Valiant Universe Handbook 2019 Edition

An essential reference to the entire Valiant Universe of heroes and villains! Learn the origins, secrets, alliances, and vendettas of all of your favorite characters. You?ll find everything you need to know ? from Bloodshot?s first firefight, when Archer met Armstrong, the secrets of the Deadside with Doctor Mirage, all the way to the true origin of the X-O Manowar armor and everything in between ? all right here!

Before they became legends, the world's most formidable heroes were roaming the halls at Valiant High. From rising star Kibblesmith ("The Late Show with Stephen Colbert") and Eisner Award-winning artist Charm ("Jughead") comes a hilarious reimagining of Valiant's award-winning superhero universe. Collects #1-4.

In the year 4002, a cyborg samurai named Rai struggles to find his morality, while the nanite-filled supersoldier Bloodshot is on a mission to save the citizens of Earth. Will they work together for the greater good? All signs point to no. Oh, and did we mention there are also dinosaurs on the loose and powerful animal-human hybrid mutants? Good luck with that, Rai. Love smart sci-fi and engrossing world-building? Dan Abnett (Aquaman) and Adam Pollina?s (X-Force) FALLEN WORLD has you covered.

A totally disgusting demon named Uncle Gunnysack is abducting powerful spirits called loas. Can Punk Mambo stop the drooling, sharp-toothed fiend before it strikes again? Get ready for magical brawlin? in a bazaar! Guys, this comic has spirit snakessssss. They?re voodoo gods. And they?re giant snakes. It?s awesome.

Bloodshot, the unstoppable supersoldier trapped in a never-ending war? Once, he was the perfect living weapon, created to follow orders. Now, Bloodshot works alone, using his lethal skills to protect those who cannot protect themselves. But a mysterious and powerful organization is watching, and they?re not about to let something as dangerous as Bloodshot remain free? From electrifying writer Tim Seeley (Revival) and superstar comic artists Brett Booth (Teen Titans) and Tom?s Giorello (X-O MANOWAR), comes an all-new, pulse pounding Bloodshot adventure that will set the ultimate soldier on a mission to make sure the future isn't weaponized. Collecting BLOODSHOT (2019) #1?3, along with material from the VALIANT: BLOODSHOT FCBD 2019 SPECIAL.

An explosive new story starts here! Featuring Vin Diesel?s Bloodshot on the cover, the BLOODSHOT #7 ?Fully Loaded? Edition is packed with eight epic pages of bonus content that includes new artwork, classified information, and commentary from Bloodshot?s co-creator KEVIN VANHOOK!

Welcome to the 41st century: New worlds, new characters, new adventures. The cyborg ronin named Rai embarks on a thrilling quest to save the future. Side by side with his prototype and predecessor ? the robot boy called Raijin ? the spirit guardian of the fallen nation of New Japan will journey into the wastelands of Earth to set right the wrongs of their onetime overlord once and for all. Multiple New York Times bestselling and award-winning writer Dan Abnett (Guardians of the Galaxy) joins forces with breathtaking artist Juan Jos? Ryp (X-O MANOWAR) to begin the essential sci-fi series of the next two thousand years! Collecting RAI (2019) #1?5.

Enter ?Wild Frontiers?! Rai and Raijin?s quest to stop Father?s plan to recreate his dominion continues! Down in the post-apocalyptic wilds of Earth, they?ll encounter a dizzying array of people and places like none ever conceived in the sleek technological utopia of New Japan they once called home. Sci-fi masterminds Dan Abnett (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Juan Jos? Ryp (BRITANNIA) take you deeper into the 41stcentury wasteland in the critically-acclaimed series ComicBook.com calls a ?new classic in the making?! Collecting RAI (2019) #6-10.