Book of the Month - January 2015

[Keith]

Last month, The Valiant #1 beat "Valiant Sized" Quantum and Woody #1 by 17 votes to win December.

Which book was the best this month?

Feel free to rank this month's books in your post.

You are allowed two votes, so ring in your top 2 books this month. This should help determine which books were best.

[DirtbagSailor]

Well, this will be a tough call.

There are AT-LEAST four issues I could easily call "Book of the Month' from Jan.

DBS

[leonmallett]

There were 3 really strong books for me this month, and deciding between the 3 was challenging, but in the end I had to go for Ivar, Timewalker #1 and Dr. Mirage #5, and The Valiant #2 just missed out. It would be interesting to see some kind of survey based on ranking the books instead.

Ranking the month for me gives:

1. Ivar, Timewalker #1
2. The Death Defying Doctor Mirage #5
3. The Valiant #2 (very close to the top 2)
4. Unity #14
5. Rai #6
6. Q2 - The Return of Quantum and Woody #4
7. Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel #3
8. Quantum and Woody Must Die #1
9. X-O Manowar #32

[Dallow Spicer1]

For me it was the 'Matt Kindt show' this month with the top 3 places going to his books!!

1. Unity 14
2. Rai 6
3. The Valiant 2
Big gap, then...
4. XO 32 (VDitti will come back strong though!)
5. Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel 3

Didn't read the rest. FVL writing not my cup of tea, given up on Q&W and not yet read Dr Mirage (although recently purchased the first 4 issues),

[bygranddesign]

It was another great month

But Ivar #1 was head and shoulders my favorite

2) Unity #14
3) The Valiant #2

4) Rai #6
5) Dr. Mirage #5
6) X-O #32
7) EW: DOS #3

QW Must Die I have not read yet

Q2 is the only VEI that I don't collect - I will probably get the hardcover for this and read it all together

[BugsySig]

Ivar and The Valiant for sure.

[mateo107]

my top 10, er 9:

1. The Death Defying Doctor Mirage #5
2. Ivar, Timewalker #1
3. The Valiant #2
4. Rai #6
5. Quantum and Woody Must Die #1
7. Unity #14
7. Q2 - The Return of Quantum and Woody #4
8. Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel #3
9. X-O Manowar #32

[TheFerg714]

1. The Valiant 2
2. Unity 14
3. Rai 6
----------------------------------------------Power gap
4. Ivar, Timewalker 1
5. Dr. Mirage 5
6. X-O Manowar 32
7. Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel 3

Haven't read Q&W yet, and don't plan on reading Q2.

[grendeljd]

Solid month, all the best books were tough to separate into a ranking for me personally. But here's my stab at it;

1] The Valiant #2 - all around awesome, loved Mr Flay so much I had to draw him for Fan Art Friday last week.

2] Death Defying Dr. Mirage #5 - super strong finish for this amazing mini series. Great on so many levels, it was a tough call not to say this was my top fav. this month.

3] Unity #14 - just loved this issue all around, & great as a wrap on The United story arc. That team is full of some really cool characters new to the Valiant U, & they're not all straight up villains either. Another tough call to drop this book in the third best slot.

4] Ivar, Timewalker #1 - so good. Really enjoyed every bit of it & can't wait to see what FVL does from here. A tad on the cheesy side with the reveal at the end, but it's all within the scope of the good writing that FVL puts out there, IMO. Hard to place this one fourth.

5] RAI #6 - this one also deserves to be higher, it had some great moments & reveals, and I'm excited to see what happens next. Always good signs of a great story.

6] Eternal Warrior DoS #3 - good read, fantastic art from Cary Nord, but still felt kinda thin as a story overall.

7] XO #32 - haven't been a big fan of this brief Armorines arc overalll. This issue was the best, IMO, in how it wrapped up & created future set ups - but overall it's been my least favourite XO story to date.

8] Q&W Must Die #1 - haven't read this one yet, but on flipping through it looked like a fun read.

9] Q2: Return of Q&W #4 - also haven't read it yet, waiting on all five issues to read in one sitting.

[lorddunlow]

Second month in a row that I can't vote - I gotta get caught up!

[Keith]

At the halfway point for the polling period, we see The Valiant #2 with a comfortable lead over Ivar, Timewalker #1. Get those votes in!

[jkingman]

Loved Unity #14!!

The Valiant #2 was 2nd, but man, it was tight
Rai #6
Ivar, Timewalker #1
Death Defying Dr Mirage #5
then
X-O Manowar and Eternal Warrior were both decent but not as amazing as the other books this month...so many great ones this month, and February has been fantastic so far too!

Q2 was kind of a disappointment for me, but I'll give it a full re-read, because the ending wasn't terrible.
haven't read QW Must Die...thinking of dropping them, but there's always just enough to keep me coming back. I did like the Delinquents story.

[Keith]

Last day for the January BoM. Get those votes in!