CBR Tv @ C2E2: Venditti, Simons on The Summer of Valiant

[CBR News]

With the launch of the Summer of Valiant just around the corner, "X-O Manowar" writer Robert Venditti and editor Warren Simons spoke with CBR TV about the publisher's plans to take the comics industry by storm.


Full article here.

[Elayis]

I'm really excited for this book, and the rest of Valiant's titles.

I know nothing about this character, or the publisher, but the covers are awesome, and I'm a huge Cary Nord fan. So, hopefully the writing is up-to-par (though I am disappointed there's already a new writer on issue 2), because my days of buying books solely for the art are over.

I'm going to try and see if I can find any of the back issues.

[Obregon Kaine]

I'm really excited for this book, and the rest of Valiant's titles.

I know nothing about this character, or the publisher, but the covers are awesome, and I'm a huge Cary Nord fan. So, hopefully the writing is up-to-par (though I am disappointed there's already a new writer on issue 2), because my days of buying books solely for the art are over.

I'm going to try and see if I can find any of the back issues.

Where did you get this idea that there will be a new writer for issue 2?

Robert Venditti wrote issues 1 & 2 and is the ongoing writer.

And I'm with you. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS BOOK!!!!

[BugsySig]

Yeah, Venditti isn't going anywhere, so no worries Elayis.

Good luck with your back issue search. Pre-Unity Valiant books can be hard to find due to low print runs, but they are out there. Though the fear is the asking prices will be rising due to the relaunch. There is always the hardcover trade "XO-Manowar: Birth" which was released in 2009 (I think). It has the first 6 issues plus the famous Joe Quesada issue #0 and a new story about one of the villains. Definitely worth the read, as are the recent "Harbinger: The Beginning" and "Archer & Armstrong: First Impressions" hardcover trades.