Make Mine Valiant
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spiderland
- Working on the first full appearance of me
- Posts: 14
- Joined: Sun Feb 16, 2014 7:37:44 am
- Valiant fan since: 2012
- Favorite character: Animalia
- Favorite title: Harbinger
- Favorite writer: Joshua Dysart
- Favorite artist: Cary Nord
- Location: Calgary, Canada
Make Mine Valiant
Hi I'm Tyson & I love Valiant comics. I've been lurking for a bit but finally decided I should make an account of my own and start posting. I'm starved for people to talk about these books with! I keep giving away my trades and singles in the hopes that my friends and family might come to share my obsession.
My first encounter with anything Valiant was by pure chance sometime in the mid nineties. I found a well worn copy of Magnus Robot Fighter #0 in a pile of books and magazines at my Grandparents' house and read it. I wasn't driven to rush out and collect everything Valiant by any means but something about the characters and the other books advertised within it stuck with me.
Through my teens and twenties I read a lot of graphic novels and high concept titles (Y the Last Man, Black Hole, Promethea, Jimmy Corrigan & The Invisibles are some of my faves) and my opinion of traditional superhero books was low to say the least. I always felt the stories told by Marvel & DC were fairly hackneyed and predictable, all the characters have plot armor and nobody really dies or suffers through any relatable struggles.
Then I was introduced to Comixology and I started following a few of the New52 titles out of curiosity - primarily the Snyder/Capullo Batman, Lemire's Animal Man & JH Williams III's Batwoman. It was exciting at first but after the non-event that was Death of the Family and the editorial meddling that saw JHW III walk off Batwoman before his arc could be completed I realized DC was not the publisher for me.
It was around this time that I started wondering about the Valiant relaunch. I picked up the first few issues of X-O and Harbinger and I was immediately hooked. Finally rich, interesting characters that were believably human! Finally an interconnected comic book universe that doesn't have a half century of backstory to try to keep straight! The art! The stories!
As long as Valiant continues to publish interesting stories by great writers and artists I'll say make mine Valiant.
My first encounter with anything Valiant was by pure chance sometime in the mid nineties. I found a well worn copy of Magnus Robot Fighter #0 in a pile of books and magazines at my Grandparents' house and read it. I wasn't driven to rush out and collect everything Valiant by any means but something about the characters and the other books advertised within it stuck with me.
Through my teens and twenties I read a lot of graphic novels and high concept titles (Y the Last Man, Black Hole, Promethea, Jimmy Corrigan & The Invisibles are some of my faves) and my opinion of traditional superhero books was low to say the least. I always felt the stories told by Marvel & DC were fairly hackneyed and predictable, all the characters have plot armor and nobody really dies or suffers through any relatable struggles.
Then I was introduced to Comixology and I started following a few of the New52 titles out of curiosity - primarily the Snyder/Capullo Batman, Lemire's Animal Man & JH Williams III's Batwoman. It was exciting at first but after the non-event that was Death of the Family and the editorial meddling that saw JHW III walk off Batwoman before his arc could be completed I realized DC was not the publisher for me.
It was around this time that I started wondering about the Valiant relaunch. I picked up the first few issues of X-O and Harbinger and I was immediately hooked. Finally rich, interesting characters that were believably human! Finally an interconnected comic book universe that doesn't have a half century of backstory to try to keep straight! The art! The stories!
As long as Valiant continues to publish interesting stories by great writers and artists I'll say make mine Valiant.
Plastic & Wire is my Art & Comics blog.
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lorddunlow
- I think you might be a closeted Canadian.
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Re: Make Mine Valiant
Welcome to the...
Wait a second. Calgary. Canada. We're full up with your kind. No more Canadians. Sorry.
Seriously, welcome to the boards. It's fun here. I jibe the Canadians, but it's all in good fun. mostly
Wait a second. Calgary. Canada. We're full up with your kind. No more Canadians. Sorry.
Seriously, welcome to the boards. It's fun here. I jibe the Canadians, but it's all in good fun. mostly
*SQUEE* your science, I have a machine gun.
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Beware Cyclops
- Just jumpin' through time arcs, that's all.
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Re: Make Mine Valiant
Sure! It's fun here.... Until someone loses an eye!!!!!lorddunlow wrote:…… Seriously, welcome to the boards. It's fun here. I jibe the Canadians, but it's all in good fun. mostly
Welcome to the board.
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bobby97801
- Just jumpin' through time arcs, that's all.
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- Favorite character: X-O Manowar
- Location: vancouver, washington
Re: Make Mine Valiant
Welcome to the board 
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mkb28
- Honey, it's time to spawn!
- Posts: 4739
- Joined: Tue Nov 06, 2012 3:16:51 pm
- Valiant fan since: 2012
- Favorite character: X-O Manowar
- Favorite title: X-O Manowar
- Favorite writer: Venditti and Dysart
- Location: Kansas City, MO
- Contact:
Re: Make Mine Valiant
Great story! Welcome to the board! 
