Valiant Solicitations for MARCH 2015 – NINJAK #1, IMPERIUM #2, DIVINITY #2, X-O MANOWAR #34 (“DEAD HAND” – PART 1), and More!
NINJAK #1 [VALIANT NEXT]
Written by MATT KINDT
Art by CLAY MANN with BUTCH GUICE
Cover A by LEWIS LAROSA
Cover B by CLAY MANN
Cover C by DAVE JOHNSON
Cover D by MARGUERITE SAUVAGE
Valiant Next Variant by TREVOR HAIRSINE & TOM MULLER
Character Design Variant by CLAY MANN
B&W Sketch Variant by LEWIS LAROSA
Blank Cover also available
For the first time, Ninjak’s past and future collide in the pages of an all-new ongoing series from New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (Rai, Mind MGMT) and superstar artists Clay Mann (X-Men: Legacy, Gambit) and Butch Guice (Captain America, Action Comics)!
Then: Meet inexperienced MI-6 recruit Colin King on his first mission in the field as he learns the basics of spycraft and counterintelligence, and develops a volatile relationship with his first handler.
Now: Colin King is Ninjak, the world’s foremost intelligence operative, weapons expert, and master assassin. And he’s hunting the Shadow Seven – a secret cabal of shinobi masters with mysterious ties to his training and tragic past.
$3.99 | 40 pgs. | T+ | On sale MARCH 11
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IMPERIUM #2 [VALIANT NEXT]
Written by JOSHUA DYSART
Art by DOUG BRAITHWAITE
Cover A by RAUL ALLEN
Cover B by DOUG BRAITHWAITE
Cover C by BUTCH GUICE
Variant Cover by LEWIS LAROSA
Character Design Variant by DOUG BRAITHWAITE
The battle for utopia continues! The second shocking chapter from New York Times best-selling writer Joshua Dysart (Harbinger) and superstar artist Doug Braithwaite (Armor Hunters)!
A psychic dictator, an inhuman robot, a mad scientist, a murderous alien and a super-powered terrorist are about to try and take over the world…and you’re going to be rooting for them every step of the way. THIS IS IMPERIUM.
$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On sale MARCH 4
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DIVINITY #2 (of 4) [VALIANT NEXT]
Written by MATT KINDT
Art by TREVOR HAIRSINE
Cover A by JELENA KEVIC-DJURDJEVIC
Cover B by TOM MULLER
Variant Cover by RAFA SANDOVAL
Variant Cover by DIEGO BERNARD
Variant Cover by LEWIS LAROSA
New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt and blockbuster artist Trevor Hairsine unleash an all-new chapter of the year’s most powerful science fiction saga! Can the world withstand its first confrontation with a being of god-like proportions?
A Soviet cosmonaut – seemingly imbued with the powers of a god – has taken up residence in the Australian Outback. Some think him to be a savior…while others believe he will usher in a new Communist Age…
Now the rest of the world’s powers must decide for themselves – will the enigmatic DIVINITY offer his hand in friendship or will Earth’s heroes find themselves helpless against the wrath of the divine?
$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | VALIANT PRESTIGE | On sale MARCH 18
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X-O MANOWAR #34 (NEW ARC! “DEAD HAND” – PART 1)
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI
Art by DIEGO BERNARD
Cover A (Overlay) by LEWIS LAROSA
Cover B (Wraparound) by JORGE MOLINA
Variant Cover by DAS PASTORAS
Character Design Variant by JORGE MOLINA
Artist Variant by BUTCH GUICE
ALL-NEW ARC! ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT! DEAD HAND is coming!
He survived ENTER: NINJAK. He waged war on PLANET DEATH. And now he must defend the Earth from an unholy reckoning…and the doomsday protocol codenamed: DEAD HAND!
This is it…X-O Manowar…face-to-face with a ROBOT ARMY HELLBENT ON THE DESTRUCTION OF EVERYTHING! Blast off with New York Times best-selling creator Robert Venditti (Armor Hunters,Green Lantern) as he begins the most shocking arc yet of his seminal run on Valiant’s flagship series!
$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On sale MARCH 4
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IVAR, TIMEWALKER #3 [VALIANT NEXT]
Written by FRED VAN LENTE
Art by CLAYTON HENRY
Cover A by RAUL ALLEN
Cover B by BRIAN LEVEL
Variant Cover by MICHAEL WALSH
Variant Cover by RAMON VILLALOBOS
FROM HERE TO OBLIVI-1!
Ivar, the man called Timewalker, has been through ancient battlefields, political assassinations, the beginning of time, the invention of time travel, the great wars, and the distant future. (And that was only in the first two issues!) Now, he faces his greatest threat yet…himself! What secret does THE TIMEWALKER hold that will unlock his interest in Neela and flip our very definition of time travel on its head? Can a man resigned to forever walk through time truly make up for the mistakes of his past? And just who is the mysterious sociopathic leader of Oblivi-1, and why does she have such an interest in Ivar and Neela’s time traveling team-up?
Find out here as Fred Van Lente and Clayton Henry – the team that brought you ARCHER & ARMSTRONG – continue their clock-stopping race to the end of time and back!
$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On sale MARCH 18
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THE VALIANT #4 (of 4) [VALIANT NEXT]
Written by JEFF LEMIRE & MATT KINDT
Art and Cover by PAOLO RIVERA
Interlocking Variant Cover by JEFF LEMIRE & MATT KINDT
Variant Cover by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
The darkness is now! The heroes of the Valiant Universe make their triumphant last stand at the end of all things as superstar creators Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt, and Paolo Rivera bring their magnum opus to its gut-wrenching conclusion!
