![]() ![]() Pulling popular characters from its hearty stable and freshening them up for the new era is a sure way to drag those guys back if they ever even left. The original Valiant run was 24 years ago (yep, check your hair…there’s probably as many grays as there are issues of Deathmate in your LCS’s basement) and a lot of its fans were die-hard. If you were a Valiant fan during its first iteration and you’re still collecting comics, you know you cry a little bit when you come across Magnus #25s and Turok # 1s in a dollar bin and wince whenever you see the word Acclaim in the corner of a book featuring X-O Manowar or the Eternal Warrior(s). Valiant found the answer by hitting us geeks where it hurts…. Presenting an old idea with a fresh new take is a burden unto itself, but what do you do next? How do you keep it from going stale after the honeymoon is over? The re-boot of the Valiant universe (or any comic company’s reboot) is a double-edged sword. Not only are they in the business to make great comics, they know how to keep its existing fans happy, without ostracizing new readers. ![]() With the press release of both further pages of Shadowman #5, as well as the cover promo to Harbinger Wars #3, Valiant tips its hand. ![]()
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