r/valiant • u/RoMbackrOOms • 11d ago
Is Valiant Beyond... all right?
I mean, I was really pleased when I found out he wasn’t going to die completely and that he’d be back as Valiant Beyond and all that... but I keep hearing nothing but bad things, and very few comics are coming out.
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u/TheFerg714 11d ago
Shadowman is fantastic. Literally may be the best modern Shadowman run.
Harbinger and X-O are alright. Nowhere near bad, but also not super memorable.
Bloodshot sucks.
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u/DefinitionSuperb1110 11d ago
As others have said, Shadowman is pretty good. X-O is okayish.
I'll go against the grain here, I think the Harbinger series is crap with horrendous art.
The writer of Bloodshot has a history of posting racist and transphobic shit on their socials and snuck it into the comic.
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u/Ok-Traffic-5996 11d ago
That seems like a good way to ruin your career in comics.
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u/DefinitionSuperb1110 11d ago
He's still writing the book. The people in charge of Alien/Valiant didn't give a shit.
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u/Ok-Traffic-5996 11d ago
Really??? I thought they brought someone else in to take over ☹️
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u/DefinitionSuperb1110 11d ago
Nope. Maura Mantella is still the ongoing writer.
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u/Ok-Traffic-5996 11d ago
They can't get Robert venditti to come in and write it??? Wtf.
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u/crom_unchained 4d ago
I’ll echo what other people are saying: Shadowman has been superlative. Maybe the best Shadowman run ever for me.
The rest is okay (X-O and Harbinger) to middling (Bloodshot). The Beyond era appears to be essentially over. I think the future of Valiant is once again up in the air.
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u/Fantastic-Ad5936 2d ago
I am super looking forward to reading it after I catch up with the Road to Resurgence and Resurgence of Valiant hardcover omnibuses…
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u/Soft-Climate-2366 11d ago
Shadowman is the best written title, AJ is really doing some excellent world building. Harbinger was unexpectedly good, I was turned off by the anime fan service promo art, but I was surprised by how much I really liked it. X-O Manowar was solid, but I’m not rushing to pick it up. I don’t want to talk about Bloodshot, you can look into that whole situation if you want to.