Valiant MAY 2014 Solicitations

[Keith]

Either I'm blind, or something is missing from the solicits this month:

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[Chiclo]

The only one missing from the line is Eternal Warrior. Maybe EW leads into Rai?

I would hate for Gilad to lose his book but if they have a good reason, so be it.

[Domixt]

Oh yeah, no Eternal Warrior!

[swtor1091]

No eternal warrior but now I'm confused.... Archer and Armstrong team up with Q&W in July for the deliquescents so does this mean that this arc is only three issues long. Sam question with bloodshot his arc I. Armor hunters starts in June so that arc is only two issues like the Get Some arc. This Valiant first thinf is making me confused but excited. Mostly confused

[Phoenix8008]

OMG. "RAI #1 PULLBOX PLUS EDITION: featuring more than 15 pages of in-story bonus features and dedicated looks inside the world of 4001 A.D. that won’t be collected for the trade paperback!" I'm not sure whether to be excited or mad. They just blew away the argument about Variant just being a different cover, but still getting the same story inside. Now I want this book as well. I wonder which cover will be on this one. If it was the Clayton Crain leaping Rai I may just be able to get this one instead of the regular. I'll have to see what DCBS has available when the May stuff is up to look at in March.

If they start doing this regularly (adding more actual content to variants like the pullbox issues), I may be a tad miffed.

[Phoenix8008]

Holy Moly! Bloodshot VS H.A.R.D. Corps!!! Whoa! And it doesn't sound like anybody is brainwashed or mind controlled. Bloodshot was doing recon and now is ready to take down PRS. If the Bloodshot and/or HARD Corps series is gonna end, this is the way for it to go out! Bloodbath city and everybody dies! (just a guess, no backing info. Just speculating and theorizing!)

Also, Harbinger Wars Deluxe Edition! Neato. The whole saga packed in sequential order (whatever they decide to say that is).

[cdgodin]

- Sad to see Eternal Warrior go, the first arc was extremely 'meh', but the Eternal Emperor arc has been looking and feeling great.
- I hope there will be some sort of digital version of the Rai Pullbox for digital/collection-only people like me.
- Super-glad that A&A still has Perez on it, the man works magic on those pages.
- Glad to see that dead still means dead in the Valiant universe
- So, here's the climax of the entire Bloodshot + H.A.R.D. Corps title. Hopefully each will be given their own title after the Bloodshot Armor Hunters tie-in.
- Interesting to see a Valiant-suggested reading order for the Harby Wars Deluxe Edition.

[mateo107]

that's odd, I thought we'd be seeing the 4001 AD universe expanding with Rai, but it looks like that's replacing EW.

[Phoenix8008]

- Sad to see Eternal Warrior go, the first arc was extremely 'meh', but the Eternal Emperor arc has been looking and feeling great.
- I hope there will be some sort of digital version of the Rai Pullbox for digital/collection-only people like me.
- Super-glad that A&A still has Perez on it, the man works magic on those pages.
- Glad to see that dead still means dead in the Valiant universe
- So, here's the climax of the entire Bloodshot + H.A.R.D. Corps title. Hopefully each will be given their own title after the Bloodshot Armor Hunters tie-in.
- Interesting to see a Valiant-suggested reading order for the Harby Wars Deluxe Edition.

That was the other thing I meant to mention. I think this is the first time it's been put out there from VEI that 'Dead means dead.' I know it was the rule in VH1, but good to see that it is what they are following now as well.

I wonder about the Eternal Warrior stuff not being there. Maybe it's on hiatus? Could this be the first cancellation from VEI?? I was liking the new arc better than the first one, but I really wanted them to find some way to clean up the continuity issues between EW 1-4 and A&A 5-9. I have hope that EW isn't actually gone yet, but until we get some official word one way or the other we'll have to wait and see.

[leonmallett]

No EW?

An oversight?

If not an oversight then it seems a really odd decision to me.