Mkb28
Mkb28
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MarkRoseHFX
- smother you to death with a big pile of poutine
- Posts: 4697
- Joined: Thu May 31, 2012 11:03:12 pm
- Valiant fan since: 1992
- Favorite character: Chiclo
- Favorite title: Harbinger
- Favorite writer: Dysart,V-ditti,Kindt,Lemire
- Favorite artist: Cary Nord
- Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Re: Make Mine Valiant
Great story man and welcome to the board!
Another Canadian woohoo!
hawkeyeps aka hawkguy is also in Calgary
maybe
Another Canadian woohoo!
hawkeyeps aka hawkguy is also in Calgary
you mean until I take dunlow's eyeBeware Cyclops wrote:Sure! It's fun here.... Until someone loses an eye!!!!!lorddunlow wrote:…… Seriously, welcome to the boards. It's fun here. I jibe the Canadians, but it's all in good fun. mostly
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chriskay99
- You gotta have Faith!
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Re: Make Mine Valiant
Welcome, welcome to the boards! I used to lurk for a bit, too, before I jumped in. 
Nice story - how did your grandparents have a copy of Magnus #0? Random find, or were they clipping out the cards to send in?spiderland wrote:My first encounter with anything Valiant was by pure chance sometime in the mid nineties. I found a well worn copy of Magnus Robot Fighter #0 in a pile of books and magazines at my Grandparents' house and read it. I wasn't driven to rush out and collect everything Valiant by any means but something about the characters and the other books advertised within it stuck with me.
Black Science. Lazarus. Birthright. Saga. Manifest Destiny. Deadly Class.
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comicsyte95
- It's Porktastic!!!
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Re: Make Mine Valiant
Welcome!
If I just can't be me ,and the Arrow isn't enough.. then maybe I should be Ra's al Ghul
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greg
- The admin around here must be getting old and soft.
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- Favorite title: Depends on writer
- Favorite writer: Depends on artist
- Favorite artist: Depends on character
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Re: Make Mine Valiant
Welcome --- great story!
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spiderland
- Working on the first full appearance of me
- Posts: 14
- Joined: Sun Feb 16, 2014 7:37:44 am
- Valiant fan since: 2012
- Favorite character: Animalia
- Favorite title: Harbinger
- Favorite writer: Joshua Dysart
- Favorite artist: Cary Nord
- Location: Calgary, Canada
Re: Make Mine Valiant
Thanks for the welcomes!
I can't be sure but I'm guessing it belonged to one of my uncles or distant cousins. I never did figure it out but I never forgot the cover and I remember it was the first time I ever held a "#0" issue of anything, which I thought at the time must be some sort of sacred artifact.chriskay99 wrote:Welcome, welcome to the boards! I used to lurk for a bit, too, before I jumped in.
Nice story - how did your grandparents have a copy of Magnus #0? Random find, or were they clipping out the cards to send in?spiderland wrote:My first encounter with anything Valiant was by pure chance sometime in the mid nineties. I found a well worn copy of Magnus Robot Fighter #0 in a pile of books and magazines at my Grandparents' house and read it. I wasn't driven to rush out and collect everything Valiant by any means but something about the characters and the other books advertised within it stuck with me.
Plastic & Wire is my Art & Comics blog.
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Man Of The Atom
- Is it Dee-no or Die-no? Dunno.
- Posts: 420
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- Favorite artist: Ramon Villalobos
- Location: San Francisco
Re: Make Mine Valiant
Welcome to the board!
Good story . It would be kind of cool if your grandparents read Magnus.
Good story
. It would be kind of cool if your grandparents read Magnus.-
Daniel Jackson
- A toast to the return of Valiant!
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Welcome.
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Chiclo
- I'm Chiclo. My strong Dongs paid off well.
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Re: Make Mine Valiant
Calgary. 
Go Hitmen.
Go Hitmen.
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grendeljd
- innerSPACE does whatever I tell them
- Posts: 8156
- Joined: Mon Jun 18, 2012 6:51:43 am
- Valiant fan since: 1991
- Favorite character: Aric
- Favorite title: Harbinger
- Location: On the 7.5th floor of LesterCorp, headed through the back door to John Malkovich's brain.
Re: Make Mine Valiant
Welcome, fellow Canadian! Plans are afoot for us to take over the world - if you want in, let me know. (just don't let Lorddunlow hear about it or he'll throw down a hizzy fit 
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My wife likes to draw stuff too, and she is better than me! [I'm very proud of her]... https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sara-Dec ... ref=stream" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
My wife likes to draw stuff too, and she is better than me! [I'm very proud of her]... https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sara-Dec ... ref=stream" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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leonmallett
- My mind is sharp. Like a sharp thing.
- Posts: 9444
- Joined: Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:39:01 am
- Valiant fan since: 2006
- Favorite character: Shadowman (Hall version)
- Favorite title: Shadowman (under Hall)
- Favorite writer: Fred Van Lente
- Favorite artist: Clayton Henry
- Location: hunting down paulsmith56 somewhere in the balti belt...
Re: Make Mine Valiant
Welcome aboard, and well done from turning lurking into posting.
VEI - I look forward to you one day publishing MORE than 9-10 books per month