Harbinger: The Beginning - initial details revealed! 5/24

Virgule · Post by **Virgule** » Thu May 24, 2007 4:06 am

why wait monday for news !

HARBINGER: THE BEGINNING HC
by Jim Shooter & David Lapham

This digitally re-colored and re-mastered Valiant special edition collects the full Harbinger origin story from issues #0 – 7 for the first time ever, and includes an all-new "Origin of Harada" story by Jim Shooter! This classic story of Sting's band of renegade teenagers with extraordinary powers of the mind and their battle against Japanese tycoon Toyo Harada took the comics industry by storm in 1992. It features Eisner award-winner David Lapham's very first work as a talented teenager and one of legendary creator Jim Shooter's greatest stories ever!

HC, 7x10, 192pgs, FC..........$24.95

Search and you will find

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Thu May 24, 2007 6:22 am

Virgule wrote:why wait monday for news !

HARBINGER: THE BEGINNING HC
by Jim Shooter & David Lapham

This digitally re-colored and re-mastered VALIANT special edition collects the full Harbinger origin story from issues #0 – 7 for the first time ever, and includes an all-new "Origin of Harada" story by Jim Shooter! This classic story of Sting's band of renegade teenagers with extraordinary powers of the mind and their battle against Japanese tycoon Toyo Harada took the comics industry by storm in 1992. It features Eisner award-winner David Lapham's very first work as a talented teenager and one of legendary creator Jim Shooter's greatest stories ever!

HC, 7x10, 192pgs, FC..........$24.95

Search and you will find

Yea baby !!! My order is already in !!!

. . . .

whovianone · Post by **whovianone** » Thu May 24, 2007 6:30 am

OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!!

*FAINT*

>THUD<

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Thu May 24, 2007 6:32 am

whovianone wrote:OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!!

*FAINT*

>THUD<

I second that . . . .

(I'm contacting my old friends that are out of comics now and letting them know . . . It's time to come back to the dark side . . .

)

svair · Post by **svair** » Thu May 24, 2007 8:20 am

betterthanezra wrote:
What I'm worried about.....? What and this is a what if... The orders come in Really below VE expectations for this...? Lets face it it's been 15 years since these stories were relevant in the comics field. While they are held high to us what about others.

I'm worried that if the orders for this are LOW that VE will be disscouraged in continuing other high quality HC (if thats the plan) on past VALIANT properties.....

-Brian

Orders will not be low....

I've already started calling shops on the east coast to let them know....

They were all very interested...some were extremely excited..

start calling your shops!!!!!

svair · Post by **svair** » Thu May 24, 2007 8:29 am

Greg...

It's been said before....

But one more time...

Thanks to you for this site...

Virgule · Post by **Virgule** » Thu May 24, 2007 8:29 am

I do hope order will not be low so they can start doing more...
what is great is that since it's 'mostly' reprints, at least the cost for doing it is lower than new stuff.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu May 24, 2007 9:05 am

Virgule wrote: an all-new "Origin of Harada" story by Jim Shooter!

Whoa, wasn't expecting that. Christmas is coming early this year.

mrwoogieman · Post by **mrwoogieman** » Thu May 24, 2007 9:18 am

I'm in!

myron · Post by **myron** » Thu May 24, 2007 9:25 am

wow...

got nuttin' else...

SnotDrip · Post by **SnotDrip** » Thu May 24, 2007 9:44 am

I am so hard I could etch glass!

Thank you so very much

greg · Post by **greg** » Thu May 24, 2007 9:47 am

Looks like the "Monday surprise" was posted on the Previews website early this morning.
That's almost a week before the catalogs are in anyone's hands next Wednesday.

I guess we don't have to wait until Monday after all!
http://previews.diamondcomics.com/publi ... 56390&ssd=

I'm fairly certain that if Diamond hadn't selected this book as a Featured Item,
the fans would have been the first to know anything about it next week.
If it was "just another regular solicitation" to Diamond,
it would have been a better-kept secret.

As it is now, the details are "leaked" early, but since they only posted on the Diamond
website early this morning, I'd say the fans are STILL the first to know.
We're the only guys who are already informed these first few hours...
(...though I would imagine the news will continue to travel fast!)

P.S. I did not know about the Shooter story for the Harada origin!
Bravo!

(I've also edited the first post...)

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:34 am

greg wrote: P.S. I did not know about the Shooter story for the Harada origin!
Bravo!

I thought for sure you would've been in the know on that one. I guess Dino is just full of surprises this week.

greg · Post by **greg** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:36 am

Daniel Jackson wrote:
greg wrote: P.S. I did not know about the Shooter story for the Harada origin!
Bravo!

I thought for sure you would've been in the know on that one. I guess Dino is just full of surprises this week.

