(W) Jody Houser & Various (A) Doug Braithwaite & Various (CA) David Mack The most ambitious comics event of 2016 brings war to the 41st century - with Rai leading the charge! Rocketing out of the pages of 4001 A.D...the present and future of Valiant's greatest heroes come together in four essential standalone chapters at the heart of the blockbuster comics event of the year! Blast two thousand years into the future as the never-before-told history of New Japan's dominion over Earth and the future fates of X-O Manowar, Bloodshot and Shadowman stand revealed. Then, witness the battle- scarred debut of the boldest new hero of this century or the next when War Mother makes her history-shattering debut! The future starts now as all-star writers Robert Venditti, Jeff Lemire, Jody Houser, Rafer Roberts, and Fred Van Lente join visionary artists Clayton Henry, Doug Braithwaite, Robert Gill, and Tomas Giorello to bring the Valiant Universe barreling into the 41st century! New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (DIVINITY II) and superstar artist Clayton Crain (X-Force) bring their s

(W) Matt Kindt (A/CA) Clayton Crain The most ambitious comics event of 2016 brings war to the 41st century - with Rai leading the charge! One hundred years from today, Father - the benevolent artificial intelligence that governs the island nation of Japan - will gain sentience. To defend its borders, Father will take drastic action by launching Japan into space...where its people will thrive in isolation, away from the overpopulated and resource-deprived planet below. Over the centuries, as New Japan orbits our increasingly unstable world, it will become a model society - one built on peace, prosperity... and Father's control. A thousand years from today, Father will create the first Rai, founding a lineage of technologically enhanced heroes engineered to defend New Japan and sworn to protect it from all enemies. For hundreds of years into the future, the Rai will single-handedly enforce New Japan's justice well...and serve Father without question. Now, at the dawn of 4001 A.D., the latest Rai is about to inherit the dark truth behind the origin of his kind...and discover the sin

(W) Rafer Roberts (A) David Lafuente & Various (CA) Kano Join Harvey Award-nominated writer Rafer Roberts (HARBINGER RENEGADE) and superstar artists David Lafuente (Ultimate Spider-Man) and Mike Norton (Revival) as they take Valiant's (somewhat) dynamic duo on an all-out assault on the senses right here in the complete deluxe edition hardcover of the series The A.V. Club calls 'some of the most bold, original work in all of superhero comics right now...' Meet Armstrong: Since the ancient city of Ur, this immortal adventurer has spent the last 7,000 years drinking and carousing his way through history alongside some of the greatest merrymakers the world has ever known. Meet Archer: A sheltered teenage martial arts master and expert marksman that was raised for a single purpose - to kill the devil incarnate. Little did he know that this undying evil was actually Armstrong (he's actually a pretty good guy...once you get to know him) and, since hitting the road together, the two have become great friends and even better partners. Now: Archer is about to set off on his most dangerou

(W) Rafer Roberts (A/CA) David Lafuente GET SMASHED...OR BE SMASHED! Archer is about to set off on his most dangerous mission yet - a quest into the mystic reaches of Armstrong's bottomless satchel to liberate his friend and comrade from the clutches of the mad god Bacchus! Imprisoned in Armstrong's satchel for centuries, Bacchus now commands a legion of monsters, goblins and golems bent on escaping back into the world of man and enacting revenge on their captor... Can Archer single-handedly combat the godly embodiment of intoxication himself - and rescue his best buddy - without becoming lost amongst Armstrong's endless repository of bizarre artifacts and historical oddities in the process? Collecting A&A: THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #1-4.

(W) Rafer Roberts (A) Mike Norton (CA) Kano A VALIANT TALE FOR THE AGES! This ain't no ordinary team-up? It's Archer & Faith's first date! First, A&A's whirlwind ongoing series is hitting the town with the one and only FAITH! With Armstrong on the road, Archer is taking some much-needed personal time?and bringing his long-distance romance with Los Angeles's number-one superhero off of FaceTime and into the real world! Then, Archer and Armstrong go on the hunt for Armstrong's long-lost wife, and the clues will put them on the trail of America's craziest traveling circus! Come on board here as red-hot writer Rafer Roberts (Plastic Farm) and Eisner Award winning artist Mike Norton (Revival) bring you more crossbows than Sleepless in Seattle and more fistfights than The Notebook! Collecting A&A: THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #5-8

