Valiant - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 24 Aug 2025 11:56:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Valiant - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 EDITORIAL: Transphobic Bloodshot panels are what we get when we put IP over story, creators https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/24/editorial-bloodshot-valiant/ Sun, 24 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53861 I read Valiant Beyond: Bloodshot #1 after the panels of thinly veiled transphobic content surfaced online Friday. The cover promises “New Origin, New Universe, New Starting Point.” Because when comics’ biggest hits are DC’s Absolute books and Marvel’s Ultimate books, why not do the same?  The comic is nothing I would have sought out had...

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]]> 53861 Valiant goes BEYOND for Ultimate-style universe reboot this spring https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/18/valiant-beyond/ Wed, 18 Dec 2024 17:30:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51158 In the beginning, there was the Ultimate Universe, and people saw that it was good. Then there was the Energon Universe, and people saw those Daniel Warren Johnson panels of robots doing suplexes and they were all, “YO, THIS RIPS!” Then there was the Absolute Universe, and people are still waiting for Al Ewing and...

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]]> 51158 Valiant to release Artist’s Edition of Quesada and Palmiotti’s X-O Manowar #0 (EXCLUSIVE) https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/24/xo-manowar-0-artists-edition/ Sun, 24 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50889 Who doesn’t love an artist’s edition book? It’s a great way to cut through the noise of a classic story and appreciate an artist’s process in oversized black and white, letting the pencils and inks do the talking. Valiant today announced, exclusively through ComicsXF, that it will publish an Artist’s Edition of 1993’s X-O Manowar...

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]]> 50889 The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 323: Matias Timarchi talks Valiant Comics and Alien Books https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/08/tcxfip-323-matias-timarchi/ Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50378 The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 323: Matias Timarchi talks Valiant Comics and Alien Books Alien Books Director Matias Timarchi joins the show to talk about his publisher and its licensing of Valiant Comics. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where...

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]]> 50378 Prepare for the Resurgence of Valiant in our EXCLUSIVE preview of The Darques: Soulside #2 https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/09/valiant-darques-soulside-2-preview/ Mon, 09 Sep 2024 19:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50069 So you may not know this, but the Valiant Universe is back … again! After the COVID-19 pandemic slowed the publisher’s release schedule to a crawl of about a comic a month, a licensing deal last year with international publisher Alien Books has breathed new life into the shared superhero universe, and it’s all building...

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]]> 50069 Mutants in New York, Turtles start fresh and another Nice House in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/07/24/staff-picks-july24/ Wed, 24 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49651 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. Austin’s pick: NYX #1: So no one told you life was gonna be this way (CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP). A group of young mutants — Ms. Marvel, Wolverine, Prodigy, Anole and...

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]]> 49651 Fall of the House of X kicks off the new year and our Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/03/staff-picks-jan-3/ Wed, 03 Jan 2024 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47564 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Rasmus’ pick: Fall of the House of X #1: Mutantkind has never had a greater fall. Outlawed, hunted, killed, most of their kind missing or dead, and now, one of their greatest leaders, Cyclops, is...

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]]> 47564 WMQ&A Episode 221: Deniz Camp and His Adventures in the 20th Century https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/09/wmqa-episode-221-deniz-camp-and-his-adventures-in-the-20th-century/ Tue, 09 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42392 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 221: Deniz Camp and His Adventures in the 20th Century Writer Deniz Camp joins the show to talk about his series 20th Century Men, Bloodshot Unleashed and Agent of W.O.R.L.D.E. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes...

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]]> 42392 WMQ&A Episode 204: Steve Foxe Plays ’92 Trivia https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/05/wmqa-episode-204-steve-foxe-plays-92-trivia/ Tue, 05 Apr 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39696 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 204: Steve Foxe Plays '92 Trivia Writer Steve Foxe returns to talk about X-Men ’92: House of XCII, Archer & Armstrong Forever, and to play some ’92 trivia. (Programming note: Since we recorded this episode, the release date for X-Men ’92: House of XCII #1 has been pushed to April...

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]]> 39696 The Sinister Six Meet the Twee Twelve that Are Our Staff Picks for July 14 https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/12/the-sinister-six-meet-the-twee-twelve-that-are-our-staff-picks-for-july-14/ Mon, 12 Jul 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30734 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Justin’s Pick: Sinister War #1: You know those Sinister Sixes that are, like, double Sinister Sixes? Also, y’ever think about how certain Spider-villains, like Doctor Octopus and Kraven, have gotten these redemptive arcs that made...

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]]> 30734 Fangs out for 4 fun comic book Draculas https://comicsxf.com/2020/07/23/fangs-out-for-4-fun-comic-book-draculas/ Thu, 23 Jul 2020 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7171 Dracula, as created by Bram Stoker, is one of the most written about and filmed literary characters. As with Sherlock Holmes, it feels like everyone has a Dracula story. Sometimes they’re comedies (Mel Brooks’ “Dracula: Dead and Loving It”), sometimes they’re rooted in history (Elizabeth Kostova’s novel “The Historian”) and sometimes they’re… odd choices (“Blade:...

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]]> 7171 Whom Does Valiant Need to ‘Klang’ with?: A Review of ‘Quantum & Woody’ #4 https://comicsxf.com/2020/07/10/whom-does-valiant-need-to-klang-with-a-review-of-quantum-woody-4/ Fri, 10 Jul 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=6864 Quantum & Woody #4 Writer: Christopher Hastings, Artist: Ryan Browne, Colorist: Ruth Redmond, Letterer: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Publisher: Valiant I respect the plucky temerity of the Valiant Universe. It’s this scrappy little underdog of a publisher, quietly churning out a small bumper crop of superhero books in a world where the Big Two exists, with just...

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