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This article is about the American comic book publisher. For the Hal Foster comic strip, see Prince Valiant. For the British adventure comic, see Valiant (comics).
Valiant Comics
Valiant Comics logo.
Designed by Rian Hughes.
Parent companyVoyager Communications (1989–1994)
Acclaim Entertainment (1994–2004)
Valiant Entertainment (2005–present)
Founded1989; 35 years ago (1989)
FounderJim Shooter
Steven Massarsky
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationNew York City
DistributionDiamond Book Distributors[1]
Key peoplePeter Cuneo, Chairman
Dinesh Shamdasani, CEO & Chief Creative Officer
Gavin Cuneo, COO & CFO
Russ Brown, President, Consumer Products, Promotions & Ad Sales
Fred Pierce, Publisher
Warren Simons, Editor In Chief
Publication typesComics
Official websitewww.valiantuniverse.com

Valiant Comics is an American publisher of comic books and related media. The company was founded in 1989 by former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter and lawyer and businessman Steven Massarsky. In 1994, the company was sold to Acclaim Entertainment. After Acclaim declared bankruptcy in 2004,[2] the company was restarted as part of Valiant Entertainment by entrepreneurs Dinesh Shamdasani and Jason Kothari in 2005.[3]

Valiant Entertainment launched its publishing division in 2012 as part of an initiative dubbed the "Summer of Valiant",[4][5] winning Publisher of the Year and being nominated for Book of the Year at the Diamond Gem Awards.[6] Valiant has set sales records,[7] and was the most nominated publisher in comics at the 2014, 2015 and 2016 Harvey Awards,[8][9][10] releasing the biggest-selling independent crossover event of the decade with "Book of Death" in 2015.[11]

In 2015, Valiant announced that they had partnered with Sony Pictures to produce five films based on both the Bloodshot and Harbinger comic books. The films will be produced by Valiant's Dinesh Shamdasani, along with Original Film's Neal H. Moritz and Toby Jaffe.[12]

Publication history

Voyager Communications

In 1988, former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics Jim Shooter, Steven J. Massarsky and a group of investors attempted to purchase Marvel Entertainment.[citation needed] They submitted the second-highest bid, with financier Ronald Perelman submitting the highest bid and acquiring Marvel.[citation needed] Shooter and Massarsky instead formed Voyager Communications in 1989 with significant venture capital financing from Triumph Capital.[citation needed] Valiant (an imprint of Voyager Communications) recruited numerous writers and artists from Marvel, including Barry Windsor-Smith and Bob Layton, and launched an interconnected line of superhero comics featuring a mixture of characters licensed from Western Publishing and original creations.[13]

In 1992, Valiant released its first set of original titles, including Harbinger, X-O Manowar, Rai, and Shadowman, followed by a crossover event called "Unity", during which Eternal Warrior and Archer & Armstrong were launched. Harbinger #1 was listed on the top ten list of Wizard Magazine for a record eight consecutive months and was eventually named "Collectible of the Decade" while Rai #0 appeared on Wizard's top ten list for a new record nine consecutive months.[citation needed] In 1992, Valiant won the Best Publisher under 5% Market Share from comic distributor Diamond.[citation needed] The next year, Valiant won Best Publisher over 5% Market Share, becoming the only publisher outside of Marvel and DC to do so.[citation needed] In 1992, Valiant's Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter was given the Lifetime Achievement Award for co-creating the Valiant Universe in a ceremony that also honored Stan Lee for co-creating the Marvel Universe.[14] However, Shooter left Valiant by the end of 1992. According to Massarsky, "Jim had a different idea as to the direction of the company, and he was asked to leave."[13]

Valiant also engaged in several comic book-marketing innovations common in the 1990s, such as issue zero "origin" issues, the gold logo program, coupons redeemable for original comic books, and chromium covers.[15] Following the conclusion of the "Unity" crossover in September 1992, Valiant released Bloodshot, Ninjak, H.A.R.D. Corps, The Second Life of Dr. Mirage, and Timewalker, among other titles.[citation needed]

Acclaim Comics

In 1994, Voyager Communications was purchased by video game developer and publisher Acclaim Entertainment.[16] Acclaim created a number video games based on Valiant properties, such as Shadow Man, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M., and Iron Man and X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal, which featured Valiant's X-O Manowar alongside Marvel's Iron Man.[17] In 2004, after losing a major sports video game license, Acclaim became financially insolvent and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.[2]