(W) Rafer Roberts (A) Mike Norton & Various (CA) Kano Beatdown in the bayou! At long last, Valiant's gallant adventurers have finally located Armstrong's long-missing wife...in that dreaded land that dare not speak its name: Florida! But after centuries of thinking that his near-immortal bride, Andromeda, was just a booze-induced hallucination, how will Armstrong make up for years of lies, losses, and infidelities? And, as if that wasn't enough, a nefarious new force is about to release an army of bathsalt-using 'Florida Men' to finish off Archer & Armstrong once and for all! It's a true story (not really) ripped from today's headlines (pretty much)! Pack your Crocs and don't skimp on the lotion because the Sunshine State is about to hit Archer & Armstrong like a bad seafood buffet...and we only have Harvey Award-nominated writer Rafer Robert (Harbinger Renegade) and acclaimed artist Mike Norton (Revival) to blame! Collecting A&A: THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #9-12.

It's history in the breaking! After years of meditation and training, 18-year-old Obadiah Archer has been dispatched to New York City to carry out the sacred mission of his family's sect - locate and kill the fun-loving, hard-drinking immortal known as Armstrong! But as this naive teenage assassin stalks his prey, he'll soon find that both hunter and hunted are just pawns in a centuries-old conspiracy that stretches from the catacombs beneath Wall Street to the heights of the Himalayas. And Archer & Armstrong will have to work together if the future is to stand any chance of surviving the past's greatest threat! From the New York Times best-selling creative team of writer Fred Van Lente (Marvel Zombies) and Clayton Henry (Incredible Herc), this volume collects ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #1-4!

Every enemy. Against each other. For centuries, the cloak-and-dagger coalition of conspiracies collectively known as The Sect has worked together to bring silent oppression and undercover tyranny to a world that thought it was free. But, now after centuries of profit sharing and uneasy alliances, the factions of The Sect are about to erupt into open conflict?and the only men that can end the insanity are Archer & Armstrong! Too bad they're fighting for different sides! Why? How? And will either survive? The knockdown, drag-out A&A event of the year starts now - and no conspirator is safe! Collecting ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #14-17 by New York Times best-selling writer Fred Van Lente (Incredible Hercules) and acclaimed artists Khari Evans (Harbinger) and ChrisCross (Superman/Batman), jump into the series that IGN calls 'a must read' with an all-new adventure pitching Archer & Armstrong into their biggest battle yet!

(W) Joe Harris, Matt Kindt (A) Trevor Hairsine, ChrisCross (CA) Philip Tan The hunters become the hunted! With the major capitals of Earth under siege by the Armor Hunters, the world's most dangerous weapon has decided to come in from the cold - and into the service of the top-secret Military Extraterrestrial Reconnaissance Outpost (M.E.R.O.)! But when one of the Armor Hunters' own stages an extraterrestrial jailbreak inside of M.E.R.O.'s fortifi ed command center, the nanite-enhanced commando known asBloodshot become the last thing standing between the galaxy's most feared team of hunter-killers and a classifi ed arsenal of secret weapons far too deadly for human hands! From fan favorite writer Joe Harris (Great Pacifi c, The X-Files: Season 10) and superstar artist Trevor Hairsine (X-Men: Deadly Genesis), start reading here as Project Rising Spirit's most dangerous soldier brings the hunt to the hunters! Collecting ARMOR HUNTERS: BLOODSHOT #1-3, alongside the never-before-revealed origin of Bloodshot from BLOODSHOT #0

Every mission is a suicide mission. Your name is Angelo Mortalli. Your brother is trapped behind enemy lines and on the verge of - no. That's not right. Your name is Raymond Garrison. You've retired from the dangers of the field, but a desperate plea from your oldest friend plunges you into a vicious firefight that - no. That's not right, either. You are Bloodshot. You are the shade of gray that freedom requires. The perfect confluence of military necessity and cutting-edge technology. A walking WikiLeaks. A reservoir of dirty secrets that could set the world on fire. And you've just been captured. Collecting BLOODSHOT #1-4 (2012) by best-selling writer Duane Swierczynski and acclaimed artists Manuel Garcia & Arturo Lozzi, find out why this is the series that has IGN proclaiming 'Valiant is quickly becoming the publisher to beat.'

(W) Duane Swierczynski (A) Various THE BLOODSHOT 50 PROJECT See them here for the FIRST and ONLY time! ALL of Hero Initiative's 50+ original covers to Valiant's landmark Bloodshot #1 are on display in this great book, with art by Alan Davis, Gabriel Hardman, Ken Lashley, Bob Layton, Steve McNiven, Whilce Portacio, Paolo Rivera and MORE! See all the covers, AND as a special added bonus, this book contains a reprint of Bloodshot #1 written by Duane Swierczynski with art by Manuel Garcia and Arturo Lozzi.

