RAI #1 (VALIANT FIRST) | RAI #1 PLUS EDITION | SHADOWMAN: END TIMES #1 (of 3)
Next week, VALIANT FIRST launches in force with the most anticipated Valiant release ever – RAI #1 by Matt Kindt and Clayton Crain!
Strap yourself in and get ready for a comic book experience unlike any other because Valiant is headed two thousand years into the future for our latest ongoing series! The VALIANT FIRST initiative isn’t just about #1 issues and “jumping-on points” – our editorial team and creators sat down and challenged themselves to make some of the most compelling single issues if the year… the kind of comics that demand to be read FIRST when you head home from the come shop. And, as you’ll soon see, Matt and Clayton have completely nailed it on that front with RAI #1!
Part and parcel with that challenge, RAI #1 also has a highly experimental component as well. Be sure to check out the RAI #1 Plus Edition linked below – a special expanded version of the book with 16 extra pages of in-story, in-universe content from Matt & Clayton, as well as Sean Ryan, Rian Hughes, Raul Allen and Vicente Cifuentes. Curious about Rai’s world? Look no further than this special print-only releases that was limited to initial orders only and won’t be collected for the trade. This ain’t costume designs and sketches… It’s a full-blown exploration of the year 4001.
Also hitting on Wednesday, Peter Milligan and Valentine de Landro are unleashing Shadowman: End Times #1 (of 3) – the first issue of a perilous new turning point that will severely shake up everything about Jack Boniface’s corner of the Valiant Universe. Things are about to head in a very different, very exciting direction for Shadowman, and it starts right here. If you think you’ve seen Peter Milligan do supernatural superheroes…you ain’t seen nothing yet!
Now on with the comics!
VALIANT FIRST begins in force this May with an all-new vision of the future in RAI #1 – a new monthly series from comics superstars Matt Kindt and Clayton Crain!
The year is 4001 A.D. – led by the artificial intelligence called “Father,” the island nation of Japan has expanded out of the Pacific and into geosynchronous orbit with the ravaged Earth below. With billions to feed and protect, it has fallen to one solitary guardian to enforce the law of Father’s empire – the mysterious folk hero known as Rai. They say he can appear out of nowhere. They say he is a spirit…the ghost of Japan. But when the first murder in a thousand years threatens to topple Father’s benevolent reign, Rai will be forced to confront the true face of a nation transformed…and his own long-lost humanity…
For Valiant’s dedicated pullbox subscription customers, celebrate the launch of VALIANT FIRST with a special expanded edition of RAI #1, featuring 16 extra pages of in-story bonus features and dedicated looks inside the world of 4001 A.D. that won’t be collected for the trade paperback!
$4.99/T+/48 pgs. ON SALE 4/30/14
SHADOWMAN: END TIMES #1 (of 3) Written by PETER MILLIGAN Art by VALENTINE DE LANDRO Cover by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI (FEB141460) Pullbox Exclusive Variant by JEFF DEKAL (FEB141461) Variant Cover by DAVID MACK (FEB141462)
The end times are now! Master storyteller Peter Milligan is pushing Shadowman to the edge – but can Jack Boniface survive the plunge?
Jack thought he’d finally fixed his life — and the source of his dark power. But when a figure from the past emerges with a troubling revelation about his destiny, the new Shadowman will plummet into an abyss far darker than any demon. Make no mistake — doom is coming for Shadowman…and it all begins right here in the first of three oversized issues!
Preview Pages: HERE
ALL-NEW ARC! DEATH OF A RENEGADE – PART 1 (of 3)!
Peter Stanchek and his wayward team of teenage Renegades thought they had found freedom. They thought they could get their old lives back. They thought they could bring down Toyo Harada and the Harbinger Foundation. They were wrong. And now one of them will die.
$3.99/T+/32 pgs. ON SALE 4/23/14
ETERNAL WARRIOR #8 Written by GREG PAK Art by ROBERT GILL Cover by LEWIS LAROSA (FEB141482)
Is the Eternal Warrior finally out of time?
Every moment in the centuries-long life of Gilad Anni-Padda has led to this moment. Far removed from the modern day, standing resolute at the last tattered edge of the civilization, the Eternal Emperor of 4001 A.D. is about to make the hardest choice of all – and two thousand years of Valiant heroes will feel the fallout. Don’t miss a moment as the very first vision of Valiant’s all-new future timeline reaches a milestone turning point!
$3.99/T+/32 pgs. ON SALE 4/23/14
Preview Pages: HERE
