November 2024 Solicitations

[TheFerg714]

https://www.reddit.com/r/valiant/s/B93z63uE3O

[ManofTheAtom]

Cool.

[Dallow Spicer1]

Resurgence - I’ll buy
XO - I’ll buy
Shadowman - I’ll pass unless I hear some exceptional reviews
Bloodshot - I’ll pass, been stung way too many times by DMG & Alien in this character. Low brow stuff!

[TheFerg714]

Shadowman - I’ll pass unless I hear some exceptional reviews

Are you liking Ninjak vs. Roku?

[Dallow Spicer1]

Shadowman - I’ll pass unless I hear some exceptional reviews

Are you liking Ninjak vs. Roku?

I’m not reading it, Roku isn’t compelling enough of a character for me. I’m re-reading her origins in the Ninjak deluxe and Matt Kindt created some far out crazy concepts, especially with Roku, although the hair is a bit much. But I’m dubious about buying books from writers I’m not familiar with, been let down too many times and I’m not sure I want to see more Roku.

I watch the Comic Drops Youtube channel as he does Valiant and keeps it real with his reviews. The art looks like a big step in the right direction, story wise he gave good reviews of 1&2 but 3 sounded not so good.

I might pick it up down the line if the final issue sticks the landing.

[TheFerg714]

I’m not reading it, Roku isn’t compelling enough of a character for me. I’m re-reading her origins in the Ninjak deluxe and Matt Kindt created some far out crazy concepts, especially with Roku, although the hair is a bit much. But I’m dubious about buying books from writers I’m not familiar with, been let down too many times and I’m not sure I want to see more Roku.

I watch the Comic Drops Youtube channel as he does Valiant and keeps it real with his reviews. The art looks like a big step in the right direction, story wise he gave good reviews of 1&2 but 3 sounded not so good.

I might pick it up down the line if the final issue sticks the landing.

Well #3 was a Roku issue, and was a bit weaker than the rest, but I'm hoping it'll end strong. For what my opinion's worth, it's probably the best series Alien has released so far.

[Dallow Spicer1]

I’m not reading it, Roku isn’t compelling enough of a character for me. I’m re-reading her origins in the Ninjak deluxe and Matt Kindt created some far out crazy concepts, especially with Roku, although the hair is a bit much. But I’m dubious about buying books from writers I’m not familiar with, been let down too many times and I’m not sure I want to see more Roku.

I watch the Comic Drops Youtube channel as he does Valiant and keeps it real with his reviews. The art looks like a big step in the right direction, story wise he gave good reviews of 1&2 but 3 sounded not so good.

I might pick it up down the line if the final issue sticks the landing.

Well #3 was a Roku issue, and was a bit weaker than the rest, but I'm hoping it'll end strong. For what my opinion's worth, it's probably the best series Alien has released so far.

[The Harbinger]

Resurgence - I’ll buy
XO - I’ll buy
Shadowman - I’ll pass unless I hear some exceptional reviews
Bloodshot - I’ll pass, been stung way too many times by DMG & Alien in this character. Low brow stuff!

Resurgence- will likely wait to hear what people think
XO- pass, haven't been interested since VEI and haven't enjoyed the recent stuff
Shadowman- pass
Bloodshot- pass, but it's not like they're bad stories, it just seems like nothing matters. Get rid of the cartoon split personality deal/sidekick and try to channel the VEI stuff again
A&A- bought new one, not engaging
Ninjak vs Roku- I am enjoying first 2 issues so far

Need some Harada follow-up, at least to end the saga that no other Valiant property has done.

[Dallow Spicer1]

Resurgence - I’ll buy
XO - I’ll buy
Shadowman - I’ll pass unless I hear some exceptional reviews
Bloodshot - I’ll pass, been stung way too many times by DMG & Alien in this character. Low brow stuff!

Need some Harada follow-up, at least to end the saga that no other Valiant property has done.

Yeah but would you trust any of the writers you’ve seen so far to follow up Dysart’s masterpiece? I’d rather them leave harada alone if they can’t knock if out the park.

[TheFerg714]

Need some Harada follow-up, at least to end the saga that no other Valiant property has done.

What do you mean by this? What saga needs to be concluded? We got LaDoTH (and Fall of Harbinger), and it was a perfect conclusion. I'm not sure if I'm itching for another writer to try his hand at Harada.

[Dallow Spicer1]

Need some Harada follow-up, at least to end the saga that no other Valiant property has done.

What do you mean by this? What saga needs to be concluded? We got LaDoTH (and Fall of Harbinger), and it was a perfect conclusion. I'm not sure if I'm itching for another writer to try his hand at Harada.