(W) Bob Layton & Various (A) David Lapham & Various Rediscover the series that defined a generation of comic book fans in this first volume of the smash-hit series behind the blockbuster BLOODSHOT movie! From his very first appearance, Bloodshot comes armed to the teeth with bullets, nanites - and questions. Featuring appearances by Ninjak, the Eternal Warrior, Rai, the H.A.R.D. Corps, and more, this collected edition presents the classic adventures of Valiant's nanite enhanced commando from the very beginning! Join Valiant icons Kevin VanHook and Don Perlin - along with an all-star cast of comics creators including Bob Layton, David Lapham, David Michelinie, and more - as they dive headlong into the very first adventures of the original man from Rising Spirit! Collecting BLOODSHOT (1993) #0-7, ETERNAL WARRIOR #5, H.A.R.D. CORPS #5, and RAI (1992) #0.

(W) Tim Seeley (A) Marc Laming & Various (CA) Declan Shalvey An unstoppable soldier... A never ending war... Join New York Times bestselling writer Tim Seeley (Nightwing) and explosive artists Brett Booth (X-Men: Legends), Marc Laming (Planet Hulk), Pedro Andreo (Aartha, Chronicles of the No Lands) and more for the complete deluxe edition hardcover of the series Nerdist calls 'a gorgeous orchestra of mayhem and insanity'! Once, he was the perfect living weapon, created to follow orders. Now, Bloodshot works alone, using his lethal skills to protect those who cannot protect themselves. But the mysterious and powerful organization known only as Black Bar is watching, and they're not about to let something as dangerous as Bloodshot remain free... Collecting BLOODSHOT (2019) #1-12, along with material from the VALIANT: BLOODSHOT FCBD 2019 SPECIAL and the VALIANT 2020: THE YEAR OF HEROES FCBD SPECIAL, as well as 20+ pages of rarely seen art and extras!

(W) Kevin VanHook (A) Don Perlin & Various (CA) Barry Windsor-Smith Before the 'Bloodshot' movie hits in February 2020, follow the complete collected adventures of the original man from Rising Spirit-from his origin and very first appearances to his debut in his own smash hit series-in this first deluxe, oversized volume! Brought back from the grave by Project Rising Spirit, Bloodshot is powered by nanoscopic machines that can repair all injuries and maximize his physical potential. But the nanites can't replace his lost memories-or help him shake the feeling that he was once anything but a hero. Collecting BLOODSHOT (1993) #0-24, along with RAI (1992) #0, ETERNAL WARRIOR (1992) #5 and #14-16, SECRET WEAPONS (1993) #3, 9-10 and #13, and H.A.R.D. CORPS (1992) #5.

(W) Christos N. Gage & Various (A) Emanuela Lupacchino & Various (CA) Clayton Crain Out of the ashes of Harbinger Wars, Bloodshot is about to join the weaponized men and women of the Harbinger Active Resistance Division - the black budget, technologically-augmented strike force where the powers are dangerously unstable and every mission is a one-way ticket into the meat grinder. With a reluctant leader calling the shots and a new crop of untested rookies manning the frontline, Bloodshot is about to take H.A.R.D. Corps on a brutal, globe-spanning cavalcade of missions against the Harbinger Foundation, Project Rising Spirit's own rogue operators, and the conspiracy-smashing duo of Archer & Armstrong. Get ready for a gasoline-drenched, synapse-snapping suicide run where no one is safe and heroes always die trying! Acclaimed writers Christos Gage, Joshua Dysart, and Peter Milligan join an all-star cast of artists - including Emanuel Lupacchino, Howard Chaykin, Bart Sears, Lewis LaRosa, and more - here for the explosive final act of Bloodshot's smash-hit ongoing series, re-presented in i

(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Raul Allen & Various (CA) Mico Suayan New York Times best-selling writer Jeff Lemire (THE VALIANT, Descender) and red-hot rising star Mico Suayan (HARBINGER, Moon Knight) deliver an all-new ongoing series for Valiant's most unrelenting hero! Bloodshot's nanites made him a nearly unstoppable killing machine. His enhanced strength, speed, endurance, and healing made him the perfect weapon, and he served his masters at Project Rising Spirit - a private contractor trafficking in violence - very well. Now, Bloodshot is a shadow of his former self. He lives in self-imposed exile, reeling from the consequences of his past life and the recent events that nearly drove him mad. But when a rash of shootings by gunmen who appear to look just like Bloodshot begin, his guilt will send him on a mission to stop the killers, even if it means diving head-long into the violence that nearly destroyed him. Start reading here as visionary creators Jeff Lemire and Mico Suayan kick-off a brand-new beginning for the cutting-edge commando called Bloodshot...and plunge him to his darkest,

