It's Time to Read Some VALIANT

[400yrs]

So I've decided to re-read / read my Valiant comics. My reason is that I want to see what I want to keep and what I don't enjoy so that I can get rid of those books and get back some short box space.

I plan to read at least 5 books per week, but should be able to get a few more down. If I get to a point in a certain series where I'm not enjoying it and it becomes painful to read, I'm probably going to stop reading that series.

I'm going with the release date order. It seems like that would be the simplest way to read the books. If there's something else that makes more sense, give a shout, but I'm not getting nutty like MOTA going with chronological order.

As I go through, I'm going to wipe out the copy/pasted detail stuff aside from the issue numbers and rate the story/art/sequential art/overall 1-10 and maybe put a general comment to remember what I read. House art will probably get a 5 or 6 by default and the overall score will trend moreso with story (because that's what I care about). Sequential art score will trend with the story score unless there is a big problem sequentially or there is masterful storytelling.

Key:
E = Earth
FW = freewill
H = Harada
L = Leeja
M = Magnus
S = Solar
SAs = Spider aliens
Sy = Synchron
X = Xyrkol

* green * = good enough that it will be on my re-read list
green = liked it alot (probably would re-read)
blue = good (may re-read)
indigo = eh. take it or leave it (probably wouldn't re-read)
red = sucked (why did I buy this?)

VEI HC reads will only be rated on story, not art.


9/22-9/25/10 9 full issues (9)
Magnus Robot Fighter # 1 * 8/6/8/8 * - Origin of T1, 1A & other FWs. M conflicted with 01X - FW rob leader
Magnus Robot Fighter # 2 * 8/6/4/7 * - FW suicides, FWs resonate/vibrate, 01X wages war, M charged w/ treason. Action scenes a sequential mess
Magnus Robot Fighter # 3 * 8/6/8/8 * - intro Elzy, W23=Tekla, great cliffhanger ending.
Magnus Robot Fighter # 4 * 9/7/9/9 * - D: 01X; M destroys mainbrain; M removes receiver, becomes a "free man"; Tekla(W23) "teaching" Leeja is hokey
Solar 'Alpha & Omega' # 0 tpb * 8/9/10/8 * - Dr. Manhattan go BOOM! BWS art, storytelling superb; Layton intro induced
Solar, Man of the Atom # 1 6/8/8/7 - Not much happens, art by Perlin is really good. Seaborn Adamson's intro in the tpb is excellent
Magnus Robot Fighter # 5 * 7/6/7/7 * 1: Slagger, Ambassador Tsuda; M to go to Japan
Rai (mini-series) # 1 * 8/7/8/8 * 1: Grandmother, Rai, Tohru (dad) Kazuyo (mom) Takashi (baby); K is anti-grannie, To becomes new Rai; great colors
Solar, Man of the Atom # 2 7/7/7/7 - Phil, A&O Phil, Solar; start to see the weave.
Magnus Robot Fighter # 6 * 8/6/7/7 * Weave of Rai, M continues, M decides not to destroy grannie
Rai (mini-series) # 2 * 8/7/8/8 * Tohru is the 42nd Rai; Grannie gets virus; Takashi taken, invasion begins; fantastic colors

9/26-10/2 11 issues (20)
Solar, Man of the Atom # 3 7/6/7/7 1: Harbinger, Harada, Thumper, Gentle Puff, Ms Ando, Mr Kuramoto, Harada v Solar, Bad Phil meets Pierce
Magnus Robot Fighter # 7 * 7/5/7/7 * Rai v Mag; M fixes Grannie; grannie and 1A merge
Rai (mini-series) # 3 * 7/7/7/7 * Rai v Mag; 1: Commando class X-O armor < manowar class, Spider Aliens (human form);
Solar # 4 8/8/8/8 "It's not just a reactor, it's a wish machine." Current/ Future A&O/Doc Solar merge; A&O Solar remains and "wishes" disaster away by absorbing radiation.
Harbinger # 1 7/6/6/7 1:Pete, Kris, Faith, Flamingo, Torque, Weasel, Eel, Lump; Pretty apparent that Sting = Cyclops, Harada = Magneto
Magnus Robot Fighter # 8 * 8/7/8/8 * "Enter the Dragon" Grannie defends Japan; M&R help Solar; K gets commando ring; Coloring = Wow!
Rai (mini-series) # 4 * 7/7/7/7 * Solar defeats Spider Aliens; 1A+Grannie=Grand One - leaves Japan
Magnus Robot Fighter # 0 5/4/5/5 ok, but doesn't add to storyline. Probably should be read before Mag #1, but still forgetable
Solar, Man of the Atom # 5 6/5/6/6 Solar visits / fights SAs in Peru; Dialogue getting uber geeky
Vintage Magnus # 1 4/4/4/4 H8; The tunic is disturbingly short.
Harbinger # 2 6/--/--/-- VEI HC coloring by Dennis Calero is terrible in this issue. TERRIBLE.
Magnus Robot Fighter # 9 * 8/6/8/8 * Leeja chooses to stay w/ robs. North Am shoots Hadron Cannon at Synchron (rob city). No effect.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 6 8/6/8/8 Solar board SA ship and tries to free hostages

10/3-10/9/10 - 6 issues (26)
Vintage Magnus # 2 4/3/4/4 It seems the point of these is to supplement the current Xyrkol story with the GK stuff. eh
X-O Manowar # 1 8/7/8/8 "Ho!" It's Aric vs. Lydia and the hard skins.
Harbinger # 3 7/--/--/-- 1: Ax-Hole and Rexo. Ax joins SAs. VEI coloring MUCH better in this issue.
Magnus Robot Fighter # 10 6/6/6/6 Xyrkol's mind restored by Pres Clane. X made leader of gophs. ok story, not much character stuff
Rai # 1 * 8/7/8/7 * 1: Rentaro Nakadai (Tohru's dad); Rai fights beside wife agnst healers, bad Grannie. Good set up and background info for a 1st issue.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 7 5/5/5/5 X-O armor (spider alien) vs. Solar. Word balloons only on 2 pages. Rest was thought.

10/10-10/16/10 - 10 total issues 9 read, 1 FAIL (36)
Vintage Magnus # 3 2/3/2/2 Dr Noel; Max suckage achieved. I'll be skimming the last issue. Blegh.
X-O Manowar # 2 7/--/--/-- Ho! Encino Man vs. Lydia. Ho!
Harbinger # 4 (with coupon) 7/--/--/-- Kids split up and get back together right away agnst Axe.
Magnus Robot Fighter # 11 * 9/7/9/9 * - Great issue. X goes nuts on E, L saves M who is captured by X; L & M save Sy&E, truce declared b/n Sy&E, L&M pardonned; L prone boned by X.
Rai # 2 8/7/8/8 1: Ice Spike; people hooked on Neopium
Solar, Man of the Atom # 8 7/7/7/7 1: Kama (Dragon of Bangkok), 1: ? Mr. Drahushuk; Kama gives humans to SAs, provides passage; H & S defeat her.
Vintage Magnus # 4 --/--/--/-- FAIL. I forced myself past the talking dog, but I couldn't stomach that AND the robot with Mickey Mouse ears.
X-O Manowar # 3 *9/--/7/--*app: S, H; 1: Orb Ind, Karl Breznoff (Sniper); Great story, fights, X-O kills, defends humans; problems w/ action panel sequencing.
Harbinger # 5 * 8/--/--/-- * 1:? Puff; app: Thumper, H, S; Puff blew up a tower in Dallas; Pete helps Puff control his powers by popping into S's mind to see how he controls his power.
Magnus Robot Fighter # 12 7/5/6/7 1: Turok, Andar, Lost Land (Savage); Natives vs. Dr. Laslo Noel; Noel stuck in robot dino

10/17-10/23/10 - 13 issues read (49)
Rai # 3 6/6/6/6 Rai and Kazuyo (wife) attacked by healers. Rai trapped in Nerveweb. Kazuyo attacked by Makiko Minashi. Little forward mvmt
Solar, Man of the Atom # 9 8/6/8/8 1, D: God Baby; Pierce reveals she was in the accident, learns she is pregnant, baby kills people then dissapates.
X-O Manowar # 4 6/6/6/6 C:Boniface, Lydia; A&K go to NO to meet H and become allies.
Shadowman # 1 * 8/7/8/8 * 1: Jack Boniface (Shadowman), app: Lydia who tries to suck him dry. Not too much happened, but this was a great change of pace from the previous reads. I'm glad to be getting to Shadowman.
Solar Man of The Atom #10 * 9/6/9/9 * 1: Gilad Annipadda, Geoff & Buck McHenry. O: G; G, EW meet S, Harada, eggbreakers show up for fight.
Harbinger #6 7/--/6/-- D: Torque, The weapon that kills Torque jumps around / disappears from panel to panel
Harbinger #0 6/--/--/-- quick origin. Good, but cliche - guy forces girl to do his will, etc
X-O Manowar #5 7/--/--/-- Aric misses home, Ken betrays Aric, Ax steals X-O armor but can't hack it.
Shadowman #2 * 8/7/8/8 * 1: Nettie, Scott, full costume (by Nettie); 1st mention of voodoo, fights Samide
Magnus Robot Fighter #13 * 9/8/9/9 * Surprisingly good, painted art? O: 1a, Magnus, 1a experimented and mutated people / things to be robot fighters. Baby Magnus was perfect. 1a put muties all in "The Asylum" so as not to kill them. Magnus realizes he has been on the wrong side.
Rai #4 5/5/5/5 pretty boring. Rai exiles himself from Japan.
Solar Man of The Atom #11 5/5/5/5 solar is talky; Pierce kills abusive hubby, "dies"
Archer & Armstrong #0 * 9/9/9/9 * One of my favs back in the day, still one of my favs

10/24-10/30/2010 - 11 issues read (60)
Harbinger #7 5/5/5/5 All Torque funeral issue. Forced funeral.
X-O Manowar #6 5/7/7/6 The 3 panel layouts were refreshing for a valiant book. X-O fights Ken. Gets out of armor, beats him. Gives Ken a steel arm.
Shadowman #3 5/6/6/5 SM vs. Sosa and child porn ring.
Magnus Robot Fighter #14 7/6/7/7 M kills Grand One Art was definitely rushed on this one.
Rai #5 6/6/6/6 - President killed, rai leaves with son and ends up on earth for unity
Unity #0 7/6/7/7 subpar art for BWS. Second Erica Pierce has plans to wipe out what Solar has done.
Eternal Warrior #1 * 8/7/8/8 * I'm not 100% certain, but I think this is the first valiant book where the art extends outside the panel a bit. That's so much better. Story spanning history. Kalam (Gilad's son) survives attack and has sons later - Gilgamesh and a king
Archer & Armstrong #1 7/8/8/7 - 1st mention of "Archies". Plan to kill Mothergod.
Magnus Robot Fighter #15 4/2/4/4 Holy *SQUEE* this is wordy. Bad art. Rokland tate and Ana Kawainui - geomancers. EW was psycho probed at some point. Pierce moves all of San Gabriel.
X-O Manowar #7 7/7/7/7 X-O vs. Dinosaurs. He rips one in half. What's cooler than that?
Shadowman #4 6/7/6/6 SM is brought to mothergod by Elzy. SM saves Mothergod from Solar. Nice colors.

10/31 - 11/6/2010 - 12 issues read (72)
Rai #6 7/6/7/7 Great colors, Rai sees Japan destroyed. gets *SQUEE*
Harbinger #8 7/6/7/7 Pete finds out baby is Torque's, hurts Pierce. Nice deep colors.
Solar Man of The Atom #12 5/5/5/5 Pierce kills other self, keeps herself and Albert young, kills Solar, wordy. Feels like I've read the same thing 20 times now.
Eternal Warrior #2 4/5/4/4 forgettable
Archer & Armstrong #2 6/6/6/6 Turok app, Albert gets Archer to shoot Mothergod, doesn't kill her
Magnus Robot Fighter #16 5/2/5/5 - More retreading, art was uneven and terrible in some spots, Magnus born to Kris
X-O Manowar #8 7/7/7/7 MG gives XO mega-bim then tries to take the armor. X-O has warrior followers skammrs. Nice art.
Shadowman #5 7/6/7/7 SM + Elya = Love; A&A appearance. SM fights them. Decides he should be agnst MG.
Rai #7 7/7/7/7 - D: Rai
Harbinger #9 7/7/7/7 Rai is back alive even though he died in the previous chapter. Geoff asks for baby Magnus
Solar Man of The Atom #13 7/8/8/7 Albert tries to kill MG, fails, Solar traps MG
Unity # 1 8/9/9/8 BWS art. Solar stops the reactor, defeats a black hole, sends everyone back to proper place. Elya and Jack split up. Solar takes M to future to 1a.

