Valiant Era Companion #1

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Valiant Era Companion #1

Post by JonesyAZ »

Okay...

After reading Solar 10-11 yesterday, I decided to bust out Valiant Era Companion #1 since it looked to be related to that story.

Is it just me, or did that comic suck? Lol...it just seemed sloppily put together and am I wrong that the story contradicted Gilad in the Solar books? In Solar 10 or 11, Gilad mentions that he and Harada are "friends," yet in the companion, the two act as if they never met? Am I missing something?

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Been awhile since I read it, but I don't remember being that impressed with it.

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The book definitely felt like a throw-away. I guess it just surprised me that the story didn't seem to be written in 100% continuity. BUT...i'm hoping that maybe y'all can elighten me in case I missed something in the issue? Lol...

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Daniel Jackson wrote:Been awhile since I read it, but I don't remember being that impressed with it.
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Daniel Jackson wrote:Been awhile since I read it, but I don't remember being that impressed with it.
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I read it first time last week and was disappointed

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JonesyAZ wrote:am I wrong that the story contradicted Gilad in the Solar books? In Solar 10 or 11, Gilad mentions that he and Harada are "friends," yet in the companion, the two act as if they never met? Am I missing something?
The companion seems to be written with this in mind, but they didn't pull it off completely. That must be why Gilad asks for Nicoletti's memory to be cleaned, just to avoid a contradiction with the meeting of the two in Solar 10. The idea must be that the companion shows how they became friends, but since the companion takes place maximum a few months before Solar 10, it doesn't feel completely realistic.

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None of the companion pieces were impressive imo. They were just supposed to give someone who owned all those issues an incentive to but the trades so that they didn't miss anything.

Was the blue harby 0 only available through the trade? If so, that would be my one exception-even though it's a reprint!

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I like the X-0 cutaways. :?

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I like the cutaways, but calling that a bonus was pretty week. That one in particular - remember thinking, "That's it?"

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So, if none of you liked the Valiant Era Companion, I'll take it off your hands for ya!!
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I got that issue when I won a huge lot of Eternal Warrior comics off e-bay. And so far it was the worst thing I have read from Valiant.

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newt138 wrote:I got that issue when I won a huge lot of Eternal Warrior comics off e-bay. And so far it was the worst thing I have read from Valiant.
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What are the companions? Are they just like a database type of book or an actual comic with word balloons, etc?

:hm:

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rasputin9977 wrote:What are the companions? Are they just like a database type of book or an actual comic with word balloons, etc?

:hm:
Actual individual comic - came bagged with the Valiant Era TPB
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BruceReville wrote:
rasputin9977 wrote:What are the companions? Are they just like a database type of book or an actual comic with word balloons, etc?

:hm:
Actual individual comic - came bagged with the Valiant Era TPB
Thanks. Looks like I have some more Valiant issues to hunt down.

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How many of these companions are there?


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