Valiant 2012-present READING ORDER by trade release dates...

[greg]

If someone is hoping to catch up on Valiant 2012-present using the trade paperbacks, here is the order of they were shipped from Previews:

X-O MANOWAR (ONGOING) TP VOL 01 BY THE SWORD (C: 0-1-2) 12/5/2012
HARBINGER (ONGOING) TP VOL 01 OMEGA RISING (C: 0-1-1) 1/9/2013
BLOODSHOT (ONGOING) TP VOL 01 (C: 0-1-1) 2/13/2013
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG (NEW) TP VOL 01 (C: 0-1-2) 3/6/2013
X-O MANOWAR (ONGOING) TP VOL 02 ENTER NINJAK (C: 0-1-2) 3/27/2013
SHADOWMAN (VU) TP VOL 01 BIRTH RITES 4/24/2013
HARBINGER (VU) TP VOL 02 RENEGADES 5/22/2013
BLOODSHOT (VU) TP VOL 02 RISE AND THE FALL 6/26/2013
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG (VU) TP VOL 02 ETERNAL WARRIOR 7/31/2013
X-O MANOWAR (VU) TP VOL 03 PLANET DEATH 8/21/2013
HARBINGER WARS (VU) TP (C: 0-0-1) 9/18/2013
HARBINGER (VU) TP VOL 03 HARBINGER WARS (C: 0-0-1) 9/25/2013
BLOODSHOT (VU) TP VOL 03 HARBINGER WARS 10/16/2013
SHADOWMAN (VU) TP VOL 02 DARQUE RECKONING 10/23/2013
QUANTUM & WOODY TP VOL 01 WORLDS WORST 11/6/2013
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG TP VOL 03 FAR FARAWAY 12/4/2013
X-O MANOWAR TP VOL 04 HOMECOMING 12/25/2013
SHADOWMAN TP VOL 03 DEADSIDE BLUES 1/1/2014
BLOODSHOT TP VOL 04 HARD CORPS 1/8/2014
ETERNAL WARRIOR TP VOL 01 SWORD O/T WILD 1/22/2014
HARBINGER TP VOL 04 PERFECT DAY (C: 0-0-1) 2/5/2014
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG TP VOL 04 SECT CIVIL WAR 2/26/2014
QUANTUM & WOODY TP VOL 02 IN SECURITY 3/5/2014
UNITY TP VOL 01 TO KILL A KING 3/12/2014
X-O MANOWAR TP VOL 05 AT WAR WITH UNITY 4/9/2014
SHADOWMAN TP VOL 04 FEAR BLOOD SHADOWS 5/7/2014
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG TP VOL 05 MISSION IMPROBABLE 6/11/2014
ETERNAL WARRIOR TP VOL 02 ETERNAL EMPEROR 6/18/2014
UNITY TP VOL 02 TRAPPED BY WEBNET 7/9/2014
X-O MANOWAR TP VOL 06 PRELUDE TO ARMOR HUNTERS 8/6/2014
BLOODSHOT TP VOL 05 GET SOME 8/20/2014
HARBINGER TP VOL 05 DEATH OF A RENEGADE 9/10/2014
QUANTUM & WOODY TP VOL 03 CROOKED PASTS PRESENT TENSE 9/17/2014
RAI TP VOL 01 WELCOME TO NEW JAPAN 10/1/2014
ARMOR HUNTERS TP VOL 01 11/5/2014
UNITY TP VOL 03 ARMOR HUNTERS 11/19/2014
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG TP VOL 06 AMERICAN WASTELAND 12/3/2014
X-O MANOWAR TP VOL 07 ARMOR HUNTERS 12/10/2014
HARBINGER TP VOL 06 OMEGAS 1/28/2015
UNITY TP VOL 04 UNITED 3/4/2015
X-O MANOWAR TP VOL 08 ENTER ARMORINES 3/11/2015
BLOODSHOT TP VOL 06 GLITCH AND OTHER TALES 4/15/2015
VALIANT ZEROES & ORIGINS TP VOL 01 5/6/2015
IVAR TIMEWALKER TP VOL 01 MAKING HISTORY 5/27/2015
RAI TP VOL 02 BATTLE FOR NEW JAPAN 6/3/2015
QUANTUM & WOODY TP VOL 04 QUANTUM & WOODY MUST DIE 6/10/2015
PRIEST & BRIGHTS QUANTUM & WOODY TP VOL 01 KLANG 6/17/2015
IMPERIUM TP VOL 01 COLLECTING MONSTERS 7/1/2015
UNITY TP VOL 05 HOMEFRONT 7/8/2015
X-O MANOWAR TP VOL 09 DEAD HAND 8/19/2015
PRIEST & BRIGHTS QUANTUM & WOODY TP VOL 02 SWITCH 8/26/2015
BLOODSHOT REBORN TP VOL 01 COLORADO 9/9/2015
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG TP VOL 07 ONE PERCENT & OTHER TALES 9/16/2015
NINJAK TP VOL 01 WEAPONEER 9/30/2015
IVAR TIMEWALKER TP VOL 02 BREAKING HISTORY 10/7/2015
PRIEST & BRIGHTS QUANTUM & WOODY TP VOL 03 AND SO 10/28/2015
IMPERIUM TP VOL 02 BROKEN ANGELS 11/4/2015
DEATH DEFYING DR MIRAGE TP (FEB151680) 11/18/2015
UNITY TP VOL 06 THE WAR MONGER 11/25/2015
NINJAK TP VOL 02 SHADOW WARS (C: 0-0-1) 12/2/2015
X-O MANOWAR TP VOL 10 EXODUS 1/13/2016
BLOODSHOT REBORN TP VOL 02 THE HUNT (C: 0-0-1) 2/10/2016
IVAR TIMEWALKER TP VOL 03 ENDING HISTORY (C: 0-0-1) 2/17/2016
IMPERIUM TP VOL 03 VINE IMPERATIVE 3/9/2016
UNITY TP VOL 07 REVENGE OF THE ARMOR HUNTERS 3/16/2016
RAI TP VOL 03 THE ORPHAN 3/23/2016