(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Butch Guice (CA) Mico Suayan 'THE HUNT' IS ON! Bloodshot is on the hunt. Determined to stop the violent reign of terror that plagues Colorado, Bloodshot journeys across the Rocky Mountains to destroy the remaining nanites that have caused mass murderers to spring up across the state. But will the drugs, booze, and insane visions rattling around his head put an end to his journey before it begins? Start reading here as New York Times best-selling writer Jeff Lemire (THE VALIANT, Descender) and Eisner Award-nominated artist Butch Guice (NINJAK, The Winter Soldier) begin the second staggering story arc of the chart-topping new series that Entertainment Weekly calls 'a subversive new take on Valiant's resident unkillable killing machine.' Collecting BLOODSHOT REBORN #6-9.

(W) Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Lewis LaRosa Many years from now, Los Angeles has become a post-apocalyptic wasteland and the once unstoppable killing machine known as BLOODSHOT has become THE ANALOG MAN. Bloodshot's taken on a new role as the protector of a small town, eking out a subsistence existence with the great love of his life - Magic - and protecting a group of stragglers who've weathered the storm. But when a gang of marauders arrives, the settlement's survival is threatened, and Bloodshot is forced to bring justice to the distorted and disjointed badlands of the Valiant Universe! New York Times best-selling writer Jeff Lemire (Extraordinary X-Men) and artist extraordinaire Lewis LaRosa (The Punisher) bring down the hammer on a metal tearing vision of the future that must be seen to be believed! Collecting BLOODSHOT REBORN #10-13.

(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Mico Suayan (CA) Tomas Giorello Welcome to 'BLOODSHOT ISLAND'! Stranded on a mysterious desert island, Bloodshot is running for his life! But as he tries to make sense of his surroundings, he's quickly discovering that this is no ordinary tropical getaway... Surrounded by decommissioned relics of the same bloodstained project that created him - World War II Bloodshot, Cold War Bloodshot, Vietnam Bloodshot, and other antiquated experiments - Bloodshot is about to find out where Project Rising Spirit sends its old soldiers to die. Can this seasoned band of killers trust each other long enough to survive the threats that lie in the jungle around them...and unlock the secret at the heart of the island's existence before they're each permanently retired? And who or what is the sinister force called DEATHMATE that now hunts them at every turn? Superstar creators Jeff Lemire (Extraordinary X-Men) and Mico Suayan (BLOODSHOT REBORN) send Bloodshot screaming into his most action-packed adventure yet as 'BLOODSHOT ISLAND' ups the ante for the Valiant Universe's most formi

(W) Lonnie Nadler & Various (A) Ken Lashley, Rags Morales (CA) Felipe Massafera Before a weapon is deployed in battle, it must be designed, refined, field-tested. Bloodshot was no exception. In the early days of the private military contractor Project Rising Spirit, the nanite-infused super-soldier who would one day become their most violent and valuable asset was a resource to be mined - and it was up an enterprising team of scientists to ensure he did what he was told. But memory is a tricky thing...and the man Bloodshot used to be won't let go of his past so easily... Writers Kevin Grevioux (New Warriors), Eliot Rahal (The Paybacks), and Lonnie Nadler and Zac Thompson (Cable) team up with distinguished artists Ken Lashley (Black Panther), Rags Morales (Action Comics), and more to open a door once closed and reveal answers to questions that Bloodshot himself would never think to ask! Collecting BLOODSHOT RISING SPIRIT #1-8.

(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Lewis LaRosa & Various (CA) Greg Smallwood Bloodshot, a.k.a. Ray Garrison, wants to lead a normal life with his love, Magic, and their daughter, Jessie, but there's no storybook ending for the unstoppable hero. New York Times best-selling writer Jeff Lemire (Black Hammer, Descender) and extraordinary artists Lewis LaRosa (SAVAGE), Mico Suayan (BLOODSHOT REBORN), Renato Guedes (PSI-LORDS), and Doug Braithwaite (X-O MANOWAR) come together for a deluxe edition hardcover of the series. Collecting the complete BLOODSHOT SALVATION series #1-12 along with more than 20 pages of rarely seen art and extras!