In 2005, the rights to Valiant/Acclaim's original characters such as Archer and Armstrong, Rai, and Quantum and Woody were auctioned off and bought by Valiant Entertainment,[3] while the rights to the three licensed characters (Solar, Magnus and Turok) reverted to Classic Media (then-owner of the Gold Key Comics properties), which was bought out by DreamWorks Animation SKG in July 2012.[18]

Valiant Entertainment

From left to right: Valiant Chief Creative Officer Dinesh Shamdasani, Sales Manager Atom! Freeman, Marketing and Communications Manager Hunter Gorinson and Publisher Fred Pierce at Midtown Comics in Manhattan

In 2005, a group of entrepreneurs led by Dinesh Shamdasani and Jason Kothari raised financing and acquired the rights to the Valiant Comics library from Acclaim Entertainment's estate, forming Valiant Entertainment (VEI).[3] In 2007, Valiant hired former Valiant Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter to write new short stories that would accompany hardcover reprints of classic Valiant Universe stories.[19] Two of the three collections were named among "The Ten Best Collected Editions" of their respective years of publications.[citation needed] In August 2011, after hiring several executives from Marvel Comics and Wizard Entertainment, including Valiant Publisher Fred Pierce and Valiant Editor-in-Chief Warren Simons, former Marvel Comics CEO and Vice Chairman Peter Cuneo was brought on board as Valiant's Chairman and an investor in Valiant Entertainment, with Gavin Cuneo serving as CFO & COO.[20] Dinesh Shamdasani continued to serve as Chief Creative Officer and Jason Kothari as CEO.[citation needed] In May 2012, Valiant Entertainment began publishing new monthly comic books based on the Valiant Comics universe of characters.[21]

In an event dubbed "The Summer of Valiant" in 2012,[citation needed] Valiant Entertainment launched the Valiant Comics universe with four ongoing titles, X-O Manowar, Harbinger, Bloodshot and Archer & Armstrong, one launching each month for four months.[citation needed] X-O Manowar premiered May 2, 2012, with the creative team of writer, Robert Venditti, and artist, Cary Nord.[22] The first issue of X-O Manowar received over 42,000 preorders, making Valiant the largest new publisher launch in over a decade,[5] and eventually sold through 4 full-priced printings[23] and 3 additional reduced-priced printings.[citation needed] The release of X-O Manowar was followed by Harbinger, launched in June 2012 by writer Joshua Dysart and artist Khari Evans; Bloodshot, launched in July 2012 by writer Duane Swierczynski and artist Manuel Garcia; and Archer & Armstrong, launched in August 2012 by writer Fred Van Lente and artist Clayton Henry.[24]

To coincide with the launch of publishing, Valiant introduced a number of marketing initiatives.[citation needed] Most prominent of these was the Pullbox Program and the QR Voice Variant or Talking Cover. The Pullbox Program encourages readers to start a pullbox subscription for the title being launched with their comics store in order to obtain an exclusive alternate cover version of the comic.[25] The Pullbox Program has become an industry-standard marketing practice used by many publishers.[original research?] The QR Voice Variant utilizes a QR code that is printed onto the comic book cover. The reader scans the QR code with their smart phone and places the phone over the mouth of the figure on the cover.[citation needed] The phone then plays a video of the figures mouth giving the impression that the figure has come to life and is talking to the reader.[citation needed]

Valiant Entertainment extended "The Summer of Valiant" 2012 event and added a fifth ongoing title with Shadowman in November 2012 by writer Justin Jordan and artist Patrick Zircher.[26] The comic debuted as the number 1, non-Marvel and/or DC comic of the month.[27][28] At the end of 2012, Valiant won a number of Publisher of the Year awards, winning Publisher of the Year under 5% Market Share and was nominated for Book of the Year for X-O Manowar #1 at the Diamond Gem Awards.[6]

In January 2013, Valiant announced that Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder Dinesh Shamdasani had been promoted to CEO & Chief Creative Officer.[29]

