First Valiant and when did you give up?

sandman · Post by **sandman** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 1:56:55 pm

I'm guessing this has been mentioned before, but I'm curious of when people started collecting Valiant and when they finally gave up. I know none of us likely bought Magnus #1 and stayed all the way through.

Personally, my first was a Harbinger #7 back issue. Unity had just finished. I was hooked from there.

I tracked down all the back issues I missed and stuck with it up to Birthquake. I just couldn't stand paying money for comics I could hardly stand to read anymore. They did put some titles out of their misery, but it was still bad.

Comparing the Pre-Unity to Birthquake is night and day. I'm still working on completeing my collection after birthquake. Did the stories get any better?

kryptonitecomics · Post by **kryptonitecomics** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 2:01:15 pm

I started with a Rai #2, picked up all the Unity and Pre-unity issues of all of the titles and droped out before Ninjak, Psi-Lords, Geomancer, Timewalker etc were even released.

From what I have heard...the later issues aren't worth the paper they were printed on for the most part, but I am sure others who have read every issue may be able to highlight a few decent reads for you.

comicguy · Post by **comicguy** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 2:56:40 pm

I started with Magnus 1 and stayed until to just before Chaos Effect. Reason being just married, baby on the way, and new job all at the age if 24.(dropped out of comics until 1999) I have been buying back issues ever since I retrurned to the comic world, Still have the wife, the kid is now 11 and I have yet another new job(History Teacher

)

cjv · Post by **cjv** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 3:00:04 pm

My first was Shadowman 1. I really like the cover. Then I followed up with Archer and Armstrong 0. I then jumped in with all the Unities, and after Unity was over, collected them all but Rai and Magnus. Soon after that (around 1994) I started the Valiant Visions newsletter, and started getting them all.

I stopped collecting soon after the beginning of VH2. I collected the first few issues of all the titles, but I couldn't really get into them. I stopped collecting after about 6 or 7 issues of each of them.

Chris

wrunow · Post by **wrunow** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 3:29:22 pm

My first was Solar 1 when it first came out (the BWS art was what hooked me early along with the story) and I followed through Harbinger and XO, then Unity. I think I stopped buying Valiants sometime in 1994 when I lost touch with the storylines and characters that I was interested, although I have continued to always buy cheap Pre-unity books in the LCS and ebay.

mrwoogieman · Post by **mrwoogieman** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 3:42:49 pm

I remember buying the Magnus/Rai flipbooks off the shelf, and then stuck with every title through Unity to some point around Magnus 21 or so; then I started law school (summer 1993) and stopped all collecting until 2001 (when I discovered the best back issue venue in the world, EBAY!).

Now, I have more than I ever had (or could ever afford given the crazy prices these books were pulling back in the day), and I'm less than ten issues from having a full set, counting the Gold and other premiums and the Voice's, but not counting the Bloodshot platinum or the VVSS's issues (which I don't feel are necessary for 100%).

Rai-fan · Post by **Rai-fan** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 3:50:15 pm

Unity 0 was my first. Gave up around Harbinger 25.

Now: really bitter they didn't finish the story that was going in Ninjak 25-26...anyone else ticked off by this?

Snakemann · Post by **Snakemann** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 4:18:19 pm

I bought Magnus #1, Solar #1 and Harbinger #1 new on the stands in Germany at the Stars and Stripes Armed Forces bookstores.
Quit around the Birthquake time.
I did buy the Shadowman vol 2 #1-5 new because of Garth Ennis writing.

oxygen · Post by **oxygen** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 4:24:49 pm

I found a Turok #1 in a box of my comics a couple of years ago. Don't know where it came from, but I thought it was neat and I vaguely remembered the other Valiant guys from old Wizards. Cut me some slack, though, I was only 6 or so when Magnus #1 came out.

