(W) James Asmus & Various (A) ChrisCross & Various (CA) Emanuela Lupacchino At last - the essential origins and early adventures of Valiant's most powerful heroes and allies, collected between two covers for the fi rst time anywhere! Celebrate 25 years of the largest independent superhero universe in comics with these all-star explorations of Valiant's indelible comics book icons, including X-O MANOWAR, HARBINGER, BLOODSHOT, ARCHER & ARMSTRONG, SHADOWMAN, and many more! Who they are, how they came to be, and what they fear the most? This is your essential one-stop guide to the biggest heroes, villains, and super-teams that the Valiant Universe has to offer, just in time for Valiant's 25th anniversary celebration! Collecting ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #0, BLOODSHOT #0, HARBINGER #0, PUNK MAMBO #0, QUANTUM AND WOODY: THE GOAT #0, SHADOWMAN #0, UNITY #0, X-O MANOWAR #0, and material from ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #25, BLOODSHOT #25, HARBINGER #25, X-O MANOWAR #25, and FCBD 2014: VALIANT UNIVERSE HANDBOOK #1.

(W) James Asmus & Various (A) ChrisCross & Various (CA) Emanuela Lupacchino At last - the essential origins and early adventures of Valiant's most powerful heroes and allies, collected between two covers for the fi rst time anywhere! Celebrate 25 years of the largest independent superhero universe in comics with these all-star explorations of Valiant's indelible comics book icons, including X-O MANOWAR, HARBINGER, BLOODSHOT, ARCHER & ARMSTRONG, SHADOWMAN, and many more! Who they are, how they came to be, and what they fear the most? This is your essential one-stop guide to the biggest heroes, villains, and super-teams that the Valiant Universe has to offer, just in time for Valiant's 25th anniversary celebration! Collecting ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #0, BLOODSHOT #0, HARBINGER #0, PUNK MAMBO #0, QUANTUM AND WOODY: THE GOAT #0, SHADOWMAN #0, UNITY #0, X-O MANOWAR #0, and material from ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #25, BLOODSHOT #25, HARBINGER #25, X-O MANOWAR #25, and FCBD 2014: VALIANT UNIVERSE HANDBOOK #1.

(W) Paul Levitz (A) Mj Kim (CA) Amilcar Pinna & Various Unstoppable. Untraceable. Unkillable. Who is the Visitor? Why are the leaders of the world terrified of him? And will they live long enough to find out? The world changes right here in a thrilling sci-fi mystery from Eisner Hall of Fame writer Paul Levitz (Legion of Super-Heroes) and Russ Manning Award-nominated artist MJ KIM (FAITH: DREAMSIDE)! Collecting THE VISITOR #1-6.

(W) Robert Venditti (A) Raul Allen, Patricia Martin (CA) Raul Allen New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH, X-O MANOWAR) and visionary artist Ra?l All?n (NINJAK, Hawkeye) forge a new legend for Valiant's master of war! For five millennia, the Eternal Warrior has shaped history at the end of his sword. He's razed empires, toppled civilizations, and broken armies as an immortal soldier in service to the Earth. But now, the Eternal Warrior has been torn from the world he once protected and finds himself stranded in a hostile alien landscape unlike any he's faced before. Separated from his earthly environs, can history's deadliest soldier survive a realm far older, far deadlier, and far more ruinous than anything he's ever encountered? Beyond Earth lies eternity... Collecting WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR #1-4

(W) Robert Venditti (A) Raul Allen, Juan Jose Ryp (CA) Raul Allen EARTH'S IMMORTAL SOLDIER THOUGHT HE KNEW PAIN? AND THEN HE ENTERED THE DEPTHS OF HIS ENEMY'S 'LABYRINTH'? Across six millennia, Gilad Anni-Padda - an immortal warrior sworn to forever serve the Earth - has felled zealots and madmen, emperors and tyrants in the course of his duty. But nothing he's faced yet can prepare him to run the 'LABYRINTH' - a miles-long maze of horrors specifically designed to undermine his every strength, enhance his every weakness, and send him screaming into the darkness of death at every turn. The answer lies at the heart of the 'LABYRINTH' itself?and as Gilad endures a gauntlet of cutting-edge technology and sharpened steel, he'll soon discover why the merciless figure known only as THE DYING ONE has singled the Eternal Warrior out for the ultimate deathtrap. He will run. He will suffer. And when his ordeal is ended, the Eternal Warrior's place in the Valiant Universe will be forever altered as New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH) and visionary artists Ra?l

