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Your opinion? What VEI reboot is furthest departure from VH1

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I am thinking Dr Mirage but before her maybe Shadowman. I think it's a marvelous choice VE made to keep the characters roughly the same. Not merely familiar but almost the same, I think.
I've been looking everywhere for the ultra-rare Turok vs Blister issue. Anybody able to help me out?

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Unity.

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Deathmate

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The obvious answer is Quantum & Woody, since they weren't part of Valiant (VH1). :lol:

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Good answers, all, and the Unity one caught me off guard because it isn't really a character, per se, but man oh man you are right
I've been looking everywhere for the ultra-rare Turok vs Blister issue. Anybody able to help me out?

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Psi-Lords

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The obvious ones are taken. Torque, Kris, and @x all have tp be up there too.
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Rai. This version is. I thing like the original.

Shadowman is loser to the Acclaim version than VH1.

Dr. Mirage is also a bit of a departure even beyond the gender switch.

Livewire is very different.

Unity and Deathmate seem more like preservation of an IP than any sort of “reboot”.

Bloodshot as a character is pretty similar but the Angelo Mortalli/mafia angle is missing.

Q+W just wasn’t any good, even though it wasn’t THAT big of a departure overall.
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BugsySig wrote:Q+W just wasn’t any good, even though it wasn’t THAT big of a departure overall.
I didn't want it to be a "real" part of the Valiant Universe, except as a silly show on Cartoon Network in the Valiant Universe.
Much like Scooby Doo isn't really part of our world, it's fantasy/entertainment only... that's how Q&W should be in the Valiant Universe (in my opinion).

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Savage is farthest from Turok.
Divinity is even farther from Solar! :o

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Archer, he used to be cool in VH1 now he's just an idiot with every psiot power ever.

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The Destroyer. It’s almost like the VEI version never even existed.
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Aram wrote:The Destroyer. It’s almost like the VEI version never even existed.
Sorry, did I miss something here or is this just a tongue in cheek joke? I really don't know :lol:

Was 'The Destroyer' actually featured in a VEI comic somewhere and I missed it?
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Shadowman99 wrote:
Aram wrote:The Destroyer. It’s almost like the VEI version never even existed.
Sorry, did I miss something here or is this just a tongue in cheek joke? I really don't know :lol:

Was 'The Destroyer' actually featured in a VEI comic somewhere and I missed it?
I believe it was briefly mentioned by the bleeding monk or Harada (recounting what the monk told him) re: what Pete would become. Way back in the 1st or second arc of Dysarts Harbinger.
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