NYCC 16 Debut Valiant Comics Faith Pop! Vinyl Figure by Funko

At New York Comic Con 2016, Funko will debut its very first Valiant Comics Pop! Asia collectible vinyl figure of Faith “Zephyr” Herbert, Harbinger’s high-flying hero of Los Angeles that captured the attention of the world with her five time sold out solo series debut in 2016! This Asia-only convention import is an advance sneak peek into Valiant’s worldwide collectible and apparel merchandising efforts – the latest of which will begin hitting shelves in North America and Europe in 2017.

Also debuting at New York Comic Con 2016, Valiant’s stratospheric Pop! Asia vinyl debut continues with an exclusive collection of apparel, including the Faith Pop! t-shirt and Faith Pop! hat – each showcasing the energetic Pop! Asia vinyl design of the year’s breakout super-heroine! All of these awesome exclusives can be purchased at the Valiant Entertainment NYCC booth #1635.

Happy Holidays from Valiant Comics!

Happy Holidays from Valiant Comics!

Art by Tom Fowler

New Valiant Comics T-Shirts to Debut at ACBC 2015!

The Valiant 25th Anniversary Tour is hitting its midway point and still going strong! Next weekend it will be heading to Atlantic City, NJ for the inaugural Atlantic City Boardwalk Con (ACBC), and bringing with it some awesome new Valiant t-shirt designs based on the comic book publisher's most popular titles, X-O Manowar, Bloodshot and Harbinger. These new Valiant Entertainment tees will be debuting exclusively at ACBC 2015, and includes the first-ever classic Bloodshot t-shirt featuring artwork by Valiant legend Barry Windsor-Smith!

Valiant will also be debuting a new Harbinger Renegades t-shirt by Harvey Award-nominated artists Khari Evans, and an all new edition of Valiant's best-selling X-O Manowar t-shirt featuring artwork by Eisner Award-winning artist David Aja! All three shirts seen here will be available for purchase at the Valiant ACBC booth #1105 next weekend, May 15-17. The shirts will then be available after the convention at the Valiant Comics online store in sizes S-XXL for around $24.95 each.

Happy Holidays from Valiant Entertainment!

Happy Holidays from Valiant Entertainment!

SDCC 14 Exclusive Harbinger #25 Liberty Variant Cover by Gilbert Hernandez

Valiant Entertainment is proud to support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) with the Harbinger #25 Liberty Variant Cover, a limited edition release of July's 48 page anniversary spectacular featuring a brand new cover by Harvey Award winning cartoonist and industry icon Gilbert Hernandez (Love and Rockets, Marble Season, Sloth)! Debuting this July exclusively at San Diego Comic-Con 2014, the Harbinger #25 Liberty Variant features Hernandez's first-ever rendition of Valiant's best selling teenage superteam, the Harbinger Renegades.

Not only is Hernandez’ cover to the San Diego Comic-Con 2014 Exclusive Harbinger #25 Liberty Variant awesome, but all proceeds from the sale of this comic book will directly benefit the First Amendment legal and education work of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, an organization that works to protect the freedom to read. Collectors can purchase this limited edition variant cover comic exclusively at the CBLDF’s SDCC booth #1920 and via the CBLDF website for just $10.

CBLDF will host a group signing at SDCC on Saturday, July 26th, at 12pm PDT during which Hernandez will sign copies of the San Diego Comic-Con 2014 Exclusive Harbinger #25 Liberty Variant alongside New York Times best-selling writer Joshua Dysart, New York Times best-selling writer and Eisner nominee Vivek J. Tiwary, and acclaimed cartoonist Lucy Knisley.

Valiant Comics Super Deformed Plush Figures by Comic Images - X-O Manowar, Bloodshot & Zephyr

When Valiant Comics relaunched in 2012 The Blot was super excited! As a kid growing up in the ‘90s I loved pretty much every book Valiant published (I never could get into Solar). Now that Valiant’s back up and running on all cylinders with a number of fantastic books, the comic book publisher is also starting to license their characters to third parties. Enter Comic Images and their line of Super Deformed Plushes!

Wave one of Comic Images’ Valiant Comics Super Deformed Plush Figures includes X-O Manowar, Bloodshot and Faith “Zephyr” Herbert of Harbinger. Each figure stands 7” tall, has a gigantic head and little bitty feet. While these Valiant Comics plushes won’t hit stores until January 2014, you can pre-order all three figures from Entertainment Earth for $10.99 each here.

The Summer of Valiant Comics Starts Today!

The Blot honestly cannot believe this is happening. After years of speculation and legal fights over ownership of the Valiant name and its large cast of characters, the Valiant universe is officially re-launching this summer after a twelve year hiatus. The Blot was a HUGE Valiant fan back in the 90s, with some of my all time favorite comic books being Magnus Robot Fighter, Rai and Archer & Armstrong. I can even still remember purchasing the last Valiant comic every produced (until today), Unity 2000 #3, at Austin Books while in college. So you can probably imagine how excited I am for today’s release of X-O Manowar #1.

If you haven’t heard, this summer Valiant Entertainment is restarting the Valiant universe with the debut of four new titles (1 a month over the next 4 months): X-O Manowar, Harbinger, Bloodshot and Archer & Armstrong. Each book brings back fond memories of the comic book industry’s heyday, and I can only hope Valiant is able to find an audience. It sounds like X-O’s already selling like gangbusters, but who knows how fans will react. To be honest it is probably the 1 book I am looking forward to the least as it’s the only series I did not really read during its original run. 

So far we really do not know much about the re-launch, but here are a few tidbits I’ve learned that I know will excite long term Valiant fans. First, Zephyr will be appearing in Harbinger! Second, once again the Valiant universe will be populated by three eternal brothers: Armstrong (of Archer & Armstrong), the Eternal Warrior (of the hit popular comic of the same name) and Ivar (aka the Timewalker). And last but not least, as you can see in the promo image above, a Rai series should be just around the corner! It’ll be interesting to see how they that series into Bloodshot. Sadly, Valiant Entertainment did not acquire the rights to the old Gold Key characters (Magnus, Solar and Turok), meaning they will not be a part of this new universe. 

X-O Manowar issue #1, the first new book from Valiant Entertainment, drops today, May 2nd, at comic book specialty shops everywhere! Be sure to pick up your copy today