10 most important Valiant characters
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10 most important Valiant characters
List who you feel are the ten most important Valiant characters. Make your list longer if you want to. Discuss.
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Re: 10 most important Valiant characters
In No Order
Sting
Toyo Harada
Master Darque
X-O Manowar
Bloodshot
Shadowman
Eternal Warrior
Rai
Geomancer
Mothergod
Sting
Toyo Harada
Master Darque
X-O Manowar
Bloodshot
Shadowman
Eternal Warrior
Rai
Geomancer
Mothergod
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Re: 10 most important Valiant characters
i agree with this list.BruceReville wrote:In No Order
Sting
Toyo Harada
Master Darque
X-O Manowar
Bloodshot
Shadowman
Eternal Warrior
Rai
Geomancer
Mothergod
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Re: 10 most important Valiant characters
Harada
Master Darque
Pete
X-O
Archer (keep thinking of Archies)
Bloodshot
Shadowman
Rai
Gilad
Sandria Darque?
If we're talking about the OLD VU, I'd replace the last two with Magnus & SOLAR
Master Darque
Pete
X-O
Archer (keep thinking of Archies)
Bloodshot
Shadowman
Rai
Gilad
Sandria Darque?
If we're talking about the OLD VU, I'd replace the last two with Magnus & SOLAR
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Re: 10 most important Valiant characters
I picked these characters mainly on their overall importance and because of their integral value to VH1 as a whole.
Phil Seleski
Erica Pierce
Gilad Anni Padda
The Geomancers
Aric Dacia
Toyo Harada
John Torkleson
Magnus
Peter Stanchek
Rai
Bloodshot
HARD Corps
Omissions from my list and why
ShadowMan (Jack Boniface) Had little to no influence on the VH1 Universe as a whole and it's future (perhaps he did, but to only a few people)
Master Darque (same as above)
Phil Seleski
Erica Pierce
Gilad Anni Padda
The Geomancers
Aric Dacia
Toyo Harada
John Torkleson
Magnus
Peter Stanchek
Rai
Bloodshot
HARD Corps
Omissions from my list and why
ShadowMan (Jack Boniface) Had little to no influence on the VH1 Universe as a whole and it's future (perhaps he did, but to only a few people)
Master Darque (same as above)
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Re: 10 most important Valiant characters
Sting
Harada
Master Darque
Bloodshot
Shadowman
Aric Dacia
Gilad The Eternal Warrior
Rai
Archer & Armstrong
Harada
Master Darque
Bloodshot
Shadowman
Aric Dacia
Gilad The Eternal Warrior
Rai
Archer & Armstrong
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Re: 10 most important Valiant characters
Solar
Magnus
Mothergod
Eternal Warrior
Shadowman
Rai
X-O
Sting
Harada
Master Darque
Magnus
Mothergod
Eternal Warrior
Shadowman
Rai
X-O
Sting
Harada
Master Darque
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Re: 10 most important Valiant characters
Ignoring the GK characters, I would pick:
Eternal Warrior
Archer
Armstrong
X-O Manowar (Aric)
Rai
Pete Stanchek
Toyo Harada
Master Darque
Geomancer (Geoff)
Bloodshot
Eternal Warrior
Archer
Armstrong
X-O Manowar (Aric)
Rai
Pete Stanchek
Toyo Harada
Master Darque
Geomancer (Geoff)
Bloodshot
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Re: 10 most important Valiant characters
Also ignoring the GK3, the most important to me as a prospective reader of a new VALIANT are:
Shadowman
Master Darque
Harada
Bloodshot
X-O/Aric
Gilad
Immortal Enemy
Dr. Eclipse (yes I would like him around, even sans Solar; I liked the visual aspect and opportunities he offered)
Dr. Mirage (note I said most important to me as a reader, not most important period - that list would sort itself fairly easily)
Peter Stanchek/Sting/Visitor?
Shadowman
Master Darque
Harada
Bloodshot
X-O/Aric
Gilad
Immortal Enemy
Dr. Eclipse (yes I would like him around, even sans Solar; I liked the visual aspect and opportunities he offered)
Dr. Mirage (note I said most important to me as a reader, not most important period - that list would sort itself fairly easily)
Peter Stanchek/Sting/Visitor?
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Re: 10 most important Valiant characters
Peter Stanchek/Sting/Visitor/TheHarbinger?leonmallett wrote:Also ignoring the GK3, the most important to me as a prospective reader of a new VALIANT are:
Shadowman
Master Darque
Harada
Bloodshot
X-O/Aric
Gilad
Immortal Enemy
Dr. Eclipse (yes I would like him around, even sans Solar; I liked the visual aspect and opportunities he offered)
Dr. Mirage (note I said most important to me as a reader, not most important period - that list would sort itself fairly easily)
Peter Stanchek/Sting/Visitor?
Fixed.
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Re: 10 most important Valiant characters
MarrowMan wrote:Peter Stanchek/Sting/Visitor/TheHarbinger?leonmallett wrote:Also ignoring the GK3, the most important to me as a prospective reader of a new VALIANT are:
Shadowman
Master Darque
Harada
Bloodshot
X-O/Aric
Gilad
Immortal Enemy
Dr. Eclipse (yes I would like him around, even sans Solar; I liked the visual aspect and opportunities he offered)
Dr. Mirage (note I said most important to me as a reader, not most important period - that list would sort itself fairly easily)
Peter Stanchek/Sting/Visitor?