11/7/2010 - 11/13/2010 12 issues read (84)
Rai Companion - 5/5/5/5 - Geoff finds out about Mortalli, frees him. I tried to read the Unity timeline in the back of the tpb, but the background makes it hard to read. Bad choice there.
Archer and Armstrong # 3 8/8/8/8 BWS story, art; back in same spot before unity. They evade the sect, end up in Pope's room, sect is there
Eternal Warrior # 3 7/7/7/7 Aram vs. Gilad. I like the clean art style of John Dixon.
Harbinger # 10 5/5/5/5 The kids are back to finding other Harbingers (Shatiqua), Lapham appears to be imitating BWS, 1: Hard Corps
Magnus Robot Fighter # 17 4/4/4/4 Magnus kills Talpa after returning from lost land.
Rai # 8 5/5/5/5 Kazuyo kills Isao Seku, gets Takashi (son) back.
Shadowman # 6 5/5/5/5 SM vs rednecks.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 14 6/6/6/6 1: Fred Bender; Solar shows him what he does and creates another Pierce. This should be called "Going Back to the Well."
X-O Manowar # 9 7/7/7/7 Aric is returned to his time after Unity. Allies and enemies are agnst him. Aric buries himself at the end.
Archer and Armstrong # 4 7/7/7/7 vs. Sisters (brothers) of Doom; Spider-man reference
Eternal Warrior # 4 8/8/8/8 Gilad vs Caldone - dude who dies and comes back. I like the art.
Harbinger # 11 6/5/6/6 Harby vs HARD Corps

11/14/2010 - 11/20/2010 - 18 issues read (102)
Magnus Robot Fighter # 18 6/5/6/6 1: Mekman and Hu-mimicking; Magnus working for Elzy. Willow Tall Tree leaves goph lev.
Predator vs Magnus # 1 3/5/3/3 The only interesting part of this was the X-O helmet and how it knew the predator.
Rai # 0 * 9/7/9/9 *
Shadowman # 7 8/6/8/8 This one gets a high score because Jack's acquaintence recognized him as SM in costume.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 15 7/6/7/7 Bender decides it's easier to be villain than a hero.
X-O Manowar # 10 * 9/6/9/9 * Aric awakes from 1600 yr hibernation - This was easily the best return to present after the lost land out of all the titles. Ken takes the ring when Aric drops it. Contemplates using the armor, but realizes it's not for him. Aric gets it back and the armor has changed. Good humor in this issue.... especially the first page. This was the first issue that surprised me how good it was in quite a bit during this re-reading project.
Archer and Armstrong # 5 7/8/7/7 Archer meets Andromeda (Aram's wife) - hilarious comments. Flo - dino.
Eternal Warrior # 5 6/6/6/6 Bloodshot app
H.A.R.D. Corps # 1 5/6/5/5 Micheline, Lapham, Layton. I didn't realize the big names were on this.
Harbinger # 12 5/5/5/5 "Revenge" Flamingo regrets nearly killing Rock.
Magnus Robot Fighter # 19 6/5/6/6 Mekman wants to be psycho probed. Is. E10 is an important robot.
Shadowman # 8 * 8/7/8/8 * Darque in the shadows. Heavy on the voodoo.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 16 6/5/6/6 Harada puts Phile and Gayle up in hotel. War with SAs about to start.
X-O Manowar # 11 7/6/7/7 Partial origin of armor; armor starts acting diff; Ken gays it up big time (not that there's anything wrong with that).
Archer and Armstrong # 6 5/7/6/5 Andromeda revealed to be the goddess.
Formation of the Sect - Original VEI follow-up. Could be called Formation of the Suct.
Eternal Warrior # 6 6/6/6/6 Darque tortures Buck McHenry to understnad how geomancers work. Gilad goes to put Buck out of misery.
H.A.R.D. Corps # 2 4/4/4/4 No character development, just fighting. Betteer turn around fast.
Harbinger # 13 3/4/3/3 Zeph and bum vs street thugs (z solo issue). This was the issue where things started south for me back in the day. If I wanted to read Elfquest, I would buy it. I hate Zeph.



11/21 - 11/27/2010 24 issues (126)
Magnus Robot Fighter # 20 6/7/6/6 Colon art looks good; like he had time; Young M on vacation to Mars, saves governor's daughter.
Predator vs Magnus # 2 3/4/3/3 M defeats Predator, wins X-O ring, but doesn't want it.
Shadowman # 9 7/6/7/7 SM vs. Sosa - SM knows his death date so he fights w/o caution.
X-O Manowar # 12 6/6/6/6 Shanhara breeds every 2K yrs; giving Aric some problems. In space vs. SA
Solar, Man of the Atom # 17 6/6/6/6 Solar vs XO vs SAs; Solar convinces Aric to take off armor and fight SA champion.
Archer and Armstrong # 7 5/6/6/5 Armstrong fights, Archer writes
Bloodshot # 1 5/5/5/5 Angelo Mortalli (BS) vs other dudes with nanite blood.
Eternal Warrior # 7 6/6/6/6 EW vs MD; D: Buck McHenry
H.A.R.D. Corps # 3 6/4/6/6 Some character development. much better story
Harbinger # 14 6/6/6/6 Kris thinks of Magnus. Less Zeph = better issue
Magnus Robot Fighter # 21 4/4/4/4 Malev 6, Magnus learns that the bad dude took over Grand One. Forgettable
Shadowman # 10 * 9/8/9/9 * The best Shadowman book. Fantastic art and panel layouts. Darque and Sandria capture SM.
X-O Manowar # 13 7/6/7/6 Aric fights SA Champ, wins, SAs attack; Solar kills all SAs(did he blow up the moon?) Solar destroys spore of shanhara. Great cover
Solar, Man of the Atom # 18 6/5/6/6 Solar fixes problem that caused nuke in detroit first time around. Aric's isn't voiced properly in this
A & A 8 / EW 8 - 2/7/8/2 I'm very surprised I didn't like this issue, but I tried reading it a few times and it put me to sleep. Ended up skimming. 1: Ivar?
Bloodshot # 2 6/5/6/6 Fighting. Vs Ax
H.A.R.D. Corps # 4 5/5/5/5 - HC finds a Harada ship that is filled with gold bars.
Harbinger # 15 7/6/7/7 Great cover. More Harada.
Magnus Robot Fighter # 22 6/4/6/6 D: Willow Talltree; more humans recycled,
Shadowman # 11 *10/9/10/10* second B Hall issue just gets better. SM and his GF Margo become death runners. Fantastic storytelling in the art.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 19 4/3/4/4 Solar and Gayle do virtual reality and fight the machine. Must've been during the VR kick in the 90s. This is dated.
X-O Manowar # 14 4/4/4/4 Jurassic Park story swiped. Art is really not my style.
Archer and Armstrong # 9 * 8/7/8/8 * A vs A; Darque gives Mademoiselle Noir a potion to slip Armstrong for him to kill Gilad. Armstrong tries to stop him, A vs A; nice art and colors
Bloodshot # 3 4/5/4/4 Bloodshot vs. mob

11/28/2010 - 12/4/2010 - 42 issues read (168)
H.A.R.D. Corps # 5 3/5/3/3 Bloodshot app, mob vs. bloodshot and HC, shakespeare missing.
Eternal Warrior # 9 4/4/4/4 EW gets the Book of Geo, fights 2 Darque goons. This issue felt unneccessarily long.
Harbinger # 16 4/5/4/4 Pete tries to get 2 disillusioned eggbreakers on his side, they choose no side. This basically is a repeat of an earlier issue. Ax appearance.
Magnus Robot Fighter # 23 6/7/6/6 Malev War cont'd. Izak - traveling with M turns into a monster; robot art is really neat. coloring good.
Shadowman # 12 * 9/9/9/9 * Darque making final sacrifices. Sandria and Jack stop him, art, colors are fantastic.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 20 5/4/5/5 Gayle defeats the VR bad guy, learns that Phil killed her other version. Phil goes to space and finds the Malev ship.
X-O Manowar # 15 4/4/4/4 W/ Turok vs. Dinosaurs
Archer and Armstrong # 10 6/8/6/6 Cute story. Archer meets Ivar who pulls a Bill and Ted. Satchel stealing kid is back.
Bloodshot # 4 5/5/1/5 BS and EW vs. Mob. Malev pages right in the middle. WTF?
Eternal Warrior # 10 4/4/4/4 Cat dude and another baddie try to get the Book of Geomancers.
H.A.R.D. Corps # 6 5/5/5/5 Hammerhead rescues Shakes from SAs. Shake's Nam buddy Aaron is working with the SAs
Harbinger # 17 7/4/7/7 1: Simon Morrell (unstable kid who can disappear); escapes from Harby Foundation and winds up with Harby kids. Pete allows him to go back to Harada after he realizes they can help him.
Magnus Robot Fighter # 24 6/5/6/6 Magnus, Leeja, Slagger, Elzy, Timbuc and Freewills against Malevelents. Malevs decide to take Japan.
Rai and the Future Force # 9 6/7/6/6 1: Takao (new Rai); Spylocke, new Rai got bloodshot blood from Grandmother
Shadowman # 13 7/7/7/7 No Hall, but good. SM's friend (Evans) kills his wife b/c she is unfaithful and other women.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 21 6/5/6/5 Darque and Sandria start messing with Phil. Phil starts getting *SQUEE*.
X-O Manowar # 16 5/5/5/5 X-O vs a group selling SA guns
Archer and Armstrong # 11 8/8/8/8 Armstrong is responsible for all the time warps, he built Stonehenge. Ivar travels through time to get back to Nefretete. Solar shows up and sends everyone back. When Ivar gets in the time-flow, F7 a robot jumps in with him and he may not end up in ancient Egypt.
Bloodshot # 5 6/5/6/6 Future EW and Rai (new one) save Rentaro Nakadai (old Rai) from Malevs while BS and current EW fight mob.
Eternal Warrior # 11 6/6/6/6 EW steals a crown from Nazi times for woman dying of cancer. Goes up agnst neo-nazis. flashback story
H.A.R.D. Corps # 7 4/4/4/4 Shakes saved, friend who was working with aliens killed. Revealed that Harade is trying to buy a country.
Harbinger # 18 5/4/5/5 1: Screen. Scout (webster lookalike who disappears) app, Harada is at Clinton's inauguration.
Magnus Robot Fighter # 25 7/4/7/7 Rokkie Tate (geo) and new 1A give M a letter from Mom M reads it and realizes he is human and a 2nd gen Harby (which is why he can smash robots). New uniform.
Rai and the Future Force # 10 7/5/7/7 Takao proves he is the true Rai when he gives a speech to unite Japan. Rai, EW, Mag, Elzy, Slagger, all others go after Malevs.
Shadowman # 14 * 8/10/10/9 * SM helps a redneck who is tormented by a group of a-holes. Art by Hall and Dixon and colors are fantastic. Flashback scenes look as good as Epting's recent Cap stuff.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 22 6/5/6/6 Darque is messing with Solar still. Awesome Quesada cover.
X-O Manowar # 17 6/4/6/6 X-O vs. the mob. Orb to develop land with mob bodies. Something is off in the art in this issue.... seems like it's the inks and colors. pencils look fine.
Archer and Armstrong # 12 5/6/5/5 I liked this issue back in the day, but now it's not as funny and it reads like BWS was running out of ideas.
Bloodshot # 6 5/5/5/5 1: Colin King; Weapons smugglers are being killed. BS starts his new life as "Mike Lazarus".
Deathmate Preview GREEN 2/5/2/2 This is a reprint of old Solar stuff and a few new pages with Prophet.
Eternal Warrior # 12 7/6/7/7 1: Immortal Enemy in Egypt 79 AD, again in present, one green eye, one brown. Takes over a nurse and then gets into Gilad.
H.A.R.D. Corps # 8 3/4/3/3 "Rookies" issue. chick joins. Harada is being stretched and forced into this book.
Harbinger # 19 5/5/5/5 Kids get Natalie Toynbee who is a pita. Kaliph (Iranian terrorist who can hypnotize) breaks into the kids house and takes Kris and Nat.
Magnus Robot Fighter # 26 2/4/2/2 I hate stories like this - a narrator in dialogue boxes. It's lazy. I skimmed it. Too bad that they put the Malevs origin in this issue. Crap.
Rai and the Future Force # 11 3/4/4/4 Malev War con'td. Fighting happens, Tekla returns yet again. Boring issue.
Shadowman # 15 7/7/7/7 Nice one off story, 1: RL McNeeley. a harbinger? who can give people visions when he touches them. He sees Elya and a bad / alien version of himself.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 23 7/6/7/7 1: Destroyer - Solar splits and creates Destroyer his darker half who wants to kill SAs. Darque caused it.
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 1 4/5/4/4 Turok finds new people, Serita; Monark attacks the tribe.
X-O Manowar # 18 7/7/7/7 There's more to Randy Cartier than there seems. Govt - Garrett and a senator take Randy hostage in Antarctica to try to get the armor.
Archer and Armstrong # 13 4/5/4/5 1st Gonzalez issue. He goes to the "get Archer laid" well. Sect shows up at the end of the story.
Bloodshot # 7 6/5/6/6 1: Ninjak in uni; the tricks he uses in this issue are neat. Ninjak hired by weaponeer.
Deathmate Preview ORANGE 3/5/3/3 A bit better than the last one, but Archer going after Shadowman doesn't make much sense. Grifter app


