Any Valiant Comics fans here?

[megamania]

I was wondering if there are any Valiant Comics fans here. Valiant was THE comicbook company and had the best stories in the early 90's. I miss the likes of X-O, Bloodshot, Harbinger, Eternal Warrior and Archer & Armstrong.

 

[Darthjaye]

I think of all these titles Archer and Armstrong was easily my favorite. Then came Eternal Warrior (obvious connection there), then Hard Corps, and X-O. There were some great stories in these titles, too bad it went to crap so fast.

 

[megamania]

I would love to see these return.

Ninjak
Archer & Armstrong
Magnus
HARD Corps
Harbinger
XO Man-o-War
Eternal Warrior
Bloodshot
Rai

and so many more. Good stories and decent art.

I sometimes wonder what would happen if DC or Marvel (Darkhorse even) would do with them if they got the licences for them.

 

[Xyanthon]

I really dug them. Dr. Solar Man of the Atom was cool. So was Turok X-O and the rest. I preferred Valiant titles to Image who was also emerging at about the same time.

 

[Silver Moon]

I liked Archer & Armstrong, didn't really care that much for the rest of the line.

 

[RichCsigs]

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5852

This is an excellent article about the rise and fall of Valiant comics. Long but well worth the read. It's 4 years old, so the final section is now out of date but it's still a really great read.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

I just hope that Priest gets the rights to Quantum & Woody back someday, and that he and MD Bright are able to continue the (mis)adventures of the world's worst superheroes.

 

[Felon]

I didn't follow Valiant during its day, which is probably a pity. I hear differing stories over whether it went to hell before or after Jim Shooter got canned.

Are any of the titles collected in trade paperback form?

 

[RichCsigs]

There were a few. All of them are long out of print now so you'll have to find them through a second hand market.

There was Solar: Alpha & Omega (Solar #1-10)
Harbinger #0-6
Magnus Robot Fighter: Steel Nation (Magnus #1 - either 4 or 6)
The complete Unity Saga (every issue of the Unity crossover in a 4 book slipcase set)
X-O Man of War #1 - either 4 or 6
Valiant "Firsts" (reprinting the first appearances of various characters).
And a Quantom & Woody trade that had the first either 4 or 6 issues.

Those are the ones that I remember off the top of my head. There may be more.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

I used to read them back in their heyday but not anymore. But then I don't get comics like I used to. Last time I got a bunch was at last year's Heroes Con in Charlotte. Maybe go back this year.......