VALIANT Firsts Revealed! Holy *SQUEE*

[BugsySig]

http://www.nerdist.com/2014/02/exclusiv ... ng-series/

AHHHHHHHH! I just nerdgasmed all over myself

[paradise]

I claim partial credit and demand royalties for the A@A/Q@W book. That was part of the panel we did at the q@w signing.

[bygranddesign]

This all too much awesomeness

It's hard to process all this

I'm at information overload right now

This is going to be friggin amazing

[BugsySig]

This all too much awesomeness

It's hard to process this

I'm at information overload right now

This is going to be friggin amazing

Lets see if I can summarize:

Rai launches with Kindt & Crain!

Armor Hunters goes universe-wide with Harbinger and Bloodshot tie in (one-shot?) titles!!

A&A and Q&W team up in The Delinquents!!!

The Death-Defying Doctor Mirage returns in her (their) own title!!!!

[lorddunlow]

Holy *SQUEE*!!!!

I didn't read far enough down! RDLT for Dr. Mirage!!!!! There aren't enough banana emoticons in the world to express my excitement!

It even makes up for Q&W mixing it up with the best book VEI has right now.

[BugsySig]

Hmmmm....it does say "6 new ongoing titles"...but they are only publishing about 9/month...Are Harby and Bloodshot being relaunched? Is Dr. Mirage replacing Shadowman? We know Armor Hunters is a limited series, so is that just a mistake?

[JonesyAZ]

This is truly exciting! I have one question though: with the comment that Valiant is still not going to release more than 9 books a month, do y'all think this means that books like "Armor Wars: Harbinger," "Armor Wars: Bloodshot" and "The Delinquents" will be temporarily or permanently replacing the regular books? Let's say they do. I wrote all the books out and it still counts as 10 books:

Armor Hunters: Harbinger
Armor Hunters: Bloodshot
X-O Manowar
Unity
Armor Hunters
The Delinquents
Death-Defying Dr. Mirage
Rai
Eternal Warrior
Shadowman

But I am still quite super-stoke for this initiative!

[lorddunlow]

Hmmmm....it does say "6 new ongoing titles"...but they are only publishing about 9/month...Are Harby and Bloodshot being relaunched? Is Dr. Mirage replacing Shadowman? We know Armor Hunters is a limited series, so is that just a mistake?

I'm at least hoping Bloodshot is breaking free from HardCORPs

[JonesyAZ]

Hmmmm....it does say "6 new ongoing titles"...but they are only publishing about 9/month...Are Harby and Bloodshot being relaunched? Is Dr. Mirage replacing Shadowman? We know Armor Hunters is a limited series, so is that just a mistake?

LOL! Bugsy, we are thinkin' the same thing...lol

[Donovan]

What number do I phone if I'm having a heart attack?

[MarkRoseHFX]

Rai written by Matt Kindt with fully painted Clayton Crain interiors

[Donovan]

We apologize in advance for what can only be described as a swashbuckling, conspiracy-smashing, partner-trading, goat-fueled race across the USA!

[Aomalle27]

This is truly exciting! I have one question though: with the comment that Valiant is still not going to release more than 9 books a month, do y'all think this means that books like "Armor Wars: Harbinger," "Armor Wars: Bloodshot" and "The Delinquents" will be temporarily or permanently replacing the regular books? Let's say they do. I wrote all the books out and it still counts as 10 books:

Armor Hunters: Harbinger
Armor Hunters: Bloodshot
X-O Manowar
Unity
Armor Hunters
The Delinquents
Death-Defying Dr. Mirage
Rai
Eternal Warrior
Shadowman

But I am still quite super-stoke for this initiative!

I'm thinking the Bloodshot Armor Hunters is limited or a 1 shot, as is Armor Hunters and Delinquents
so you've got Bloodshot (&Hardcorps for the moment), Harbinger, XO, Unity, EW, Q&W,, A&A, Rai!!!!, and Dr. Mirage, (which I believe will alternate stories with Shadowman, she is a Shadowman character, and would make room for Milligan to create small arcs of Shadowman, and not be stuck to a monthly deadline, plus in my opinion, it would really alleviate the pressures fans have been putting on that title (myself included) lumping it onto the "worst of valiant" heap. Alternating between arcs of two radically different stories, but both focused on the Deadside realm, would certainly intrique me. Thus there's the 9 titles as I see them.
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[jedimarley]

Wow. Birthquake came faster than I thought it would.

[mateo107]

too much information to process all at once.

but it looks like Faith and Torque are safe.

[bygranddesign]

too much information to process all at once.

but it looks like Faith and Torque are safe.

Yep

That's the first thing I looked for on that cover. To see which renegades were still around.

I don't recognize the other gen zero characters - I was hoping to see Chronus and Telic

[magnusr]

Hmmmm....it does say "6 new ongoing titles"...but they are only publishing about 9/month...Are Harby and Bloodshot being relaunched? Is Dr. Mirage replacing Shadowman? We know Armor Hunters is a limited series, so is that just a mistake?

LOL! Bugsy, we are thinkin' the same thing...lol

Also consider "we are rebuilding almost everything from the ground up" and it does sound like something will change among the existing titles. Guess it's unavoidable and hoping for the best. Rai sure looks promising.

/Magnus

[coachjamie]

Definitely looking forward to seeing where all this is going.

[lorddunlow]

Dino's most recent tweet seems to indicate Rai and Dr. Mirage are the only new ongoing titles.

[Keith]

Additional info... looks like it's over for Bloodshot & H.A.R.D. Corps:

http://www.newsarama.com/20287-valiant- ... egins.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[bygranddesign]

Additional info... looks like it's over for Bloodshot & H.A.R.D. Corps:

http://www.newsarama.com/20287-valiant- ... egins.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Cool. Thanks for posting.

Ok, I thought Shadowman would be on hiatus (and then relaunch) but it sounds like it will continue on after End Times

Harbinger will continue after the mini series but looks like there will be some major changes to the title.

[jthuconn]

Additional info... looks like it's over for Bloodshot & H.A.R.D. Corps:

http://www.newsarama.com/20287-valiant- ... egins.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Oh no!

[Keith]

CBR interview w/ Matt Kindt on Rai:

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page ... e&id=50820" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[CBurke76]

Rai looks and sounds AWESOME!!! That's why they don't need Magnus Robot Fighter. I'm so looking forward to Rai!!

[mateo107]

yeah, looks like Bloodshot won't be getting a 25th issue and Harbinger's will be delayed until after Armor Hunters is finished.