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I don't think much of V2, but I think a lot of Christopher Priest and Q&W while vastly preferring V1 to V2. I don't think anyone can deny that when Valiant comes up at mainstream comic boards, the subject of Quantum & Woody is raised just as much as Magnus, Harbinger, Solar, etc. It was a very ...

Rai would be an amazing film, but I can't think of a way to currently do it where it wouldn't come off to the average, un-initiated filmgoer as at least derivative of The Matrix, or Aeon Flux or whatever else. I think the way to do that might be to do it a la Beowulf or the French CG film ...

The flaw in that Grant Morrison argument, "poor DC, they let mean old Morrison ruin Countdown" is that Countdown has pretty much sucked from the word go. He could only improve things. The promise of Morrison writing Final Crisis is all that made me hang in there.

I understand part of the argument ...

Valiant at its best was IMO not a PG-13 line. It was subversive and adult without having to always underline it.

And the fact is, IMO, that new books will not capture an audience unless there are major talents initially attached.

Didn't Jim state somewhere that his intention for Harbinger was to do the "anti X-Men"? That's why I'm opposed to any big director of spectacle or big composer like Williams or Elfman. It should be a more rough and ready, handheld, indie-type of film, depicting the kids on the road, who just happen ...

Pete: Chris Marquette (Fanboys, The Girl Next Door)
Kris: Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Death Proof, Sky High)
Faith: Mae Whitman (Thief, Arrested Development)
Flamingo: No idea
Torque: Daniel Clark (Degrassi: The Next Generation)
Shatiqua: Davetta Sherwood (The Young & The Restless)
Toyo Harada ...

Hopefully they can emulate the failed WS revamp - poach great talent like Morrison and co. - but not fall short where Jim Lee did (by only having two or three issues of the two flagship titles come out in three years).

Regardless of anyone's feelings on V2 I would kill to see another Valiant book ...

Within hours I was logged in to register my dismay![/CBG]

Ratner is the epitome of "subpar". I think his picture is next to the word in the dictionary. While I'm happy it's being considered for film treatment, Harbinger is my favorite Valiant book and I'd want to see it in better hands. Also, it ...

David Lapham - just because. Him back on Harbinger would make me weep.
Mike Deodato - keeps getting better and better. His work on Tbolts is stunning.
Phil Jimenez
Adam & Andy Kubert (not that Adam is on time lately)
Daniel Acuna
Mark Bagley - another artist who reinvented himself when I took him ...

I always expected Albert to return someday as some petulant minor cosmic being. I still would not be surprised were the line to return.

I do hope the "new character" advertised is a lead in to new books. I'm not sure it would be advertised as such if not.

When I think of Valiant I think first of Harbinger. It's the book that got me into the VU all those years ago. Solar and Magnus are absolutely essential IMHO, yes, but Harbinger is too, and I think it would be one of, if not the most immediately marketable and promising properties were the VU to ...

Out of curiosity: How could Ivar have stopped Seleski from becoming Solar? Doesn't Ivar's existence - and the existence of all the Anni-Padas, and all other 'supers' in the VU - necessitate Solar's existence, and his accidental remaking of the universe?

I am biased towards Keith Giffen. Though I am not that familiar with his classic Justice League stuff, I grew up with and loved Giffen's otherwise very, very unpopular run writing the volume 4 "adult Legion" with the Bierbaums, in the days when the team was all thirtysomething, unshaven and in ...

I suspect some people thought Plasm was just too esoteric. I know when I was a kid and I picked it up b/c it was connected to Valiant, the concepts and dialogue, like those in Solar, went way over my head at the time and I was fairly intimidated. Re-reading it a while back I thought it was brilliant ...

Just rechecked on what it was - the connection to Rai is interesting. I might be interested in checking it out sometime.

Question:

Am I wrong or is Kris never seen in the present-day timeline after Harbinger #25 (which, along with the surrounding prior issues, had an absolutely nonsensical plot) ? Are we to assume she's in Harbinger Foundation custody like Faith was after the changeover? It doesn't make sense for ...

I remember all the heavy promotion for VH1 Ninjak due to the Quesada art, etc. I never got around to reading it - the most I saw of Ninjak back then was in the Deathmate books - but I finally picked up #1 the other day in a 50-cent sale (along with a lot of pre-Unity and the first issue of The ...

Deathstroke had a serious problem attempting to operate the ring. And what about Batman? Didn't he try once?

Harbinger - A team youth book always works
X-O Manowar
Rai/Bloodshoot - some kind of hybrid book with the various descendants of the Blood of Heroes, maybe from Bloodshoot to Obadiah and beyond; Rai itself was originally such a fascinating, offbeat book, going against the grain. Something that also ...

Sorry, one more question: Can anyone tell me if there is a fact sheet or FAQ out there on what exactly the scope is for Solar's powers? Is he indeed like a god, and if so, what are his limits? How could X-O really take him on? I was just thinking about, say, Solar vs. The Authority or some such ...

In that case, I'm looking fwd to it for April. Looks neat.

...Is it too late to be interested in this sucker?

This is a wonderful concept. Unfortunately, I cannot draw worth *SQUEE*. Writing is my thing. And frankly it would blow my mind to try and figure out where to take the story within the rules of Rai #0 - isn't the huge Harbinger war supposed to be on by now? I would think the VU might have a hard ...

Wait - post-Crisis, Clark and Diana lifted Thor's hammer? Was this during Busiek's JLA/Avengers? I find it hard to believe that KB would consider these incarnations of the characters, at least, to be deemed 'worthy' by the gods of lifting Mjolnir. That's not to say that I think the current Superman ...

I believe they're one and the same, right? The origin story?

I was very, very impressed. Probably some of the finest comic writing I've ever read. When I was a kid, back during VH1's heyday, I steered fairly clear of Solar b/c I thought it was too deep for me; I couldn't get my head around it or ...