(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Lewis LaRosa, Mico Suayan (CA) Mico Suayan His sacrifice will be her salvation. From New York Times best-selling writer Jeff Lemire (BLOODSHOT REBORN, Moon Knight) and extraordinary artists Lewis LaRosa (BLOODSHOT REBORN) & Mico Suayan (BLOODSHOT REBORN), a bloody and vengeful new era for Bloodshot begins here as Ray Garrison escapes his violent past to build the one thing he never thought he'd earn: a family. But when a hateful secret from his true love's past threatens their fragile peace, Bloodshot will be forced to run headlong into a barrage of blood, bullets, and broken bones for a revenge-fueled assault that will have crushing consequences for those he holds most dear? Now: In the arms of his beloved girlfriend Magic, Bloodshot has finally found hope for the future?in the form of the couple's unborn child. But when Magic's estranged family - a cruel and sadistic clan of homegrown criminals - re-emerge to lay claim to their lost daughter, Bloodshot will be pushed back to the brink of madness, mayhem, and warfare? Soon: Eight years from today, Bloodshot's

(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Renato Guedes, Jeff Lemire (CA) Kenneth Rocafort Into the Deadside! Years ago, Project Rising Spirit's cutting-edge nanite technology transformed Ray Garrison into the walking weapon codenamed Bloodshot. Now, those very same microscopic machines have infected his infant daughter's physiology and threaten to destroy her from the inside out. As the life of an innocent hangs in the balance, Bloodshot will be forced to make an unimaginable decision: to watch the child he loves die, or to confront death itself...and negotiate a deal for her safety. Now, with only Bloodhound and the enigmatic hero known as Shadowman to guide him, Bloodshot is about to undertake an unreal journey into the demon-haunted dimension known as the Deadside to save a life...or sacrifice his own... Eisner Award-nominated writer Jeff Lemire (The Terrifics, Black Hammer) and explosive artist Renato Guedes (Wolverine) take Bloodshot on a heart-stopping journey to Deadside's darkest depths to confront death itself in the series named one of the year's best by Entertainment Weekly! Collecting BLOODS

(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Doug Braithwaite (CA) Kenneth Rocafort Time to kill! Two thousand years in the future - in the year 4001 A.D. - the man once known as Ray Garrison is no more...but the microscopic nanites inside him live on. Enter Bloodshot 4001 - a strange, gunslinging echo of Bloodshot's mind, body, and soul that is now more machine than man. But when our century's Bloodshot finds himself delivered to the dawn of the 41st century with one last mission to fulfill, two Valiant legends will finally come face to face? just as the secret revelation that binds them together across the ages will forever reshape Bloodshot's place at the center of the Valiant Universe! From superstar writer Jeff Lemire (The Terrifics, Black Hammer) and artistic powerhouse Doug Braithwaite (X-O MANOWAR, Journey into Mystery), Valiant's Eisner Award-nominated superhero saga comes to a thrilling conclusion right here in the far, far future with the ultimate meeting of man and machine at the crossroads of tomorrow and today! Collecting BLOODSHOT SALVATION #10-12

(W) Duane Swierczynski, Matt Kindt (A) Manuel Garcia & Various (CA) David Aja Before Vin Diesel's BLOODSHOT hits the silver screen in 2020, experience the hit series that debuted Valiant's nanite-enhanced commando with this essential standalone volume! From acclaimed writer Duane Swierczynski (Birds of Prey) and all-star artists Manuel Garcia (Black Widow), Barry Kitson (The Amazing Spider-Man), Arturo Lozzi (Immortal Weapons), and Matthew Clark (The Adventures of Superman), the BLOODSHOT DEFINITIVE EDITION trade paperback collection re-presents the blockbuster first year of the breakout Valiant series behind the upcoming major motion picture from Sony! Collecting BLOODSHOT #0-13.

In the deserts outside Las Vegas, Bloodshot has banded together with Project Rising Spirit's most dangerous escapees. But when the Harbinger Wars erupt all around them, can he shape these super-powered children into a force for good - or are they too far gone? He'll have to find out the hard way as the opposing forces of PRS and the Harbinger Foundation descend on all sides, bringing about a crucible the likes of which the Valiant Universe has never seen... Collecting BLOODSHOT #10-13 by acclaimed writer Duane Swierczysnki (Birds of Prey) and legendary artist Barry Kitson (Amazing Spider-Man), jump headlong into the uncompromising action of Valiant's first crossover event right here with an all-new standalone story arc that will redefine the weapon - no, the soldier - no, the hero known only as Bloodshot. 'The best big action book on the shelves...' - Comic Book Resources 'Month after month, Bloodshot continues to be the most brutal superhero book on the stands.' - IGN