12/5 - 12/11/2010 - 31 issues (199)
Eternal Warrior # 13 7/5/7/7 no EW. Immortal Enemy still has him. He returns to his drug cartel family. Bloodshot next issue.
H.A.R.D. Corps # 9 2/5/2/2 Cameo Turok. Hammerhead goes camping with daughter, briefly loses power. It's because of dinosaurs. Kim finds out wife moved to Korea.
Harbinger # 20 5/6/5/5 rescue Pete and Nat Toynbee in Iran. Nat decides to go back to Harada. Didn't this just happen a few issues ago too. How about a new idea?
Magnus Robot Fighter # 27 5/5/5/5 Noel is back, decides to destroy weather control which the malevs were using to their benefit, Mekman is back as a robot.
Rai and the Future Force # 12 6/5/6/6 Rai and group vs. slavers (Vaklaw is a half Cyborg who leads them), Rai mindlocks Vank's arm and forces him to kill himself. Leeja in slave outfit.
Shadowman # 16 7/8/8/7 in NY Jack plays shows and takes out drug dealers; 1: Dr. Mirage and wife. She helps him get away from the big boss. Sandria Darque steals his bike a wrecks it.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 24 6/5/6/6 Solar visits Harada to find if it was him that controlled Solar, it wasn't. Destroyer is on Saturn. Found old SA ship. MIGNOLA cover
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 2 3/4/3/3 T kills Monark's mate.
X-O Manowar # 0 * 9/10/10/9 * Awesome in pretty much every way. Feels like I read the origin in another book recently, but still good.
X-O Manowar # 19 5/5/5/5 Aric and Randy trapped by Garrett and US govt. X-O ends up under a ton of ice.
Archer and Armstrong # 14 4/4/4/4 Attacked at their new home. Blonde neighbor kills other neighbor bobby (actor).
Bloodshot # 8 5/5/5/5 in London vs bad guys.
Deathmate Prologue 5/5/5/5 This first part actually wasn't that bad. Explorer Solar and Void = Love; Geoff and Prophet are trying to prevent "no future"
Deathmate Yellow 4/4/4/4 not terrible, but not valiant.
Deathmate Blue 3/4/3/3 I read this out of order, but it wasn't good.
Eternal Warrior # 14 5/5/5/5 Bloodshot and immortal enemy (caldone) fight. caldone ends up in a kid named Tommy
H.A.R.D. Corps # 10 2/4/2/2 App: Turok. This sucked. Dino / human halfbreed who gets nauseous trying to kill people
Harbinger # 21 5/5/5/5 Pete faces abusive dad who is in a coma - goes in his head
Magnus Robot Fighter # 28 6/8/7/7 Nice pencils (Calafoire), colors, panel layouts; Mekman defeated, not killed; M makes the hard choice of humans over saving Dr. Noel.
Rai and the Future Force # 13 6/5/6/6 Spylocke is a pretty cool character. Alot of lame-ish drama in this one.
Secret Weapons # 1 7/6/7/7 Darque creates Dr. Eclipse from Bender. Lots of things happening. Not bad for a first issue.
Shadowman # 17 8/8/8/8 Darque, SM, A&A come together in NO. Nettie is "Agnetta". She and Darque have known Aram for 150 years. Aram tells Jack what he is. Jack is to have his "demon" exorcised in the bayou, meanwhile nazis are getting ready to kill them all.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 25 6/6/6/6 This issue is mainly a re-hash of SW #1. I don't really care for that.
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 3 3/5/3/3 Turok vs. Monark again. appears to be dead this time.
X-O Manowar # 20 6/8/6/6 saves Randy, talks to H and he call Clinton to call the CIA dogs off. Aric is sick of the new world and gives the ring to Randy. Nice art and colors
Archer and Armstrong # 15 5/5/5/5 A&A go to get Aram's paintings back. All destroyed.
Bloodshot # 9 5/6/5/5 Jillian Alcott kidnapped (daughter of Neville) by Sosa and Mekkel. BS "kills" Sosa. Mekkel appears dead, but is not.
Eternal Warrior # 15 5/5/5/5 app: Bloodshot. Tanaka has a weapon that can kill BS - like a taser
H.A.R.D. Corps # 11 2/4/2/2 Ecto plasm morpher guy. Suckage.
Harbinger # 22 4/5/4/4 app A&A Forgettable
Magnus Robot Fighter # 29 5/5/5/5 cool cover. Malevs to take over south am.
Rai and the Future Force # 14 5/5/5/5 malevs in south am. M'ree dies

12/12/10 - 12/18/2010 - 14 issues read, 2 unread (215)
Secret Weapons # 2 6/6/6/6 Darque calls Eclipse back to be consumed by Demon he is conjuring. Eclipse is killed / scattered.
Shadowman # 18 6/7/7/6 SM struggles with Nettie lying
Solar, Man of the Atom # 26 6/5/6/6 SA "Rusk" has become mayor of Terminus, GA. Solar and Gayle expose him. Cover looks like a pre-unity cover.
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 4 7/7/7/7 Dr. Howell (woman) takes Turok to a reservation. He sees an old Andar. He wants T to teach his grandson Andy.
X-O Manowar # 21 6/6/6/6 Randy Vs Ax. She tears at his eyes.
Archer and Armstrong # 16 3/5/3/3 in Vegas vs. Sect. Lame humor.
Bloodshot # 10 3/5/3/3 in Vietnam vs dope runner. Former soldier
Deathmate Black - FAIL - Read first page only. Image artists and writers??? "Hell to the No!!"
Deathmate Red FAIL - Liefeld pin-ups throughout and Bloodshot on Youngblood. Pass.
Eternal Warrior # 16 5/5/5/5 BS app.
Secret Weapons # 3 5/5/5/5 1: speedshots. "It's illogical". Geoff to Livewire and Stronghold when they fail to save Gil: "You guys suck!"
Bloodshot # 11 5/5/5/5 vs. Iwatsu who was turned into a speedshot. BS kills him.
H.A.R.D. Corps # 12 3/5/3/3 HC sneak in a place and kill the shape shifter guy
Harbinger # 23 3/3/3/3 Harada takes over the girls and Shatiqua ends up dead. Pete suspects someone of giving info. Crappy art.
Rai and the Future Force # 15 5/5/5/5 Rai and Leeja get it on quickly, Tekla sees. Manowar armor resurfaces, nazis have it
Magnus Robot Fighter # 30 5/5/5/5 Spylocke knows about the z-o armor and is looking for the spore. M finds out about Leeja and Rai humping.

12/19/10 - 12/25/2010 - 7 read, 1 not read (223)
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 1 5/7/5/5 Hwen and Carmen Mirage study necromancy. They discover Darque
Shadowman # 19 4/6/4/4 Aerosmith. Meh.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 27 5/5/5/5 Solar sees aborigine. Destroyer finds SAs.
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter #5 4/5/4/4 Turok is hunted by a descendent of Davy Crockett. Allosaurs.
X-O Manowar # 22 5/5/5/5 Ho! Aric the Barbarian with the Yanomama, Randy decides to take care of "Wolfbridge" (I dont' remember what it is)
Archer and Armstrong # 17 3/3/3/3 Looking for riches and paintings underwater? What dumbass editor let this story fly?
Deatmate Tourbook - Nothing to see here. Move along, move along.
Eternal Warrior # 17 5/5/5/5 I read this a few days ago. don't remember it, but thought it was ok.

12/26 - 1/1/2011 18 issues (241)
Eternal Warrior Yearbook # 1 2/4/2/2 Failed Geomancer goes after Gilad. I didn't quite understand this and the art was confusing.Good concept, poor execution
H.A.R.D. Corps # 13 4/4/4/4 D: Superstar when invulnerability failed. Yay! Harada was farming humans in Iowa who could possibly breed harbingers.
Harbinger # 24 6/5/6/6 Sting goes nuts. Screen stops him from killing a few innocents
Magnus Robot Fighter # 31 5/5/5/5 Amazans and Dinos are allies. Fight with Magnus and crew to save the trees.
Rai and the Future Force # 16 5/5/5/5 D: Timbuc. Yay! Izak goes beserk. Timbuc and slagger each destroy a mainbrain. Kind of repeats Magnus
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 2 3/5/3/3 Darque is down, but they don't kill him. Thank goodness they don't try more husband and wife books.
Secret Weapons # 4 4/5/4/4 Eddie's drink is spiked by a crazy Dr. Albert. He absorbs everything.
Shadowman # 20 7/6/7/7 SM goes to his hometown. Visits mom, drunk dad. Finds out he is not dad, but step-father. Real Father was killed by stepfather and sheriff. Darque resurrects real father, Josiah Torrent, who was a snake charmer handler / preacher. SM puts him down. His step-father, Zach, is killed. Darque is about to kill mom and SM surrenders to him and agrees to do his will when needed. No Hall pencils, but good
Solar, Man of the Atom # 28 3/5/3/3 Destroyer is in trouble. Solar goes in Virtual reality to help him. Could've been 2 pages.
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 6 6/5/6/6 Turok kills Crockett and man who kept rare animals. Some humor in this one - "Modern Secutriy Guard" magazine.
X-O Manowar # 23 8/6/8/8 Predictable, but good issue. Armor looks different, ugly. Randy destroys the Wolfbridge camp and finds out she may have made a mistake. Aric tries to defend the Yanomamas from Spectar industries taking over the land. Village is burned and all are killed. Arice finds out it's a sub of Orb
Archer and Armstrong # 18 4/1/4/4 This cover has always *SQUEE* me off. If you are going to allow an artist to take a crack at a classic, at least use a decent artist!!
Bloodshot # 12 3/5/3/3 Day off issue - I usually like these, but it's not a day off issue. BS gets some *SQUEE*.
Eternal Warrior # 18 6/6/6/6 EW met Judas. Looking for another coin at a dig site. Janine is Noir (working for dark).
H.A.R.D. Corps # 14 3/5/3/3 Midnight (a kid with a gizmo) can neutralize their powers by making their power switches random.
Harbinger # 25 6/5/6/6 Sting v Harada. Sting loses powers, Harada dead? Sting leaves with Kris. I wish they would've used a better artist for this one.
Rai and the Future Force # 17 5/5/5/5 b/c of harby abilities, no one trusts Rai. Rai goes berserker. Malevs take over caribbean.
Magnus Robot Fighter # 32 5/5/5/5 First freewill Malev. He gives his life to protect children. Didn't really pick up from last issue.


