VEI has released 300 unique issues!

[lorddunlow]

I was going through my collection and noted that VEI passed this number last week!

Congratulations!

This is really hard to believe. I think VEI has proven every doubter wrong. Hard to believe it has been 3.5 years since I saw a news article on ComicVine about the return of Valiant and reimmersed myself in comics again.

[nscc]

Wow, time sure flies.

Congrats VEI

[Manaf82]

How many did the VH1 and VH2 consist of??

I mean just unique issues??

[myron]

How many did the VH1 and VH2 consist of??

I mean just unique issues??

VH-1 had in the neighborhood of 812
Ack-laim had in the neighborhood of 257

this is from what I can remember and I am probably off by a few either way...so take it with a grain of salt.

[Chiclo]

How many did the VH1 and VH2 consist of??

I mean just unique issues??

VH-1 had in the neighborhood of 812
Ack-laim had in the neighborhood of 257

this is from what I can remember and I am probably off by a few either way...so take it with a grain of salt.

That 812 figure probably includes variants. I remember hearing that the number of unique issues was slightly over 700, maybe 705?

[ShadowTuga]

Time flies, indeed.

[greg]

While Valiant 1991-1996 did have 700+ unique story issues, pre-Unity to Unity was only a little over a year, and post-unity until Acclaim actually took over (in 1994) was only a couple of years.
The post-Unity Acclaim (1994-1996) was about two years.

At 3.5 years... VEI already has the longest run of any Valiant management/editorial without a change in ownership.

[Elveen]

I was going through my collection and noted that VEI passed this number last week!

Congratulations!

This is really hard to believe. I think VEI has proven every doubter wrong. Hard to believe it has been 3.5 years since I saw a news article on ComicVine about the return of Valiant and reimmersed myself in comics again.

You can find TONS of posts of doubts here on the board.

Well done indeed!

[depluto]

Proud of them!

[Blood of Heroes]

You can find TONS of posts of doubts here on the board.

There is a 44 page thread of people saying it's never going to happen.
I find their lack of faith disturbing.

[Elveen]

You can find TONS of posts of doubts here on the board.

There is a 44 page thread of people saying it's never going to happen.
I find their lack of faith disturbing.

Darth Doubter?

[jmatt]

In many ways, it's a heck of a lot better than some of the VH1 stuff. Post-Unity, with their rush toward 18 titles, quality really suffered. Hard Corps, SLDM, Secret Weapons, Psi-Lords, Geomancer... a lot of it was kind of forgettable.

So congratulations to Dino and the gang!

[Hasmot]

I decided to make a count the other day (because I like to count and organize things for some reason) and I came up with 305. Here is my list.

X-O Manowar #1-42,0
X-O Manowar 25th Anniversary Special #1
Valiant Universe 2014
Valiant Universe 2015
Valiant 25th Anniversary Special
Unity #1-24,0
Harbinger Wars #1-4
Armor Hunters #1-4
Armor Hunters: Aftermath #1
Armor Hunters: Bloodshot #1-3
Armor Hunters: Harbinger #1-3
The Valiant #1-4
Book of Death #1-4
Book of Death: The Fall of Bloodshot #1
Book of Death: The Fall of Ninjak #1
Book of Death: The Fall of Harbinger #1
Book of Death: The Fall of X-O Manowar #1
Book of Death: Legends of the Geomancer #1-4
Shadowman #1-16,0,13x
Shadowman: End Times #1-3
Punk Mambo #0
The Death Defying Dr. Mirage #1-5
Harbinger #1-25,0
Harbinger: Bleeding Monk #0
Harbinger: Omegas #1-3
Harbinger: Faith #0
Imperium #1-8
Divinity #1-4
Bloodshot #1-13,0,24,25
Bloodshot & H.A.R.D. Corps #14-23,0
Bloodshot Reborn #1-8
Rai #1-11
Ninjak #1-9
Dead Drop #1-4
Quantum and Woody #1-12
Quantum and Woody: Goat #0
Valiant-Sized Quantum and Woody #1
Quantum and Woody Must Die #1-4
The Delinquents #1-4
Archer & Armstrong #1-25,0
Archer & Armstrong: Archer #0
Archer & Armstrong: The One Percent #1
Ivar, Timewalker #1-11
Eternal Warrior #1-8
Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel #1-3
Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #1-


Can't wait to pick up the Commander Trill #0 today and continue on past 812

*edit* Err, My number may be off, but anyways 300+ is great!

[vikingspawn]

How many variants for vei? I tried counting one time for the first year and gave up after 300.

[jeremycoe]

How many variants for vei? I tried counting one time for the first year and gave up after 300.

valiantdatabase.com lists 1010 VEI variants, however 18 of those are VH1(not sure why) and 89 are yet to be released - so 903.

[jmatt]

How many variants for vei? I tried counting one time for the first year and gave up after 300.

valiantdatabase.com lists 1010 VEI variants, however 18 of those are VH1(not sure why) and 89 are yet to be released - so 903.

Jeez.

[rjrjr]

Have the sales of all of VEI issues to date surpassed the sale of Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (1993) #1 yet? I'll bet they have or are getting awfully close.

[jeremycoe]

Have the sales of all of VEI issues to date surpassed the sale of Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (1993) #1 yet? I'll bet they have or are getting awfully close.

I'll reference valiantdatabase.com again. They list total sales from Dec 2014 - Oct 2015 as 918,892. Add in an estimated 70,000/month in sales for the year previous will bring the total to 1,758,892 which is more than the estimated 1,750,000 printed copies of Turok #1. I could go through the comiclist.com sales records and get a more precise number, but I think the answer is yes.

[greg]

Have the sales of all of VEI issues to date surpassed the sale of Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (1993) #1 yet? I'll bet they have or are getting awfully close.

I'll reference valiantdatabase.com again. They list total sales from Dec 2014 - Oct 2015 as 918,892. Add in an estimated 70,000/month in sales for the year previous will bring the total to 1,758,892 which is more than the estimated 1,750,000 printed copies of Turok #1. I could go through the comiclist.com sales records and get a more precise number, but I think the answer is yes.

I've been keeping up with it using the Comichron.com numbers.

2012 = about 510,000 books
2013 = about 980,000 books
2014 = about 870,000 books
2015 (through October) = 845,000 books

So, VEI is already around (and probably over, with international not counted on Comichron) 3.2million.