Armor Hunters is Coming...

[Keith]

Summer of 2014!!!!!!

comicbastards.com/teaser-armor-hunters-is-coming-summer-2014

[Keith]

Some speculation from Bleeding Cool:

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/12/16/ ... um=twitter" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[bygranddesign]

wow

thanks for posting this.

Here is the advertisement/teaser



Very interesting move by VEI .. a lot of strong IP's in their backpocket still but they are going with something that looks like a new title .. Or can this be a tie-in mini-series similar to Harbinger Wars?

[BugsySig]

Hmmm...

Reminds me a lot of the initial tease before "Enter: Ninjak"

They are right, though, that saying "Armor Hunters is coming" suggests a book/title (or story line) as opposed to just the first appearance of a group.

I would lean toward either a story-line or the next cross-over miniseries a la Harbinger Wars.

On a separate note, that logo is awful...but I noticed the Omega symbol is very prominent at the top (Reminded me of The Visitor)

[lorddunlow]

Hmmm...

Reminds me a lot of the initial tease before "Enter: Ninjak"

They are right, though, that saying "Armor Hunters is coming" suggests a book/title (or story line) as opposed to just the first appearance of a group.

I would lean toward either a story-line or the next cross-over miniseries a la Harbinger Wars.

On a separate note, that logo is awful...but I noticed the Omega symbol is very prominent at the top (Reminded me of The Visitor)

I've loved all of the VEI trade dress, including this.

[krylox]

On a separate note, that logo is awful...

yup. looks very dated, 90s-style.

pretty sure that ain't gonna be a new book but a storyline/mini-series. probably introducing an antagonist "supergroup" as unity-adversaries...

[bygranddesign]

I like the logo

I DISLIKED the name when I first heard about it ... but i find the logo to be clever and therefore makes the name a little more appealing to me

[Keith]

If memory serves... wasn't the Armorines symbol a hand/fist?

[nycjadie]

The logo and brand look like an 80's/90's toy line. I'm optimistic it will be a good read, given the consistent quality of the other titles.

[Phoenix8008]

To quote Keanu Reeves: "WHOAH!"

I'm also wondering about whether this is a crossover or a new series. Pretty gutsy move if it's a new series when they still have IP's waiting to be put out. They've said multiple times though that they'll use whatever concept gives the strongest pitch.

Now for the next intruiging question: Does this have to be in present day versus Aric, or could this be set in 4001 with a team trying to track down the remains to get ahold of the armor after hundreds or thousands of years of it being lost?

[BugsySig]

Now for the next intruiging question: Does this have to be in present day versus Aric, or could this be set in 4001 with a team trying to track down the remains to get ahold of the armor after hundreds or thousands of years of it being lost?

I thought of that as well. This could easily be a way of incorporating a previously existing IP (Armorines) into the 4001 timeline in order to bolster that section of the VALIANT Universe.

Though, I'll still maintain this is a crossover/mini series.

[bygranddesign]

Now for the next intruiging question: Does this have to be in present day versus Aric, or could this be set in 4001 with a team trying to track down the remains to get ahold of the armor after hundreds or thousands of years of it being lost?

Yep interesting question. It could be 4001 ... and the skull in this picture could be Aric's

although the helmet is a bit different with the face visor more rounded ... so probably not Aric. Maybe someone with a Wolf Class armor?? or if it IS the XO Armor - it could be another person who was wearing it and it changed its appearance when it had a new host.

Then again ... Since the XO armor is sentient wouldn't it just turn into a BALL when the host dies and wait until someone else tries to wear it?

[Donovan]

Then again ... Since the XO armor is sentient wouldn't it just turn into a BALL when the host dies and wait until someone else tries to wear it?

Haven't we had a few moments where the cover does NOT depict what happened inside, or what could even be possible? The Ninjak's sword through Aric's helmet cover comes to mind...