1/2 - 1/8/2011 - 14 issues total, 1 not read (255)
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 3 4/5/4/4 "Domestic trouble". Hwen figures out a way to touch Carmen.
Secret Weapons # 5 3/4/3/3 app: Ninjak
Shadowman # 21 4/6/4/4 Time travel. He sees Elya and young Nettie held hostage by old shadowman.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 29 2/1/2/2 Valiant Vision. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 7 4/5/4/4 dinosaurs. spider tribe or something shows up.
Valiant Vision Starter Kit # 1 1/4/1/1 Read the explanation of the VV. sucked. 3d hurts my eyes.
X-O Manowar # 24 5/5/5/5 X-O is back. Randy and he het into a fight at a bar.
Archer and Armstrong # 19 2/4/2/2 *SQUEE* terrible. Armstrong kills or knocks out Duerst with breath from a liver and onion sandwich.
Armorines # 0 First Issue 2/5/2/2 No story, all science, blah, blah, blah. Go after X-O. blah blah
X-O Manowar # 25 3/5/3/3 Turns out the armorines going after X-O was a set up and a boo boo.
Bloodshot # 13 3/5/3/3 This was wordy for an action book. BS vs some dudes.
Deathmate Epilogue Hell no.
Eternal Warrior # 19 4/5/4/4 quest for the coins is over when Dr. Mirage absorbs the coin obtained from a Darque minion.
H.A.R.D. Corps # 15 3/5/3/3 Simkus kid with the switcher gizmo lets the corps escape.

1/9 - 1/15/2011 - 7 issues read (262)
Harbinger # 26 5/5/5/5 Blimp goes to Harby foundation in Missourri and joins.
Magnus Robot Fighter # 33 6/5/6/6 app: Ivar who ends up in the wrong time. He has to get out for the sake of the future.
Ninjak # 1 2/3/2/2 I like Q's pencils, but terrible colors kill them. Too many sound effects in this for me to give a crap about the story. Suckage.
Rai and the Future Force # 18 5/5/5/5 Gophs are slaves to upper class humans
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 4 1/5/1/1 A Darque Bull? Are you freeking kidding me Layton?
Secret Weapons # 6 4/4/4/4 vs. Spider aliens posing as vampires. Nothing really happens.
Shadowman # 22 5/6/5/5 Time travel. Jack vs. Maxim. Darque needs Sandria alive to stay alive.

1/16/ - 1/22/2011 21 issues (283)
Solar, Man of the Atom # 30 6/5/6/6 Dr. Ravenous - new villain. defeated. May've scored higher b/c this wasn't valiant vision, but it was still an ok story.
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 8 6/6/6/6 vs. Chichak and Spider tribe. "He who slays" shows up. Looks like a T-Rex
Archer and Armstrong # 20 5/5/5/5 first decent A&A in a while. Archer dresses as Santa. Archer joins a gang that turns out to be bad.
Bloodshot # 14 5/5/5/5 Mortalli helps the woman he was supposed to marry - Diana
Eternal Warrior # 20 4/5/4/4 Gilad tries to get home. He took the "Abrams" name from a guy who died in the Texas Revolution. Gil's hair grows fast.
H.A.R.D. Corps # 16 1/3/1/1 "Ditsy World" Sheesh
Harbinger # 27 5/5/5/5 road trip - zeph, ghost, jolt, they see spider alien who is protecting trees.
Magnus Robot Fighter # 34 4/4/4/4 Australia is the last human stronghold.
Rai and the Future Force # 19 3/4/3/3 Australia's Sundowners end up being future allies.
Bloodshot # 0 5/5/5/5 O: BS. Mortalli captured EW. Cheated on boss' daughter so he was set up and arrested. Turned over to project rising spirit to become the ultimate weapon.
Magnus Robot Fighter # 35 5/5/5/5 M lets L go to Rai, Mekman returns, M kills him. Leeja about to pop with Rai's kid
Rai and the Future Force # 20 5/5/5/5 Spylocke revealed while eating. Tekla commits suicide to save the group.
Magnus Robot Fighter # 36 6/5/6/6 O: Malevs - Solar created them. Rai and group meat up with Magnus. Milespire collapses on the group. only kazuyo is out.
Rai and the Future Force # 21 6/5/6/6 1: Starwatchers. Rai and Leeja's baby born.
Ninjak # 2 1/7/1/1 I have no clue what is going on in this book and I don't want to know.
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 5 5/5/5/5 A bit cheesy, but the story was fine. Darque needs the intangible Mirage to pull shadowman through a small time portal.
Shadowman # 23 6/7/7/6 Some very nice pages in this one. Sandria is restored by Jack.
Secret Weapons # 7 5/5/5/5 not too much happened in this issue, but it was a pleasant, well paced read. A murder was solved. Art is a bit cartoony. I like it.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 31 5/5/5/5 Solar traps Dr. Ravenous and leaves him there. Gayle's mom moves in, Solar's dad shows up.
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 9 5/5/5/5 T kills He Who Slays, befriends wormfeeder (india), Chichak and his people are caught for kidnapping little girl.
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 10 2/5/2/2 buffalos killed for virility. I don't get this issue. Mr. Fat introduced. Has a pet dino (velociraptor?).

1/23 - 1/29/2011 - 27 issues read (310)
Magnus/Nexus # 1 4/5/4/4
Magnus/Nexus # 2 2/5/2/2
Archer and Armstrong # 21 4/4/4/4 App: SM, Darque; Archer goes to get Darque for destroying the temple at Ladakh.
Archer and Armstrong # 22 4/4/4/4 App: SM, Darque; Sandria stops Darque from killing A&A
X-O Manowar # 26 6/6/6/6 Ken is sick of the arm. He saves Aric's life and Aric takes the arm off.
Harbinger # 28 7/6/7/7 Butch - Harbinger projects sonic blasts. O: Killed his parents.
Secret Weapons # 8 6/5/6/6 Livewire and Stronghold have financial probs. Gilad calls Harby foundation for them to go back.
Bloodshot # 15 4/5/4/4 Glide and Cinder fight BS. They are the ones blowing up planes
Harbinger # 29 (with card) 6/5/6/6 Mind control expirements on Livewire and Stronghold. Zep, Butch and others caught trying to find them.
Secret Weapons # 9 3/5/3/3 EW, BS and Geoff travel to find the Weaponeer's stash of weapons in a volcano. Webnet bad guys follow them.
Eternal Warrior # 21 4/5/4/4 Gilad takes out a madman with his hands on a nuclear trigger.
H.A.R.D. Corps # 17 2/4/2/2 Vs Armorines. one of the Arm recognizes Virgil and stops fighting them.
H.A.R.D. Corps # 18 3/4/3/3 vs. Armorines. disagreement is cleared up. fighting stops. Pretty pointless story.
Ninjak # 3 2/8/2/2 Colin sees old love. Nice art. panel frames on p1 are cool.
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 6 3/5/3/3 Dr. Dong and Carmen take a vacation to Aspen. Eclipse shows up.
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 7 3/5/3/3 vs Eclipse
Shadowman # 24 5/6/5/5 SM gives up mask. Rotwak - a crazy dude picks it and a gun up and tries to shoot a crazy HATE politician. Jack decides he wants his darque power again.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 32 4/5/4/4 Dad gives back the funding for the lab.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 33 4/3/4/4 Destroyer kills spider aliens.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 34 4/3/4/4 Destroyer kills spider aliens. Tries to save human slaves, but they are killed
Solar, Man of the Atom # 35 4/3/4/4 Destroyer kills spider aliens. Absorbs a sun to try to kill them and the crystals. Defeats 6 manowar soldiers.
X-O Manowar # 27 5/5/5/5 app: Turok, Stronghold, Livewire, Gilad. Vs. spider Aliens. Armor acting sluggish. SAs are builing tunnels below Aric's home.
Shadowman # 0 *9/9/9/9* O: Maxim St. James, Netty, Daque, Jack as SM, Sandria. Lydia infected Jack so he could never fully have the Darque power. Wrapped into #1 really well.
Bloodshot # 16 3/5/3/3 BS defends a Russian politician. Shots fired at the end.
Eternal Warrior # 22 4/5/4/4 Darque wants a copy of the Book of Necromantic Rituals. Gilad destroys it.
Secrets of the Valiant Universe # 1 5/5/5/5 BS is a Harby with the ability to control machines. Heydrich and Omen is working on a secret project. Gilad fought Aric in 480 AD.
X-O Manowar # 28 6/6/6/6 SAs have been poisoning the water in Aric's house with a silicon virus to weaken Shanhara. armor destroyed at the end.


1/30-2/5/2011: - 5 issues (315)
Ninjak # 4 (with card) 3/5/3/3 kept my interest a bit more than previous stuff. still bad, bad, bad.
Shadowman # 25 5/6/5/5 SM kills a guy in the dreamworld and the guy ends up a veggie in the real world.
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 11 3/3/3/3 Turok kills 2 dinos. Art not that good.
Archer and Armstrong # 23 4/2/4/4 Archer saves and befriends a kid who is the son of a drug lord.
Archer and Armstrong # 24 3/2/3/3 Story with the kid concludes


2/6/2011-2/12/2011 - 9 issues (326)
Armorines # 1 3/6/3/3 I can't name a single character in this, but this one gets saved from red just because it has sharks. Califiore art is never bad.
Armorines # 2 3/6/3/3 Sharks!!
Armorines # 3 3/6/3/3 Sharks! And SPIDER ALIENS! What's a valiant book without Spider aliens!
Armorines # 4 1/6/1/1 Spider Aliens and Hard Corps on the last page! "In this issue, Lame guest starring Lamer"
Bloodshot # 17 4/5/4/4 as BS recovers, HCs take him.
Eternal Warrior # 23 6/5/6/6 326BC - Hephaestion, a geomancer, uses his power to guide Alexander the Great in victory. Heph has EW's eyes gouged out.
Ninjak # 5 3/5/3/3 for a spy / ninja book. this is crazy talky.
Ninjak # 6 3/5/3/3 for a spy / ninja book. this is crazy talky.
Ninjak # 7 Abnett and Lanning co-wrote so this wasn't bad. 5/5/5/5

2/13/11-2/19 - 6 issues (332)
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 8 4/5/4/4 This one had to be done. Hwen misses eating and loses his powers. Sandria helps. Rico is probably the best character in this series.
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 9 5/5/5/5 The Otherman imitates Hwen to get some sezy time with Carmen.
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 10 4/5/4/4 Hwen vs. The Otherman.
Secret Weapons # 10 2/4/2/2 Action issue. Meh.
Secret Weapons # 11 3/4/3/3 suits introduced. Bloodshot to lead.
Secret Weapons # 12 2/4/2/2 one of the noobs dies. I hardly knew ye!

2/20-2/26 - NO Issues! Doh!!


2/27- 3/5 10 issues(342)
Harbinger # 30 7/6/7/7 Bad Omen part 1
H.A.R.D. Corps # 19 7/6/7/7 Bad Omen part 2
Harbinger # 31 7/6/7/7 Bad Omen part 3
H.A.R.D. Corps # 20 7/6/7/7 Bad Omen part 4
Harbinger # 32 7/6/7/7 Rich Girl freaks out. Gila app. He tries to get Faith to remember her previous life.
Harbinger # 33 5/6/5/5 Dr Eclipse sucks. Faith sets off for her home.
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 12 3/6/5/3 Word-Lite. Turok vs. Dinos in sewers.
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 13 4/5/4/4 Pirates / dinos / robots? Damn!
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 14 5/5/5/5 Pirate is looking for his booty. Cuts Andar with a sword.
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 15 5/5/5/5 Turok throws pirate into a time arc hole like the one he came from in the lost land.


3/6 - 3/12 - 6 issues (348)
Turok Yearbook # 1 5/5/5/5 Monarch's brain put into human. He's back.
Bloodshot # 18 1/4/1/1 Very typical bloodshot issue - he stops a nuke. nothing special at all.
Bloodshot # 19 1/4/1/1 1: Uzi the *SQUEE*-clowne.
Eternal Warrior # 24 5/5/5/5 EW remembers Buck McHenry who the Immortal Enemy couldn't posses.
Archer and Armstrong # 25 2/4/2/2 Part one of cross-over with EW going back in time to when sect was formed.
Eternal Warrior # 25 2/4/2/2 Sect was formed b/c Aram had sex with their holy chick.


