Written by MATT KINDT
Art by CLAYTON CRAIN
Cover A by CLAYTON CRAIN
Cover C by RYAN BODENHEIM
Valiant x CGC Replica Variant by CLAYTON HENRY
Character Design Variant by CLAYTON CRAIN
Interlocking Mega-Cover Variant by RYAN LEE
Interlocking Artist Variant by RYAN SOOK
Interlocking B&W Sketch Artist Variant by RYAN SOOK
Blank Cover Also Available
In the tradition of BOOK OF DEATH, ARMOR HUNTERS, and
HARBINGER WARS, Valiant’s most ambitious crossover event yet starts here! At
the dawn of the 41st century, the future of Earth will be decided in the stars.
This May…the rebellion begins in 4001 A.D.!
One hundred years from today, Father – the benevolent
artificial intelligence that governs the island nation of Japan – will gain
sentience. To defend its borders, Father will take drastic action by launching
Japan into space…where its people will thrive in isolation, away from the
overpopulated and resource-deprived planet below. Over the centuries, as New
Japan orbits our increasingly unstable world, it will become a model society –
one built on peace, prosperity… and Father’s control.
A thousand years from today, Father will create the first
Rai, founding a lineage of technologically enhanced heroes engineered to defend
New Japan and sworn to protect it from all enemies. For hundreds of years into
the future, the Rai will single-handedly enforce New Japan’s justice well…and
serve Father without question.
Now, at the dawn of 4001 A.D., the latest Rai is about to
inherit the dark truth behind the origin of his kind…and discover the sinister
secret at the heart of Father’s existence. For New Japan to live, Earth must
die…and as Rai challenges his former master for the first time in more than a
millennium, the lone guardian of New Japan will be cast out of his own Father’s
kingdom…
Exiled from the only realm he’s ever known, Rai now walks
the ravaged world of 4001 A.D. in search of forgotten heroes like himself… on a
mission to collect the last surviving legends of a broken planet…and to forge a
rebellion with the power to bring the most advanced civilization in history
crashing back down to Earth.
Written by MATT KINDT
Art by CAFU
Cover A by DAVID MACK
Cover B by CAFU
Valiant x CGC Replica Variant by CLAYTON HENRY
Character Design Variant by CAFU
Interlocking Mega-Cover Variant by RYAN LEE
ALL-NEW ARC! ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT! THE BATTLE FOR
4001 A.D. CONTINUES HERE!
As 4001 A.D. teeters on the brink, discover the
intertwined origins of New Japan’s very first Rai and his creator, Father – the
despotic artificial intelligence that would one day threaten us all. And as the
truth behind these long-lost beginnings resurfaces, so too will the questions
that have eluded mankind for nearly two millennia. How did New Japan come to
orbit Earth? Who created Father? And what happened to the nine previous Rai
that once swore allegiance to his empire?
The architect behind the summer’s most anticipated
crossover event, Matt Kindt (DIVINITY II), joins forces with all-star artist
CAFU (IMPERIUM) to uncover the never-before-told story of New Japan’s rise to
power…and reveals just how the Valiant Universe of today became the 4001 A.D.
of tomorrow!
Art by CLAYTON HENRY
Cover A by CAFU
Cover B by PHIL JIMENEZ
Character Design Variant by MATT KINDT
Interlocking Mega-Cover Variant by RYAN LEE
ROCKETING OUT OF THE PAGES OF 4001 A.D…the present and
future of Valiant’s #1 hero come together for an essential standalone chapter
at the heart of the summer’s blockbuster comics event!
How did the rise of Earth’s most powerful hero lead to
humanity’s ultimate destruction? Just what was the War of the X-O Manowars…and
how did its catastrophic fallout bring ruination and despair to a besieged
planet? And why is the sacred extraterrestrial armor called Shanhara the one
weapon Father fears more than any other?
The answers to the pivotal questions behind Valiant’s
planet-shaking summer event arrive here as New York Times best-selling writer
Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH) and acclaimed artist Clayton Henry (IVAR,
TIMEWALKER) blast two thousand years into the future of the Valiant Universe to
reveal the never-before-told history of New Japan’s dominion over Earth…and the
doomed role that the X-O Manowar armor was forever fated to play in the coming
war for liberation!
$3.99 | 32 pgs | T+ | ONE-SHOT | On sale MAY 11
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI
Art by RAÚL ALLÉN
Cover A by RAÚL ALLÉN
Cover B by PERE PÉREZ
Cover C by JUAN JOSÉ RYP
Character Design Variant by KHARI EVANS
Variant Cover by DAVE BULLOCK
ALL-NEW ARC! ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT! “LABYRINTH” starts
now!
Across six millennia, Gilad Anni-Padda – an immortal
warrior sworn to forever serve the Earth – has felled zealots and madmen,
emperors and tyrants in the course of his duty. But nothing he’s faced yet can
prepare him to run the “LABYRINTH” – a miles-long maze of horrors specifically
designed to undermine his every strength, enhance his every weakness…and to
send him screaming into the darkness of death at every turn. But what kind of
brilliant but twisted psyche could have possibly conceived such a monument to
terror…and for how many centuries have they plotted to break the mind and body
of history’s most formidable soldier?
