archer & Armstrong 0
5. Unity 0
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Most important:

Magnus 1
Rai 0
Unity O
Harbinger 1
X-0 1

Personal favorites:
Unity 0
Harbinger 1
Rai 0
X-0 1
Shadowman 1
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Most Important:
1..Rai #0
2..Harbinger #1
3..Solar #1
4..Magnus #1
5..X-O Manowar #1

Personal Favorites
1..X-O Manowar # 3 (Favorite Valiant book)
2..Unity #0 Red
3..Solar #10
4..Harbinger #0 Pink
5..Eternal Warrior #4
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Most iconic:

Harbinger #1
Rai #0
Turok #1
X-O Manowar #0
Unity #0

Personal Favorites:
All the good ones.
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1. Magnus 1
2. Harbinger 1
3. Solar 10
4. Unity 0
5. **a half dozen more worthy of being included**

personal favorites

1. A&A 0
2. Eternal Warrior 1
3. Solar 1
4. **insert any preunity issue here**

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Iconic:
1. Harbinger 1
2. Solar 10
3. Unity 0
4. Rai 0
5. Magnus 1

Personal:
1. Solar 3 (maybe my favorite comic cover of all time)
2. Harbinger 1
3. Solar 5 (also top 5 favorite comic cover)
4. Harbinger 0
5. Unity 0 Red

Honorable mention: Solar 9 (who doesn't love a mass-murdering baby cover?)
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