by Robert Venditti, Cary Nord, and Moose Baumann Planet Death is an appropriate title for this story arc in X-O Manowar. The body count seems to go up every issue and so does the quality of the book. The third part of Planet Death shows readers why Aric of Dacia is a real hero, and not just the guy with the best weapon. The last time we saw Aric of Dacia, he had lost his armor to members of the vine, which is a problem when you are waging war...

by Justin Jordan, Roberto De La Torre, Mico Suayan, Lewis LaRosa, Neil Edwards, and David Baron In the early 90’s, when Valiant was at the top of the sales charts, they decided it would be a good idea to put out issue 0’s. This was a way to give the reader a bit more background on a certain character or event. Valiant may not be at the top of the sales charts this time around, but they haven’t changed their game plan. Shadowman 0 is the second...

by Robert Venditti,  Cary Nord, and Moose Baumann Aric of Dacia is battling the planet of Loam in the new story arc in X-O Manowar, planet death. Last issue brought Aric to the Vine’s home planet, this time around Aric is ready to rumble with some grunts. X-O Manowar was the first title that Valiant put out for their re-launch, and issue twelve signifies the one year anniversary for the company. Aric of Dacia is a hot head. This has been...

By Joshua Dysart, Duane Swierczynski, Clayton Henry, Clayton Crain, Mico Suayan, and Brian Reber The long anticipated and greatly hyped Harbinger Wars kicks off from Valiant Entertainment this week.  Harbinger Wars is the crossover event that brings together Valiant titles Bloodshot and Harbinger as characters from both series converge into a showdown over the control of a small group of young children that have been latently activated with...

by Justin Jordan and Patrick Zircher Valiant, for my money, is putting out some of the best, under the radar books on the market. Harbinger and Bloodshot are both must-reads every month, and Shadowman is slowly climbing the list of can’t miss books. Patrick Zircher and Justin Jordan are crafting a character that the audience can really relate to. Master Darque has been trapped in the dead side, and the residents are getting restless. We pick...

By Joshua Dysart, Matthew Clark, and Stefano Gaudiano Set in a world filled with teenagers powered by outlandish psychic abilities, Harbinger remains to be one of the most pragmatic and genuinely entertaining comic book series coming out from Valiant Entertainment right now.  Writer Joshua Dysart has slowly been crafting all the characters and motivations in this series to finally build up to these moment in issue #10 –just on the...