My (New) Valiant Story...
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Captain_Nemo
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My (New) Valiant Story...
Hello everyone,
I was a member some time ago but have been inactive for several years. Since then I have relocated to Arizona, changed careers and have gone through significant health issues with my wife. Due to all of her health issues and new career I pretty much stopped all of my collecting and was unaware of what was going in the comics world. About a year ago I even sold off my Amazing Spider-Man collection going back to issue #10 in order to make ends meet.
Fast forward to April of this year and my wife is doing much better and we relocated to the Southwest. Being new to our town, I scoped out the different stores in the area and found a nice local comic shop. This was about 2 weeks before FCBD. I discovered that of all the free comics offered that day one was going to be from Valiant! This was a welcome surprise and I couldn't wait to get my hands on the new X-O Manowar which was my favorite of the old Valiant titles. X-O was also the book that got me into Valiant the first time around!
I love the new books, especially X-O (of course) but am a little put off by the endless variant books. The completist in me, and I know I'm not alone with that particular trait, just HAS to chase them all and I've been doing a good job of it so far. I don't know if I will be able to find a Shadowman:Black or the new X-O #5 interlocking variants but I will certainly do my best.
Thanks to Valiant I am firmly back into the collecting scene and I look forward to getting to (re)know all of you.
My best,
Rob
I was a member some time ago but have been inactive for several years. Since then I have relocated to Arizona, changed careers and have gone through significant health issues with my wife. Due to all of her health issues and new career I pretty much stopped all of my collecting and was unaware of what was going in the comics world. About a year ago I even sold off my Amazing Spider-Man collection going back to issue #10 in order to make ends meet.
Fast forward to April of this year and my wife is doing much better and we relocated to the Southwest. Being new to our town, I scoped out the different stores in the area and found a nice local comic shop. This was about 2 weeks before FCBD. I discovered that of all the free comics offered that day one was going to be from Valiant! This was a welcome surprise and I couldn't wait to get my hands on the new X-O Manowar which was my favorite of the old Valiant titles. X-O was also the book that got me into Valiant the first time around!
I love the new books, especially X-O (of course) but am a little put off by the endless variant books. The completist in me, and I know I'm not alone with that particular trait, just HAS to chase them all and I've been doing a good job of it so far. I don't know if I will be able to find a Shadowman:Black or the new X-O #5 interlocking variants but I will certainly do my best.
Thanks to Valiant I am firmly back into the collecting scene and I look forward to getting to (re)know all of you.
My best,
Rob
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kevinbastos
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Re: My (New) Valiant Story...
Welcome aboard!
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FormerReader
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Re: My (New) Valiant Story...
Welcome Rob! Glad to hear things have made a turn for the better in your life.
There are a lot of variants to hunt for, but luckily quality has been the primary focus for Valiant not making variants.
There are a lot of variants to hunt for, but luckily quality has been the primary focus for Valiant not making variants.
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greg
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Welcome back, '04 member. 
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Re: My (New) Valiant Story...
+1greg wrote:Welcome back, '04 member.
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Weclome back, glad to hear you're liking the new VU.
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Re: My (New) Valiant Story...
Great story, glad life is better now!
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A whole lot on his mind
Just out there somewhere
Traveling in time
A whole lot on his mind
Just out there somewhere
Traveling in time
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Welcome back aboard!
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Re: My (New) Valiant Story...
Welcome back.
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Viva la Valiant!
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Viva la Valiant!
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Welcome!
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