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by magnusr
Sat Feb 01, 2025 5:26 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Jay Jay interview and Valiant/Defiant talk
Replies: 37
Views: 5691

Re: Jay Jay interview and Valiant/Defiant talk


Give me the pre-Unity house style over most of that stuff any day of the week. I also think there's more art diversity in pre-Unity than we give credit to. Just look at Unity. BWS to Lapham/Mayo to Ernie Colon to John Dixon. All very different drawing and inking styles. Yet due to the stricter ...
by magnusr
Sat Feb 01, 2025 5:25 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Valiant Alien Diamond Woes
Replies: 13
Views: 2362

Re: Valiant Alien Diamond Woes


https://bleedingcool.com/comics/valiant-beyond-launch-postpones-over-diamond-bankruptcy-concerns/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2tngpXyysjyWyZTkhh6E0G32OiOVsZ3qeYeA7O4pcySU2oVvIH_IS_Vv8_aem_JYsEw22iQB052kC2mtb0Gg


Tough, if they go forward they can lose a lot and if they pause they can lose ...
by magnusr
Sat Feb 01, 2025 5:21 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Bloodshot '99 Concept Pitch
Replies: 32
Views: 5486

Re: Bloodshot '99 Concept Pitch

I do wish there was a market for stories like this.

/Magnus
by magnusr
Thu Jan 23, 2025 7:53 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Jay Jay interview and Valiant/Defiant talk
Replies: 37
Views: 5691

Re: Jay Jay interview and Valiant/Defiant talk

Finally got around to watching it. Great stuff. A long career and you covered it all with good questions.

Of course, most of all, JayJay was great.

/Magnus
by magnusr
Wed Jan 22, 2025 4:36 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Bloodshot
Replies: 9
Views: 1100

Re: Bloodshot

Watched it again thanks to this thread. It really deserved a much better fate.

/Magnus
by magnusr
Wed Jan 22, 2025 4:35 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: EXCLUSIVE: New Valiant Beyond Titles Featuring Fan-Favorite Creators
Replies: 18
Views: 2236

Re: EXCLUSIVE: New Valiant Beyond Titles Featuring Fan-Favorite Creators

syzhang28 wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 3:15 am dude, what is happening to harbinger? who are even those characters on that cover? legit question.
I also reacted to that. Some of these characters can not live the normal teenage life that was part of the old Harbinger stories.

/Magnus
by magnusr
Fri Jan 17, 2025 10:28 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Post-Schism DEFIANT/Gold Key/Broadway merged universe?
Replies: 28
Views: 2528

Re: Post-Schism DEFIANT/Gold Key/Broadway merged universe?

Cyberstrike wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 9:17 am It's actually name of the first Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire the first man who unified a good chunk Central and Eastern Europe.
:thumb:

/Magnus
by magnusr
Fri Jan 17, 2025 10:26 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Post-Schism DEFIANT/Gold Key/Broadway merged universe?
Replies: 28
Views: 2528

Re: Post-Schism DEFIANT/Gold Key/Broadway merged universe?

Ryan wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 9:10 am Nice. Doesn't Magnus mean Great or 'the Great one'? I had a Great-grandpa named Magnus. Danish :)
Exactly. Like Charles the Great. Cool that you have it in your family.

/Magnus
by magnusr
Fri Jan 17, 2025 10:22 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Post-Schism DEFIANT/Gold Key/Broadway merged universe?
Replies: 28
Views: 2528

Re: Post-Schism DEFIANT/Gold Key/Broadway merged universe?

Ryan said that, not me, heh.
Oops, fixed.

/Magnus
by magnusr
Fri Jan 17, 2025 12:16 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Bloodshot
Replies: 9
Views: 1100

Re: Bloodshot


How do you really think Bloodshot would have done had it not been for the pandemic?


Impossible to say. Depends on whether it would have reached a critical mass of an audience.

The people I saw it with all liked it and would have recommended it, but I had the feeling they were happy to have ...
by magnusr
Fri Jan 17, 2025 12:04 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Post-Schism DEFIANT/Gold Key/Broadway merged universe?
Replies: 28
Views: 2528

Re: Post-Schism DEFIANT/Gold Key/Broadway merged universe?

Ryan wrote: Charlemagne is like a modern day Magnus
Charlemagne in Latin is Carolus Magnus, though Shooter has said that the similarity between the names is just a coincidence.

/Magnus
by magnusr
Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:57 pm
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Defiant vs VALIANT
Replies: 22
Views: 2524

Re: Defiant vs VALIANT

ManofTheAtom wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:47 pm What made one different from the other?
Whatever to call it - Defiant was more fantastic with worlds just beyond the perception of normal humans.

/Magnus
by magnusr
Tue Jan 14, 2025 10:48 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Could Phil Seleski, Jack Boniface, and Master Darque Have Been Harbingers?
Replies: 66
Views: 3002

Re: Could Phil Seleski, Jack Boniface, and Master Darque Have Been Harbingers?


And it was short lived, no?


Solar took it back.

Which is why he sought out Darque, who did to Bender with necromantic energy what Phil did with nuclear energy.

