Is Rai your favorite Valiant character or title?

terreth · Post by **terreth** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:37 am

I have seen several of us mention in various posts that Rai, Tohru Nakadi (Magnus 5-8 Flip books & Rai 1-7), was either a favorite character, the favorite character, or favorite comic, that Valiant put out.

I got curious as to how many people on the board feel that way.

If you would claim him or his comic as your favorite chime in!

Tohru is my favorite Valiant character and likely all time favorite comic character

What do you think?

*SQUEE* · Post by ***SQUEE*** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:53 am

He is tied with Shadowman (Jack) for me.

Zaphod · Post by **Zaphod** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:17 am

I never much cared for Rai.

turborip · Post by **turborip** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:00 am

Rai was the character that actually made me notice Valiant as a company that was trying to be different. It seemd that you could interchange any character in an Image book and get the same story. Though I appreciated the other titles that Valiant was putting out, it seemd to be more as a revamp of Gold Key (at first look). It was Rai, placing him in the Magnus future, and his ultimate fate that stuck with me.

dbostejano · Post by **dbostejano** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:08 am

Rai is my favorite character. He just looks so cool.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:21 am

Magnus is my favorite Valiant character, but Rai is a close second.

Tohru was without a doubt my favorite Rai and I think Valiant made a huge mistake in killing him off. For me the title was never the same without him as Rai.

I never could get into the fake Rai, Takao. His character was just plain annoying to me. Killing him off was one of the best things they ever did.

Obadiah was a little better, but still not Rai.

Takashi would have been a better choice, since he was the next in the Rai bloodline, but instead they chose to make him evil and sadistic.

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:25 am

Daniel Jackson wrote:Magnus is my favorite Valiant character, but Rai is a close second.

Tohru was without a doubt my favorite Rai and I think Valiant made a huge mistake in killing him off. For me the title was never the same without him as Rai.

I never could get into the fake Rai, Takao. His character was just plain annoying to me. Killing him off was one of the best things they ever did.

Obadiah was a little better, but still not Rai.

Takashi would have been a better choice, since he was the next in the Rai bloodline, but instead they chose to make him evil and sadistic.

I always thought it would have been interesting to see Obadiah, imbued as he was with the Blood of Heroes, be the one to go "off kilter". Instead, we were "treated" to a tale of angst. Yawn.

dave · Post by **dave** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:32 am

yes, rai is my favorite.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:34 am

If VEI does not want to reboot, I hope they choose to rebuild the giant dragon and try to get back to what made Rai so great. They could even come up with a way to either bring Grandmother back or make another one. The original premise was amazing and very unique, until Rai and the Future Force took over.

After that, everything started sliding downhill fast.

dave · Post by **dave** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:44 am

the political infighting in the future books gave them such a sense of realism. you understood this world of the future, and saw that in many ways it was not so different from our own society-it drew you in and made you care. later, it just became one beat 'em up bad guy story after another.

i'd love to see a return as dj just suggested.

grandmother could come back, which would bring the anti-grannies back, and all that good stuff!

Dr. Solar · Post by **Dr. Solar** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:05 am

Rai is not my favorite. Unless, of course, by "Rai" you mean "Solar".

dave · Post by **dave** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:10 am

just remember, erica captured solar, but she had to KILL rai!

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:28 am

rai is up there for me as well

Punisher Fan · Post by **Punisher Fan** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:37 am

RAI is my favoriate. It was the character that got me interested in Valiant and was tops even when I discovered Solar and the others.

The writing was just so cool....

VEI Reborn · Post by **VEI Reborn** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:09 pm

Rai is my favorite without a doubt. After finally reading more I would say Magnus is second.

Zaphod · Post by **Zaphod** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:43 pm

dave wrote:just remember, erica captured solar, but she had to KILL rai!

Ah, but Aram seduced Erica and nearly got himself an "in" that neither Rai nor Solar could accomplish. If it weren't for that damned Shadowman messing things up and Archers "goody 2 shoes" act.

dave · Post by **dave** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:44 pm

Zaphod wrote:
dave wrote:just remember, erica captured solar, but she had to KILL rai!
Ah, but Aram seduced Erica and nearly got himself an "in" that neither Rai nor Solar could accomplish. If it weren't for that damned Shadowman messing things up and Archers "goody 2 shoes" act.

just shows you that love is stronger than hate!

how cool would it have been if aram and erica actually hooked up! you could have gil show up ready to fight, and explaining to armstrong how bad she is and evil blah blah blah-and he's like her enforcer for a while.

JustCallMeAric · Post by **JustCallMeAric** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:45 pm

Rai is an interesting character. I haven't read the full run but would have to rank low on my list

Solar
XO
A&A
Shadowman
Eternal Warrior
Rai

dave · Post by **dave** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:55 pm

JustCallMeAric wrote:Rai is an interesting character. I haven't read the full run but would have to rank low on my list

Solar
XO
A&A
Shadowman
Eternal Warrior
Rai

don't read the whole run-you'll like rai even less!

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:52 pm

Aric is my favorite Valiant character, but I REALLY like Rai too.

myron · Post by **myron** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:38 pm

no

not even my top 5

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:40 pm

dave wrote:
JustCallMeAric wrote:Rai is an interesting character. I haven't read the full run but would have to rank low on my list

Solar
XO
A&A
Shadowman
Eternal Warrior
Rai
don't read the whole run-you'll like rai even less!

No kidding.

dave · Post by **dave** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:40 pm

myron wrote:no

not even my top 5

what's your top 5 myron?

dbostejano · Post by **dbostejano** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:54 pm

myron wrote:no

not even my top 5

myron · Post by **myron** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 6:37 pm

dave wrote:
myron wrote:no

not even my top 5
what's your top 5 myron?

solar, magnus, gilad, armstrong, archer and then the harbinger kids...the first four are head and shoulders over the others on my list but not necessarily in any order...

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