3/13 - 3/19 - 6 issues (354)
X-O Manowar # 29 6/6/6/6 Aric deals with Shanhara being destroyed. Ken gets his arm back.
X-O Manowar # 30 7/6/7/7 Solar goes to Saturn and gets an X-O spore. Paul gives his life to bond with the armor to be its host. Randy leaves.
X-O Manowar # 31 7/7/7/7 Art is prettty cool. New armor is named Pol-Bekhara. New villain - Krollos.
X-O Manowar # 32 6/7/6/6 There's a SA transport shipped stored in an Orb lab. Krollos destroys it and is detained by Aric.
PSI-Lords # 1 4/4/4/4 This wasn't as terrible as I thought it would be.
PSI-Lords # 2 5/4/5/5 Starwatchers expirement on the SAs chaning them into vegetarians and leave them in space.

3/20 - 3/26/2011 10 issues (364)
Magnus Robot Fighter # 37 6/5/6/6 D: Aja (1-A rob), starwatchers help, Malev emperor takes over Rai,
Rai and the Future Force # 22 7/6/7/7 D: Rai - in a moment of clarity, Rai asks Magnus to kill him. M snaps his neck.
Magnus Robot Fighter # 38 7/7/7/7 Spylocke takes the blood of heroes amd hides it at the request of rai, Archies help to rebuild. Clane Law signed to destroy all robots. Magnus made president. M and L have a sone and name him Torque.
Rai and the Future Force # 23 7/6/7/7 Spylocke takes the blood and hides it. Takashi (son of Tohru) is jealous of Obadiah "Little Rai" (son of Rai and Leeja) and he vows to create another grandmother and restore the Rai legacy.
Magnus Robot Fighter # 39 5/6/5/5 Torque continues to cause problems. Date issue. Torque goes ice skating and fights "Zamboni"
Magnus Robot Fighter # 40 6/5/6/6 Takashi, Torque and Obadiah sneak out. Takashi gets left behind by Torque and he vows that he will pay.
Rai # 24 5/5/5/5 The brothers fight. Takashi still hateful.
Rai # 25 6/5/6/6 Spylocke contacts Obadiah and has him come to Kilamanjaro in Kenya to train if he is worthy. Rai makes it with Takashi following him. Spylocke deems him worthy.
H.A.R.D. Corps # 21 2/5/2/2 Aside from the HCs getting their butts kicked, I have no clue what happened in this.
Harbinger Files # 1 4/5/4/4 This was ok. Harada was powerful as a kid. Not as good as I hoped at all.

3/27-4/2 6 issues (370):
Shadowman # 26 7/7/7/7 Jack learns how to use his powers better
Shadowman # 27 7/7/7/7 Jack heals himself
Shadowman # 28 7/7/7/7 End of the world is near. Darque swats Jack away like a fly.
H.A.R.D. Corps # 22 1/4/1/1 I can't remember anything from this.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 36 5/5/5/5 vs. Dr. Eclipse. Not that bad.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 37 5/5/5/5 vs. Dr. Eclipse. Not that bad.

4/3 - 4/9/2011 14 issues (384)
Bloodshot Yearbook # 1 4/6/4/4 Decent for a Bloodshot story.
Chaos Effect Alpha
Shadowman # 29
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 11
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 16
Secrets of the Valiant Universe # 2
CE Alpha and Beta books 6/8/6/6 - I read these together, so I'll jus summarize them together. Turok was actually the best of this bunch because the story was a bit different. All the others focused on necromantic energy. The art in all of these was really good - Bob Hall, Yvel Guichet, Simpson. The colors were particularly impressive. All the colors - greens, blues, reds, purples were all deep and vibrant.
Bloodshot # 20
Secret Weapons # 13
Ninjak # 8
Archer and Armstrong / Eternal Warrior # 26
Harbinger # 34
Armorines # 5
X-O Manowar # 33
H.A.R.D. Corps # 23
5/6/5/5 - Delta books were a bit of a drop off. The story was still good as it focsued on the spider-aliens and Harada and X-O. The colors were nowhere near as vivid.

4/10-4/16 7 issues (391)
Solar, Man of the Atom # 38
PSI-Lords # 3
Rai # 26
Magnus Robot Fighter # 41
Chaos Effect Omega
Chaos Effect Epilogue # 1
Chaos Effect Epilogue # 2
8/6/8/8 These books were actually really good. The Destroyer book was good. The Psi-Lords managed to cross-over, but still effectively fit in an origin, Rai sets things up for the future and Magnus searches for Kris. Great!!!
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[caxiotis]

Good luck man. We will have compare notes.

[400yrs]

Timewalker #1 - This issue was not good.

6/15 - 6/18 - 8 issues read (400)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 17 6/5/6/6 Jurassic Politics 3 parter by Bedard. This was good.
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 18 6/5/6/6 Jurassic Politics 3 parter by Bedard. This was good.
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 19 6/6/6/6 Jurassic Politics 3 parter by Bedard. This was good. I liked the colors.
Geomancer # 1 6/6/6/6 Read EW 27 first. some exposition on Clay McHenry's past - bad cop. The colors were too dark and hurt some of the pencils. The concept of Geomancer regeneration introduced - Clay buried after he is injured by zombies
Geomancer # 2 6/6/7/6 Geoff regenerated when he was a little boy. Clay tells off Gilad. Nice panel layouts by Rags
Armorines # 6 4/5/4/4 guest starring X-O. Calafiore draws awesome armor and spider aliens, but the faces are rough.
Armorines # 7 3/6/3/3 guest starring x-o. free people stuck in pods for years.
Magnus Robot Fighter # 42 5/5/5/5 Brother vs. brother.

6/19 - 6/ - 6/25/11 23 issues (423)
Magnus Robot Fighter Yearbook # 1 3/4/3/3
Magnus Robot Fighter # 43 5/5/5/5 - The Geomancer Quest 1/4
Magnus Robot Fighter # 44 5/5/5/5 - The Geomancer Quest 2/4
Magnus Robot Fighter # 45 5/5/5/5 - The Geomancer Quest 3/4
Magnus Robot Fighter # 46 5/5/5/5 - The Geomancer Quest 4/4
Torque goes to find Armstrong who hasn't been seen in centuries. Magnus returns and the Immortal Enemy takes him over. A man named Bozzi finds a hurt Torque. He ends up being Armstrong.
Eternal Warrior # 27 6/6/6/6 Gilad return after CE to find out Gilad, Aram and Armstrong are gone. He searches Geoff's family for a new goemancer. Elyot Zorn, a cousin, is crazy and wants the book.
Eternal Warrior # 28 5/5/5/5 Immortal War 1/4 - Couldn't they think of a different enemy for Gilad?
Eternal Warrior # 29 5/5/5/5 Immortal War 2/4 - There were some art problems in these. Some panels, you can't really see understand what happened.
Eternal Warrior # 30 5/5/5/5 Immortal War 3/4 - Some of the panel layouts are cool. coloring is bit noirish.
Eternal Warrior # 31 4/5/4/4 Immortal War 4/4 - Gilad gets the idea to take him to Antarctica to freeze him. How original. Why didn't he think of this before?
Harbinger # 35 7/6/7/7 No Tomorrow 1/3
Harbinger # 36 7/6/7/7 No Tomorrow 2/3
Harbinger # 37 6/5/6/6 No Tomorrow 3/3
- This story focused on Faith and what happened right after the battle b/n Pete and Harada and how Faith "forgot" everything. It did a good job of pulling together some things that just didn't make sense. That was the first issue. The second issue featured Magnus and the origin of Faith. Magnus must've just gotten done with CE???? Faith's mother and father were both deemed to be "breeders" so they were matched by the Harbinger foundation and worked for them the whole time. Her father is dead. Faith learns that she is to destroy Harada's shuttle thingy.

The first two issues pencilled by Chen were very good. The last issue's art was ok.

Although I liked these, I don't get 2 things - 1. why did Harada want a shuttle? 2. Did the Harby kids attack Pete like they wrote in this issue or was that just a writing mechanism to explain why the big showdown happened? I didn't think that bit was necessary. Maybe it did happen and I don't remember.
H.A.R.D. Corps # 24 5/5/5/5 A good done in one story. A boxer named Ironhead Abdul is told to throw a fight. He doesn't and is slipped something to put him in a coma. He becomes a HC and seeks revenge. He is dead by the end of the issue.
H.A.R.D. Corps # 25 5/3/5/5 Team goes after a harby, Earl Simkus, who is dangerous and Heydrich wants killed. Is heydrich harada's bro? The eyes are drawn terrible.
H.A.R.D. Corps # 26 6/5/6/6 team learns truth about Heydrich - they weren't in comas, were injured further at heydrich's request. Omen board turns on Heydrich. He gets a new member, grasshopper, to assasinate a member.
Ninjak # 9 2/4/2/2 Ninjak fights some dogs
Ninjak # 10 1/4/1/1 Holy crap this was wordy and bad. Vs russians or something. If you are going to make a crappy comic, make it a quick read, please.
Psi-Lords #4 3/5/3/3 Ravenrock returning to kick *SQUEE*. The art is soft in these b/c of the Valiant Vision, but I like it.
Psi-Lords #5 4/5/4/4 Ravenrock. This has a very Star Wars feel to it.
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 12 3/4/3/3 Hwen figures out how to make himself solid for several hours.
PSI-Lords # 6 2/4/2/2 vs. Frogs. Yay!
PSI-Lords # 7 2/4/2/2 vs. Frogs. Yay!

6/26 -7/2 6 issues (429)
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 13 5/5/5/5 relationship squabbles with ex boyfriend.
Secret Weapons # 14 -/-/-/- I read this, but don't remember anything about it. It wasn't good though.
Secret Weapons # 15 2/5/2/2 the creators of the suits want them back. There are a few nice pages in here
X-O Manowar # 34 5/5/5/5 Vengeance Trail 1/3 Agannon took over Skammers after Aric abandoned them.
X-O Manowar # 35 5/5/5/5 VT 2/3
X-O Manowar # 36 5/5/5/5 VT 3/3 Aric takes back rule of Skammers

7/3 -7/9 6 issues (435)

Bloodshot # 21 5/5/5/5 vs Ax
Bloodshot # 22 5/5/5/5 vs Immortal Enemy's mercenaries
Bloodshot # 235/5/5/5 vs Immortal Enemy's mercenaries
X-O Manowar # 1/2 3/5/3/3 This sets up the Wolfbridge story, but it didn't feel completely X-O ish
Ninjak # 11 5/5/5/5 Abnett and Lanning - The first Ninjak book I didn't skim.
Ninjak # 12 3/5/3/3 This one wasn't as good.

7/10 - 7/28/11 17 issues (452)
Rai # 27 5/5/5/5 Obadiah earns the blood and a bit of respect from Spylocke. Takashi is going nuts and strenthening the armor after killing his mother.
Rai # 28 4/5/4/4 Bro vs Bro. Obadiah kills? Takashi?
Harbinger Files # 2 2/4/2/2 Mystery guy (sting) becomes Harada's secret weapon. How? It doesn't matter, I guess..... stoopid storytelling.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 39 4/4/4/4 Phil decides to take down nuke facilities again. Destroyer finds a place without laws he can patrol.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 40 2/4/2/2 Gayle helps get rid of bad Phil. Retread by Van Hook.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 41 2/4/2/2 Harada needs Solar to fix a space ship.
Rai # 29 2/5/2/2 Former Rai Rentaro Nakadai shows up
Shadowman # 30 6/7/7/6 Back from CE, home is destroyed, sax stolen
Rai # 30 3/5/3/3 Love - Spylocke, Rai, Mother Nike all in love.
Destroyer # 0 5/5/5/5 Destroyer takes lead of Tritan, Neptune's largest moon, full of cast offs.
Ninjak Yearbook 3/8/4/5 Hitch art is nice, but there are problems with some of the page layouts making it confusing to read in spots. Silk selling red mercury. plot foiled.
Shadowman # 31 7/8/10/8 Jack gets his sax back after playing it for the pawn shop guy. Vs. Anton Quigley (Darque's night monster). He absorbs Jack. He has absorbed many old people. Brilliant page layouts in this.
Shadowman # 32 7/8/9/8 Still inside Quigley with many others including crazy assed Baron Zastrow. Sandria kisses Quigley and drives him nuts.
Shadowman # 33 7/8/10/8 Sandria and Zastrow team up to create a gator monster that devours Quigley. Sandria's boy toy James dies and Sandria plans to bring him back. Nettie was made young and is trying to restore her old age to get her power back. Gangster Luis Rojas shows up with the intention of taking the island in the bayou and young Nettie while he's at it.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 42 3/4/3/3 vs The servants of Master Darque who seek phil to bring Darque back. Phil and Gayle go on vacation.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 43 3/4/3/3 vs The servants of Master Darque who seek phil to bring Darque back. Phil and Gayle go on vacation.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 44 8/5/5/8 by Christopher Priest. This craps all over the Phil Seleski character, but the story itself is really good. Phil never sleeps so what does he do while Gayle is asleep? A second life as a cop named Phil Miller with a lady named Brenda. Gayle knows.