In both instances, it was Bender being affected by outside factors that changed him.

In essence, Solar's ability to manipulate and ...
by magnusr
Tue Jan 14, 2025 10:37 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Could Phil Seleski, Jack Boniface, and Master Darque Have Been Harbingers?
Replies: 66
Views: 3002

Re: Could Phil Seleski, Jack Boniface, and Master Darque Have Been Harbingers?

ManofTheAtom wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2025 10:33 am One could argue that since Phil was made entirely of energy what Bender stole was part of Solar himself, which then bonded with Bender. It was Solar's own power finding a new host, as it were.
True

/Magnus
by magnusr
Tue Jan 14, 2025 10:25 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Could Phil Seleski, Jack Boniface, and Master Darque Have Been Harbingers?
Replies: 66
Views: 3002

Re: Could Phil Seleski, Jack Boniface, and Master Darque Have Been Harbingers?

ManofTheAtom wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2025 7:56 am I forget how Bender got his powers. I've only read those issues once or twice, heh.
He tricked Solar into letting part of his energy be stolen. The point being that he didn't need to be a Harbinger to manipulate energy.

/Magnus
by magnusr
Tue Jan 14, 2025 10:22 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Could Phil Seleski, Jack Boniface, and Master Darque Have Been Harbingers?
Replies: 66
Views: 3002

Re: Could Phil Seleski, Jack Boniface, and Master Darque Have Been Harbingers?

Ryan wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2025 10:04 am To me the debate is, where do the various iterations of Valiant fall on the spectrum of 'realism'?
Good question. I also think that "how consistantly are things explained by in-universe logic?" is a relevant question. For both questions I believe that early VH1 manages best.

/Magnus
by magnusr
Tue Jan 14, 2025 1:28 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Could Phil Seleski, Jack Boniface, and Master Darque Have Been Harbingers?
Replies: 66
Views: 3002

Re: Could Phil Seleski, Jack Boniface, and Master Darque Have Been Harbingers?


What if Phil had the Harbinger ability to manipulate nuclear energy?

What if Jack Boniface and Master Darque had the Harbinger ability to manipulate necromantic energy?


I would find it boring if Harbinger abilities explain all powers. Let there be some variation. How about Fred Bender? Wasn't ...
by magnusr
Mon Jan 13, 2025 12:34 am
Forum: Buy / Sell / Trade - VALIANT
Topic: New slabs up on eBay, Valiant and others
Replies: 3
Views: 923

Re: New slabs up on eBay, Valiant and others

nycjadie wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 4:57 pm I’m clearing some duplicates and other things. Please check them out! I’ll be adding a bit more this week.

https://www.ebay.com/usr/hickorycanyon
Nice slabs. Good luck with the sales.

/Magnus
by magnusr
Fri Jan 10, 2025 1:23 pm
Forum: Marvel, DC, Image, independents, etc.
Topic: VIP Ashcan
Replies: 33
Views: 4519

Re: VIP Ashcan

Chiclo wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2025 10:47 am edit: found the pic.
That's a notable portion of the print run.

/Magnus
by magnusr
Fri Jan 10, 2025 2:14 am
Forum: Marvel, DC, Image, independents, etc.
Topic: VIP Ashcan
Replies: 33
Views: 4519

Re: VIP Ashcan

More info and some pics in this thread:
http://www.valiantfans.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16143

/Magnus
by magnusr
Fri Jan 10, 2025 2:03 am
Forum: Marvel, DC, Image, independents, etc.
Topic: VIP Ashcan
Replies: 33
Views: 4519

Re: VIP Ashcan

1st Among Equals wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 10:04 am My odds of finding one just got 1% worse.
Wonder how many actually are on the open market? This thread says Chiclo, Brian and Southern have one each. I also have one somewhere. And one listed for sale at a crazy price.

How many more are tied up in collections of board members?

/Magnus
by magnusr
Thu Jan 02, 2025 4:01 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: SCHISM from DEFIANT - Kickstarter ft. Jim Shooter, David Lapham
Replies: 202
Views: 27142

Re: SCHISM from DEFIANT - Kickstarter ft. Jim Shooter, David Lapham

midnightonearth wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 8:47 pm we are launching a Kickstarter to get these books finally published.
:clap:

Backed.

/Magnus
by magnusr
Sun Dec 29, 2024 2:40 am
Forum: Marvel, DC, Image, independents, etc.
Topic: Amassing My Complete Amazing Spider-Man Run
Replies: 167
Views: 34219

Re: Amassing My Complete Amazing Spider-Man Run

lorddunlow wrote: Wed Dec 25, 2024 10:40 am Thanks to my awesome wife, I guess I may have an annual update to this thread.
Cool, congrats on the book and the wife.

/Magnus
by magnusr
Wed Dec 25, 2024 2:19 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Happy Christmas Valiant-inos …
Replies: 5
Views: 478

Re: Happy Christmas Valiant-inos …

Dallow Spicer1 wrote: Tue Dec 24, 2024 2:35 pm …enjoy it whatever you do and whoever you’re with! :high-five:
Thank you and likewise.

God jul och gott nytt år!

/Magnus