The answer lies at the heart of the “LABYRINTH”
itself…and as Gilad endures a gauntlet of cutting-edge technology and sharpened
steel, he’ll soon discover why the merciless figure known only as THE DYING ONE
has singled the Eternal Warrior out for the ultimate deathtrap.
He will run. He will suffer. And when his ordeal is
ended, the Eternal Warrior’s place in the Valiant Universe will be forever
altered as New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH)
and visionary artist Raúl Allén (Hawkeye) unleash an all-new epic for Valiant’s
immortal master of war!
$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On sale MAY 18
Written by MATT KINDT
Art by TREVOR HAIRSINE
Cover A by JELENA KEVIC-DJURDJEVIC
Cover B by TOM MULLER
Variant Cover by TREVOR HAIRSINE
Variant Cover by TULA LOTAY
Variant Cover by ADAM GORHAM
Russia reigns supreme!
Just a month after the arrival of long-lost cosmonaut
Mishka, the former Soviet Union has made an impossible push to become the
world’s preeminent superpower. But how? Ninjak has a theory, but it will
require going undercover across enemy lines…and maybe some help from Mishka’s
old comrade, Abram Adams – the god-like being known as Divinity! But can the
motives of a deity among men ever truly be known…and will the return of
Divinity’s former teammate rekindle his old allegiances?
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI with AMY CHU, JODY HOUSER and
MORE
Art by PERE PEREZ with CAFU, ADAM GORHAM, MIKE McKONE and
MORE
Cover A by PHIL JIMENEZ
Variant Cover by BRIAN LEVEL
Variant Cover by JEFF DEKAL
Join the adventures of Valiant’s flagship hero here with
64-pages of armor-busting action on the front lines of the Valiant Universe in
X-O Manowar’s first-ever annual!
2016 is primed and ready to be X-O Manowar’s most pivotal
year yet! But before Aric of Dacia can confront the biggest threat Earth has
ever faced, he must first reflect on the past…and the outcome of a bloodstained
battle on the frontier of the Roman Empire that continues to be felt to this
day! Then: X-O Manowar’s sworn enemy, Commander Trill, readies for the war that
is to come…by undergoing a life-threatening trial-by-fire that will test every
ounce of his intellect and fury. Plus: Col. Jamie Capshaw must singlehandedly
defend G.A.T.E from a menace nobody expected… and the Armorines begin an
all-new mission at the heart of X-O Manowar’s world!
The life and times of the unstoppable X-O Manowar loom
large as series mastermind Robert Venditti leads an all-star cast of Valiant's
greatest talents – including Amy Chu (Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death),
Adam Gorham (DEAD DROP), Jody Houser (FAITH), Mike McKone (Teen Titans), Pere
Perez (ARCHER & ARMSTRONG), and more – into a 64-page epic too gargantuan
for a single issue!
$5.99 | 64 pgs. | T+ | On sale MAY 18
Written by RAFER ROBERTS
Art by DAVID LAFUENTE
Cover A by DAVID LAFUENTE
Cover B by KANO
Cover C by MONICA GALLAGHER
Variant Cover by RAFER ROBERTS
Variant Cover by BEN OLIVER
Archer and Armstrong and Mary-Maria versus Bacchus —a
dude who thinks he’s the god of wine!
At last…Bacchus’ diabolical plan stands
revealed: get Archer and Armstrong drunk! Too bad one is an immortal with a liver of steel and the other is a bit of a lightweight.That can only mean one thing: Mary-Maria to the rescue! But can she and Armstrong put aside their differences in time to hold Archer’s hair back? Or is he about to ruin the expensive interior of Armstrong’s bottomless satchel?!
revealed: get Archer and Armstrong drunk! Too bad one is an immortal with a liver of steel and the other is a bit of a lightweight.That can only mean one thing: Mary-Maria to the rescue! But can she and Armstrong put aside their differences in time to hold Archer’s hair back? Or is he about to ruin the expensive interior of Armstrong’s bottomless satchel?!
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Art by LEWIS LAROSA
Cover A by BEN OLIVER
Cover B by JEFFREY VEREGGE
Variant Cover by TULA LOTAY
Variant Cover by MIKE CHOI
“THE ANALOG MAN” slams into a wreckage-strewn showdown
that will shatter Bloodshot’s world…or what’s left of it…
Los Angeles. Thirty years later. The new mystery at the
center of America’s post-apocalyptic future stands revealed when Bloodshot and
Ninjak finally discover the identity of the Man in the White Tower. Who is he?
Why does he ruthlessly rule over Los Angeles? And what is his connection to the
silent army of X-O Manowar sentries that police this world, the strange
Goo-tech that pervades it…and to even Bloodshot himself?
Written by MATT KINDT
Art by DIEGO BERNARD
Cover A by MIKE CHOI
Cover B by DIEGO BERNARD
Variant Cover by THONY SILAS
“THE SIEGE OF KING’S CASTLE” – PART 2!
Roku and the remnants of Weaponeer have destroyed Colin
King’s home, his identity and his very life. But they made one mistake – they
didn’t kill Ninjak when they had the chance!