7/29/11 - 8/11/2011 22 issues (474)
Solar, Man of the Atom # 45 5/5/5/5 Brenda (Phil's second woman) confronts Gayle and tells her everything. This one was a bit disjointed for sure. You can tell the story was chopped.
Geomancer # 3 3/3/3/3 Clay goes to Egypt and encounters necromantic power.
Geomancer # 4 3/3/3/3 Fights cousin Elyot Zorn who has the ability, but he wasn't a pure soul.
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 14 3/4/3/3 Haunted house
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 15 3/4/3/3 Haunted house
X-O Manowar # 37 4/5/4/4 Wolfbridge Affair 4 parter. This could've been one issue.
X-O Manowar # 38
X-O Manowar # 39
X-O Manowar # 40
X-O Manowar # 41 5/6/5/5 Aftermath. Randy don't want none of that! This almost could've been the whole wolfbridge story
X-O Manowar # 42 5/5/5/5 vs shadowman
Shadowman Yearbook # 1
Shadowman # 34 - Amazing! I'll go back and read SM as one run in a while.
Shadowman # 35
Shadowman # 36
Shadowman # 37
Shadowman # 38
Shadowman # 39
Shadowman # 40
Shadowman # 41
Shadowman # 42
Shadowman # 43

November 2011: (476)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 20 5/5/5/5 Chichak escapes.
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 21 4/2/2/2 This was not good.

July 2012 (495):
Eternal Warrior # 32 4/4/4/4 Gil vs Gang
Eternal Warrior # 33 4/4/4/4 "Mortal Kin 1/3" - EW's daughter was Jack the Ripper. Another son, Durant, kills Gil's GFs in current times.
Eternal Warrior # 34 4/5/5/4 "Mortal Kin 2/3" - "I always have to kill my children" - Gil's kids are always bad b/c of his immortal nature. Gil gets armed cut off by train
Eternal Warrior # 35 4/5/5/4 - "Mortal Kin 3/3" - Gil kills Durant and the daughter from the past.
Timewalker # 2 5/6/6/5 - Ivar wants to stop the Charge of the Light Brigade so the poem won't be written. He ends up being the one who instigated it.
Eternal Warrior Yearbook # 2 5/5/5/5 - Gil's kids are born to kill and to hate. One child in late 1600s was born and ended up being the Immortal Enemy. He becomes a plundering pirate and Gil kills him.
Armorines # 8 2/4/4/2 I have no idea what this title has to do with Valiant. And it's bad.
Armorines # 9 2/4/4/2 President Clinton is in this one
Bloodshot # 24 2/4/4/2 Guest starring Geomancer
Secret Weapons # 16 -/-/-/- I read these, but I don't remember anything about them. Dr. Silk. Must've sucked.
Secret Weapons # 17 -/-/-/- I read these, but I don't remember anything about them. Must've sucked.
Secret Weapons # 18 -/-/-/- I read these, but I don't remember anything about them. Ninjak. Must've sucked.
Secrets of the Valiant Universe # 3 6/6/6/6 Sho Sugino, a bum who lived in sewers was chosen by Grandmother to be her champion to go to the lost land and recover the blood of heroes from the UAG (united anti grannies). He did so, then Grandmother banished him to the lost land and chose the Nakadai line to be her champions since they were of better blood. Sugino went on to fight for mother god in the lost land, but always wanted to get back home to serve justice to grandmother.
Bloodshot # 25 1/5/5/2 Uzi the clown and Alligators. WTF VanHook?
Bloodshot # 26 1/5/5/2 Uzi the clown and Alligators. WTF VanHook?
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 16 3/5/3/3 Deathsmith is kind of cool except for the way he talks.
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 17 3/5/3/3 Deathsmith is kind of cool except for the way he talks.
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 18 3/5/3/3 Deathsmith is kind of cool except for the way he talks.
PSI-Lords # 8 I read this, but I don't remember much about it.


September 2012:
Ninjak # 13 4/4/4/4 One and done featuring another brit operative
Ninjak # 14 & 15 5/5/5/5 Cry Wolf 2 parter. White wolf (a Sabretooth clone) seeks revenge on Ninjak for the death of his son. Not bad, but it's hard for black ops stories from this period not to be dated.
Solar, Man of the Atom # 46, 47, 48 2/3/3/2 Dan Jurgens takes over and this is a completely different book. Solar is a god and there is a super human team trying to find him (Flashpoint) that works for the US govt. The VP was killed and so was the president. Craptacular.
Magnus Robot Fighter # 47 & 48 3/3/3/3 Poofy haired Magnus hates on some robots who took Leeja. There are some huge eyebrows in this book!
Geomancer # 5 & 6 4/4/4/4 Geo vs crooked cops. I liked the intros with Hoan of Arc being a Geomancer and the Indian intro
Visitor vs Valiant Universe # 1 4/4/4/4 Alien arrives. Hero? Menace? No one Knows!!
Armorines # 10, 11, 12 5/5/4/5 Cuban Connection 1&2 and last issue - Fidel Castro in comics. I liked the dinner scene because of the Cuban-ness of life. Conyo! Gunny was blackmailed into leaving the armorines.
Unity Lost Chapter # 1 2/4/2/2 This was an excuse to sell an extra X-O book.
Timewalker # 3 Date: FEB / 1995 (60,000 to 65,000 copies)



H.A.R.D. Corps # 27 Date: March / 1995 (40,000 copies)
Harbinger # 38 Date: MAR / 1995 (40,000 copies)

Timewalker # 4 Date: MAR / 1995 (50,000 to 55,000 copies)
Visitor vs Valiant Universe # 2 $2.95 Cover Price Date: MAR / 1995 (65,000 copies)
H.A.R.D. Corps # 28 Date: April / 1995 (35,000 copies)
Harbinger # 39 Date: APR / 1995 (35,000 to 40,000 copies)

Original Doctor Solar # 1 Date: April / 1995 (30,000 copies)
Original Magnus # 1 Date: April / 1995 (30,000 to 35,000 copies)
Original Turok # 1 Date: April / 1995 (30,000 to 35,000 copies)

Rai # 31 Date: APR / 1995 (40,000 to 45,000 copies) )
Secret Weapons # 19 Date: APR / 1995 (30,000 to 35,000 copies)
Timewalker # 5 Date: APR / 1995 (45,000 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 22 Date: APR / 1995 (50,000 to 55,000 copies)
Visitor # 1 First Issue Date: APR / 1995 (75,000 to 80,000 copies)
X-O Manowar Yearbook # 1 Date: APR / 1995 (50,000 copies)
Bloodshot # 27 Date: MAY / 1995 (45,000 copies)
Bloodshot # 28 Date: MAY / 1995 (45,000 copies)
Captain Johner and the Aliens # 1 Date: May / 1995 (20,000 to 25,000 copies)
Captain Johner and the Aliens # 2 Date: May / 1995 (20,000 copies)
Geomancer # 7 Date: MAY / 1995 (35,000 copies)
H.A.R.D. Corps # 29 Date: May / 1995 (30,000 copies)
Harbinger # 40 Date: MAY / 1995 (30,000 to 35,000 copies)


Original Turok # 2 Date: May / 1995 (20,000 to 25,000 copies)
PSI-Lords # 9 Date: MAY / 1995 (27,500 copies)
Rai # 32 Date: MAY / 1995 (35,000 copies)
Secret Weapons # 20 Date: MAY / 1995 (35,000 copies)
Secret Weapons # 21 Final Issue Date: MAY / 1995 (35,000 copies)
Timewalker # 6 Date: MAY / 1995 (35,000 to 40,000 copies)
Timewalker Yearbook # 1 Date: May / 1995 (30,000 to 35,000 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 23 Date: MAY / 1995 (45,000 copies)
Visitor # 2 Date: MAY / 1995 (45,000 copies)

Bloodshot # 29 Date: JUN / 1995 (35,000 copies)
Geomancer # 8 Final Issue Date: JUN / 1995 (30,000 copies)
H.A.R.D. Corps # 30 Final Issue Date: June / 1995 (27,500 copies)
Harbinger # 41 Final Issue Date: JUN / 1995 (28,000 copies)
Magnus Robot Fighter # 48 Date: JUN / 1995 (34,000 copies)
Ninjak # 00 Date: JUN / 1995 (55,000 copies)
Ninjak # 0 Date: JUN / 1995 (55,000 copies)
Ninjak # 16 Date: JUN / 1995 (45,000 copies)
PSI-Lords # 10 Final Issue Date: JUN / 1995 (24,000 copies)
Rai # 33 Final Issue Date: JUN / 1995 (30,000 copies)
Timewalker # 7 Date: JUN / 1995 (34,000 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 24 Date: JUN / 1995 (37,500 copies)
Visitor # 3 Date: JUN / 1995 (35,000 copies) )
X-O Manowar # 43 Date: JUN / 1995 (45,000 copies)
Bloodshot # 30 $2.50 Cover Price Date: JUL / 1995 ((unknown 15,000?) copies)
Bloodshot # 30 Date: JUL / 1995 (34,000 copies)
Bloodshot # 31 Date: JUL / 1995 (33,000 copies)
Bloodshot # 31 $2.50 Cover Price Date: JUL / 1995 ((unknown 15,000?) copies)
Eternal Warrior # 36 Date: JUL / 1995 (30,000 copies)
Magnus Robot Fighter # 49 Date: JUL / 1995 (34,000 copies)
Magnus Robot Fighter # 50 Date: JUL / 1995 (32,000 copies)
Ninjak # 17 Date: JUL / 1995 (40,000 copies)
Ninjak # 18 Date: JUL / 1995 (40,000 copies)

Timewalker # 8 Date: JUL / 1995 (30,000 copies)
Timewalker # 9 Date: JUL / 1995 (30,000 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 25 Date: JUL / 1995 (36,000 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 26 Date: JUL / 1995 (36,000 copies)
Visitor # 4 Date: JUL / 1995 (30,000 copies)
Visitor # 5 Date: JUL / 1995 (30,000 copies)
X-O Manowar # 44 Date: JUL / 1995 (55,000 copies)
X-O Manowar # 45 Date: JUL / 1995 (52,500 copies)
Bloodshot # 32 Date: AUG / 1995 (30,000 copies)
Bloodshot # 32 $2.50 Cover Price Date: AUG / 1995 ((unknown 15,000?) copies)
Bloodshot # 33 Date: AUG / 1995 (30,000 copies)
Eternal Warrior # 37 Date: AUG / 1995 (26,000 copies)
Eternal Warrior # 38 Date: AUG / 1995 (26,000 copies)
Magnus Robot Fighter # 51 Date: AUG / 1995 (28,000 copies)
Magnus Robot Fighter # 52 Date: AUG / 1995 (28,000 copies)
Ninjak # 19 Date: AUG / 1995 (36,000 copies)
Ninjak # 20 Date: AUG / 1995 (35,000 copies)