Every mission?is someone's last. Out of the ashes of Harbinger Wars, Bloodshot is about to join the weaponized men and women of the HARBINGER ACTIVE RESISTANCE DIVISION - the black budget, technologically-augmented strike force where the powers are dangerously unstable and every mission is a one-way ticket into the meat grinder. With a reluctant leader calling the shots and a new crop of untested rookies manning the frontline, Bloodshot is about to take H.A.R.D. Corps behind enemy lines - and into a gasoline-drenched, synapsesnapping suicide run where no one is safe?and heroes always die trying. Collecting BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS #14-17 and BLOODSHOT #0, join acclaimed writers Christos Gage (Avengers Academy) and Joshua Dysart (Harbinger Wars) and superstar-in-the-making Emanuela Lupacchino (Archer & Armstrong) right here to light the fuse on an explosive new chapter for Bloodshot and the Valiant Universe's most feared

90s tech. Bad attitudes. No wifi. It's Valiant's 21st-century shock troops - head-to-head against Project Rising Spirit's first wave of superhuman specialists! With a valuable oil pipeline in dire peril, Bloodshot and the expendable commandos of H.A.R.D. Corps are headed to Africa to bring down a network of terrorist saboteurs. But as Bloodshot digs into the multinational oil conglomerate he's been brought in to protect, he'll soon find himself confronted by the complex truth behind the terror - and up close and personal with an older, scrappier, more grizzled generation of wet-wired soldier from the glory days of proxy wars and state-sponsored assassination. Collecting BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS #18-19, BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS: H.A.R.D. CORPS #0, and BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS #22-23, don't miss a single shot fired as acclaimed creators Christos Gage (Superior Spider-Man), Joshua Dysart (Harbinger Wars) and Duffy Boudreau (BlackAcre) partner with an all-star cast of top talents - including Bart Sears (X-O Manowar), ChrisCross (Superman/Batman) and Al Barrionuevo (The Auth

(W) Deniz Camp & Various (A) Jon Davis-Hunt & Various (CA) Jon Davis-Hunt COLLECTING BOTH BLOODSHOT UNLEASHED SERIES IN ONE DELUXE HARDCOVER EDITION! Formidable super soldiers and bloodthirsty living weapons have broken free and are unleashing chaos across America's desolate towns! Bloodshot, a powerful and tormented hero that can regenerate from almost any wound, must rise to the challenge and hunt these violent monstrosities while confronting his inner demons! As he battles the relentless New Blood and attempts to prevent them from obliterating his family and all of humanity, his allies discover a chilling truth that will rock Bloodshot to his core! Plus: "A Family Affair" by Will Pfeifer and Emiliano Urdinola, a short-story from A VERY VALIANTINE'S SPECIAL featuring Bloodshot, Magic and Jessie. Superstar writer Deniz Camp (Marvel's The Ultimates) and Mauro Mantella (The Cyber Saga) along with artist Jon Davis-Hunt (Shadowman) and more collaborate to bring Valiant Entertainment's very first Mature Readers title to your bookshelf! Collects: BLOODSHOT UNLEASHED #1-4; BLOODSHOT UNLEAS

(W) Robert Venditti & Various (A) Doug Braithwaite & Various (CA) Cary Nord So let it be written, so let it be done? The dawn of the new Dark Age foretold in BOOK OF DEATH continues right here with a glimpse into the future of the Valiant Universe in four visionary tales of present and future ripped directly from the pages of the Book of the Geomancer! An all-star cast of creators come aboard the year's monumental comics event to chronicle the ultimate fate of Valiant's most indelible heroes. From the modern day to the far future, the destinies of Bloodshot, Ninjak, the Harbinger Renegades, X-O Manowar, and more will stand revealed in these four essential, standalone chapters at the epicenter of the blockbuster Valiant event of the year. Join Jeff Lemire (BLOODSHOT REBORN), Matt Kindt (NINJAK), Joshua Dysart (HARBINGER), and Robert Venditti (X-O MANOWAR) and superstar artists Doug Braithwaite (ARMOR HUNTERS), Trevor Hairsine (DIVINITY), Kano (THE DELINQUENTS), and Clayton Henry (ARCHER & ARMSTRONG), as they foretell the deadly future and final days of the greatest heroes of the Va

