Comments on: Let’s Try This Yet Again: Valiant Comics Returns

By: Valiant Continues to Move in the Wrong Direction » Comics Worth Reading

Valiant Continues to Move in the Wrong Direction » Comics Worth Reading — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:25:26 +0000

[...] month ago, Valiant Comics announced its [...]

By: Thad

Thad — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:08:57 +0000

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…you know, I REALLY miss Quantum and Woody.

By: kiwijohn

kiwijohn — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 23:23:24 +0000

It might also help their case a little if their CEO was talking about the “tenets” of the company instead of its “tenants” given they’re two quite different things.

So, I wonder if they’ll start with one really really well-written and illustrated title that gets everyone buzzing and looking for the next big thing from them, and use that goodwill to gradually build up their line slowly with other equally good titles? …nah, probably not.

kiwijohn

By: Jim Perreault

Jim Perreault — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 01:35:21 +0000

My favorite was Archer and Armstrong, but only when Barry Windsor Smith was on it. Like Johanna says, its more about the creators than the characters.

Jim

By: James Schee

James Schee — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:56:09 +0000

Uhm Bloodshot since they are using him for their logo I guess. Ninjak, Quautum & Woody…. X-O Manowar… Harbinger? That about taps me out.. they were too far in when I first got online and became aware of their comics.

Their Wiki page they won’t publish anything until 2012? Kind of bad timing to do this announcement as you say Johanna. I actually thought they wer part of the speculator thing, more than about stories myself. It sure seemed that they, along with Image, were big in Wizard back then.

By: RichJohnston

RichJohnston — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 21:01:23 +0000

Are the previously cancelled titles from the Dark Horse Gold Key line still coming back as well. Solar, Magnus, Turok?

By: Joshua

Joshua — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 20:57:18 +0000

Oh! Yeah, Ninjak was actually pretty fun… I had forgotten about it completely, and the name is so generic I didn’t recognize it. That was with Neil Vokes, too, whose work I’ve always liked. Again consulting Wikipedia, it seems that the Busiek/Vokes run was actually part of the Acclaim reboot, and not part of the original Valiant line.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 20:35:38 +0000

I remember Ninjak, because it was Kurt Busiek writing a young hero. And you’re right, those Random House ones (the Gold Key titles) are currently being published by Dark Horse, so they won’t be included here.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 20:14:33 +0000

And now that I’ve looked them up on Wikipedia, it turns out the three titles I sort of remember were licensed from Random House (Solar, Magnus, and Turok), so probably won’t be part of any new Valiant.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 20:07:53 +0000

I can’t remember a single Valiant comic, and I know that I read some of them.