Mr.V · Post by **Mr.V** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 4:39:47 pm

Started out with Magnus 1 of the shelf....quit with Magnus 51...i just lost interest in the storylines.

lobo · Post by **lobo** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 6:43:07 pm

Read A&A #0 first then the whole unity chapters in order. Sampled the various other titles particularly the newer titles like bloodshot and Ninjak. The only pre- unity I bought back in 1992 were XO 1-6 and I stayed with that title until the end. I even read the Acclaim XO for awhile until I dropped out of comics altogether for a few years. Now I own complete runs of everything and am currently starting to read everything from the beginning. Just finished the Magnus pre-unity issues.... hundreds of more reading hours to go.

graybola · Post by **graybola** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 6:53:42 pm

Unity 0 was my first issue. I started buying all that was coming out, but wasnt hooked until the Harbinger trade came out. After that I stayed until the end of vh1. I wasnt to into Turok or any of the later series, but I bought them anyway. I tried a few of the vh2, but at the time it was too different than the characters I was used to.

Chris

screamingdc · Post by **screamingdc** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 10:42:57 pm

Harbinger #10. i got in late to the whole Valiant buzz cause I was too into X-Men and the art over at Image. i remember going to the comic store with another friend from the new school i had transferred to. he picked up a bunch of Valiant stuff and explained that while Image had better artists, Valiant as a whole had better stories. I loaded up on whatever Valiants I could thereafter and whatever pre-Unities I could afford.

I dropped Harbinger after #25 cause Sting was written out but I still followed Bloodshot, Rai, Solar and XO until I just got tired of comics a few years later. It was right before Chaos Effect i think.

BodaZoffa · Post by **BodaZoffa** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 11:08:18 pm

Started with EW #6 & quit about X-O #31.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 12:36:01 am

I first bought Magnus #4 when I was 11 years old, and I loved it. I quickly went back and bought 1-3, and I've been with Valiant ever since, until Unity 2000 #3. I haven't bought every issue by any means, but I've stayed around through all the various ups and downs. And I haven't given up yet!

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 2:42:06 am

Mmm...I really don't remember. I *think* it was A&A #0, cause of BWS. Mmmm...BWS....but I KNOW I had some before that, cause I bought a Harb #1 out of the 25 cent box, and picked one Solar #2 out of there (with a stack of about 35....D'OH!)...I think, though, it was..well....Harb #1? I think the Harb was first, and I read that first. I just don't remember. Damn.

First #1 I bought new was Byrne's Namor #1, then Green Lantern #1, in 1990.

Bought Emerald Dawn #2 new...totally hooked. Emerald Dawn is a killer, killer read.

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:50:45 am

The first comic I bought in a comic shop, was also the first Valiant I bought. Rai 3.

I was lucky the store still had all the Magnus, Rai, Harbingers (except #1) still on the shelf at cover price. I was hooked from the start.

I think the last Valiant/Acclaim book I bought would have been when they did the "retro" covers. At the time I never accepted VH2.

Jaknife · Post by **Jaknife** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 10:52:16 am

turok #5 and still collecting. I began collecting way after the company had died, so i dont know if this counts.

R Daneel · Post by **R Daneel** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 11:41:32 am

sandman wrote:I'm guessing this has been mentioned before, but I'm curious of when people started collecting Valiant and when they finally gave up. I know none of us likely bought Magnus #1 and stayed all the way through.

I did!

Oh no, that isn't true for the second part. I bought my Magnus #1 because the lady running the LCS twisted my arm into doing so. She told me I could return it if I didn't like it, as long as I didn't beat up the comic.

I didn't return it.

I was an avid reader though the first few issues of Second Life of Dr Mirage, but I sort of drifted off somewhere between there and moving to England. I bought them off and on through the Chaos Effect ... and stopped completely sometime after.

RD

chirco606 · Post by **chirco606** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 2:14:57 pm

I started with Magnus #1 and stopped a little before it's end at issue #58. I bought most my Valiants off of the stands as they came out and two of each of Magnus #1-8 & Solar #1-4. At first I only bought the first issue of each series except Magnus & Solar, but than I began to collect all the titles after Unity. I was able to sell or trade my reading copies of Magnus & Solar to fill in all the holes for the rest of the series. I would have stayed until the bitter end, but I went away to college and gave up comics for a few years.