(W) Robert Venditti (A) Doug Braithwaite, Robert Gill (CA) Robert Gill The Valiant heroes. X-O Manowar. Bloodshot. Ninjak. The Harbinger Renegades. Unity. This is how they lived. This is how they died. Now we know. The Book of the Geomancer has recorded it all. But only a young girl - the last in a line of the enigmatic mystics who protect the Earth known as Geomancers - has seen this future come to pass, from the coming cataclysm to the dawn of the 41st century. Alone with her sworn protector, the Eternal Warrior - a soldier battle-forged across five thousand years of combat - the duo must defy their allies to stop the Dark Age that now threatens to eclipse our world. Together, they are the number one target of every hero and villain on Earth. Either the Eternal Warrior hands her over?or they take him down. But can even he single-handedly protect one child when the entire Valiant Universe wages war against him? New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (X-O MANOWAR) joins superstar-in-the-making Robert Gill (Batgirl) and visionary artist Doug Braithwaite (ARMOR HUNTERS)

(W) Cullen Bunn (A/CA) Vicente Cifuentes Shadowman. Eternal Warrior. Punk Mambo. Doctor Mirage. The supernatural protectors of the Valiant Universe unite for the very first time to stand against a terrifying ancient threat: Exarch Fane. No one is safe as the fearsome foe has his cold hands on the Book of Shadows. Valiant is proud to present BOOK OF SHADOWS, a supernatural event with master of horror Cullen Bunn (Venom) and bone-chilling artist Vicente Cifuentes (Justice League Dark) that's the perfect opportunity to join the Valiant Universe. If Exarch Fane doesn't destroy the world first! Collecting BOOK OF SHADOWS 1-4

(W) Peter Milligan (A) Juan Jose Ryp, Raul Allen (CA) Cary Nord On the fringes of civilization, the world's first detective is about to make an unholy discovery? Ruled by the Fates. Manipulated by the Gods. Commanded by Caesar. In the year 65 A.D., one's destiny was not his own. At the height of Nero's reign, a veteran of Rome's imperial war machine has been dispatched to the farthest reaches of the colonies to investigate unnatural happenings? In the remote outpost of Britannia, Antonius Axia - the First Detective - will become Rome's only hope to reassert control over the empire's most barbaric frontier?and keep the monsters that bridge the line between myth and mystery at bay? From comics mastermind Peter Milligan (X-Statix, Shade the Changing Man) and incendiary artist Juan Jose Ryp (NINJAK, Clone) comes a psychological journey into terror, temptation, and bloodshed in Valiant's latest magnum opus.! Collecting BRITANNIA #1-4.

(W) Peter Milligan (A) Juan Jose Ryp (CA) Cary Nord Valiant's critically acclaimed, 10-time sold-out magnum opus returns with a brand-new journey into myth and mystery, from comics master Peter Milligan (Shade, the Changing Man) and incendiary artist Juan Jos? Ryp (BRITANNIA)! Fifty thousand Romans stand on their feet, watching from the rafters of the coliseum with captured breath as Achillia, a Gladiator unlike any that Rome has seen before, faces incredible odds - one lone warrior against five of Rome's greatest. Such is the tradition, when a female gladiator enters the fray. When the carnage is complete, the coliseum roars its approval as Achillia stands victorious. Now only one match away from winning her freedom, she has begun to gain renown. The women of Rome, suppressed by their husbands and fathers, have noticed. The men of Rome, husbands and fathers to a growing horde of women entertaining ideas of independence, have noticed as well. On the other side of Rome, a strange mystery swirls through the Palatine Hill. In the dead of night, down winding alleys, Rome's elite swear t

(W) Peter Milligan (A) Robert Gill (CA) David Mack A terrifying new quest into the unknown! The Roman standard - the eagle borne at the front of each Roman legion - was more than just a symbol of the soldiers that carried it... It was a symbol of Rome itself, the ultimate embodiment of the empire's power? But now, in the mist-shrouded Germanic forest of Tottenwald, the unthinkable has happened: A rampaging barbarian horde has crushed three of Rome's most highly skilled detachments in battle...and captured their mighty Roman eagles. His authority threatened by this all-too-public shame, the mad emperor Nero has dispatched Antonius Axia, the empire's finest 'detectioner' and hero of Britannia, and Achillia, the sword-wielding champion of the gladiatorial arena, to reclaim his stolen relics at any cost. But what began as a simple mission will soon become a terrifying journey into the dark heart of belief itself as the isolated woodlands of Rome's enemies reveal unseen dimensions...and the true power of the legion's lost eagles threatens to consume any who would pursue them? Valiant's

