Valiant Review PDFs: NINJAK #10 (NEW ARC! “OPERATION: DEADSIDE” – PART 1) | UNITY #25 (48-PAGE COMEDY SPECTACULAR!)
Next week…Shadowman makes his long-awaited return to Valiant Universe…for a one-on-one confrontation with Ninjak!
That’s right… In stores everywhere next Wednesday, it’s MI-6’s most elite super-spy versus the fallen hero of New Orleans in NINJAK #10 – the first chapter of “OPERATION: DEADSIDE” from superstar creators Matt Kindt and Doug Braithwaite! Twenty of MI-6’s finest just disappeared during a scientific research expedition into the parallel dimension called Deadside. Now they’re sending in Ninjak and the occult specialist called Punk Mambo to find out what really happened. But that’s not the only secret that the Deadside has been hiding… Where has Shadowman been since he was stranded there a year ago? Where do Jack Boniface’s allegiances truly lie? And just who or what is “The Magpie”?
Stay tuned for all these answers and more as “OPERATION: DEADSIDE” lays the groundwork for Shadowman’s much-anticipated return!
Plus: also in stores next week, UNITY #25 bids a fond farewell to Valiant’s premier superteam with comedy-packed 48-page super-spectacular! BOOK OF DEATH has shattered the Unity we once knew…but before the world’s first super-team goes into mothballs, get ready to discover the classified tales that were too hot for prime time with Matt Kindt, Michael Kupperman, James Asmus and Dan Schkade, Donny Cates & Eliot Rahal and Bart Sears, Elliott Kalan and Kano, Tom Scharpling and Diego Bernard and more! And look for guest appearances from Quantum and Woody, Bloodshot, Armstrong, the Death-Defying Dr. Mirage,Divinity, Bad Eggs (huh?), Mark Waid (huh wuh?!) and pretty much the whole dang Valiant Universe along the way!
NINJAK #10 (NEW ARC! “OPERATION: DEADSIDE” – PART 1)
Written by MATT KINDT
Art by DOUG BRAITHWAITE with JUAN JOSE RYP
Cover A by DOUG BRAITHWAITE (OCT151734)
Cover B by TOM MULLER (OCT151735)
Cover C by TREVOR HAIRSINE (OCT151736)
Character Design Variant by TREVOR HAIRSINE (OCT151737)
Variant Cover by DAVE JOHNSON (OCT151738)
ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT! A SPECIAL FOUR-ISSUE EVENT! “OPERATION: DEADSIDE” STARTS HERE!
In December of 2015, a covert military intelligence unit sent a team of 20 agents and one special operative into a parallel dimension. Only one came back.
The purpose of their mission was classified. Now, out of options, MI-6 has recruited their most elite operative – codename: NINJAK – to follow the doomed mission’s sole witness back into the dimension called Deadside…and bring her missing teammates home.
What will they find there? And who will be waiting for them? Jump on board here as New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (DIVINITY) and superstar artist Doug Braithwaite (ARMOR HUNTERS) reunite for a terrifying journey into an unknown plane of existence…and bring NINJAK head-to-head with SHADOWMAN in the all-new, four-part epic “OPERATION: DEADSIDE”!
Plus: an all-new chapter of “THE LOST FILES” begins, featuring explosive artwork by Juan José Ryp (Clone)!
$3.99 | 40 pgs. | T+ | On sale DECEMBER 9th
Preview Pages: HERE
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UNITY #25 (48-PAGE HUMOR SPECTACULAR!)
Written by MATT KINDT, JAMES ASMUS, DONNY CATES & ELIOT RAHAL, JUSTIN JORDAN, ELLIOTT KALAN, DANIEL KIBBLESMITH, MICHAEL KUPPERMAN, and TOM SCHARPLING
Art by MATT KINDT, DIEGO BERNARD, KANO, MICHAEL KUPPERMAN, KARL MOLINE, PERE PEREZ, RAFER ROBERTS, DAN SCHKADE, and BART SEARS
Cover A by KANO (OCT151745)
Cover B by MATT KINDT (OCT151746)
Cover C by FRED HEMBECK (OCT151747)
Cover D by MICHAEL KUPPERMAN (OCT151748)
A SUPER-SIZED FINAL ISSUE FREE-FOR-ALL! THE VALIANT UNIVERSE COLLIDES WITH A MASSIVE CAST OF COMEDY ALL-STARS FOR UNITY’S 48-PAGE FAREWELL!
In the wake of BOOK OF DEATH…Unity is no more. But before Valiant’s elite superteam says goodbye, an all-star lineup of writers, artists, and humorists reveal the unusual, offbeat, never-before-seen, lesser-known adventures of Unity! The tales too incredible to believe! The missions too oddball for public consumption!
Think Bloodshot only joined the team long enough to fight the Armor Hunters? Discover his newly declassified Unity missions! You saw Faith help Unity fight their opposite counterparts, the United…find out how else she helped out the team! Remember that time Quantum and Woody’s goat joined Unity? No? Well, it happened! We promise.
Matt Kindt presents the grand finale to his acclaimed two-year run on Valiant’s premier superteam…but not before James Asmus (QUANTUM AND WOODY), Elliott Kalan (The Daily Show), Michael Kupperman (Tales Designed to Thrizzle), Donny Cates & Eliot Rahal (The Paybacks) and more put Unity through the wringer! Plus: the comics debut of writer/director, creator and host of the cult-favorite podcast The Best Show, professional chump-steamroller, Tom Scharpling!
$4.99 | 48 pgs. | T+ | On sale DECEMBER 9th
Preview Pages: HERE
And in case you missed it… here are last week’s comics!
X-O MANOWAR: COMMANDER TRILL #0
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI
Art by FRANCIS PORTELA
Cover A by PHIL JIMENEZ (OCT151749)
Cover B by CARY NORD (OCT151750)
Wraparound Gatefold Variant by DAVID LAFUENTE (OCT151751)
ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT! THE ORIGIN OF X-O MANOWAR’S UNRELENTING ARCH-ENEMY…TOLD FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME!
From Aric of Dacia’s escape with the X-O Manowar armor to the destruction of his own home world, pain and consequence have haunted the life of the alien general called Commander Trill. Now, on the eve of the most devastating assault yet, find out why with an essential, standalone zero issue detailing the battle-scarred life and origin of the Vine’s mightiest military leader…and an all-new prelude to X-O Manowar’s most terrifying clash of the year!
Be here as Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH) and rising star Francis Portela (IVAR, TIMEWALKER) chronicle the beginning of Trill’s shattered destiny with an all-new one-shot introduction to the many worlds – and many foes – of Valiant’s most formidable hero!
$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On sale DECEMBER 2nd
