To the bitter end

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:02 pm

I know we've had posts like these in the past, but since we have so many new members I thought it might be a good time to do another one.

How many of you (besides me) kept buying new Valiant books to the bitter end no matter how cruddy it got? For those of you that didn't, feel free to post your jumping off point if you want.

Unblessed · Post by **Unblessed** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:05 pm

Magnus ended the war... I stopped buying.

Didn't stick it out.

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:07 pm

I wanted to, but I moved late in the game and no shops in my new city carried the damn things. I was able to find most of the VH2 stuff at a shop about 20 minutes away.

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:12 pm

What are VALIANT books ? Are they like Cyberforce or Spawn ?

Unblessed · Post by **Unblessed** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:14 pm

Knightt wrote:What are VALIANT books ? Are they like Cyberforce or Spawn ?

Think Youngblood with a twist.

dac55 · Post by **dac55** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:15 pm

I quit some where around the Chaos Effect. But did pick one up ever now and again to see if they were getting better.

no luck on that one.

David

96Valiantfan · Post by **96Valiantfan** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:27 pm

After starting somewhere after Turok #1 I bought everything right up to the end.After Acclaim ended it's run I stopped collecting comics untill finding this site.

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:27 pm

Knightt wrote:What are VALIANT books ? Are they like Cyberforce or Spawn ?

Just some lame remake of the New Universe...

IMJ · Post by **IMJ** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:49 pm

I quit about a month or two (or an issue or two, depending on how you reference it) before the first Valiant Era card insert books. EVERY TITLE, bam, cold turkey.

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:53 pm

Unblessed wrote:
Knightt wrote:What are VALIANT books ? Are they like Cyberforce or Spawn ?
Think Youngblood with a twist.

And with the feet drawn in.

Technique · Post by **Technique** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:54 pm

depluto wrote:
Unblessed wrote:
Knightt wrote:What are VALIANT books ? Are they like Cyberforce or Spawn ?
Think Youngblood with a twist.
And with the feet drawn in.

What about teeth?

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:55 pm

Technique wrote:
depluto wrote:
Unblessed wrote:
Knightt wrote:What are VALIANT books ? Are they like Cyberforce or Spawn ?
Think Youngblood with a twist.
And with the feet drawn in.
What about teeth?

At least 50.

Technique · Post by **Technique** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:58 pm

depluto wrote:
Technique wrote:
depluto wrote:
Unblessed wrote:
Knightt wrote:What are VALIANT books ? Are they like Cyberforce or Spawn ?
Think Youngblood with a twist.
And with the feet drawn in.
What about teeth?
At least 50.

So Liefeld drew for Valiant?

stone384 · Post by **stone384** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 11:29 pm

depluto wrote:
Technique wrote:
depluto wrote:
Unblessed wrote:
Knightt wrote:
What are VALIANT books ? Are they like Cyberforce or Spawn ?

Think Youngblood with a twist.

And with the feet drawn in.

What about teeth?

At least 50.

So Liefeld drew for VALIANT?

Liefeld has never drawn anything...you have to have skill to draw

steverino · Post by **steverino** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 12:48 am

stone384 wrote:
depluto wrote:
Technique wrote:
depluto wrote:
Unblessed wrote:
Knightt wrote:
What are VALIANT books ? Are they like Cyberforce or Spawn ?

Think Youngblood with a twist.

And with the feet drawn in.

What about teeth?

At least 50.

So Liefeld drew for VALIANT?
Liefeld has never drawn anything...you have to have skill to draw

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 12:57 am

I was HEAVY into VALIANT fairly early (not Magnus #1, but before Unity) I was buying everything VALIANT put out,

me and 3 other of my friends (FabtasyfootballBono [an old member here]was one of them) were in it together in college, we would drive to this weekly comic convention in (Fullerton?) and all over, to get our books, and the back issues we needed...

but around a few months after Turok #1 we just stopped, a couple of my buds "took the money and ran" (sold the early books for big $$, for hundreds of $$, to teenagers with rich dads

)

I don't remember deciding to stop buying the books.. it just happened...

So now I am on the hunt to get a complete run...

At least I didn't sell my books...

The Zodfather · Post by **The Zodfather** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 1:22 am

I quit when they canceled half their line to put the other half out biweekly aka Birthquake...I had enough trouble finding and affording comics at the time as it was and when they pulled that I said SHENANIGANS! and left
The Zodfather

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 1:31 am

Chaos Effect did it for me... I had pretty much come in RIGHT BEFORE Unity, and I loved the stuff. But, by C.E., there was a noticeable drop in quality, and I found the enjoyment I got out of my VALIANTS just wasn't there, yet I was spending $3 per book, on the entire line. I drew the line at Chaos Effect, knowing that if I ever wanted to pick these up again, I knew where I left off.

I still haven't found the urge to pick anything up after this, and a lot of it before C.E. still holds no power over me. Under advice from many members here, I will at some point have all of the VH1 Harbinger, Shadowman and Rai books, and most of Archer & Armstrong and Eternal Warrior. Bloodshot, I'll haveta take issue by issue...

-slym

manningfan · Post by **manningfan** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:32 am

I collected all of the books until the end of Unity. I continued with Archer & Armstrong, The Eternal Warrior, and Bloodshot. I still have all of those. The other books got too bad from there on in. I was really bumed out about the fall of Magnus and XO Manowar as they were my favorites when Valiant first started.

Zool · Post by **Zool** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:29 am

I got in around, just after Unity infact this...

Cover appearing in Comics International, with the name Jim Shooter attached to it was the first time I really noticed VALIANT. But it took me while to get on board.

I got out around Choas Effect, my beloved Shadowman had lost me a bit by then.

alexarc · Post by **alexarc** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 6:07 am

It Ended for me at SECRET WEAPONS #1

ibreakhorses · Post by **ibreakhorses** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:06 am

It was a gradual slow down for me.

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:02 am

bailed out right before the Chaos Effect, I was buying every VALIANT book, and it was around that time that I became more conscious about how much money I was actually spending on comics. Since I wasn't really enjoying the books at that point, I decided it was time to drop them all and save the money.

Byrneout · Post by **Byrneout** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:30 am

I quit buying EVERY book right around Chaos Effect, and continued to try and grab every issue of Magnus, X-O, and Shadowman fromt hat point forward.

The Mighty Drew · Post by **The Mighty Drew** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:15 am

I also quit VALIANT just prior to "Chaos Effect".

A few years ago, I was selling off some of my collection just because I had too damn much. I picked the point in each of the VALIANT titles where I thought they had "jumped the shark" and kept everything before that. Got rid of a few trades, too.

Yesterday, at my local comic shop, I picked up six VALIANT trades, and one issue of Solar I was able to find in his dollar boxes. I knew as I was doing it that this was "that damn message board's fault". So, yeah, I guess I'm back in now.