(W) Robert Venditti (A) Robert Gill (CA) Al Barrionuevo Out of the abyss...and into oblivion! Gilad Anni-Padda, the Eternal Warrior, has sacrificed his humanity for the betterment of the Earth. Empowered with the gift to recover from any wound - and even death itself - he has waged an endless crusade to guide the path of civilization through the ages. But as the centuries pass and his list of battlefield victories grows, he is fated to always reap the same sad reward: to see his families, his children, and all his loved ones...age, wither, and die... Now, the Eternal Warrior will be presented with a choice that could end his grief forever. An opportunity to resurrect the fallen sons and daughters that he believed forever lost. But this chance for peace and happiness will come at a terrible cost... and in service to an evil far greater than any Gilad has faced before...New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (Hal Jordan & The Green Lantern Corps) and acclaimed artist Robert Gill (BOOK OF DEATH) push the Eternal Warrior to the fiery crossroads of guilt and redemption for

(W) Matt Kindt (A) Trevor Hairsine (CA) Mico Suayan The Agents of G.A.T.E. vs. the Brothers of the Bomb! Beyond time, space, and reality, there lies the Unknown... and now it's coming here! When soldiers from a mysterious foreign realm arrive on Earth, it's up to the armored Visigoth known as X-O Manowar - newly returned to the planet and now the leader of his own elite G.A.T.E. unit - to deal with the intrusion. But are these otherworldly emissaries truly the threat they appear to be, or does a larger danger loom over the Valiant Universe still? Collecting X-O MANOWAR (2017) #19-22.

(W) Matt Kindt (A) Tomas Giorello (CA) Kenneth Rocafort The past catches up with Earth's Visigoth guardian! Aric of Dacia may have left Planet Gorin behind, but its people still remember the ruin they felt in his wake…and so do the bounty hunters who sought to end his barbaric reign! Now, they've arrived on our world to finish the job they started-and this time, they don't plan on taking X-O Manowar alive! Collecting X-O MANOWAR (2017) #23-26.

(W) Dennis Hopeless (A) Emilio Laiso (CA) Christian Ward Save the day, destroy the world... Torn from the past and bonded with a living alien armor, will X-O Manowar become the hero the world needs now? As a futuristic force arises to destroy the planet, only this ancient warrior king has the courage to stand against impossible odds! Harvey Award winning writer Dennis 'Hopeless' Hallum (All-New X-Men) and breakout star Emilio Laisio (Marvel's Spider-Man: Velocity) unleash Valiant's most powerful protector! Collecting X-O MANOWAR (2020) #1-4.

(W) Bob Layton & Various (A) Barry Windsor-Smith & Various (CA) Bob Layton, Jim Shooter THE MOST PRIMITIVE MAN, THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON Abducted from his own time by the predatory Spider Aliens and displaced to the present day, Aric of Dacia will make war on his one-time captors and any who stand with them. Armed with a sentient suit of battle armor and savagery born in an age of war, he will become the hero this new age demands. Tyrants from beyond time and space, superpowered corporate raiders, and corrupt government power brokers? all will quake in fear where X-O Manowar dares to tread. Featuring groundbreaking work from comic-book legends Jim Shooter (Secret Wars), Bob Layton (Iron Man), Barry Windsor-Smith (Weapon X), Joe Quesada (Daredevil), Steve Englehart (Detective Comics) and many more, the complete adventures of Valiant's original armored hero begin here in the first Valiant Classic Collection of the series Graphic Policy calls 'a must read'! Collecting X-O MANOWAR (1992) #0-9, and X-O DATABASE #1.

The invasion is here - and X-O Manowar is the invader! From superstar creators Robert Venditti, Cary Nord and Trevor Hairsine, jump on board the one of the year's most ambitious series as X-O Manowar ignites an interstellar war and changes the landscape of the Valiant Universe forever! Aric of Dacia, a fifth century Visigoth armed with the universe's most powerful weapon, is all that stands between the Earth and all-out annihilation at the hands of the alien race that abducted him from his own time. Now, the day of Aric's reckoning has finally come. As his Visigoth forefathers sacked Rome, Aric will take the battle directly to his oppressors on the Vine homeworld of Loam. He will decimate their armies, he will level their cities - and he will not stop until the whole of their empire is reduced to ash. This is PLANET DEATH! Collecting the complete PLANET DEATH saga from X-O MANOWAR #9-14 by New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (Green Lantern, The Surrogates) and superstar artists Cary Nord (Conan) and Trevor Hairsine (X-Men: Deadly Genesis), start reading here to find ou

To this king?a kingdom. With his nation state of Dacia fortified in eastern Romania, X-O Manowar has bent the world to his will. But he will not stand unopposed. With the assembled forces of the United Nations and NATO primed to assail the newly founded homeland of the Visigoth people, the man inside the indestructible Manowar armor is about find himself more vulnerable than ever - and with everything he holds dear on the threshold of a terrible turning point for the Valiant Universe? Collecting X-O MANOWAR #15-18 and featuring X-O Manowar's first explosive confrontation with the Eternal Warrior, start reading here as New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (Green Lantern) and acclaimed artist Lee Garbett (Batman R.I.P.) launch a bold new era for the series that SuperHeroHype calls 'a must read.'