He’s got to come back at some point right? As does Divinity.

[Chiclo]

Need some Harada follow-up, at least to end the saga that no other Valiant property has done.

What do you mean by this? What saga needs to be concluded? We got LaDoTH (and Fall of Harbinger), and it was a perfect conclusion. I'm not sure if I'm itching for another writer to try his hand at Harada.

Some stories are most meaningful for their ending.

[syzhang28]

I'm getting everything but I'm wondering why. The prices are too high for the type of quality they bring. Imagine thinking it's okay to reduce the money you spend on a comic but increase the price.

[Chiclo]

I'm getting everything but I'm wondering why. The prices are too high for the type of quality they bring. Imagine thinking it's okay to reduce the money you spend on a comic but increase the price.

Is this how inflation is caused by corporate greed? Like Robert B. Reiccccccccchhhhhhhhhhh-uh (there’s an obscure reference) says.

[syzhang28]

I'm getting everything but I'm wondering why. The prices are too high for the type of quality they bring. Imagine thinking it's okay to reduce the money you spend on a comic but increase the price.

Is this how inflation is caused by corporate greed? Like Robert B. Reiccccccccchhhhhhhhhhh-uh (there’s an obscure reference) says.

I suspect it's not greed. The worse the comics are the less people buy them which probably makes it harder for Alien to make money so they reduce budgets which makes the comics worse still. Sales drop more so they raise prices to counter by raising prices. etc etc etc

[Dallow Spicer1]

I'm getting everything but I'm wondering why. The prices are too high for the type of quality they bring. Imagine thinking it's okay to reduce the money you spend on a comic but increase the price.

Is this how inflation is caused by corporate greed? Like Robert B. Reiccccccccchhhhhhhhhhh-uh (there’s an obscure reference) says.

I suspect it's not greed. The worse the comics are the less people buy them which probably makes it harder for Alien to make money so they reduce budgets which makes the comics worse still. Sales drop more so they raise prices to counter by raising prices. etc etc etc

We don’t need the fancy paper stock on the covers though do we. The quality of the story doesn’t warrant it. I’d say the same for many of the Bad Idea books, just use regular paper and cut the price.

[TheFerg714]

We don’t need the fancy paper stock on the covers though do we. The quality of the story doesn’t warrant it. I’d say the same for many of the Bad Idea books, just use regular paper and cut the price.

So I've recently been getting into the One Piece card game, and it's led me to this line of reasoning as well. There are "special" rare cards that are very pretty, but cost exorbitant amounts of money. However, there are also cards that do the exact same effect as those special rare cards, but at a fraction of the cost.

I quickly came to terms with the fact that, while those special rares are awesome, it would be so silly to destroy my bank account when I can buy slightly less cool cards and still enjoy the game the same as anyone with those fancy cards.

Anywa, I'm getting to the point where I agree with you here. As much as I love the premium format of Alien and Bad Idea books, if it's possible to cut the cost a bit, why wouldn't you? No one needs that fancy card stock to enjoy the story. I know $5 is standard now, but I feel like $4 might get more eyes on the product.

[Dallow Spicer1]

We don’t need the fancy paper stock on the covers though do we. The quality of the story doesn’t warrant it. I’d say the same for many of the Bad Idea books, just use regular paper and cut the price.

So I've recently been getting into the One Piece card game, and it's led me to this line of reasoning as well. There are "special" rare cards that are very pretty, but cost exorbitant amounts of money. However, there are also cards that do the exact same effect as those special rare cards, but at a fraction of the cost.

I quickly came to terms with the fact that, while those special rares are awesome, it would be so silly to destroy my bank account when I can buy slightly less cool cards and still enjoy the game the same as anyone with those fancy cards.

Anywa, I'm getting to the point where I agree with you here. As much as I love the premium format of Alien and Bad Idea books, if it's possible to cut the cost a bit, why wouldn't you? No one needs that fancy card stock to enjoy the story. I know $5 is standard now, but I feel like $4 might get more eyes on the product.

Agreed, $3.99 is definitely more palatable.

[The Harbinger]

Need some Harada follow-up, at least to end the saga that no other Valiant property has done.

What do you mean by this? What saga needs to be concluded? We got LaDoTH (and Fall of Harbinger), and it was a perfect conclusion. I'm not sure if I'm itching for another writer to try his hand at Harada.

I loved Life and Death of Harada, my favorite story of relaunch. Imperium and LaDoTH was the magic that I was able to see recaptured from the 90s Harbinger. I didn't really get that from Harbinger relaunch where Pete is a druggie and not even a top 3 character in terms of importance. And definitely not that final Harbinger run with the costume and insane writing.

