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Favorite VEI Ongoing?

X-O Manowar
9
13%
Harbinger
10
14%
Bloodshot (and HARD Corps)
2
3%
Archer & Armstrong
10
14%
Shadowman
2
3%
Unity
1
1%
Rai
0
No votes
Ivar, Timewalker
5
7%
Imperium
15
22%
Divinity
5
7%
Ninjak
3
4%
Bloodshot Reborn
5
7%
Wrath of the Eternal Warrior
1
1%
A+A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong
0
No votes
Faith
1
1%
 
Total votes: 69

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Your Favorite VEI Ongoing?

Post by TheFerg714 »

Now that we're starting a new "era" of Valiant comics this year, I thought it would be fun to look back and see what the community's favorite ongoings were. I decided to add Divinity for the 15th spot, because there's been 12 issues (16, including one-shots), whereas Gen. Zero and Eternal Warrior only had 9 and 8 issues respectively.

I voted for Harbinger and A&A.

The results so far:
1) Imperium (14)
2) Harbinger (10)
3) Archer & Armstrong (9)
/ X-O Manowar (9)

Ivar, Timewalker (5)
Bloodshot Reborn (5)
Divinity (5)

Ninjak (3)
Bloodshot (2)
Shadowman (2)
Unity (1)
Wrath of the Eternal Warrior (1)
Faith (1)

Rai (0)
A+A (0)
Quantum & Woody (forgot to add this in the poll :( )
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Post by WhoDoo »

TheFerg714 wrote:Now that we're starting a new "era" of Valiant comics this year, I thought it would be fun to look back and see what the community's favorite ongoings were. I decided to add Divinity for the 15th spot, because there's been 12 issues (16, including one-shots), whereas Gen. Zero and Eternal Warrior only had 9 and 8 issues respectively.

I voted for Harbinger and A&A.
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Tough choice, but I chose X-O and Bloodshot Reborn.
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Post by nonplayer »

There is so few. I'll pick xo since it the only Valiant comic I'm getting.
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Post by Shadowman99 »

XO without a doubt for me in the #1 spot, but I was really torn between two series for the #2 spot:

Divinity on a whole has been great, but I really enjoyed Bloodshot prior to BS:R...

Had to be Bloodshot based purely on 'enjoyment/entertainment factor', rather than 'quality storytelling'
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Post by DirtbagSailor »

Even though I didn't vote for it due the existence of Imperium, Ivar, and Rai, let's NOT forget that Wrath of the Eternal Warrior was quite impressive!

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Post by nycjadie »

Ninjak, dudes! Come on! From non-Valiant fans, I hear the most love for Ninjak, and I think it's a great run.

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Harbinger, Imperium.
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Post by mkb28 »

X-O Manowar and Harbinger for me! Although, I could have gone with Ninjak and Imperium. :hm:

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Post by RDNacho »

Enjoyed every title on this list, my favorites are

1. Quantum and Woody
2. Archer and Armstrong
3. Bloodshot Reborn

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Post by jmatt »

Jeez, how do you pick? So many good choices.

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Here's the score so far:

Archer & Armstrong (7)
Imperium (7)
X-O Manowar (5)
Harbinger (5)
Bloodshot Reborn (4)
Ivar, Timewalker (3)
Divinity (3)
Shadowman (2)
Bloodshot (1)
Ninjak (1)
Unity (0)
Rai (0)
Wrath of the Eternal Warrior (0)
A+A (0)
Faith (0)



I can't believe Shadowman has more votes than Rai and Eternal Warrior.
I wonder what would've happened if I allowed three votes... :hm:

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Post by TheFerg714 »

My Order:
God Tier
1) Archer & Armstrong
2) Harbinger

Demigod Tier
3) Imperium
4) Bloodshot Reborn
5) X-O Manowar
6) Divinity

Great Tier
7) Rai
8) Faith
9) Wrath of the Eternal Warrior

Really Good Tier
--) Quantum & Woody
10) Ivar, Timewalker
11) Ninjak

Special Award for Most Drastic Shift in Quality :clap:
12) Unity

Meh Tier
13) Bloodshot (and HARD Corps)

Not Very Good Tier
14) Shadowman
15) A+A

EDIT: I forgot to add Quantum & Woody!!! Ugh, sorry guys...