In May 2013, Shamdasani announced "The Summer of Valiant" 2013,[30] during which the company would launch two new ongoing titles, Quantum & Woody and Eternal Warrior, change the story direction of X-O Manowar and Bloodshot, and reveal the origin of Bloodshot in a special zero issue. Quantum & Woody, written by James Asmus and drawn by Tom Fowler, launched in July 2013,[31] and became the most-nominated title at 2014 Harvey Awards.[32]

Several of Valiant's launch titles reached their planned conclusions in 2014,[original research?] with Harbinger, Bloodshot, and Archer & Armstrong all concluding. Valiant celebrated the milestones by giving each title an oversized anniversary issue 25,[citation needed] and hinting at new directions for the characters.[original research?] Ongoing series such as X-O Manowar, Unity and Rai continued, and were coupled with limited series such as Harbinger: Omegas, Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel, The Death-Defying Dr. Mirage and The Delinquents, and the Armor Hunters event story.[33] In 2014, Valiant announced several new partnerships with digital distributors, including Visionbooks, to distribute a form of animated Valiant comic books for digital devices.[34]

Following the conclusion of Armor Hunters, Valiant announced its next initiative - "Valiant Next". Launching in December 2014 with the mini-series The Valiant, it continued through 2015 with the ongoing titles Ninjak, Imperium, Ivar, Timewalker and Bloodshot Reborn and the mini-series Divinity.[35] For the Summer of 2015, Valiant announced the event mini-series, Book of Death, accompanied by one-shots Book of Death: The Fall of Bloodshot, Book of Death: The Fall of Ninjak, Book of Death: The Fall of Harbinger and Book of Death: The Fall of X-O Manowar and mini-series Book of Death: Legends of the Geomancer.[36] Book of Death was one of the best-reviewed comics of the year and the biggest selling independent crossover event of the decade.[11] Spinning out from Book of Death, the ongoing series Wrath of the Eternal Warrior launched in November 2015.[37]

Valiant's CEO Dinesh Shamdasani announced at Valiant Summit 2016 that having accomplished both a successful launch and having firmly established itself in the industry, Valiant would spend 2016 focusing on expanding its universe of characters beyond its core titles.[38] Valiant would launch brand new characters in titles Britannia and Savage, expand Divinity in two sequels — Divinity II and Divinity III: Stalinverse — and elevate supporting characters from the Harbinger title in two new series — Generation Zero and Faith.[citation needed]

Faith headlined a titular four issue mini-series which launched in January 2016 and garnered significant media interest.[39] The Faith mini-series became one of only a handful of series in the past decade to reach a fifth printing.[40]

In 2016, Valiant was nominated for 50 Harvey Awards, the most nominations for any publisher that year, including 8 for Bloodshot Reborn.[9]

On 29 January 2018, it was announced that DMG Entertainment had fully acquired Valiant.[41]

Awards and recognition

  • Valiant was named "Comic Book Publisher of the Year – Under 4%" by Diamond Comics Distributors in the Diamond GEM Awards in 2013.[6]
  • Valiant was named "Best Publisher" by Ambush Bug, Matt Adler and The Dean of Ain't It Cool News in Day One of the 9th Annual "AICN Comics @$$IE Awards" in 2013.[42]
  • Valiant was named "Best Publisher 2012" by Sheldon Lee of Comic Impact in the "Best of 2012" awards in 2013.[43]
  • Valiant was named "Best Publisher" of 2012 by Joel Rickenbach of Mania in "The Best Books of 2012" article in 2013.[44]
  • Valiant was named "Publisher of the Year" of 2012 by The Mind of Scott in 2013.[citation needed]
  • Valiant was named "Most Effective Relaunch (This Decade)" by the staff of ComicsAlliance in the "Best Comics of 2012" column in 2013.[45]
  • The relaunch of Valiant was listed as number 15 by Superherostuff of Comic Book Movie in the "Top 15 Comic Book Moments of 2012" feature in 2012.[46]
  • Valiant was voted number 1 in the "Which Comic Publisher's Output in 2013 Were You Most Thankful For?" poll on Comic Book Resources in 2014.[47]
  • Valiant was named "Favorite Publisher of 2013" by Cory Thrall of Bag and Bored in the "Best of 2013" column in 2013.[48]
  • Valiant was named "Best Publisher" by Dave Gillette of Ghost Writings in his "Best in Comics of 2013 - Best Publisher" post in 2013.[citation needed]
  • Valiant was named "Item to Watch for 2014" by Rob McMonigal of Newsarama in "The Best of Best Shots 2013" column in 2013.[49]
  • Alejandro Arbona (Quantum & Woody) was named "Best Editor" by Matthew Meylikhov of Multiversity Comics in his "2013 in Review: The Best of the Rest" column in 2014.[50]
  • Valiant was named "Best Publisher" by Optimous Douche and Ambush Bug of Ain’t It Cool News in Day One of the 10th Annual "AICN COMICS 10th Annual @$$IE Awards" in 2014.[51]
The Valiant Universe, drawn by Bernard Chang, inked by Bob Layton, Tom Ryder and various

