Happy 25th Birthday, Harbinger #1!

greg · Post by **greg** » Mon Jan 16, 2017 11:28:03 am

Though it arrived earlier than the cover indicates, the book is referenced as Harbinger #1 - January, 1992

This book is the "birth" of the Valiant Universe titles, because Magnus and Solar had their origins in the 1960s under Gold Key.

Happy 25th Birthday, Harbinger #1!

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Jan 16, 2017 12:03:29 pm

Man, 25 years. Where has the time gone?

bobby97801 · Post by **bobby97801** » Mon Jan 16, 2017 12:22:32 pm

DirtbagSailor · Post by **DirtbagSailor** » Mon Jan 16, 2017 12:29:37 pm

Sweet!

caxiotis · Post by **caxiotis** » Mon Jan 16, 2017 5:45:14 pm

Whoa

jmatt · Post by **jmatt** » Mon Jan 16, 2017 8:57:35 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:Man, 25 years. Where has the time gone?

Ditto.

grendeljd · Post by **grendeljd** » Mon Jan 16, 2017 9:33:45 pm

Hard to believe it has been so long since it came out. Beyond Marvel & DC, it's pretty rare for a comic company/property to still have presence after this length of time.

drmirage · Post by **drmirage** » Mon Jan 16, 2017 11:24:01 pm

Happy 25th Birthday. One of the best comic issues of all time.

Ramses818 · Post by **Ramses818** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 12:53:41 am

It would take a milestone like Harbingers 25 bday to get a rare post by Dr. mirage! Lol

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 1:30:07 am

Now we just need to unban Peter Parker and ZWH for a day, and it would be just like olden times! You know, pre-Facebook...

Skeletronis · Post by **Skeletronis** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 7:58:05 am

When the Pearl Jam album Ten turned 25 I was like "Wow"
But this..... This news makes me say "WOW"

Such a great book! The birth of so many amazing characters. This story line was really great as well as what it lead into. This is what kept me following Jim Shooter and David Lapham still to this day.

Maybe some day Valiant can get David Lapham on a Variant cover or something...

dmezynski · Post by **dmezynski** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 2:12:53 pm

jmatt wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:Man, 25 years. Where has the time gone?
Ditto.

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 2:21:15 pm

Landmark issue.

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 3:04:57 pm

Here are the pages I have from the issue.

Harbinger #1 page 6. Pencilled by David Lapham and inked by John Dixon. Signed by David Lapham.

Harbinger #1 page 11 colors. Pencilled by David Lapham, inked by John Dixon, colored by Janet Jackson.

Features the 1st appearance of Faith in costume in panel 3 of this page (note that it's not 1st appearance of Faith but of her in costume). Matching inks and colors.

Harbinger #1 page 12. Pencilled by David Lapham, inked by John Dixon.

Harbinger #1 page 12 colors. Pencilled by David Lapham, inked by John Dixon, colored by Janet Jackson.

Harbinger #1 page 20. Pencilled by David Lapham and inked by John Dixon. Signed by David Lapham.

TheeBaldMoose · Post by **TheeBaldMoose** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 3:24:23 pm

this is awesome news!

Skeletronis · Post by **Skeletronis** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 7:41:41 am

iggy101us, those are awesome, super jelly!

myron · Post by **myron** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 7:51:35 am

hard to believe

I feel old

sonicdan · Post by **sonicdan** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:59:33 pm

Harbinger #1 was THE book of my teenager years. I remember it was super expensive and nearly impossible to find.
At one point I finally found one and paid $80 for it. That was the most I had paid for a comic up til then.
The seller happened to be a local police officer who was also a comic collector. About a month later he pulled over my Dad for a traffic violation.
After figuring out he was my Dad he goes "Your son bought some comics from me, here's a warning instead of a ticket".

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 3:32:47 pm

Man, a lot has happened in 25 years!

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 3:50:24 pm

I started reading Valiant back in the days with the Unity crossover. I ordered the entire Unity crossover from the American Entertainment (or maybe it was Entertainment This Month . . . ? the monthly mail-order catalog hyping the latest comics). By then, Harbinger #1 was already in the $100 range. I eventually read the stories when the Harbinger TPB (bagged with the blue Harbinger #0) came out. I didn't own my first copy of Harbinger #1 until after I joined the board in 2007.

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