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Post by depluto »

Imperium is still my all-time favorite. For the current stuff I love Ninjak.

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Post by agent_graves »

With so many great books, but only two votes, I had to ride out with my favorites, because one of them might not get a vote otherwise, a real shame. :cry:

Shadowman...#0 & #10 It hasn't been two better issues yet, imho of course. Imperium #7 & #8, the only two issues I can think of, that even come close. For me, that makes up for the rest of the debacle, in that second half of the run, and End Times! :D

Divinity... Has gotten better with each mini, story/art/inks/colors, the whole team. It's Amazing! :clap:

Rounding out my top 5...

Imperium... This book was so good, it hurt to see it cancelled. Superb Sh!t! :clap:

Rai... No votes for Rai, really?! This book kicks *SQUEE*. Lula Lee and Spylocke, great characters. :thumb:

Ninjak...I think Kindt milked the Shadow Seven a bit much overall during his run, but still, it was consistently good. Colin King, the charming *SQUEE*, gotta love that guy. :lol:
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Post by agent_graves »

TheFerg714 wrote:Here's the score so far:

Archer & Armstrong (7)
Imperium (7)
X-O Manowar (5)
Harbinger (5)
Bloodshot Reborn (4)
Ivar, Timewalker (3)
Divinity (3)
Shadowman (2)
Bloodshot (1)
Ninjak (1)
Unity (0)
Rai (0)
Wrath of the Eternal Warrior (0)
A+A (0)
Faith (0)



I can't believe Shadowman has more votes than Rai and Eternal Warrior.
I wonder what would've happened if I allowed a three votes... :hm:
15 titles. 5 votes seemed adequate...
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Post by Shadowman99 »

Divinity and Imperium have both been amazing, but for me it's all about the feeling of enjoyment so although it kinda kills me to only have two votes and not vote for these two comics, I still feel my votes were put in the right place for me with XO and Bloodshot :)
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Harbinger is for sure my #1 pick. #2 was a tough call between 2012 X-O Manowar and 2012 Archer & Armstrong. I gave it to X-O barely due to the longer series length and the epic space content of the series.
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1. Archer & Armstrong
2. Harbinger (I count Imperium as a continuation of Harbinger)
3. Ivar, Timewalker
4. XO Manowar
5. Divinity

In fairness, I haven't finished the Reborn run yet, but it is good.
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agent_graves wrote:No votes for Rai, really?! This book kicks *SQUEE*. Lula Lee and Spylocke, great characters
Yeah, I was torn there. I took X-O and Imperium. But Rai and Ninjak and Harbinger are right up there, too.

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jmatt wrote:
agent_graves wrote:No votes for Rai, really?! This book kicks *SQUEE*. Lula Lee and Spylocke, great characters
Yeah, I was torn there. I took X-O and Imperium. But Rai and Ninjak and Harbinger are right up there, too.
I loved Rai, but it's not in my top two. If the poll were for best artwork in a series, then Rai would be on top for me at least!
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Josh Dysart still claims the top two spots for my personal favourite VEI series to date. There are certainly other strong contenders such as FVL's A&A or Ivar, Timewalker - but no one else has quite the same level of craft in their storytelling as Dysart to me.
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10/10 - Harbinger, Imperium

9/10 - A&A Vol.1, BS Reborn, Divinity, Wrath

8/10 - Ninjak, Timewalker, Rai, X-O

7/10 - Bloodshot Vol. 1, EW Vol. 1, Faith, Q&W

6/10 - Shadowman, Unity

5/10 - A+A, GenZero


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