Ninjak’s darkest hour is nigh as New York Times
best-selling writer Matt Kindt (4001 A.D.) and red-hot artist Diego Bernard
(X-O MANOWAR) continue the most pivotal turning point yet in the deadly life of
MI-6’s most elite intelligence operative, only in “THE SIEGE OF KING’S CASTLE”!
$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On sale MAY 11
Written by JOSHUA DYSART
Art by KHARI EVANS
Cover A by CLAYTON HENRY
Cover B by DIEGO BERNARD
Variant Cover by ZACH MONTOYA
“STORMBREAK” explodes!
Toyo Harada has gone to war to save his vision of world
peace from the twin threats of his former protégé Livewire and Major Charlie
Palmer’s H.A.R.D. Corps! Amid the chaos, the tables have turned…and now,
members of Harada’s own team are angling to knife each other in the back! When
the villains trying to save humanity fight their noblest instincts and the
heroes who are trying to stop them struggle against their own demons…can
anybody win?
And, now, even as the walls of Harada’s IMPERIUM begin to
the fall, the seeds of his biggest strike yet are already being sown...
$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On sale MAY 25
Written by MATT KINDT with SHAWN KITTELSEN and SEAN RYAN
Art & Cover by CLAYTON CRAIN
Art by CLAYTON CRAIN with RAUL ALLEN, VICENTE CIFUENTES,
RIAN HUGHES, MATT KINDT, RYAN LEE and DYLAN TODD
From New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt
(DIVINITY, THE VALIANT) and superstar artist Clayton Crain (Carnage), discover
the world of 41st century Japan with an all-new vision of the future unlike
anything you’ve seen before – now in deluxe, oversized hardcover!
The year is 4001 A.D. – led by the artificial
intelligence called “Father,” the island nation of Japan has expanded out of
the Pacific and into geosynchronous orbit with the ravaged Earth below. With
billions to feed and protect, it has fallen to one solitary guardian to enforce
the law of Father’s empire – the mysterious folk hero known as Rai. They say he
can appear out of nowhere.
They say he is a spirit…the ghost of Japan. But when the
first murder in a thousand years threatens to topple Father’s benevolent reign,
Rai will be forced to confront the true face of a nation transformed…and his
own long-lost humanity...
Collecting RAI #1–12, along with material from RAI #1
PLUS EDITION and RAI #5 PLUS EDITION, this prestige-sized hardcover comes
packed with more than 20 pages of rarely seen art and extras direct from the
Valiant vaults.
$39.99 | 352 pgs. | T+ | On sale MAY 4
OVERSIZED HARDCOVER | ISBN: 978-1-68215-117-4
Written by JEN VAN METER
Art by ROBERTO DE LA TORRE with DIEGO BERNARD
Cover by JELENA KEVIC-DJURDJEVIC
In time, even the dead may die…
Occult investigators Shan and Hwen Mirage lived their
lives in the thrall of an epic love that few will ever have…until Hwen died
tragically before his time. Now, after a perilous trip through the underworld,
Shan and Hwen are reunited…but Hwen is still an intangible spirit of the dead –
incapable of opening a spellbook or even touching his wife.
Their options exhausted, the death-defying Doctors Mirage
are about to enact a dangerous spell to restore Hwen’s solid form…and grant his
ghost a second life. But, in the wrong hands, their ancient rite will become a
tool of terror – and unleash a force of pure, homicidal evil that lusts for the
murder of the living and the dead alike… a torturous death that obliterates not
just everything a person ever had in this world, but everything their ghost
will be in the next!
After multiple 2015 Harvey Award nominations, the most
sought-after couple in comics returns with an all-new adventure from Eisner
Award-nominated writer Jen Van Meter (Hopeless Savages) and acclaimed artist
Roberto de la Torre (Daredevil)!
Collecting THE DEATH-DEFYING DOCTOR MIRAGE: SECOND LIVES
#1-4.
$14.99 | 112 pgs. | T+ | On sale MAY 18
TRADE PAPERBACK | ISBN: 978-1-68215-129-7
Written by MATT KINDT
Art by DOUG BRAITHWAITE with JUAN JOSÉ RYP
Cover by DOUG BRAITHWAITE
In December 2015, a covert military intelligence unit
sent a team of 20 agents and one special operative into a parallel dimension.
Only one came back.
The purpose of their mission was classified. Now, out of
options, MI-6 has recruited their most elite operative – codename: Ninjak – to
follow the doomed mission’s sole witness back into the dimension called
Deadside…and bring her missing teammates home. What will they find there? And
who will be waiting for them? Jump on board here as New York Times best-selling
writer Matt Kindt (DIVINITY) and superstar artists Doug Braithwaite (ARMOR
HUNTERS) and Juan José Ryp (Clone) reunite for a terrifying journey into an
unknown plane of existence…and bring Ninjak head-to-head with Shadowman.
Collecting NINJAK #10–13.
$14.99 | 144 pgs. | T+ | On sale MAY 25
TRADE PAPERBACK | ISBN: 978-1-68215-125-9