The next new character and series that Valiant introduced to its growing line of interconnected super hero titles was SHADOWMAN. As they'd started to do previously, the creators seeded lead character Jack Boniface into the background of another earlier title--in this case, X-O MANOWAR #4. In doing so, they gave readers a bit of an … Continue reading Brand Echh: SHADOWMAN #1
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Brand Echh: HARBINGER #1
While Valiant had had some middling success up to this point, it was really HARBINGER #1 that put the company on the map in terms of being a presence in the field. HARBINGER was the first fully-original super hero concept that was put forward by Valiant, and it shared enough of its DNA with X-MEN … Continue reading Brand Echh: HARBINGER #1
5BC: The Five Best Comic Books of 1991
Walt Simonson had taken over the reins of FANTASTIC FOUR and propelled it into the stratosphere with a series of expansive stories that drew upon the best of Jack Kirby's era on the title and turned the concepts up to eleven. Graphically, the book looked sweet as well, as Walter was able to channel Kirby's … Continue reading 5BC: The Five Best Comic Books of 1991



