Most of those titles and names (1991 and early 1992) were on my MUST HAVE list when I was younger... but I couldn't afford them.
So, I "settled" for books like Bloodshot #6, when I really wanted Magnus #5.
I would say that most people who think the Valiant books are worthless don't have any copies of the first 8 books on that list.
So, they're right... the Valiant books they have are worthless. But there are Valiant books that aren't.
Perhaps, just perhaps, there's a "Rule" that describes this - about something you wanted 25 years previously, that you couldn't afford back then, that you can now? You don't say.
Maybe you could call the rule - Rule of 25 or something. Never heard of it before but I'm intrigued