(W) Jody Houser, Joshua Dysart (A) Francis Portela & Various (CA) Marguerite Sauvage Faith begins! Orphaned at a young age, Faith Herbert - a psionically gifted 'psiot' discovered by the Harbinger Foundation - has always aspired to greatness. But now this once-ordinary teenager is taking control of her destiny and becoming the hard-hitting hero she's always known she can be - complete with a mild-mannered secret identity, unsuspecting colleagues, and a day job as a reporter that routinely throws her into harm's way! She'll tackle every obstacle in her path with confidence - robots, aliens, monsters... and even her very first super-villain arch-nemesis bent on snuffing her out once and for all! Breakout writer Jody Houser (Star Wars: Rogue One) is joined by acclaimed artists Francis Portela (QUANTUM AND WOODY!), Pere P?rez (ARCHER & ARMSTRONG), Meghan Hetrick (Red Thorn), Joe Eisma (Morning Glories), Marguerite Sauvage (DC Comics Bombshells) and more, to launch Valiant's high-flying heroine into her first solo adventure here in the first oversized, deluxe hardcover volume of the ser

(W) Jody Houser, Joshua Dysart (A) Francis Portela & Various (CA) Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic VALIANT'S MOST DEMANDED HERO STEPS OUT OF HARBINGER?AND INTO AN ALL-NEW ADVENTURE! Orphaned at a young age, Faith Herbert - a psionically gifted 'psiot' discovered by the Harbinger Foundation - has always aspired to greatness. But now this once ordinary teenager is taking control of her destiny and becoming the hard-hitting hero she's always known she can be - complete with a mild mannered secret identity, unsuspecting colleagues, and a day job as a reporter that routinely throws into her harms way! Well, at least she thought it would? When she's not typing up listicles about cat videos, Faith makes a secret transformation to patrol the night as the City of Angels' own leading superhero - the skysoaring Zephyr! But flying solo is going to be tougher than she ever thought when Zephyr uncovers a deep-rooted alien conspiracy. Two-bit burglars and car thieves are one thing, but when the world needs a hero to stave off a full-blown extraterrestrial invasion, will Faith find herself in over her he

(W) Brandon Thomas (A) Francis Portela, Leonardo Paciarotti (CA) Nic Klein HARDCORE returns with more bullets than John Wick! Agent Drake once used the Hardcore tech to take control of human drones to protect our nation?but now, that tech is out in the wild. And the only one who can help him put the genie back in the bottle is his greatest enemy. SKYBOUND's action thriller reloads with BRANDON THOMAS (EXCELLENCE), FRANCIS PORTELA (Faith), and covers by NIC KLEIN (Deadpool). Collects HARDCORE RELOADED #1-5.

(W) Fred Van Lente (A) Francis Portela (CA) Raul Allen A little confused by time travel? Don't worry, these guys don't really understand it either. So they're BREAKING HISTORY! With the universe on the brink of destruction, Ivar must turn to his closest relatives - Armstrong and Gilad Anni-Padda - to save Neela Sethi from the machinations of the Prometheans! The problem? These three guys couldn't be further apart. Time doesn't heal all wounds as the assault on Oblivi-1 begins! Join New York Times best-selling writer Fred Van Lente (ARCHER & ARMSTRONG) and rising star Francis Portela (Green Lantern Corps) as they kick off the next volume of the series that io9 calls 'impressively shocking!' Collecting IVAR, TIMEWALKER #5-8.