The Immortal Enemy has all but won and only Bloodshot and Geomancer are left to stand against his darkness. Are they willing to save humanity if it means losing their own – and each other?
$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | VALIANT PRESTIGE | On sale MARCH 25
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QUANTUM AND WOODY MUST DIE #3 (of 4)
Written by JAMES ASMUS
Art by STEVE LIEBER
Cover by MIKE HAWTHORNE
Variant Cover by KANO
We fought a zoo!
The deadly conspiracy at Quantum and Woody’s throats tightens its lethal grip! Everyone that surrounds the brothers Henderson is dead-set on ending them…just when everything was coming up Quantum and Woody! Every so-called friend, neighbor, and confidant goes in for the kill, but Eric and Woody are still trying to figure out what’s going on! Who’s doing this to them? Why? Who’s been messing around inside their brains? How? What dastardly supervillains will come at them next? Where? Will the goat be hurt…and harm their dad’s pregnancy? What?
$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On sale MARCH 25
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UNITY #16
Written by MATT KINDT
Art by PERE PEREZ
Cover A by GLENN FABRY
Cover B by JUAN JOSE RYP
Variant Cover by ANTONIO FUSO
War on the HOMEFRONT!
After a violent and devastating battle, the Eternal Warrior – one of the world’s immortals, and its greatest wager of war – must once again grapple with his most implacable enemy – the countless days behind him…and the life that’s about to become a memory!
$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On sale MARCH 11
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RAI BY MATT KINDT & CLAYTON CRAIN WILL RETURN IN APRIL
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X-O MANOWAR VOL. 8: ENTER ARMORINES TPB
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI
Art by DIEGO BERNARD with CLAY MANN
Cover by RAUL ALLEN
ARMORINES…ATTACK!
Since Aric of Dacia returned from the stars, terror and destruction have followed in his wake – and the nations of Earth have had enough. As the world rushes into a new arms race, X-O Manowar will find himself confronted by a calculating paramilitary force designed to duplicate – and outmatch – the destructive potential of his own armor. But who is this bleeding-edge commando unit – and what plans does their fiendishly familiar leader have in store for the universe’s most powerful weapon?
Can X-O Manowar survive his first encounter with the all-new ARMORINES? Find out here as Valiant superstars Robert Venditti (The Flash, Green Lantern), Diego Bernard (Red Lanterns), and Clay Mann (X-Men: Legacy) unleash a pivotal new chapter in the saga of X-O Manowar! Collecting X-O MANOWAR #30–32 and X-O MANOWAR #0.
$14.99 | 112 pgs. | T+ | On sale MARCH 11
TRADE PAPERBACK | ISBN: 9781939346551
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UNITY VOL. 4: THE UNITED TPB
Written by MATT KINDT with JOSHUA DYSART
Art by CAFU with CARY NORD and ROBERT GILL
Cover by LEWIS LAROSA
WHO ARE…THE UNITED?
A new day has dawned for the elite assemblage of heroes called UNITY, and, in the wake of the Armor Hunters’ invasion, the time has come to grow their ranks. Who will be the next fearless hero to join the roster of the world’s most elite superteam? And just what is the international strike force called THE UNITED – and why have they marked UNITY’s own X-O Manowar, Ninjak, Livewire, and Eternal Warrior for elimination?
Join New York Times best-selling writers Matt Kindt (Rai, Mind MGMT), and red hot artists CAFU, Cary Nord and Robert Gill as they look back with the Eternal Warrior to the trenches of WW I and the top secret missions of Unit-Y before detonating the planet’s first superteam vs. superteam war right here with a bold new beginning for UNITY! Collecting UNITY #12-14 and UNITY #0, plus HARBINGER: FAITH #0 by New York Times best-selling writer Joshua Dysart (Harbinger) and rising star Robert Gill (Eternal Warrior).
$14.99 | 128 pgs. | T+ | On sale MARCH 4
TRADE PAPERBACK | ISBN: 9781939346544
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ARMOR HUNTERS DELUXE EDITION HC
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI, MATT KINDT, JOSHUA DYSART and JOE HARRIS
Art by DOUG BRAITHWAITE, DIEGO BERNARD, STEPHEN SEGOVIA, ROBERT GILL, TREVOR HAIRSINE and CAFU
Cover by MICO SUAYAN
Re-presenting Valiant’s sold-out crossover event in complete chronological order! From New York Times best-selling creators Robert Venditti (X-O Manowar, The Flash), Matt Kindt (Rai, Mind MGMT), Joshua Dysart (Harbinger, Unknown Soldier), Doug Braithwaite (Unity, Justice), and more top talents, the acclaimed Armor Hunters saga gets the deluxe oversized hardcover treatment with more than 20+ pages of never-before-seen bonus materials!
When Aric of Dacia returned to Earth with the stolen X-O Manowar armor of an alien race, he thought he’d finally found a weapon to guard the peace and kingdom he’d struggled so long to secure. But now, a relentless and surgical strike team from the farthest reaches of space – sworn to exterminate the armor and all like it – have found their final target. The Armor Hunters are coming. They will hunt. They will trap. They will kill. And they will rid the universe of the X-O Manowar armor’s incalculable destructive power…even if it means taking the Earth with it.
Collecting ARMOR HUNTERS #1–4, ARMOR HUNTERS: AFTERMATH #1, ARMOR HUNTERS: BLOODSHOT #1–3, ARMOR HUNTERS: HARBINGER #1–3, UNITY #8–11 and X-O MANOWAR #23–29, with more than 20+ pages of bonus content and rarely seen special features.
$49.99 | 500 pgs. | T+ | On sale MARCH 18
OVERSIZED HARDCOVER | ISBN: 9781939346728