X-O Manwar - locked in battle with Valiant's all-star superteam, Unity! X-O Manowar finally has it all, and his people finally have a land they can call home?but threats from all sides now threaten to destroy the man inside the armor, Aric of Dacia, and the peace he has struggled to secure. While unrest stirs and Aric's camp threatens to rebel against him, the most dangerous strike force ever assembled - Unity - have joined forces with the Harbinger Foundation's Toyo Harada to achieve but one goal: destroy X-O Manowar before his actions push in western civilization to the brink of all-out nuclear annihilation. Collecting X-O MANOWAR #19-22 by New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (Green Lantern) and acclaimed artists Cary Nord (Conan), Vincente Cifuentes (Batgirl), and Diego Bernard (Eternal Warrior), prepare yourself for an all-new story arc of the epicenter of the year's biggest comics event that will X-O Manowar - and the Valiant Universe with him - forever changed.

The road to ARMOR HUNTERS starts here! Aric of Dacia, a fifth-century warrior bonded to alien armor and transplanted to the modern day, is now the most important weapon in the arsenal of M.E.R.O., the top-secret American intelligence organization that monitors extraterrestrial life on Earth. In order to protect his people, Aric must undergo dangerous missions in space, but nothing can prepare him for the stunning secret that awaits him in the stars. Collecting X-O MANOWAR #23-24 and the oversized X-O MANOWAR #25 anniversary spectacular, the march toward ARMOR HUNTERS begins here as New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (Green Lantern) and red-hot artist Diego Bernard (Eternal Warrior) join an all-star cast of comic book superstars - including Sean Chen (Iron Man), Tom Fowler (Quantum and Woody), Bryan Hitch (The Ultimates), J.G. Jones (Final Crisis), Barry Kitson (Amazing Spider-Man), Cary Nord (Conan), and many more - to deliver an essential introduction to the biggest Valiant event ever attempted.

(W) Robert Venditti (A) Bernard Diego (CA) Clayton Crain Hunt it! Trap it! Kill it! The Armor Hunters are the most dangerous fi ghters in the galaxy - unparalleled in their abilities to catch and destroy their prey. Their mission has been long and unforgiving and featured the destruction of many X-O Manowar armors from across the civilized universe. Now, for the first time, discover the brutal origin of the alien Armor Hunters and the devastation they long ago vowed to combat. Before the Armor Hunters bring ruin to X-O Manowar and the people of Earth, join New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (Green Lantern, Flash) and red-hot artist Diego Bernard (Red Lanterns) for an all-new, standalone story arc that will reveal the stunning secret behind the universe's most elite fi ghting force - who they are, where they come from, and why a terrible secret from their past now threatens our present! Collecting X-O MANOWAR #26-29.

(W) Robert Venditti & Various (A) Rafa Sandoval & Various (CA) Rafa Sandoval Two people. One world. Can a man of war broker peace between earth and alien nation? Aric of Dacia is X-O Manowar, hero to humanity, leader of the remaining Visigoths, and a husband about to start a new family. He is also the bearer of Shanhara, and tantamount to a God in the eyes of the alien race known as The Vine. Now, in the aftermath of DEAD HAND, The Vine need a new home and have chosen Earth - tearing Aric between two races that worship him, but each despise one another. New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH) and red-hot artist Rafa Sandoval (Ultimate Hawkeye) unite here to begin a bold and tragic new era in the life of X-O Manowar! Collecting X-O MANOWAR #38-42.

(W) Robert Venditti (A) Robert Gill & Various (CA) Phil Jimenez X-O MANOWAR AND NINJAK GO DEEP UNDERCOVER FOR? 'THE KILL LIST'! With two kingdoms now under his command, Aric of Dacia has pledged loyalty to his adopted nation - the United States of America - and now America has given him a new mission: destroy The Vine's network of humanoid alien agents, once and for all. To do it, he'll have to turn to the one man among us he can trust?his own former enemy, the deadly MI-6 operative called Ninjak! Meanwhile, The Vine's most militant warrior, Commander Trill, is readying a counterattack?and what happens next will shake the Valiant Universe to its core. Can X-O Manowar and Ninjak cut their way to the source of this stealth attack before all is lost? New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR) and explosive artists Robert Gill (BOOK OF DEATH), Francis Portela (Green Lantern), and CAFU (IMPERIUM) prepare the next salvo in X-O MANOWAR's unfolding epic! Collecting X-O MANOWAR #43-46, X-O MANOWAR: COMMANDER TRILL #0, and X-O MANOWAR 25th ANNIVERSARY SP