In the midst of UNITY…jump into the ongoing adventures of
Valiant's next breakout heroes with an all-new wave of Valiant zero issues in
February and March!
Discover the origins and secret early exploits of the fan
favorite heroes of the Valiant Universe right here with four essential
jumping-on points, designed to bring new readers up to speed and lay the
foundation for the next year of Valiant's monthly series!
Valiant's all-new #0 initiative kicks off in February
with ARCHER & ARMSTRONG: ARCHER #0 – revealing, at last, the untold story
of young Obadiah Archer, where he came from, and just how can he do the
incredible things that he does! (Which is everything, remember?) From the minds
of writer Fred Van Lente and artist Pere Perez, start reading here to peer
inside the war journal of a teenage assassin!
"[The] Archer #0 story is fairly dark and grim,
because it involves Archer’s mind-numbingly horrible childhood," writer
Fred Van Lente told Newsarama today in an exclusive interview. "It’s a
breather in the sense of less things explode and there are less crowd scenes
than “Sect Civil War,” but I think on an emotional level and a character level
we maintain the same steamroller pace."
Also in February, the all-star creative team of Christos
Gage, Joshua Dysart, and ChrisCross unleash BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS:
H.A.R.D. CORPS #0! Hey, remember the 90s? The most elite assets of Project
Rising Spirit are teaming up for an early mission together — but, in the decade
of dial-up, the technology is far from perfect and bugs are bound to pop up in
the wetware…with disastrous results…
Then, coming in March, artist Tom Fowler returns to pull
double duty with the world's worst superhero team for QUANTUM AND WOODY: THE
GOAT #0 – co-written by ongoing series writer James Asmus! Are heroes born or
are they bred? Who – or what – spawned the powerhouse of animal husbandry known
simply as Vincent Van Goat?
Also in March, original series creators Joshua Dysart and
Khari Evans journey into the darkest corners of the Harbinger Foundation for
HARBINGER: BLEEDING MONK #0. The Bleeding Monk, formerly Toyo Harada's right
hand, has been missing for over a year. Now, uncover the true whereabouts of
Harada's cryptic advisor – and the first of many secret revelations to come…
In 2014, discover the Valiant Universe with four all-new
introductions to the boldest characters in comics in ARCHER & ARMSTRONG:
ARCHER #0, BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS: H.A.R.D. CORPS #0, QUANTUM AND WOODY:
THE GOAT #0 and HARBINGER: BLEEDING MONK #0!