I think that since I mentioned Jim Shooter a few times in the past couple years,
they wanted to keep it a secret as long as possible...

It worked.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:40 am

greg wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
greg wrote: P.S. I did not know about the Shooter story for the Harada origin!
Bravo!

I thought for sure you would've been in the know on that one. I guess Dino is just full of surprises this week.
I think that since I mentioned Jim Shooter a few times in the past couple years,
they wanted to keep it a secret as long as possible...

It worked.

Very cool surprise indeed. Kudos to Dino, what a fantastic start.

Dr. Solar · Post by **Dr. Solar** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:47 am

Awesome details! 0-7 and a new story by Jim Shooter?!?! This is gonna be a GREAT collection. I'll be telling my shop to order one for me when I go in today!

greg · Post by **greg** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:51 am

Dr. Solar wrote:Awesome details! 0-7 and a new story by Jim Shooter?!?! This is gonna be a GREAT collection. I'll be telling my shop to order one for me when I go in today!

Since I haven't wanted a book a week before it appeared in Previews before...
is it possible to tell your retailer which book you want if they don't even have the info yet?

Obviously, they can write it down for next week...
but I don't guess they'll know exactly what it is until next Wednesday.

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:54 am

greg wrote:
Dr. Solar wrote:Awesome details! 0-7 and a new story by Jim Shooter?!?! This is gonna be a GREAT collection. I'll be telling my shop to order one for me when I go in today!
Since I haven't wanted a book a week before it appeared in Previews before...
is it possible to tell your retailer which book you want if they don't even have the info yet?

Obviously, they can write it down for next week...
but I don't guess they'll know exactly what it is until next Wednesday.

Someone posted a pdf of the previews orderbook . . I printed out the page with VE on it and handed it to them . .

I said "This is coming out in next months previews . . . please get it for me . ."

Then we went on to talk about Valiant for a while . . .

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:56 am

Greg, do you think this means that the legal wrangling with the trademarks are coming to an end?

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:56 am

greg wrote:
Dr. Solar wrote:Awesome details! 0-7 and a new story by Jim Shooter?!?! This is gonna be a GREAT collection. I'll be telling my shop to order one for me when I go in today!
Since I haven't wanted a book a week before it appeared in Previews before...
is it possible to tell your retailer which book you want if they don't even have the info yet?

Obviously, they can write it down for next week...
but I don't guess they'll know exactly what it is until next Wednesday.

If you plan to order one from Shatner, better tell him at least 3 times. Or just tell on of the other people that work there so they'll write it down. He's notorious for screwing up customer orders then acting like he never heard a thing.

Dr. Solar · Post by **Dr. Solar** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:58 am

greg wrote:
Dr. Solar wrote:Awesome details! 0-7 and a new story by Jim Shooter?!?! This is gonna be a GREAT collection. I'll be telling my shop to order one for me when I go in today!
Since I haven't wanted a book a week before it appeared in Previews before...
is it possible to tell your retailer which book you want if they don't even have the info yet?

Obviously, they can write it down for next week...
but I don't guess they'll know exactly what it is until next Wednesday.

I guess I'll just have to mention it EVERY week when I go into my shop for the next 5 weeks, until they know me as "that annoying VALIANT guy".

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:59 am

A new story by Jim Shooter. VALIANT is officially back. About SQUEEING time. And notice...it all begins with Harbinger. I wonder...Is the plan going to be to make the "new books", which I assume will eventually come once the collections are out, pick up where the old line left off, but not in 1996...instead, in 1992, right around the time Shooter left? Or, will it be all new? I can't wait to find out. I detect a sense of discovery and wonder in comics I haven't felt since the mid 90's.

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Thu May 24, 2007 11:09 am

It wouldn't surprise me if Dino offered a special edition to the fans on this site. May a signed version? He has to have something special for us, right?

greg · Post by **greg** » Thu May 24, 2007 11:10 am

xodacia81 wrote:A new story by Jim Shooter. VALIANT is officially back. About SQUEEING time. And notice...it all begins with Harbinger. I wonder...Is the plan going to be to make the "new books", which I assume will eventually come once the collections are out, pick up where the old line left off, but not in 1996...instead, in 1992, right around the time Shooter left? Or, will it be all new?

Heck if I know... they didn't even tell me Jim Shooter was involved or writing anything!

Actually, I think I like it better this way...

xodacia81 wrote:I can't wait to find out. I detect a sense of discovery and wonder in comics I haven't felt since the mid 90's.

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Thu May 24, 2007 11:10 am

x-omatic wrote:It wouldn't surprise me if Dino offered a special edition to the fan on this site. May a signed version? He has to have something special for us, right?