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Hello, I first found this site around five years ago, but only visited rarely. I began reading and collecting Valiant comics in 1991 at eight years old when my older cousin gave me one of the first Solars. I thought the art in all of the Valiant books was amazing, as a kid Joe Quesada was my favorite. I used to use tracing paper to copy all of the covers. While I did read the books, back then the reading was a little too dense for me to fully understand what was actually going on. Solar and Turok were my favorite characters. I still have all of the books I bought when I was a kid in a long box at my mother’s house.

When my mom would give me some money I would go to my LCS and always get a valiant comic and maybe a Spawn or The Maxx ( I used to draw The Maxx on everything ), or a pack of basketball cards. One day I came home with Bloodshot #6 and #8, my mom was Pissed and scolded me for buying violent comic books. I guess those covers were kind of graphic.

I thought Valiant Vision was sweet and I would wear the glasses all over the place when I wasn’t reading comics; they made everything look cool. My favorite cover was X-O #21 and it might as well still be, I remember it the best.

In ’93 when I was in the 5th grade my teacher gave my class a project to write a letter to a company that we liked. Most of the kids wrote to companies trying to get free candy bars, and so on. I wrote to Valiant explaining how much I loved Turok. I remember saying I like how Turok fights dinosaurs. They did not send me a candy bar, but they did write me back on a Valiant post card telling me that somebody who worked on Turok pinned my letter up on a wall in the office, which I thought was extremely awesome. The post card they sent me remained tacked to my bedroom wall until I graduated high school and I think I still have it somewhere.

In middle school, high school, and college I loved playing basketball and lost track of Valiant, but I was aware when all of the glory had come to an end. It created a void in my soul and I realized that Valiant had been like a comfort blanket that I assumed was always going to be there for me, but was now gone. After college I have been reading all things Vertigo and The Walking Dead. When I heard that Dark Horse/Shooter planned on bringing back some old characters it ignited an old flame from childhood and that is when I started frequenting these forums. I am bummed that Magnus, Turok, and Solar are again no longer, I was enjoying those books. I hope that someday they find their way back to the Valiant universe.

Thank you for having me here. I will do my best to contribute often.

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Welcome to the board!

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Welcome!

Just so you're not confused if people think you're someone else...
a former member on this board used the name "ManofTheAtom" and had 10,000+ posts.
(Currently #15 on this list...)
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Don't be surprised if some of the members here think you might be him.
If it's a problem, I can change your username to something else if you prefer.

Again, welcome!

nice story...surprised you didn't get a gold rather than a postcard....anywho...

keep posting!

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Cool Thanks.
I think I will stick with it and see how it goes.
It took me hours to come up with a name.
Not sure if I will be able to get to 10,000 posts in four years, but we will see. Thanks again.

No problem... just be ready to say, "Sorry, I'm not Mike."

blame it on the goat that's on a first name basis with the legion...

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Welcome Neighbor!

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Welcome!

Welcome to the board.

I think you're the first person to ever say they wore the VV glasses all over the place....

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Perhaps not the ONLYTHEVALIANT person...



Go, Jonesy!

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Hey, look! I have a podcast!
And a Website!
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If I win an argument, it doesn't mean I'm right. It means I'm a better arguer.

In addition, I'm right.

Hahaha...yeah, I remember when he posted that pic, but I don't think he wore them all over the place....

Welcome!

Welcome

-Brian

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Welcome, and great story!

I wonder if 8 year old kids can afford $4 comic books these days... It's kinda like baseball. When I was growing up, I could watch every Mets and Yankee game on tv for free. But now that you have to purchase a premium channel in order to do so, I wonder if MLBB is killing their future audience...

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Welcome

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Welcome. Joe Q was my favorite as well.

I loved Joe Q on the ray mini. When he came to valiant and did XO #0, kicked off Ninjak, dressed up some Solar cover, man... I was in heaven!

Welcome aboard,
Carson

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Hi Mike!

Yes, I know you are not Mike.

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