Book of the Month - January 2019

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Which Book Was Best? (January 2019)

Poll ended at Fri Mar 01, 2019 12:21:52 pm

Faith: Dreamside #4
1
5%
Shadowman #11
8
36%
X-O Manowar #23
6
27%
Livewire #2
3
14%
Bloodshot Rising Spirit #3
1
5%
New Year Ice Cream
3
14%
 
Total votes: 22

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Book of the Month - January 2019

Post by jeremycoe »

What was the best book released by Valiant in January 2019?

Shadowman #10 won December, with Ninja-K #14 in second.

You have 2 votes, use them wisely.
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Re: Book of the Month - January 2019

Post by TheFerg714 »

Man, January was rough, and February looks to be in even worse shape.

Great
Shadowman 11

Good
X-O Manowar 23

Passable
Livewire 2
Faith: Dreamside 4

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Re: Book of the Month - January 2019

Post by Dallow Spicer1 »

Wow, slim pickings this month. Possibly the worst month in VEI history.

Great

None! :?

Solid

1) XO Manowar #23

Average

2) Livewire #2

Not good facepalm

3) Bloodshot Rising Spirit #3

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Re: Book of the Month - January 2019

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Dallow Spicer1 wrote:Wow, slim pickings this month. Possibly the worst month in VEI history.

Great

None! :?

Solid

1) XO Manowar #23

Average

2) Livewire #2

Not good facepalm

3) Bloodshot Rising Spirit #3
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Re: Book of the Month - January 2019

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syzhang28 wrote:
Dallow Spicer1 wrote:Wow, slim pickings this month. Possibly the worst month in VEI history.

Great

None! :?

Solid

1) XO Manowar #23

Average

2) Livewire #2

Not good facepalm

3) Bloodshot Rising Spirit #3
Is it fair to all the writers, artists and executives who have left to still call this VEI? DMG Valiant? Or at least some kind of post-Unity type designation. Post-Dinesh? Post-Shamdasani?
Yeah the post Dinesh period does seem significant enough to label it differently. DMG Valiant!

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Re: Book of the Month - January 2019

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Dallow Spicer1 wrote:
syzhang28 wrote:
Dallow Spicer1 wrote:Wow, slim pickings this month. Possibly the worst month in VEI history.

Great

None! :?

Solid

1) XO Manowar #23

Average

2) Livewire #2

Not good facepalm

3) Bloodshot Rising Spirit #3
Is it fair to all the writers, artists and executives who have left to still call this VEI? DMG Valiant? Or at least some kind of post-Unity type designation. Post-Dinesh? Post-Shamdasani?
Yeah the post Dinesh period does seem significant enough to label it differently. DMG Valiant!
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Re: Book of the Month - January 2019

Post by grendeljd »

I put Shadowman #11 & XO #23 as my top vote-getters, but even those two books were a bit weak to me.

Much as I've really enjoyed the Shadowman series to date, I thought this last arc was a bit of a weak finish. I am very glad to see Shadowman brought back into a position where he will be a stronger character again going forward in whatever books they throw him into next, its just deeply disappointing that this run is ending prematurely.

And XO wasn't too bad overall, but it ended up being my second vote by default only because the other choices this month were far worse & even more disappointing [to me, at least]. Sorry to be making such a negative post, but this felt like a really poor month among many poor months lately.
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Re: Book of the Month - January 2019

Post by hawkeyeps »

I voted Shadowman and Ice cream, first time I ever voted Ice cream.

Good news is VCR just got a dump of 4 books coming out and they ranged from solid to great so I'm optimistic.

Rough month for sure though.


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