LaD is a great ending for a contained story, but everything is in place for Harada to come back. Angela Vessel is still working for the villains and searching for Harada after he attacked her, Lv-99 is hanging out in space, Sunlight on Snow hanging out in the village, Gravedog vs Hard Corps still needs to happen, and a Harada offspring is on the horizon. Not even getting into what the Eggbreakers are up to

The issue is you can't get new readers doing what I want to do with this story of picking up where we left off. It was just the best content in my mind.

[The Harbinger]

Resurgence - I’ll buy
XO - I’ll buy
Shadowman - I’ll pass unless I hear some exceptional reviews
Bloodshot - I’ll pass, been stung way too many times by DMG & Alien in this character. Low brow stuff!

Need some Harada follow-up, at least to end the saga that no other Valiant property has done.

Yeah but would you trust any of the writers you’ve seen so far to follow up Dysart’s masterpiece? I’d rather them leave harada alone if they can’t knock if out the park.

No, I would not trust them at all. Ideally Dysart would be the one that pens it and completes the vision, but likely a non-starter nowadays. Everything was great there at giving a satisfying ending, it just wasn't a definitive ending for a lot of the characters.

[syzhang28]

Resurgence - I’ll buy
XO - I’ll buy
Shadowman - I’ll pass unless I hear some exceptional reviews
Bloodshot - I’ll pass, been stung way too many times by DMG & Alien in this character. Low brow stuff!

Need some Harada follow-up, at least to end the saga that no other Valiant property has done.

Yeah but would you trust any of the writers you’ve seen so far to follow up Dysart’s masterpiece? I’d rather them leave harada alone if they can’t knock if out the park.

No, I would not trust them at all. Ideally Dysart would be the one that pens it and completes the vision, but likely a non-starter nowadays. Everything was great there at giving a satisfying ending, it just wasn't a definitive ending for a lot of the characters.

That's interesting. I never thought about it like that. Who still needs an ending from Dysart?

[Phantom]

I'm getting everything but I'm wondering why. The prices are too high for the type of quality they bring. Imagine thinking it's okay to reduce the money you spend on a comic but increase the price.

Is this how inflation is caused by corporate greed? Like Robert B. Reiccccccccchhhhhhhhhhh-uh (there’s an obscure reference) says.

I suspect it's not greed. The worse the comics are the less people buy them which probably makes it harder for Alien to make money so they reduce budgets which makes the comics worse still. Sales drop more so they raise prices to counter by raising prices. etc etc etc

We don’t need the fancy paper stock on the covers though do we. The quality of the story doesn’t warrant it. I’d say the same for many of the Bad Idea books, just use regular paper and cut the price.

A few years ago I read here or in a bleeding cool article I think about valiant ( not going to search for it) that the difference in paper stock used does not affect the overall cost of the comic book that much. With such low print runs - I suppose that it a possibility. Obviously larger print runs, it would be a factor. I don't believe it, surely the quality of cover stock is a factor - but then again - on such small print runs, maybe not.

$4.99 is high. I get Local man at $3.99 from Image (really enjoying it BTW - super fun and I like the story). If the price is high and you think you are not getting what you paid for - I can understand why that would be a factor in continuing with a comic book purchase.

[The Harbinger]

That's interesting. I never thought about it like that. Who still needs an ending from Dysart?

I posted above but may have gotten overlooked in my responses to people.

LaD is a great ending for a contained story, but everything is in place for Harada and all the characters to come back and be picked back up. Angela Vessel is still working for the villains and searching for Harada after he attacked her, Lv-99 is hanging out in space, Sunlight on Snow hanging out in the village, Gravedog vs Hard Corps still needs to happen, and a Harada offspring is on the horizon. Not even getting into what the Eggbreakers are up to

We're a long way off from Harada gets taken over by space slugs and Pete has to investigate

[ManofTheAtom]

Maybe Silk and Darque will take themselves out during Resurgence, creating a void for Harada to fill.

[Dallow Spicer1]

That's interesting. I never thought about it like that. Who still needs an ending from Dysart?

I posted above but may have gotten overlooked in my responses to people.

LaD is a great ending for a contained story, but everything is in place for Harada and all the characters to come back and be picked back up. Angela Vessel is still working for the villains and searching for Harada after he attacked her, Lv-99 is hanging out in space, Sunlight on Snow hanging out in the village, Gravedog vs Hard Corps still needs to happen, and a Harada offspring is on the horizon. Not even getting into what the Eggbreakers are up to

We're a long way off from Harada gets taken over by space slugs and Pete has to investigate

Fantastic characters, would love to see them return (in the hands of a top quality writer).