All-Time Favorite VALIANT Issue

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:07 pm

It's the one that started it all for me.

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 6:02 am

sanman wrote:
It's the one that started it all for me.

I've never thought that was a great cover, Aric is standing in such a weird stance...

tmcneil82 · Post by **tmcneil82** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:44 am

ian_house wrote:
sanman wrote:
It's the one that started it all for me.
I've never thought that was a great cover, Aric is standing in such a weird stance...

Really? I think that is one of my top ten favorite covers from valiant

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:51 am

tmcneil82 wrote:
ian_house wrote:
sanman wrote:
It's the one that started it all for me.
I've never thought that was a great cover, Aric is standing in such a weird stance...
Really? I think that is one of my top ten favorite covers from valiant

Yeah I know its alot of peoples favourites. But Aric just looks really unnatural to me there.

tmcneil82 · Post by **tmcneil82** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:56 am

ian_house wrote:
tmcneil82 wrote:
ian_house wrote:
sanman wrote:
It's the one that started it all for me.
I've never thought that was a great cover, Aric is standing in such a weird stance...
Really? I think that is one of my top ten favorite covers from valiant
Yeah I know its alot of peoples favourites. But Aric just looks really unnatural to me there.

I didn't mean for that to come off as me calling you an idiot or anything if it did.

I was just shocked as, like you said, lots of people like it.

I guess the stranger thing here is how many people love the cover for solar 10, since its, you know..... the laziest cover in the history of comics. BTW, its one of my favorites as well.

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:24 am

tmcneil82 wrote:
ian_house wrote:
tmcneil82 wrote:
ian_house wrote:
sanman wrote:
It's the one that started it all for me.
I've never thought that was a great cover, Aric is standing in such a weird stance...
Really? I think that is one of my top ten favorite covers from valiant
Yeah I know its alot of peoples favourites. But Aric just looks really unnatural to me there.
I didn't mean for that to come off as me calling you an idiot or anything if it did. I was just shocked as, like you said, lots of people like it.

I guess the stranger thing here is how many people love the cover for solar 10, since its, you know..... the laziest cover in the history of comics. BTW, its one of my favorites as well.

It didn't... until now

But black is cool! And apparently it never goes out of fashion, not that I'd know much about fashion!

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 11:16 am

ian_house wrote:
sanman wrote:
It's the one that started it all for me.
I've never thought that was a great cover, Aric is standing in such a weird stance...

Well, the thread's question was asking for one’s All-Time Favorite VALIANT Issue. X-O #1 is my favorite issue—not my favorite cover.

My favorite covers are Rai #3, Solar #5 and Unity #0. Any one of these would make awesome posters for the man cave.

dave · Post by **dave** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 11:49 am

tmcneil82 wrote:[solar 10, since its, you know..... the laziest cover in the history of comics. BTW, its one of my favorites as well.

Nuh-Uh! If BWS wouldn't have signed it-the it would be lazy!

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 11:56 am

At least the comic was embossed. The Valiant Era card is just slick blackness—that’s lazy.

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:07 pm

sanman wrote:
ian_house wrote:
sanman wrote:
It's the one that started it all for me.
I've never thought that was a great cover, Aric is standing in such a weird stance...
Well, the thread's question was asking for one’s All-Time Favorite VALIANT Issue. X-O #1 is my favorite issue—not my favorite cover.

My favorite covers are Rai #3, Solar #5 and Unity #0. Any one of these would make awesome posters for the man cave.

Oh yeah, I wasn't having a go. Just saying that I didn't really like the cover, mainly because I know it is considered a great one by so many.

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:13 pm

Got ya

Phoenix8008 · Post by **Phoenix8008** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:28 pm

sanman wrote:
It's the one that started it all for me.

Me as well. I was into this book even before the first issue. I remember being in a local drug store and reading Wizard magazine from their magazine rack. There was an article about this upcoming comic where they described the concept as "Conan the Barbarian using Iron Man's armor". I was hooked from there. There are other books that are better, sure. But that was the first. Then came Unity, and I got to experience all the other titles. It was over after that. I still loved my X-men, but Valiant had taken the top spot I think.

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:34 pm

Phoenix8008 wrote:
sanman wrote:
It's the one that started it all for me.
Me as well. I was into this book even before the first issue. I remember being in a local drug store and reading Wizard magazine from their magazine rack. There was an article about this upcoming comic where they described the concept as "Conan the Barbarian using Iron Man's armor". I was hooked from there. There are other books that are better, sure. But that was the first. Then came Unity, and I got to experience all the other titles. It was over after that. I still loved my X-men, but Valiant had taken the top spot I think.

Similar experience as my own.

myron · Post by **myron** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:04 pm

always liked the unity simonson covers:

myron · Post by **myron** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:06 pm

still remember when I first saw this cover...in context with the story it's friggin' fabulous...

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:08 pm

One of my faves as well.

dave · Post by **dave** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 6:14 pm

myron wrote:always liked the unity simonson covers:

Tell me I'm not the only one who's laid them all out on the floor...

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:30 pm

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:36 pm

Yep, the comics and the Valiant Era Cards (the cards are actually cropped some so they don’t fit quite as well).

dave · Post by **dave** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 2:07 pm

Yeah, that's a bummer about the cards.

Another fav issue that's maybe a little outside the box is, "Bloodshot's Day Off."

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:32 pm

dave wrote:Yeah, that's a bummer about the cards.

Another fav issue that's maybe a little outside the box is, "Bloodshot's Day Off."

What’s the issue number?

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:39 pm

Issue 12 ish ?

dave · Post by **dave** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 6:34 pm

That was gonna be my guess. I love that cover. Sitting there watchin tv. Haha. What a Bloodshot cover!

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 7:29 pm

it is sweet

Rai-fan · Post by **Rai-fan** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:15 pm

Toss-up between X-O # 1 and Shadowman (vol. 2) # 1 by Garth Ennis.