Valiant Previews: X-O MANOWAR #23 (PRELUDE TO ARMOR HUNTERS) | HARBINGER: BLEEDING MONK #0| SHADOWMAN #16
There will be a ton to talk about next week and a bunch of new material from some Valiant’s biggest creators — Peter Milligan, Stephen Segovia, Robert Venditti, Mico Suayan just to name a few — so let’s get to it! Here’s the bullet points:
- X-O MANOWAR #23 by Robert Venditti and Diego Bernard: Before the ginormous Armor Hunters crossover throws down the gauntlet this June, the road to the most ambitious Valiant story ever attempted begins right here with the three-part PRELUDE TO ARMOR HUNTERS — an indispensable introduction to the mayhem that is to come and an excellent jumping-on point for new readers!
- HARBINGER: BLEEDING MONK #0 by Joshua Dysart, Mico Suayan, Stephen Segovia and friends: Capping off the latest wave of Valiant zero issues with a bang, this standalone origin special pulls back the curtain on Toyo Harada’s mysterious confidant. Eerie, cerebral, and super-psychedelic in more ways than one, this is a perfect book to hand someone with no interest in cape comics — and it’s nice prologue to the current goings-on in the monthly Harbinger title. See for yourself!
- SHADOWMAN #16 by Peter Milligan and Roberto de la Torre: Peter Milligan has big plans for Shadowman and, before moving over the End Times mini-series next month, he’s bringing his first arc of Jack Boniface’s transformation to a close right here. To say too much else would put us into heavy spoiler territory…but things are going to get much worse for Jack before they get better. If you miss Hellblazer, then this is the book for you!
Now on with the comics!
X-O MANOWAR #23 (PRELUDE TO ARMOR HUNTERS) (ON SALE 3/19/14)
Art by DIEGO BERNARD
Cover by CAFU (JAN141357)
Variant Cover by TOM RANEY (JAN141358)
PRELUDE TO ARMOR HUNTERS – PART 1! The countdown to the Valiant Universe event of 2014 starts now!
For eons, one threat above all others has brought pain and strife down upon civilizations across the universe – the X-O Manowar armor. And now the Manowar has come to Earth. What will follow in its wake? The road to ARMOR HUNTERS begins here as Valiant superstars Robert Venditti and Diego Bernard unleash the opening salvo of the cataclysm that is come…
$3.99/T+/32 pgs.
ON SALE 3/19/14 (FOC – 2/24/14)
HARBINGER: BLEEDING MONK #0 (ON SALE 3/19/14)
Art by MICO SUAYAN, KHARI EVANS, STEPHEN SEGOVIA, and LEWIS LAROSA
Cover by CLAYTON HENRY (JAN141359)
Pullbox Exclusive Variant by CLAYTON CRAIN (JAN141360)
Variant Cover by MICO SUAYAN (JAN141361)
What has become of the Bleeding Monk?
The Bleeding Monk, formerly Toyo Harada’s right hand, has been missing for over a year. Now, the original creative team of Joshua Dysart and Khari Evans are journeying into the darkest corners of the Harbinger Foundation to reveal the true whereabouts of Harada’s cryptic advisor – and uncover the first of many secret revelations to come…
$3.99/T+/32 pgs.
ON SALE 3/19/14
Art by MICO SUAYAN, KHARI EVANS, STEPHEN SEGOVIA, and LEWIS LAROSA
Cover by CLAYTON HENRY (JAN141359)
Pullbox Exclusive Variant by CLAYTON CRAIN (JAN141360)
Variant Cover by MICO SUAYAN (JAN141361)
Written by PETER MILLIGAN
Art & Cover by ROBERTO DE LA TORRE (JAN141374)
Variant Cover by RUSSELL DAUTERMAN (JAN141375)
A great and terrible loa of the Vodun pantheon is at large in the world of men…and its name is SHADOWMAN!
The only way to contain it: kill the man who houses the shadow, Jack Boniface — an innocent, cursed with possession and gifted with a tremendous power he doesn’t yet understand. But a force of nature known only as Tremble is spreading terror through the city of New Orleans. Turning Shadowman loose on his ancient rival, the god of fear, is either humanity’s best option…or impending disaster.
$3.99/T+/32 pgs.
ON SALE 3/19/14
UNITY #5 (NEW ARC – “TRAPPED BY WEBNET”) (ON SALE 3/12/14)
ALL-NEW ARC! START READING HERE! For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. First came UNITY… Now meet WEBNET!
Coming off of the earth-shattering repercussions of their first mission, Ninjak is leading the newly formed Unity team right back into the trenches to face the Valiant Universe’s next colossal threat – the enigmatic Dr. Silk and his high-tech terror cell: WEBNET! With the fate of untold millions on the line, can this team of cutthroat heroes uncover Silk’s endgame – and his connection to Ninjak’s shadowy past? Move over, Harada – Matt Kindt and Valiant’s next superstar artist, CAFU (Action Comics), are about to bring the world’s next A-level enemy down on Unity with the force of a hundred hydrogen bombs.
$3.99/T+/32 pgs. ON SALE 3/12/14
BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS #20 (ON SALE 3/12/14)
MISSION: IMPROBABLE – PART TWO!
Project Rising Spirit has sent Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps, their all-or-nothing paramilitary team, after a rogue asset – an assassin-turned-leader of a global fundamentalist terror sect — and his immortal bodyguard. And their names just happen to be…Archer & Armstrong! Do Bloodshot and the steely killers of the H.A.R.D. Corps stand a chance against a teenager and a big sweaty drunk? The answer may surprise you!
$3.99/T+/32 pgs. ON SALE 3/12/14