Fixed.
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Re: 10 most important Valiant characters
Excluding Gold Key, in no particular order:
XO
Sting
Harada
Master Darque
Gilad
Geoff the Geomancer
Bloodshot
Rai
Archer (Archies)
Shadowman
XO
Sting
Harada
Master Darque
Gilad
Geoff the Geomancer
Bloodshot
Rai
Archer (Archies)
Shadowman
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Re: 10 most important Valiant characters
Toyo
Darque
Aric
Gilad
Sting
Shadowman
Bloodshot
Aram
Geomancer
Rai
Darque
Aric
Gilad
Sting
Shadowman
Bloodshot
Aram
Geomancer
Rai
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Re: 10 most important Valiant characters
You and Harada on first name terms Elveen? Should the rest of be afraid, very afraid?Elveen wrote:Toyo
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Re: 10 most important Valiant characters
leonmallett wrote:You and Harada on first name terms Elveen? Should the rest of be afraid, very afraid?Elveen wrote:Toyo
Yes.... and possibly.
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Re: 10 most important Valiant characters
+1Elveen wrote:Toyo
Darque
Aric
Gilad
Sting
Shadowman
Bloodshot
Aram
Geomancer
Rai
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Re: 10 most important Valiant characters
How about the most under-appreciated important characters in Valiant?
I would say:
Kris from Harbinger (no powers but held the team together and is the mother of Magnus)
Zephyr - always popular and maybe the first comic book geek to be a superhero in a comic book.
Rai - I think generally the most under appreciated of the title characters, though I would say the most original concept of the original Valiant Universe.
I would say:
Kris from Harbinger (no powers but held the team together and is the mother of Magnus)
Zephyr - always popular and maybe the first comic book geek to be a superhero in a comic book.
Rai - I think generally the most under appreciated of the title characters, though I would say the most original concept of the original Valiant Universe.
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Re: 10 most important Valiant characters
I would Argue because Phil Seleski appears long before Zephyr, that he is the first (He read Gold Key Solar as a kid.)BugsySig wrote:How about the most under-appreciated important characters in Valiant?
I would say:
Kris from Harbinger (no powers but held the team together and is the mother of Magnus)
Zephyr - always popular and maybe the first comic book geek to be a superhero in a comic book.
Rai - I think generally the most under appreciated of the title characters, though I would say the most original concept of the original Valiant Universe.
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Re: 10 most important Valiant characters
But Zephyr was a modern geek, not just someone who read comics as a kid. I don't think I ever saw a character use frak and grok in their regular vocabulary before Zephyr.MarrowMan wrote:I would Argue because Phil Seleski appears long before Zephyr, that he is the first (He read Gold Key Solar as a kid.)BugsySig wrote:How about the most under-appreciated important characters in Valiant?
I would say:
Kris from Harbinger (no powers but held the team together and is the mother of Magnus)
Zephyr - always popular and maybe the first comic book geek to be a superhero in a comic book.
Rai - I think generally the most under appreciated of the title characters, though I would say the most original concept of the original Valiant Universe.
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Re: 10 most important Valiant characters
What? No love for the goat?
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Re: 10 most important Valiant characters
steverino wrote:What? No love for the goat?
Vincent had to be put to pasture. Chiclo and MOTA are both having an emotional time right now, but for different reasons.
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Re: 10 most important Valiant characters
There's a joke about finding a goat in the tall grass but I will pass because it is too easy.xodacia81 wrote:steverino wrote:What? No love for the goat?
Vincent had to be put to pasture. Chiclo and MOTA are both having an emotional time right now, but for different reasons.
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Re: 10 most important Valiant characters
I fear no evil, for god art with me...my rod and my staff will pummel you...Elveen wrote:leonmallett wrote:You and Harada on first name terms Elveen? Should the rest of be afraid, very afraid?Elveen wrote:Toyo
Yes.... and possibly.
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Re: 10 most important Valiant characters
He really was a great character. A great character in a great world: a unique power-set, Grandmother, The "Dragon City", an estranged wife who has the X-O Commando armor, and a divided country.BugsySig wrote:How about the most under-appreciated important characters in Valiant?
Rai - I think generally the most under appreciated of the title characters, though I would say the most original concept of the original Valiant Universe.
I really don't think that Valiant understood what they had when they killed him.
I think they made a big mistake when they killed him in Unity.
And no other incarnation of Rai could live up to him.
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Re: 10 most important Valiant characters
Agreed.Big Red wrote:He really was a great character. A great character in a great world: a unique power-set, Grandmother, The "Dragon City", an estranged wife who has the X-O Commando armor, and a divided country.BugsySig wrote:How about the most under-appreciated important characters in Valiant?
Rai - I think generally the most under appreciated of the title characters, though I would say the most original concept of the original Valiant Universe.
I really don't think that Valiant understood what they had when they killed him.
I think they made a big mistake when they killed him in Unity.
And no other incarnation of Rai could live up to him.
His sacrifice and the Dragon City crashing to Earth sure made for a dramatic read, but it really hurt the series from then on. They pretty much killed off the best aspects of the series in one swoop. It sure makes you wonder what they were thinking of at the time.