(W) Ales Kot (A) Adam Gorham (CA) Raul Allen FOUR HEROES. FOUR STORIES. ONE TICKING CLOCK. There is a secret black market in New York. It is hidden in plain sight - in our streets, trains, and restaurants. Those who know how to navigate it exchange secrets of extraordinary nature. But when the secret in circulation is a biological weapon derived from Vine technology, the gloves are off - and the most extraordinary agents are released to stop the disaster before it occurs. Otherwise, in less than thirty minutes, there will be no world to come back to. X-O Manowar, Archer, Neville Alcott, Detective Cejudo and Betamax are ready to save the world. Red-hot writer Ales Kot (Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier) and rising star Adam Gorham (Zero) go in deep with an unlikely cast of superhuman operators for an undercover conspiracy action thriller in the darkest corners of the Valiant Universe. Collecting DEAD DROP #1-4.

(W) Jen Van Meter (A) Roberto de la Torre, Diego Bernard (CA) Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic In time, even the dead may die? Occult investigators Shan and Hwen Mirage lived their lives in the thrall of an epic love that few will ever have?until Hwen died tragically before his time. Now, after a perilous trip through the underworld, Shan and Hwen are reunited?but Hwen is still an intangible spirit of the dead - incapable of opening a spellbook or even touching his wife. Their options exhausted, the death-defying Doctors Mirage are about to enact a dangerous spell to restore Hwen's solid form?and grant his ghost a second life. But, in the wrong hands, their ancient rite will become a tool of terror - and unleash a force of pure, homicidal evil that lusts for the murder of the living and the dead alike? a torturous death that obliterates not just everything a person ever had in this world, but everything their ghost will be in the next! After multiple 2015 Harvey Award nominations, the most sought-after couple in comics returns with an all-new adventure from Eisner Award-nominated writer J

(W) Jen Van Meter (A) Roberto de la Torre & Various (CA) Jelena Kevic Djurdjevic From Eisner Award-nominated writer Jen Van Meter (Hopeless Savages, Captain Marvel) and acclaimed artist Roberto de la Torre (Daredevil, Age of Apocalypse) comes a deluxe, oversized hardcover of the Harvey Award nominated series taking Valiant's spirited occult adventurer beyond and back for a breathtaking, heartbreaking journey into the realms of the unknown! Doctor Mirage talks to the dead... but the only spirit Shan Fong can't find is that of her late husband, Hwen. When a big-time occultist with a classified military past hires her for a special job, Shan discovers a lead that might close the greatest mystery she's ever tackled - how to get Hwen back! Now, Doctor Mirage must enter the undiscovered country and cross all the realms of the underworld if she has any hope of rescuing the man she loves...or be forever lost beyond the earthly plane.

(W) James Asmus, Fred Van Lente (A) Kano (CA) Paolo Rivera Quantum and Woody are the world's worst superhero team. Archer & Armstrong are a mismatched pair of conspiracy-busting adventurers. When a mysterious force collides these ill-suited and irresponsible 'heroes' for a cross-country race through the darkest corners of American mythology, all hell is bound to break loose. Can two busted pairs become four of a kind in time to defeat the Hobo King, save the day, and make it back home in time for happy hour? Let's hope so...'cause these guys make a really, really bad team. (And you don't even want to know about the goat.) It's an all-new superhero joyride from fan-favorite writers James Asmus (Quantum and Woody) and Fred Van Lente (Archer & Armstrong) and heat-seeking artist Kano (Quantum and Woody, Immortal Iron Fist), colliding Quantum and Woody and Archer & Armstrong for the world's most disastrous team-up adventure! Collecting The Delinquents #1-4.

(W) Matt Kindt & Various (A) Trevor Hairsine & Various For the first time anywhere, experience all three sold-out volumes of the visionary science-fiction saga that refined the Valiant Universe for the 21st century in one stunning, oversized deluxe hardcover! At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union - determined to win the Space Race at any cost - green lit a dangerously advanced mission. They sent a man farther into the cosmos than anyone has gone before or since. Lost in the stars, he encountered something unknown. Something that? changed him. Long thought lost and erased from the history books, he has suddenly returned, crash-landing in the Australian Outback. The few that have been able to reach him believe him to be a deity - one who turned the scorched desert into a lush oasis. They say he can bend matter, space, and even time to his will. Earth is about to meet a new god. And he's a communist. How long can it be before the first confrontation between mankind and DIVINITY begins? From the minds of New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (X-O MANOWAR, Mind MGMT) an