Timewalker # 10 Date: AUG / 1995 (27,500 copies)
Timewalker # 11 Date: AUG / 1995 (27,500 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 27 Date: AUG / 1995 (32,000 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 28 Date: AUG / 1995 (32,000 copies)
Visitor # 6 Date: AUG / 1995 (26,000 copies)
Visitor # 7 Date: AUG / 1995 (26,000 copies)
X-O Manowar # 46 Date: AUG / 1995 (45,000 copies)
X-O Manowar # 47 Date: AUG / 1995 (42,500 copies)
Bloodshot # 34 Date: SEP / 1995 (30,000 copies)
Bloodshot # 35 Date: SEP / 1995 (30,000 copies)
Eternal Warrior # 39 Date: SEP / 1995 (27,500 copies)
Eternal Warrior # 40 Date: SEP / 1995 (27,500 copies)
Magnus Robot Fighter # 53 Date: SEP / 1995 (27,500 copies)
Magnus Robot Fighter # 54 Date: SEP / 1995 (27,500 copies)
Ninjak # 21 Date: SEP / 1995 (35,000 copies)
Ninjak # 22 Date: SEP / 1995 (34,000 copies)

Solar, Man of the Atom # 49 Date: SEP / 1995 (35,000 copies)
Timewalker # 12 Date: SEP / 1995 (26,000 copies)
Timewalker # 13 Date: SEP / 1995 (26,000 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 29 Date: SEP / 1995 (33,000 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 30 Date: SEP / 1995 (33,000 copies)
Visitor # 8 Date: SEP / 1995 (25,000 copies)
Visitor # 9 Date: SEP / 1995 (25,000 copies)
X-O Manowar # 48 Date: SEP / 1995 (47,500 copies)
X-O Manowar # 49 Date: SEP / 1995 (45,000 copies)
Bloodshot # 36 Date: OCT / 1995 (30,000 copies)
Bloodshot # 37 Date: OCT / 1995 (30,000 copies)
Eternal Warrior # 41 Date: OCT / 1995 (26,000 copies)
Eternal Warrior # 42 Date: OCT / 1995 (26,000 copies)
Magnus Robot Fighter # 55 Date: OCT / 1995 (27,500 copies)
Magnus Robot Fighter # 56 Date: OCT / 1995 (27,500 copies)
Ninjak # 23 Date: OCT / 1995 (32,500 copies)
Ninjak # 24 Date: OCT / 1995 (32,500 copies)
Solar, Man of the Atom # 50 Date: OCT / 1995 (40,000 copies)
Timewalker # 14 Date: OCT / 1995 (25,000 copies)
Timewalker # 15 Date: OCT / 1995 (25,000 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 31 Date: OCT / 1995 (32,500 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 32 Date: OCT / 1995 (32,500 copies)
Visitor # 10 Date: OCT / 1995 (25,000 copies)
Visitor # 11 Date: OCT / 1995 (23,000 copies)
X-O Manowar # 50o Date: OCT / 1995 (47,500 copies)
X-O Manowar # 50x Date: OCT / 1995 (47,500 copies)
Bloodshot # 38 Date: NOV / 1995 (27,500 copies)
Bloodshot # 39 Date: NOV / 1995 (27,500 copies)
Eternal Warrior # 43 Date: NOV / 1995 (26,000 copies)
Eternal Warrior # 44 Date: NOV / 1995 (26,000 copies)
Magnus Robot Fighter # 57 Date: NOV / 1995 (27,500 copies)
Magnus Robot Fighter # 57 ERROR Date: NOV / 1995 (27,500 copies)
Magnus Robot Fighter # 58 Date: NOV / 1995 (27,500 copies)
Ninjak # 25 Date: NOV / 1995 (30,000 copies)
Ninjak # 26 Final Issue Date: NOV / 1995 (30,000 copies)
Punx # 1 Date: NOV / 1995 (42,500 copies)
Solar, Man of the Atom # 51 Date: NOV / 1995 (32,500 copies)
Solar, Man of the Atom # 52 Date: NOV / 1995 (32,500 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 0 Date: NOV / 1995 (37,500 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 33 Date: NOV / 1995 (32,500 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 34 Date: NOV / 1995 (32,500 copies)
Visitor # 12 Date: NOV / 1995 (25,000 copies)
Visitor # 13 Final Issue Date: NOV / 1995 (24,000 copies)
X-O Manowar # 51 Date: NOV / 1995 (47,500 copies)
X-O Manowar # 52 Date: NOV / 1995 (45,000 copies)
Bloodshot # 40 Date: DEC / 1995 (23,000 copies)
Bloodshot # 41 Date: DEC / 1995 (23,000 copies)
Eternal Warrior # 45 Date: DEC / 1995 (22,500 copies)
Eternal Warrior # 46 Date: DEC / 1995 (22,500 copies)
Magnus Robot Fighter # 59 Date: DEC / 1995 (23,000 copies)
Magnus Robot Fighter # 60 Date: DEC / 1995 (23,000 copies)
Outcast Special # 1 Date: DEC / 1995 (30,000 copies)
Punx # 2 Date: DEC / 1995 (30,000 copies)
Solar, Man of the Atom # 53 Date: DEC / 1995 (28,000 copies)
Solar, Man of the Atom # 54 Date: DEC / 1995 (28,000 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 35 Date: DEC / 1995 (27,500 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 36 Date: DEC / 1995 (27,500 copies)
X-O Manowar # 53 Date: DEC / 1995 (42,500 copies)
X-O Manowar # 54 Date: DEC / 1995 (40,000 copies)
Bloodshot # 42 Date: JAN / 1996 (19,000 copies)
Bloodshot # 43 Date: JAN / 1996 (19,000 copies)
Eternal Warrior # 47 Date: JAN / 1996 (19,000 copies)
Eternal Warrior # 48 Date: JAN / 1996 (19,000 copies)
Magnus Robot Fighter # 61 Date: JAN / 1996 (20,000 copies)
Magnus Robot Fighter # 62 Date: JAN / 1996 (20,000 copies)
Punx # 3 Date: JAN / 1996 (22,500 copies)
Solar, Man of the Atom # 55 Date: JAN / 1996 (22,500 copies)
Solar, Man of the Atom # 56 Date: JAN / 1996 (22,500 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 37 Date: JAN / 1996 (24,000 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 38 Date: JAN / 1996 (24,000 copies)
X-O Manowar # 55 Date: JAN / 1996 (35,000 copies)
X-O Manowar # 56 Date: JAN / 1996 (34,000 copies)
Bloodshot # 44 Date: FEB / 1996 (14,000 copies)
Eternal Warrior # 49 Date: FEB / 1996 (14,000 copies)
Eternal Warrior Wings Special Date: FEB / 1996 (12,500 copies)
Magnus Robot Fighter # 63 Date: FEB / 1996 (14,000 copies)
Magnus Robot Fighter # 64 Final Issue Date: FEB / 1996 (14,000 copies)
Solar, Man of the Atom # 57 Date: FEB / 1996 (16,000 copies)
Solar, Man of the Atom # 58 Date: FEB / 1996 (16,000 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 39 Date: FEB / 1996 (17,500 copies)
X-O Manowar # 57 Date: FEB / 1996 (25,000 copies)
X-O Manowar # 58 Date: FEB / 1996 (24,000 copies)
Bloodshot # 45 Date: MAR / 1996 (13,000 copies)
Bloodshot: Last Stand Date: MAR / 1996 (7,500 to 10,000 copies)
Eternal Warrior # 50 Final Issue Date: MAR / 1996 (13,500 copies)
Punx Manga Special Date: MAR / 1996 (12,000 copies)
Solar, Man of the Atom # 59 Date: MAR / 1996 (15,000 copies)
Timewalker # 0 Final Issue Date: MAR / 1996 (32,000 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 40 Date: MAR / 1996 (17,000 copies)
Turok: The Hunted # 1 Date: MAR / 1996 (17,500 copies)
Turok: The Hunted # 2 Date: MAR / 1996 (17,000 copies)
X-O Manowar # 59 Date: MAR / 1996 (23,000 copies)
X-O Manowar # 60 Date: MAR / 1996 (22,000 copies)
Bloodshot # 46 Date: APR / 1996 (11,500 copies)
Solar, Man of the Atom # 60 Final Issue Date: APR / 1996 (12,500 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 41 Date: APR / 1996 (14,000 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 42 Date: APR / 1996 (14,000 copies)
X-O Manowar # 61 Date: APR / 1996 (19,500 copies)
X-O Manowar # 62 Date: APR / 1996 (19,500 copies)
Bloodshot # 47 Date: MAY / 1996 (10,000 copies)
Bloodshot # 48 Date: MAY / 1996 (10,000 copies)
Eternal Warrior: Fist & Steel # 1 Date: MAY / 1996 (10,500 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 43 Date: MAY / 1996 (13,000 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 44 Date: MAY / 1996 (13,000 copies)
X-O Manowar # 63 Date: MAY / 1996 (17,750 copies)
X-O Manowar # 64 Date: MAY / 1996 (17,500 copies)
Bloodshot # 49 Date: JUN / 1996 (10,000 copies)
Eternal Warrior: Fist & Steel # 2 Date: JUN / 1996 (10,000 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 45 Date: JUN / 1996 (12,500 copies)
X-O Manowar # 65 Date: JUN / 1996 (16,500 copies)
Bloodshot # 50 Date: JUL / 1996 (10,000 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 46 Date: JUL / 1996 (12,000 copies)
X-O Manowar # 66 Date: JUL / 1996 (15,250 copies)
Bloodshot # 51 Final Issue Date: AUG / 1996 (9,000 copies)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter # 47 Final Issue Date: AUG / 1996 (11,500 copies)
X-O Manowar # 67 Date: AUG / 1996 (14,500 copies)
Iron Man/X-O Manowar # 1 Date: SEP / 1996 (40,000 copies)
X-O Manowar # 68 Final Issue Date: SEP / 1996 (14,000 copies)
X-O Manowar/Iron Man # 1 Date: SEP / 1996 (40,000 copies)

[Unblessed]

The first 18 months looks pretty decent and solid. It's about Nov92 to Jan93 where things start to slide.

Not sure where it's going to pick up again.

Enjoy!

[400yrs]

The first 18 months looks pretty decent and solid. It's about Nov92 to Jan93 where things start to slide.

Not sure where it's going to pick up again.

Enjoy!

Nov 92 with Predator Vs. Magnus is a pretty good mark for the start of the slide.

I know I liked most of what I read up through Aug 93 and Harby a bit further, but we'll see.

[ian_house]

[400yrs]

Kewl Kwotes:

Magnus 4:
Tekla - "Tell me, Magnus... What is love?"
Magnus - "The way most humans describe it, it sounds like a disease."

Magnus to Elzy - "Body hair is for rodents. And Gophs."

X-O Manowar #3:
Sniper to H: "What is in it for you?"
H: "Satisfaction! I need no more acclaim."

Aric in thought: "As soon as I triumph I am going back to K'nn's book of English.

I must learn how to say bad things about these people's mothers!"

[400yrs]

After reading Steel Nation and quickly flipping Alpha & Omega and seeing the beautiful BWS art with the gorgeous coloring, to my surprise, I'm actually quite excited to be reading this stuff again.



Magnus never really hit me back in the day when it came out. I think I was a bit young for it back then. When I last re-read the Pre-Unity books, I discovered that as I grew older, Magnus is the best of it. I think it's the flawed character aspect which I like so much..... the humanity of a character who kills robots.

I remember really liking Invasion as well, but up next is A&O.

[myron]

After reading Steel Nation and quickly flipping Alpha & Omega and seeing the beautiful BWS art with the gorgeous coloring, to my surprise, I'm actually quite excited to be reading this stuff again.



Magnus never really hit me back in the day when it came out. I think I was a bit young for it back then. When I last re-read the Pre-Unity books, I discovered that as I grew older, Magnus is the best of it. I think it's the flawed character aspect which I like so much..... the humanity of a character who kills robots.

I remember really liking Invasion as well, but up next is A&O.

I always get exited to read the pre-unity/unity stuff...really up until about chaos effect for most titles...

[Unblessed]

The first 18 months looks pretty decent and solid. It's about Nov92 to Jan93 where things start to slide.

Not sure where it's going to pick up again.

Enjoy!

Nov 92 with Predator Vs. Magnus is a pretty good mark for the start of the slide.