Sector3600 · Post by **Sector3600** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 3:53:10 pm

I first picked up Magnus #1

but didn't really like it, so continued with collecting DC Comics and other select comics.

Then re-discovered the "core" Valiant Universe when I start working as a part-time writer to a very small comic publisher in Houston. I was given a X-O Manowar #11, Solar #16 and Harbinger #18 to research the "style".

I found those books light years ahead of most of my regular DC & Dark Horse titles.

So I caught the fever and picked up all the Valiant each week and during my first visit to a major comic con (San Diego '93) I picked up two sets of NM+ copies of UNITY! I put one away because I knew when to keep an extra copy of a good story. I started picking up the trades and filled in my back issues issue by issue, deal by deal.

I lost track of Valiant soon after Birthright, all but Solar, Magnus, Rai, & X-O Manowar.

I liked Rai over Magnus, I liked X-O/Solar about equal. I only picked up the others if they tied to the "universe" aka team-ups or when Eternal Warrior went against the Immortal Enemy or such.

I then picked up on the VH2, and enjoyed only a few of the new Valiant: X-O, Magnus, Troublemakers, Shadowman, Solar, & Darque.

I kept up with them until they ended, then picked up Shadowman & Armorines and doubled up on UNITY 2000.

If Valiant v3 came about, I would most likely take a look but may be more careful unless it was the VH1 characters.

Shakespeare · Post by **Shakespeare** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 3:57:46 pm

Harbinger #8 and A+A #1, and that got my my free copy of Unity #0. I went back and collected all by 8 issues of pre-Unity (until I recently got them all). Stopped about A+A #19...I went to college, had no money, and Valiant was waning anyway. Now I'm finished but for five of the premiums.

S

dzminn · Post by **dzminn** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:49:49 pm

This seems like a good thread for my introduction to this board. I have been a guest for about a year now and have sold items to several board members in that time. I appreciate the opportunity to be involved with such an enthusiastic group.

I bought Magnus #1 and continued reading and buying until Unity. I stopped reading all new comics at that point because my children(3 boys and a girl) have kept me far too busy to read as much as I did in the past. I'm not complaining, just stating the obvious as most of you parents out there can relate to.

However I continued to buy and sell most, but not all of the remaining Valiant comics, cards, promos etc., that I did not pick up when the comics were initially introduced. I attended the San Diego Comic-Con seven times from 1991-1999 and was able to obtain many of the promos and such from the Valiant booth directly.

I have several items currently up for auction on ebay (Valiant, Defiant, Broadway - Shooter related), and will put up more in the weeks to come. I will post a link in the Buy/Sell/Trade area soon.

Thanks to all of you for making the past year so enjoyable. The passion that each of you bring is amazing.

johnpaulbill · Post by **johnpaulbill** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 11:18:36 pm

I'm pretty sure my first Valiant book was Shadowman #1, and I read just that until Unity came out and then it just went downhill from there. My LCS had all of the pre-unity Solar and XO books, and I paid good bucks for them, and had pretty much everything except the lower Harbinger books(had the TPB) and some of the earlier Magnus books... Good thing I waited in completing my collection, because I managed to pick up most of the remaining books in $.50 bins last summer.

I quit cold turkey buying comic books November 1995 because my now ex-wife made me stop, and forbid me continuing because I was spending $30-40 a week on books, and we had a baby on the way. I started back looking at them in 2001, while over in Kosovo, and started filling in holes when I returned. Just today I purchased my last needed issue of the common titles! I still like the core Valiant titles and even enjoy most of the VH2 books (especially Quantum & Woody). Working on completing my VH2 collection.

manowar · Post by **manowar** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 12:41:57 am

I was first introduced to valiant in 1992/93. I walked into a comic store in nyc where I was snooping around for good reads, I was told about valiant and at the time I was able to pick up xo#1, solar#1 and solar #10 (possibly a&a 0, but I dont remember) after that day I was hooked. I think I stopped reading valiants around the xo#26 but thats a little hazy to.
well here I am 26 and I got the bug again and I have to admit its just as fun now as when I started back inthe day

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