Titles

Valiant Universe

Acclaim Comics

Valiant Entertainment

  • 4001 A.D. #1-4 (event miniseries)
    • 4001 A.D.: X-O Manowar #1 (one-shot)
    • 4001 A.D.: Bloodshot #1 (one-shot)
    • 4001 A.D.: Shadowman #1 (one-shot)
    • 4001 A.D.: War Mother #1 (one-shot)
  • Archer & Armstrong #1-25
    • Archer & Armstrong: Archer #0 (one-shot)
    • Archer & Armstrong: The One Percent #1 (one-shot)
    • A&A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong #1-12
    • Immortal Brothers: The Tale of the Green Knight #1 (one-shot)
    • Armstrong and the Vault of Secrets #1 (one-shot)*
  • Armor Hunters #1-4 (event miniseries)
    • Armor Hunters: Bloodshot #1-3 (miniseries)
    • Armor Hunters: Harbinger #1-3 (miniseries)
    • Armor Hunters: Aftermath #1 (one-shot)
  • Bloodshot #1-13, #24-25, #0/Bloodshot & H.A.R.D. Corps #14-23, #0
    • Who Will Lead the H.A.R.D. Corps? (digital one-shot)
    • Bloodshot Reborn #1-18, #0, Annual 2016
      • Bloodshot Reborn: The Analog Man Director's Cut #1
      • Bloodshot Reborn: Bloodshot Island Director's Cut #1
    • Bloodshot U.S.A. #1-4 (miniseries)
    • Bloodshot's Day Off #1 (one-shot)
    • Bloodshot Salvation #1-Ongoing∞ ^
      • Bloodshot Salvation #1 Rampage Redux (pre-order bonus)
  • Book of Death #1-4 (event miniseries)
    • Book of Death: Legends of the Geomancer #1-4 (retailer incentive miniseries)
    • Book of Death: The Fall of Bloodshot #1 (one-shot)
    • Book of Death: The Fall of Ninjak #1 (one-shot)
    • Book of Death: The Fall of Harbinger #1 (one-shot)
    • Book of Death: The Fall of X-O Manowar #1 (one-shot)
  • Britannia #1-4 (miniseries)
    • Britannia: We Who Are About To Die #1-4 (miniseries)
  • Dead Drop #1-4 (miniseries)
  • The Death-Defying Dr. Mirage #1-5, #1 Plus Edition (miniseries)
    • The Death-Defying Dr. Mirage: Second Lives #1-4 (miniseries)
  • The Delinquents #1-4 (miniseries)
  • Divinity #1-4 (miniseries)
    • Divinity II #1-4 (miniseries)
    • Divinity III: Stalinverse #1-4 (miniseries)
      • Divinity III: Aric, Son of the Revolution #1 (one-shot)
      • Divinity III: Escape From Gulag 396 #1 (one-shot)
      • Divinity III: Komandar Bloodshot #1 (one-shot)
      • Divinity III: Shadowman & The Battle of New Stalingrad #1 (one-shot)
    • Divinity #0 (one-shot)
    • Eternity #1-4 (miniseries)∞ ^
  • Eternal Warrior #1-8
    • Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel #1-3 (miniseries)
    • Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #1-14
    • Eternal Warrior Awakening #1(one-shot)
  • Faith #1-4 (miniseries)
    • Faith #1-12 (ongoing)
    • Faith: Warped Tour/Keep A Breast Special Edition #1 (PSA one-shot)
    • Faith and the Future Force #1-4 (miniseries)
    • Faith's Winter Wonderland Special #1 (one-shot)
  • Free Comic Book Day
    • 2012 Special #1+
    • Valiant Masters: 2013 Showcase Edition #1
    • Valiant Comics FCBD 2013 Special #1
    • Valiant FCBD 2014 Armor Hunters Special
    • FCBD 2014 Valiant Universe Handbook #1
    • FCBD 2015: Valiant 25th Anniversary Special+