I know I liked most of what I read up through Aug 93 and Harby a bit further, but we'll see.

I really liked MvP #1. I thought it was pretty solid. Issue #2 was not as good.

[400yrs]

Figured I'd reflect on runs as I wrap them up.

Archer & Armstrong #0 * 9/9/9/9 * One of my favs back in the day, still one of my favs
Archer & Armstrong #1 7/8/8/7 - 1st mention of "Archies". Plan to kill Mothergod.
Archer & Armstrong #2 6/6/6/6 Turok app, Albert gets Archer to shoot Mothergod, doesn't kill her
Archer and Armstrong # 3 8/8/8/8 BWS story, art; back in same spot before unity. They evade the sect, end up in Pope's room, sect is there
Archer and Armstrong # 4 7/7/7/7 vs. Sisters (brothers) of Doom; Spider-man reference
Archer and Armstrong # 5 7/8/7/7 Archer meets Andromeda (Aram's wife) - hilarious comments. Flo - dino.
Archer and Armstrong # 6 5/7/6/5 Andromeda revealed to be the goddess.
Archer and Armstrong # 7 5/6/6/5 Armstrong fights, Archer writes
Archer and Armstrong # 9 * 8/7/8/8 * A vs A; Darque gives Mademoiselle Noir a potion to slip Armstrong for him to kill Gilad. Armstrong tries to stop him, A vs A; nice art and colors
Archer and Armstrong # 10 6/8/6/6 Cute story. Archer meets Ivar who pulls a Bill and Ted. Satchel stealing kid is back.
Archer and Armstrong # 11 8/8/8/8 Armstrong is responsible for all the time warps, he built Stonehenge. Ivar travels through time to get back to Nefretete. Solar shows up and sends everyone back. When Ivar gets in the time-flow, F7 a robot jumps in with him and he may not end up in ancient Egypt.
Archer and Armstrong # 12 5/6/5/5 I liked this issue back in the day, but now it's not as funny and it reads like BWS was running out of ideas.
Archer and Armstrong # 13 4/5/4/5 1st Gonzalez issue. He goes to the "get Archer laid" well. Sect shows up at the end of the story.
Archer and Armstrong # 14 4/4/4/4 Attacked at their new home. Blonde neighbor kills other neighbor bobby (actor).
Archer and Armstrong # 15 5/5/5/5 A&A go to get Aram's paintings back. All destroyed.
Archer and Armstrong # 16 3/5/3/3 in Vegas vs. Sect. Lame humor.
Archer and Armstrong # 17 3/3/3/3 Looking for riches and paintings underwater? What dumbass editor let this story fly?
Archer and Armstrong # 18 4/1/4/4 This cover has always *SQUEE* me off. If you are going to allow an artist to take a crack at a classic, at least use a decent artist!!
Archer and Armstrong # 19 2/4/2/2 *SQUEE* terrible. Armstrong kills or knocks out Duerst with breath from a liver and onion sandwich.
Archer and Armstrong # 20 5/5/5/5 first decent A&A in a while. Archer dresses as Santa. Archer joins a gang that turns out to be bad.
Archer and Armstrong # 21 4/4/4/4 App: SM, Darque; Archer goes to get Darque for destroying the temple at Ladakh.
Archer and Armstrong # 22 4/4/4/4 App: SM, Darque; Sandria stops Darque from killing A&A
Archer and Armstrong # 23 4/2/4/4 Archer saves and befriends a kid who is the son of a drug lord.
Archer and Armstrong # 24 3/2/3/3 Story with the kid concludes
Archer and Armstrong # 25 2/4/2/2 Part one of cross-over with EW going back in time to when sect was formed.
Archer and Armstrong # 26 - Part of Chaos Effect

A&A Summary - Although I didn't enjoy #8 and 12, the BWS issues were good but not good as I remember. #0 is probably one of the best origin issues I've ever read. The rest were pretty much terrible.

Second Life of Dr Mirage # 1 5/7/5/5 Hwen and Carmen Mirage study necromancy. They discover Darque
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 2 3/5/3/3 Darque is down, but they don't kill him. Thank goodness they don't try more husband and wife books.
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 3 4/5/4/4 "Domestic trouble". Hwen figures out a way to touch Carmen.
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 4 1/5/1/1 A Darque Bull? Are you freeking kidding me Layton?
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 5 5/5/5/5 A bit cheesy, but the story was fine. Darque needs the intangible Mirage to pull shadowman through a small time portal.
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 6 3/5/3/3 Dr. Dong and Carmen take a vacation to Aspen. Eclipse shows up.
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 7 3/5/3/3 vs Eclipse
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 8 4/5/4/4 This one had to be done. Hwen misses eating and loses his powers. Sandria helps. Rico is probably the best character in this series.
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 9 5/5/5/5 The Otherman imitates Hwen to get some sezy time with Carmen.
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 10 4/5/4/4 Hwen vs. The Otherman.
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 11
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 12 3/4/3/3 Hwen figures out how to make himself solid for several hours.
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 13 5/5/5/5 relationship squabbles with ex boyfriend.
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 14 3/4/3/3 Haunted house
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 15 3/4/3/3 Haunted house
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 16 3/5/3/3 Deathsmith is kind of cool except for the way he talks.
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 17 3/5/3/3 Deathsmith is kind of cool except for the way he talks.
Second Life of Dr Mirage # 18 3/5/3/3 Deathsmith is kind of cool except for the way he talks.

Second Life of Dr Mirage Summary - I didn't like much of any of this. If VEI tries to revive it, they need to put a Strangers in Paradise touch to it rather than a wacky, romantic comedy angle because that just didn't work.

[Unblessed]

Also, the Rai mini is alot better than I remembered. The colors by Jade are beautiful.

YUP. happened to me when I picked up the issues again about 6 months ago.

[myron]

Up to Rai #2 (mini) so far. I'm enjoying reading these like this rather than reading straight through one title. I like skipping around. It keeps things fresh.

What stands out in these early issues is Magnus' humanity and the excellent BWS storytelling in A&O. Also, the Rai mini is alot better than I remembered. The colors by Jade are beautiful.

It's a testament to how good those books really are that they stand the test of time so well...

[400yrs]

I'm getting near the point where I'll have to read singles rather than trades. I just started pulling singles for the next week or two and it's a bit of a PITA to go through the different boxes.

I definitely like having trades available to just pick up and read and put back on the old book shelf. Trades are the future of comics. Convenient to store, convenient to grab, convenient to flip back through.

Also, I'd completely forgotten about the VEI HCs. I'll be using those going forward (which will get me a few more issues of using collections rather than singles).

I did just read the old Harby trade for Harby #1 and then just flipped the VEI HC to compare. The coloring is definitely way different. Since I'm now in early 90s mode after reading a dozen or so issues of VH1, it's definitely a jolt to the system looking at the VEI HC. The coloring is good and much more modern, but way different.

Harbinger is such an X-Men rip-off, it's insane. There's a line in there about Harada that reads just like a pull from X-Men. The story for #1 is good so I gave it a "7", but it's completely unoriginal and disappointing to re-read.

In the early part of this re-reading, Magnus (including the Rai mini) is my favorite. He is the most human character so far in the universe. Back in the day, Harby was my favorite.


Edit: For the issues that I'm reading in VEI HC (starting with Harby 2), I will only be rating the story. Reason - the digital coloring really takes away from the art and it really doesn't work with the art at all. Therefore, it's not really possible to rate the original art fairly..... line art or inks.

[myron]

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Harbinger is such an X-Men rip-off, it's insane. There's a line in there about Harada that reads just like a pull from X-Men. The story for #1 is good so I gave it a "7", but it's completely unoriginal and disappointing to re-read.
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I think this is a result of the x-men MOVIES, not the old comics...at the time harbinger was printed, the harby and x-men resembled each other very little...

[400yrs]

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Harbinger is such an X-Men rip-off, it's insane. There's a line in there about Harada that reads just like a pull from X-Men. The story for #1 is good so I gave it a "7", but it's completely unoriginal and disappointing to re-read.
<snip>

I think this is a result of the x-men MOVIES, not the old comics...at the time harbinger was printed, the harby and x-men resembled each other very little...

You may be right. I thought Magneto was always a conflicted character between good and bad like Harada though.

Pete always reminded me of Cyclops, Kris / Jean, Flamingo / Rogue, Torque / Colossus. To me, Zephyr was the only character that felt unique and I hated her. She was annoying.




Just read Magnus #8. Looking at this stuff again, I'd love to own some of the color art from this issue or any of the Rai minis. The purples and the blues are great. Seems like I enjoy the stuff by Jade the most. Seeing the armor, I'm pumped to get to X-O. Woot, woot!

[400yrs]

9/26-10/2 books:

Glad to get to another title (Harby). Not sure why they thought Vintage Magnus was a good idea.

I wish they used a splash page or a double spread page every once in a while, but I know that's not the Valiant style. I'm a bit miffed that Shooter is sticking to that style with the Dark Key books. Not a good idea in the modern market.


Looking forward to getting in to X-O issues soon.

[400yrs]

10/3-10/9/10 Books:

Busy week. I'm surprised I was able to get 6 issues in. More of the same to come. <sigh>

Rai and X-O both start.

I've discovered that the list that I pulled isn't really in order. It may be in order by month or something, but I read XO #1 and then later Solar #7. Solar #7 was obviously before X-O #1 chronologically (and I'm sure by release) because a spider alien fought Solar with the X-O class armor which Aric stole in X-O #1.

If anyone has a link to a list list of release date by week and then chronology, I would appreciate it greatly.

[Unblessed]

If anyone has a link to a list list of release date by week and then chronology, I would appreciate it greatly.

MOTA?

[400yrs]

If anyone has a link to a list list of release date by week and then chronology, I would appreciate it greatly.

MOTA?

"Hell to the no!!!"

He would have me reading a page from this issue and then a page from another one and so on.....


I'm just trying to get max enjoyment out of these because I know they are going to start sucking eventually. Reading in order would help that.

[Unblessed]

He would have me reading a page from this issue and then a page from another one and so on.....

Ah. Yes. Seems you've tried to read Blackest Night.

[400yrs]

10/10-10/16/10 - 10 total issues 9 read, 1 FAIL


There were some really terrific issues in this bunch, but the Vintage Magnus was just unreadable for me.

There were some of the strongest issues so far from X-O, Magnus, and Harbinger because there were more character issues which is what I like.

Of course, this bunch also included the famous panel with Dr. Noel prone boning Leeja. Awesome!

[400yrs]

10/17-10/23/10 - 13 issues read

This was probably my favorite week of re-reading so far:
- Some of my favorites started - Shadowman and A&A
- There were some really fantastic story issues - Solar 10, A&A 0.
- One book completely surprised me - Magnus 13 was fantastic (story and art). I'm not sure I ever read this issue because it's kind of stuck between the 1st Turok and Unity.

I really liked both Shadowman and A&A back in the day because they felt like a real change of pace from most other comics.

[Elveen]

10/17-10/23/10 - 13 issues read

This was probably my favorite week of re-reading so far:
- Some of my favorites started - Shadowman and A&A
- There were some really fantastic story issues - Solar 10, A&A 0.
- One book completely surprised me - Magnus 13 was fantastic (story and art). I'm not sure I ever read this issue because it's kind of stuck between the 1st Turok and Unity.

I really liked both Shadowman and A&A back in the day because they felt like a real change of pace from most other comics.

The Magnus #13 and #14 and two of my favorite Valiant books. I love the painted art work. I was hoarding these book BIG time.

[HaloReach2010]

10/17-10/23/10 - 13 issues read

This was probably my favorite week of re-reading so far:
- Some of my favorites started - Shadowman and A&A
- There were some really fantastic story issues - Solar 10, A&A 0.
- One book completely surprised me - Magnus 13 was fantastic (story and art). I'm not sure I ever read this issue because it's kind of stuck between the 1st Turok and Unity.

I really liked both Shadowman and A&A back in the day because they felt like a real change of pace from most other comics.

The Magnus #13 and #14 and two of my favorite Valiant books. I love the painted art work. I was hoarding these book BIG time.

I just read 13 and 14 last week. Ernie Colon's painted art was amazing. I wish that it would have continued past just a few issues.