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Valiant Comics

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Prince Namor

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I've started to pick up some early Valiant titles, because I can still find them for cheap and I'm suddenly intrigued by them now (after completely ignoring them when they were originally released).

Way back in the day I DID pick up the Solar tpb with the BWS stories and I remember really being impressed with it... But I'm completely unfamiliar with the rest of the run and other titles...

Would enjoy hearing some thoughts on the company...

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seanfingh

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I really enjoyed the first 10-12 issues of Magnus, Harbinger, Archer and Armstrong, Shadowman and X-O. I didn't read any other titles, and I quit reading around the time of the Ninjak #1 debacle. I also didn't really understand Unity very well. Pre-Unity, of what I read, was as good as anything being published at the time.

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Yup, during that era i.e, early 90s, Image comics had amazing artwork (minus Rob) but Valiant had great writers plus Jim Shooter to helm the Valiant ship. I really enjoyed the early Solar and Archer & Armstrong books. Still reread them once a while

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My favourite books from the company...

 

- The pre-Unity issues of Solar, Magnus Robot Fighter and X-O Manowar. Agree that Solar 1-10 was Shooter's best work here.

 

- The early issues of Archer and Armstrong by BWS.

 

- I found Shadowman an okay read for most of its run.

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I love early Valiants as well as later issues of titles like Timewalker and Eternal Warrior.

 

I tried to win this lot over the weekend, but lost out by about $20. 20 of the gold/red incentives (including some harder to find ones) for under $7 a pop shipped.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220639843485&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

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I love early Valiants as well as later issues of titles like Timewalker and Eternal Warrior.

 

I tried to win this lot over the weekend, but lost out by about $20. 20 of the gold/red incentives (including some harder to find ones) for under $7 a pop shipped.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220639843485&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

HOLY!

 

The Eternal Warrior 1 Gold Flat alone would have made that entire pile worth the cost if it is a 9.8 copy.

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seanfingh

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I love early Valiants as well as later issues of titles like Timewalker and Eternal Warrior.

 

I tried to win this lot over the weekend, but lost out by about $20. 20 of the gold/red incentives (including some harder to find ones) for under $7 a pop shipped.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220639843485&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

HOLY!

 

if it is a 9.8 copy.

 

That, sir, is a big if.

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I really enjoyed the first 10-12 issues of Magnus, Harbinger, Archer and Armstrong, Shadowman and X-O. I didn't read any other titles, and I quit reading around the time of the Ninjak #1 debacle. I also didn't really understand Unity very well. Pre-Unity, of what I read, was as good as anything being published at the time.

 

What was the Ninjak debacle?

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I really enjoyed the first 10-12 issues of Magnus, Harbinger, Archer and Armstrong, Shadowman and X-O. I didn't read any other titles, and I quit reading around the time of the Ninjak #1 debacle. I also didn't really understand Unity very well. Pre-Unity, of what I read, was as good as anything being published at the time.

 

What was the Ninjak debacle?

 

Yes, and a Turok debacle, and a Dr. Mirage debacle, and a Armorines debacle, and a Psi Lords debacle...etc...

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I really enjoyed the first 10-12 issues of Magnus, Harbinger, Archer and Armstrong, Shadowman and X-O. I didn't read any other titles, and I quit reading around the time of the Ninjak #1 debacle. I also didn't really understand Unity very well. Pre-Unity, of what I read, was as good as anything being published at the time.

 

What was the Ninjak debacle?

 

Yes, and a Turok debacle, and a Dr. Mirage debacle, and a Armorines debacle, and a Psi Lords debacle...etc...

 

Exactly. Just the fact that they printed 800,000 or 1,000,000 or some ungodly number of #1s and it was utter trash.

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I really enjoyed the first 10-12 issues of Magnus, Harbinger, Archer and Armstrong, Shadowman and X-O. I didn't read any other titles, and I quit reading around the time of the Ninjak #1 debacle. I also didn't really understand Unity very well. Pre-Unity, of what I read, was as good as anything being published at the time.

 

What was the Ninjak debacle?

 

Yes, and a Turok debacle, and a Dr. Mirage debacle, and a Armorines debacle, and a Psi Lords debacle...etc...

 

Exactly. Just the fact that they printed 800,000 or 1,000,000 or some ungodly number of #1s and it was utter trash.

 

This discussion motivated me to go and have a look at the Valiantfans website, to refresh my memory about the Turok debacle.

 

According to the site, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter 1 had a print run of 1.7 million copies, a figure that has been officially confirmed by Acclaim. Didn't realise it was quite that high. Getting a little too ambitious and greedy, mid 1993, at the tail end of the speculator boom.

 

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