    • Valiant: 4001 A.D. FCBD Special+
    • Valiant: X-O Manowar 2017 FCBD Special #1+
    • Valiant FCBD 2018 Shadowman Special*
  • Generation Zero #1-9
  • Harbinger #1-25, #0
    • Harbinger: Bleeding Monk #0 (one-shot)
    • Harbinger: Omegas #1-3 (miniseries)
    • Harbinger: Faith #1 (one-shot)
    • Harbinger Renegade #1-Ongoing, #0 ∞
  • Harbinger Wars #1-4 (event miniseries)
    • Harbinger Wars 2 #1-4, #0 (#0 mail-in special)*
  • Imperium #1-16
  • Ivar, Timewalker #1-12
  • Ninjak #1-27, #0
    • Ninja-K #1-Ongoing∞ ^
  • Ninjak Vs the Valiant Universe #1-4 (miniseries based on live action property)*
  • Punk Mambo #0 (one-shot)
  • Quantum and Woody #1-12
    • Quantum and Woody: The Goat #0 (one-shot)
    • Valiant-Sized Quantum and Woody #1 (one-shot)
    • Quantum and Woody Must Die! #1-4 (miniseries
    • Quantum and Woody Weekly (digital one-shot)
    • Quantum and Woody Go to the Harvey Awards (digital one-shot))
    • Quantum and Woody! (2017) #1-Ongoing^
      • Quantum and Woody #0.0001½ (digital one-shot)
  • Q2: The Return of Quantum and Woody #1-5 (miniseries in Acclaim era)
  • Rai #1-16, #1 Plus Edition, #5 Plus Edition
    • Rai: The History of the Valiant Universe #1 (one-shot)
  • Rapture #1-4 (miniseries)
  • Savage #1-4 (miniseries)
  • Secret Weapons #1-4 (miniseries)^
    • Secret Weapons #0 (one-shot)
    • Secret Weapons: Owen’s Story #0 (one-shot)*
  • Shadowman #1-16, #0, #13X
    • Shadowman: End Times #1-3 (miniseries)
    • Shadowman/Rae Sremmurd #1 (one-shot)
    • Shadowman (2018) #1-Ongoing*
  • Unity #1-25, #0
    • Valiant 8-Bit Adventure: Unity! #1 (digital one-shot)
  • The Valiant #1-4 (miniseries)
    • Tales of the Valiant (digital one-shots)
  • Valiant High #1-4 (digital miniseries)
  • Valiant Universe Handbook 2015, 2016
  • X-O Manowar #1-50, #0, Annual 2016
    • X-O Manowar: Valiant 25th Anniversary Special #1 (one-shot)
    • X-O Manowar: Commander Trill #0 (one-shot)
    • X-O Manowar (2017) #1-Ongoing∞ ^
  • War Mother #1-4 (miniseries)

∞ Current

* Future

^ Pre-Order Bundle

+Exclusive Content

Characters

Main article: List of Valiant Comics characters

Trading cards

In the 1990s, a number of trading card sets and promotional cards highlighting the comics and characters of the Valiant Universe were produced. The trading card sets included:

Title Year Producer No. of Basic cards No. of Chase cards
Unity card set 1992 Comic Images 90 6
Valiant Era series 1 1993 Upper Deck 120 20
Deathmate 1993 Upper Deck 110 16
Valiant Era series 2 1994 Upper Deck 140 27

In other media

In August 2014, Valiant partnered with Pendant Productions to produce audio dramas based on their comic books.[52] The first of these, Archer & Armstrong: The Michelangelo Code, was released in 2016.[53]

It was announced in March 2015 that Valiant had signed a deal with DMG Entertainment and together they had raised a nine-figure co-financing fund for film and TV adaptations of the Valiant characters.[54]

See also

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