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I wonder if Dino has them. He spent far longer in Hong Kong than me.

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No way...he would be posted them here.. a *SQUEE* chromium solar #3.. i want that so bad it hurts.. I want a poster of that

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Interesting the person who posted these pics...ots his 1st post? What the hell?..haha..great 1st post!.. I want posters of these with just the chinese logos... these are the coolest things to pop up on the board in years..
Anyone know anything about these?

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Thanks a lot guys, glad you all like these books :clap:. Sorry no fancy backstory. I got them on a trip to China back in 1994 when I was 14 from a local newsstand in Shanghai. I can't read much Chinese, so I totally forgot about them until my parents called me to clean out my room during Christmas :lol:, and here they are.

Now I am really interested in the history of them, with my limited researching ability in Chinese, I found that Americom Publication Co. only published these 6 books in 1994, trying to introduce Valiant comics into Hong Kong market, and stopped publishing more for reasons I don't know yet. I also know these books are published both as individual books, and in a collection box of all 6 books. My one is the collection box. If anyone know more history about them please share, or correct me if I am wrong.

That picture posted was grabbed from the internet, I took some nicer pictures and will share them here later. Please allow some time...

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OK, here are the better pictures I promised.

Bloodshot:
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Dr. Mirage:
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X-O Manowar:
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Ninjak:
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Shadowman:
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Solar:
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The collection box:
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Interestingly, as valiantdude noticed, the Solar HK book has the cover of #3, but the actual book content is #1, am I correct here?

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gaga1227 wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:59:53 am Interestingly, as valiantdude noticed, the Solar HK book has the cover of #3, but the actual book content is #1, am I correct here?

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This is correct. It's Solar 1.

I haven't seen the "collection box." First I've heard of it. I've looked for these for some time, every time I'm in HK or SG (or elsewhere). It's a rare item for sure, and something quite a few folks here would covet.

I think of all the stuff printed outside the US, these and the Philippines books are the rarest. I think I have the only known copies of the Philippines books (at least in our small collecting circles).

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I had many opportunities when through Manila to buy the Philippine versions but never had any interest in the Valiants. Actually a lot of books used to have Philippine copies but if I ever bought anything down there it was regular American comics as there were some places that had better selections of new/back issues than the shops in Hong Kong.

Off to Tokyo on Saturday to go skiing next week and every time I go now I miss what used to be the 3 story comic book shop in 109 in Shibuya. Everytime I entered that store there was always something I discovered for the first time.

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My goodness, it's full of stars.

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I would say...this may be the last one left on earth..at least as the set.. I mean its 26yrs later..whew.. I now change my position and think these are very valuable.. I'm going to say at least 1k for the set.. with the box..

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Way cooler than the dmg books... can anyone translate what it says on the face of the box? Also, 18yrs or older? Wow

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valiantdude wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2020 1:45:39 pm can anyone translate what it says on the face of the box?
It’s an older dialect, but I’ll try....



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The Hong Kong books from the 1990s are foil, not chromium, correct?

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Blood of Heroes wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2020 2:16:27 pm
valiantdude wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2020 1:45:39 pm can anyone translate what it says on the face of the box?
It’s an older dialect, but I’ll try....



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Actually I was able to translate it and it says..China is your mother and father be happy or die

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I'm gonna say chromuim, and not foil, that shadow man picture seems to be a give away

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They are foil. I have a couple sets. Mine are pretty beat up, though, not in good condition like gaga1227’s copies. They are cool. I’ve slipped mine into polys and they still look pretty bad *SQUEE*. :-)

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oh wow! dang it must be thick foil...can u post pics? do you have two sets with the box, or two copies of each of the six issues?

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nycjadie wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2020 6:14:11 am
gaga1227 wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:59:53 am Interestingly, as valiantdude noticed, the Solar HK book has the cover of #3, but the actual book content is #1, am I correct here?
This is correct. It's Solar 1.
The Bloodshot and Shadowman covers are not the original #1 cover; they're both from the #0 issues.

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Tried to post a photo, but not seeing it go through. Will try and post some tonight.

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Blood of Heroes wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2020 2:16:27 pm
valiantdude wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2020 1:45:39 pm can anyone translate what it says on the face of the box?
It’s an older dialect, but I’ll try....



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