[AnarchoMambo]

This is an outstanding resource. As an old fan and a reader who is catching up on the story since 2012 on hoopla, I will be using this as a guide to catching up to the present releases

[jmatt]

Very nice, Greg.

[mkb28]

Nice checklist! I am slowly switching over to trades starting with my February order. This will definitely come in handy going forward.

Thanks, Greg!

Michael
Mkb28

[Phoenix8008]

Nice. We have a similar list over at the /r/Valiant subreddit page that is not the exact release order, but splits the books into different groupings, taking into account satisfying arc completion and approximate publication order/dates. It also has listings for reading orders of all crossovers, and where in each series any applicable zero issue fits in/was released.

Here's a sample:

----------ACT ONE----------

X-O Manowar Vol. 1: “By the Sword” (collects X-O Manowar #1-4)

X-O Manowar Vol. 2: “Enter Ninjak” (collects X-O Manowar #5-8)

X-O Manowar Vol. 3: “Planet Death” (collects X-O Manowar #9-14)

Harbinger Vol. 1: “Omega Rising” (collects Harbinger #1-5)

Bloodshot Vol. 1: “Setting the World on Fire” (collects Bloodshot #1-4)

Harbinger Vol. 2: “Renegades” (collects Harbinger #6-10)

Bloodshot Vol. 2: “Rise and Fall” (collects Bloodshot #5-9)

Harbinger Wars Vol. 1 (collects Harbinger Wars #1-4)

Harbinger Vol. 3: “Harbinger Wars” (collects Harbinger #11-14 and #0)

Bloodshot Vol. 3: “Harbinger Wars” (collects Bloodshot #10-13)

Archer & Armstrong Vol. 1: “The Michelangelo Code” (collects Archer & Armstrong #1-4)

Archer & Armstrong Vol. 2: “Eternal Warrior” (collects Archer & Armstrong #5-9)

Archer & Armstrong Vol. 3: “Far Faraway” (collects Archer & Armstrong #10-13)

Eternal Warrior Vol. 1: “Sword of the Wild” (collects Eternal Warrior #1-4. Note: The story in this volume takes place before the story in Archer & Armstrong Vol 2 even though it was published after Vol 3)

Shadowman Vol. 1: “Birth Rites” (collects Shadowman #1-4)

Shadowman Vol. 2: “Darque Reckoning” (collects Shadowman #5-9)

Shadowman Vol. 3: “Deadside Blues” (collects Shadowman #10-12 and #0)

[Zhuge1]

Great list. I basically only read the trades so this is helpful in keeping track of the last few that have been released.