[Donovan]

Even though 4001 was a step up, Eternal Warrior never really spoke to me. If it's cancelled, I'll deal with it.

[leonmallett]

Even though 4001 was a step up, Eternal Warrior never really spoke to me. If it's cancelled, I'll deal with it.

Yet Quantum and Woody perseveres? If it is cancelled and Q&W sales have seemingly dropped off a cliff, it just does not really make sense to me.

[lorddunlow]

I will first say that I don't think they are cancelling EW. Having said that, if VEI does cancel it and keeps making Q&W, I will drop my subscriptions at my LCS and either go all digital (and probably wait until a sale) or pick up cheap copies in bargain bins a few months after they come out. Q&W is utter crap. EW is awesome in my opinion.

As I said, I don't think they will cancel EW.

[The Noto]

On their FB page, Valiant says they have "big plans for Eternal Warrior" so I wouldn't be terribly concerned.

[Keith]

And they have a likewise tweet stating there are big plans, but it also includes the hashtag #RAInumberone.

[kjjohanson]

I will first say that I don't think they are cancelling EW. Having said that, if VEI does cancel it and keeps making Q&W, I will drop my subscriptions at my LCS and either go all digital (and probably wait until a sale) or pick up cheap copies in bargain bins a few months after they come out. Q&W is utter crap. EW is awesome in my opinion.

As I said, I don't think they will cancel EW.

+1
The Goat issue is going to be my last issue unless I see a drastic change between now and then.

[Donovan]

Why keep Q&W over EW?

Q&W isn't written by someone working for Dynamite? #ConspiracyTheory

[Big Red]

I do wish that Valiant would make a statement giving more clarity to their future publishing plans for EW, Shadowman, and Bloodshot and H.A.R.D.C.O.R.P.S.

[grendeljd]

And they have a likewise tweet stating there are big plans, but it also includes the hashtag #RAInumberone.

Saw that! Very curious what the link is...

I do wish that Valiant would make a statement giving more clarity to their future publishing plans for EW, Shadowman, and Bloodshot and H.A.R.D.C.O.R.P.S.

As others have said, they have at least been answering questions on FB & Twitter about EW - but yeah, I would like to hear more specifics about all the titles you mentioned as well. All in good time, I suppose. They have said there are more big announcements coming for October solicits, its just too soon to reveal them...

[xodacia81]

Present trends will continue until they do not.

[Keith]

I will first say that I don't think they are cancelling EW. Having said that, if VEI does cancel it and keeps making Q&W, I will drop my subscriptions at my LCS and either go all digital (and probably wait until a sale) or pick up cheap copies in bargain bins a few months after they come out. Q&W is utter crap. EW is awesome in my opinion.

As I said, I don't think they will cancel EW.

+1
The Goat issue is going to be my last issue unless I see a drastic change between now and then.

Far be it from me to argue your wishes/desires... but there is only one issue between the Goat Zero and now, and it's pretty much going to be the same as the previous issues. Think you would be better served checking out the quality of the next arc before making a decision on pulling ye olde plug.

[dornwolf]

Interesting to see that Rai nicely gets around the whole "wasteland 4001 future"

[Manaf82]

Info on Eternal Warrior from Greg Pak via Twitter

@comedianviet @manafmk @conspiracycamel Thanks for the interest in EW, y'all! Yes, we're going on hiatus for a few months as RAI rolls out.

[Chiclo]

Present trends will continue until they do not.

I feel like I should disagree with this statement...

[leonmallett]

Info on Eternal Warrior from Greg Pak via Twitter

@comedianviet @manafmk @conspiracycamel Thanks for the interest in EW, y'all! Yes, we're going on hiatus for a few months as RAI rolls out.

Seems a really odd decision to me.

To be honest,there seems a few odd things about the new approach that seems to have been heralded by the VALIANT Firsts initiative.

So do they return from hiatus (or, if they do) with a new #1? #9? If the latter, I can see sales dwindling a lot on return.