[Donovan]

I like the logo

I DISLIKED the name when I first heard about it ... but i find the logo to be clever and therefore makes the name a little more appealing to me

+1! I'm in the exact same boat.

And I'm nearly positive this is a story arc, and not a new title. It sounds more like a show on the Discovery channel than a new series.

[bygranddesign]

Haven't we had a few moments where the cover does NOT depict what happened inside, or what could even be possible? The Ninjak's sword through Aric's helmet cover comes to mind...

Yeah and XO Manowar #19 ... has a similar image



I haven't turned down many pullbox variants from my LCS .. but this one I refused to buy. Nothing to do with what actually happens in the story and not a very interesting cover, IMO.

I hope this teaser is more than just some symbolic image ..and there is some substance behind it.

[swtor1091]

I dont know if it takes place in current times or 4001 all i know is sign me up *SQUEE* YA this is going to be awesome

[tchalla8]

Haven't we had a few moments where the cover does NOT depict what happened inside, or what could even be possible? The Ninjak's sword through Aric's helmet cover comes to mind...

Yeah and XO Manowar #19 ... has a similar image



I haven't turned down many pullbox variants from my LCS .. but this one I refused to buy. Nothing to do with what actually happens in the story and not a very interesting cover, IMO.

I hope this teaser is more than just some symbolic image ..and there is some substance behind it.

You know both images were drawn by the same guy, right?

[bygranddesign]

You know both images were drawn by the same guy, right?

Yeah, I know. I think Miguel is a very good artist, I just didn't like that cover of XO.

I do like this teaser image a lot more - I think there is a lot more behind it. I like the skull. i like the mystery of who that could have been and what kind of armor is that. I just hope it reflects something that happens in the actual story.

[bygranddesign]

I like the "bend the knee or take the head" tag on this teaser

Not sure if I should be reading anything into it or just take it at face value..

I guess it could be taken from 2 different vantage points ...

bow to me or you will lose your head

or

you can either bow to your enemy .. or you can fight (and take off their head)

[BugsySig]

I like the "bend the knee or take the head" tag on this teaser

Not sure if I should be reading anything into it or just take it at face value..

I guess it could be taken from 2 different vantage points ...

bow to me or you will lose your head

or

you can either bow to your enemy .. or you can fight (and take off their head)

Both the quote and the logo suggest to me a medieval connotation...could these "Armor Hunters" exist throughout time, collecting Vine technology? Sort of like the Forever Knights from Ben 10. Could be a cool tie in to past, present and future. Just a thought.

[Bl00dsh0t]

I like the logo

I DISLIKED the name when I first heard about it ... but i find the logo to be clever and therefore makes the name a little more appealing to me

Same here.

[Chiclo]

Bend the Knee... or Take the Head.

Poetic. That promo art is frelling awesome. I am looking forward to this.

[Man Of The Atom]

I like the logo. It reminds me of the emblems you can put on Halo characters in the video game.

[jmatt]

I'm guessing story-arc like Enter Ninjak.

[Jace]

My feeling is story arc as well. I'd love to see the Armor Hunters be some kind of space-faring aliens who discover that the Vine no longer have the X-O armor, but that it is on some primitive backwater world called Earth and come to try and take it thinking it would be easy to obtain from such a less advanced race. A story like that or something similar that establishes some more cosmic story threads for the Valiant universe as a whole would be a good addition I think. Even if they are from the future as someone mentioned before, I still hope they are not just from Earth and time traveling back, but from off-world.

While I totally agree that VEI has an incredible library of characters they have yet to use, I think about two years in is a good time for something original. It would show on a more broad scale the company mantra of 'Best Idea Wins' as well as perhaps draw in some new fans who want to get in on the ground floor of a new idea from the start, rather than a re-booted classic Valiant character. Plus expanding on the Valiant universe in a cosmic way could lead to getting Jim Starlin to write and draw a cosmic Valiant title and that would be AWESOME!!! Or maybe I am just wishful thinking.