[Zhuge1]

Anyone have release info for the TPBs released after Rai volume 3?

[Phoenix8008]

Anyone have release info for the TPBs released after Rai volume 3?

Here's the last bit from our list on the /r/Valiant subreddit (as linked to above) which includes everything announced through August...

----------ACT FOUR----------

THE VALIANT (Collecting The Valiant #1-4)

DIVINITY VOL. 1 (Collecting Divinity #1-4)

BLOODSHOT REBORN VOL. 1: COLORADO (collecting Bloodshot Reborn #1-5)

BLOODSHOT REBORN VOL. 2: THE HUNT (collecting Bloodshot Reborn #6-9)

IVAR, TIMEWALKER VOL. 1: MAKING HISTORY (collecting Ivar, Timewalker #1-4)

IVAR, TIMEWALKER VOL. 2: BREAKING HISTORY (collecting Ivar, Timewalker #5-8)

IVAR, TIMEWALKER VOL. 3: ENDING HISTORY (collecting Ivar, Timewalker #9-12)

IMPERIUM VOL. 1: COLLECTING MONSTERS (Collecting IMPERIUM #1-4)

IMPERIUM VOL. 2: BROKEN ANGELS (Collecting IMPERIUM #5-8)

IMPERIUM VOL. 3: THE VINE IMPERATIVE (Collecting IMPERIUM #9-12)

NINJAK VOL. 1: WEAPONEER (Collecting NINJAK #1-5)

NINJAK VOL. 2: THE SHADOW WARS (Collecting NINJAK #6-9)

X-O MANOWAR VOL. 9: DEAD HAND (collects X-O Manowar #33-37)

X-O MANOWAR VOL. 10: EXODUS TPB (collects X-O Manowar #38-42)

UNITY VOL. 5: HOMEFRONT (Collecting UNITY #15-18)

UNITY VOL. 6: THE WAR-MONGER (Collecting UNITY #19-22)

UNITY VOL. 7: REVENGE OF THE ARMOR HUNTERS (Collecting UNITY #23-25)

RAI VOL. 3: THE ORPHAN (collecting Rai #9-12)

DEAD DROP (collects Dead Drop #1-4)

BOOK OF DEATH TPB (collects Book of Death #1-4)

BOOK OF DEATH: THE FALL OF THE VALIANT UNIVERSE TPB (collects Book of Death: The Fall of Bloodshot #1, The Fall of Harbinger #1, The Fall of Ninjak #1, and The Fall of X-O Manowar #1)

<<<Book of Death: Legends of the Geomancer #1-4>>> (Single issues only, no TPB expected to ever be printed for this story per VEI marketing plan for it.)

----------ACT FIVE----------

WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR VOL. 1: RISEN TPB (collects Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #1-4)

THE DEATH-DEFYING DR. MIRAGE VOL. 2: SECOND LIVES TPB (collects The Death Defying Dr. Mirage: Second Lives #1-4)

NINJAK VOL. 3: OPERATION: DEADSIDE TPB (collects Ninjak #10-13)

X-O MANOWAR VOL. 11: THE KILL LIST TPB (Collecting X-O MANOWAR #43–46, X-O MANOWAR: COMMANDER TRILL #0, and X-O MANOWAR: VALIANT 25th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1)

FAITH VOL. 1: HOLLYWOOD & VINE TPB (Collecting FAITH (LIMITED SERIES) #1-4)

BLOODSHOT REBORN VOL. 3: THE ANALOG MAN TPB (Collecting BLOODSHOT REBORN #10–13)

IMPERIUM VOL. 4: STORMBREAK TPB (Collecting IMPERIUM #13-16)

A&A: THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER & ARMSTRONG VOL. 1: IN THE BAG TPB (Collecting A&A: THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #1–4)