newest valiants out now rank

**shadowman79** · 11-09-2012, 04:27 PM

now another round of books are out i have a new # 1 harbinger just blew me away this month with one of the better isssue of any comic ive read in a while cany w8 for more valaint also for fun rank youre favorite old valiants of books we have on stands now

new valiant

1 harbinger
2 archer and armstrong
3 xo man owar
4 shadowman
5 bloodshot

old
1 shadowman
2 archer and armstrong
3 harbinger
4 xo man owar
5 bloodshot

**BugsySig** · 11-09-2012, 04:44 PM

I will probably change my mind again after a few issues of Shadowman, but my list would be the same as yours:

1: Harbinger
2: A&A
3: XO
4: Shadowman
5: Bloodshot

...and I really like Bloodshot. Harbinger is a clear #1, and I enjoy the world-building/VALIANT mythology of A&A. XO was a disappointment overall for the first arc (though I enjoyed individual issues), but has really picked up in the second arc. Bloodshot is good, fun violence but I need to see the plot advance (which I think it will come next week's issue).

**shadowman79** · 11-09-2012, 04:55 PM

ya i loved a na finding the vine files in the vatican i think they will tie the whole universe together betwwen xo and shadowman i didnt hate ninjak as much as i use too i want some eternal warrior

**BugsySig** · 11-09-2012, 05:54 PM

Originally Posted by shadowman79

ya i loved a na finding the vine files in the vatican i think they will tie the whole universe together betwwen xo and shadowman i didnt hate ninjak as much as i use too i want some eternal warrior

I also expect to see some connections between Shadowman and A&A. The new Geomancer is supposed to have a talisman, similarly to Shadowman, and the symbols from the Boon seem like they may be related to those used to cast spells by Darque.

It's great to see these books start to tie into each other, however subtly: The Vine in XO, A&A and even hinted at in Harbinger, Project Rising Spirit in Bloodshot and Harbinger, the amulets/talismans here...Obviously all very well thought out and planned on VALIANT's part.

**shadowman79** · 11-09-2012, 06:45 PM

yes whens there first cros over gonna be?? to me unity is still the best major crossover event in comic history

**BugsySig** · 11-09-2012, 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by shadowman79

yes whens there first cros over gonna be?? to me unity is still the best major crossover event in comic history

Outside chance it's this Summer...way outside...but I think they will wait until 2014 for the first major one.

Unity is probably the greatest crossover event of all time IMHO (Secret Wars would be the only possible competition). So that will be tough to top if and when they have one.

**Mechano** · 11-10-2012, 05:41 PM

1) Harbinger/Bloodshot (tie)
2) Shadowman
3) X-O
4) A&A (this will probably move up a slot when Gilad arrives)

**hunter_peterson** · 11-10-2012, 07:21 PM

Originally Posted by BugsySig

Outside chance it's this Summer...way outside...but I think they will wait until 2014 for the first major one.

Unity is probably the greatest crossover event of all time IMHO (Secret Wars would be the only possible competition). So that will be tough to top if and when they have one.

I imagine they'll launch new books from the eventual crossover, right? It'll be ineteresting to see what they spin from it. I could see Secret Weapons being a response to all these powers getting together.

**Destro777** · 11-10-2012, 07:42 PM

They are all damn good for their own reasons. As a Valiant fan, I dont see myself passing on any title. This is something I cannot say about any other publisher. I think a lot of this stems from buying huge chunks of old Valiants in $1 boxes when I was working up my old collection - and of course reading them all in order too. I mean you just needed to read all that stuff back in the day. The universe was so tightly intertwined - so much of it was quality. Keeping up on the old Valiants in 1991 would have been impossible in my middle school days. Now with the new Valiant launch - im able to follow it all as it hits the shops. Times are good...