Pored izdavača Image, u poslednje vreme sam se bacio na iščitavanje drugog nezavisnog američkog izdavača – Valiant Entertainment. Oni su po svemu sudeći jedini nezavisni izdavač koji je izgradio svoju paletu superheroja u takođe svom izgrađenom univerzumu. Ovi heroji i univerzum su doživeli reboot 2012. godine, pa je pravo vreme da se priključite i iščitate ove sjajne stripove. Uz pomoć reddita našao sam preporučenu listu, kako čitati Trade Paperback (TPB) izdanja njihovih stripova.
———-ACT ONE———-
- X-O Manowar Vol. 1: “By the Sword” (collects X-O Manowar #1-4)
- X-O Manowar Vol. 2: “Enter Ninjak” (collects X-O Manowar #5-8)
- X-O Manowar Vol. 3: “Planet Death” (collects X-O Manowar #9-14)
- Harbinger Vol. 1: “Omega Rising” (collects Harbinger #1-5)
- Bloodshot Vol. 1: “Setting the World on Fire” (collects Bloodshot #1-4)
- Harbinger Vol. 2: “Renegades” (collects Harbinger #6-10)
- Bloodshot Vol. 2: “Rise and Fall” (collects Bloodshot #5-9)
- Harbinger Wars Vol. 1 (collects Harbinger Wars #1-4)
- Harbinger Vol. 3: “Harbinger Wars” (collects Harbinger #11-14 and #0)
- Bloodshot Vol. 3: “Harbinger Wars” (collects Bloodshot #10-13)
- Archer & Armstrong Vol. 1: “The Michelangelo Code” (collects Archer & Armstrong #1-4)
- Archer & Armstrong Vol. 2: “Eternal Warrior” (collects Archer & Armstrong #5-9)
- Archer & Armstrong Vol. 3: “Far Faraway” (collects Archer & Armstrong #10-13)
- Eternal Warrior Vol. 1: “Sword of the Wild” (collects Eternal Warrior #1-4. Note: The story in this volume takes place before the story in Archer & Armstrong Vol 2 even though it was published after Vol 3)
- Shadowman Vol. 1: “Birth Rites” (collects Shadowman #1-4)
- Shadowman Vol. 2: “Darque Reckoning” (collects Shadowman #5-9)
- Shadowman Vol. 3: “Deadside Blues” (collects Shadowman #10-12 and #0)
———-ACT TWO———-
- Quantum and Woody Vol. 1: “The World’s Worst Superhero Team” (collects Quantum & Woody #1-4)
- Quantum and Woody Vol. 2: “In Security” (collects Quantum & Woody #5-8)
- X-O Manowar Vol. 4: “Homecoming” (collects X-O Manowar #15-18)
- Unity Vol. 1: “To Kill a King” (collects Unity #1-4)
- X-O Manowar Vol. 5: “At War with Unity” (collects X-O Manowar #19-22)
- Unity Vol. 2: “Trapped by Webnet” (collects Unity #5-7, and X-O Manowar #5)
- Harbinger Vol. 4: “Perfect Day” (collects Harbinger #15-19)
- Harbinger Vol. 5: “Death of a Renegade” (collects Harbinger #20-25)
- Bloodshot Vol. 4: “HARD Corps” (collects Bloodshot #14-17 and #0)
- Bloodshot Vol. 5: “Get Some” (collects 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)
- Archer & Armstrong Vol. 4: “Sect Civil War” (collects Archer & Armstrong #14-17)
- Archer & Armstrong Vol. 5: “Mission Improbable” (collects Archer & Armstrong #18-19, Archer #0, Bloodshot #20-21)
- Shadowman Vol. 4: “Fear, Blood, and Shadows” (collects Shadowman #13-16)
- Shadowman End Times (collects Shadowman: End Times #1-3)
- Eternal Warrior Vol. 2: “Eternal Emperor” (collects Eternal Warrior #5-8)
- Rai Vol. 1: “Welcome to New Japan” (collects Rai #1-4)
———-ACT THREE———-
- X-O Manowar Vol. 6: “Prelude to Armor Hunters” (collects X-O Manowar #23-25)
- X-O Manowar Vol. 7: “Armor Hunters” (collects X-O Manowar #26-29)
- Armor Hunters Vol. 1 (collects Armor Hunters #1-4)
- Unity Vol. 3: “Armor Hunters” (collects Unity #8-11)
- Armor Hunters: Harbinger (collects Armor Hunters: Harbinger #1-3)
- Armor Hunters: Bloodshot (collects Armor Hunters: Bloodshot #1-3)
- Harbinger Vol. 6: “Omegas” (collects Harbinger: Omegas #1-3 and Harbinger: Bleeding Monk #0)
- Unity Vol. 4: “The United” (collects Unity #12-14, Unity #0, and Harbinger: Faith #0)
- Quantum and Woody Vol. 3: “Crooked Pasts, Present Tense” (collects Quantum & Woody #9-12)
- Quantum and Woody Vol. 4: “Quantum & Woody Must Die!” (Collecting Quantum and Woody Must Die! #1-4 along with Valiant-Sized Quantum and Woody #1)
- Archer & Armstrong Vol. 6: “American Wasteland” (collects Archer & Armstrong #20-23)
- ARCHER & ARMSTRONG VOL. 7: “THE ONE PERCENT AND OTHER TALES” (collecting Archer & Armstrong #24, 25, 0 and The One Percent one-shot)
- The Delinquents (Collecting The Delinquents #1-4)
- The Death Defying Dr. Mirage (Collecting THE DEATH-DEFYING DR. MIRAGE #1-5)
- Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel (collecting Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel #1-3)
- Bloodshot Vol. 6: “The Glitch and Other Tales” (collecting Bloodshot #24-25, and an exclusive Director’s Cut of BLOODSHOT #1)
- X-O Manowar Vol. 8: “Enter Armorines” (collects X-O Manowar #30-32)
- Rai Vol. 2: “Battle for New Japan” (Collecting RAI #5-8)
- QUANTUM AND WOODY BY PRIEST & BRIGHT Vol. 1: KLANG (Not connected to current VEI 2012 reboot stories – this connects to the Acclaim Q&W series from the 90’s)
- QUANTUM AND WOODY BY PRIEST AND BRIGHT VOL. 2: SWITCH (Not connected to current VEI 2012 reboot stories – this connects to the Acclaim Q&W series from the 90’s)
- QUANTUM AND WOODY BY PRIEST & BRIGHT VOL. 3: AND SO… (Not connected to current VEI 2012 reboot stories – this connects to the Acclaim Q&W series from the 90’s)
———-ACT FOUR———-
- THE VALIANT (Collecting The Valiant #1-4)
- DIVINITY VOL. 1 (Collecting Divinity #1-4)
- BLOODSHOT REBORN VOL. 1: COLORADO (collecting Bloodshot Reborn #1-5)
- BLOODSHOT REBORN VOL. 2: THE HUNT (collecting Bloodshot Reborn #6-9)
- IVAR, TIMEWALKER VOL. 1: MAKING HISTORY (collecting Ivar, Timewalker #1-4)
- IVAR, TIMEWALKER VOL. 2: BREAKING HISTORY (collecting Ivar, Timewalker #5-8)
- IVAR, TIMEWALKER VOL. 3: ENDING HISTORY (collecting Ivar, Timewalker #9-12)
- IMPERIUM VOL. 1: COLLECTING MONSTERS (Collecting IMPERIUM #1-4)
- IMPERIUM VOL. 2: BROKEN ANGELS (Collecting IMPERIUM #5-8)
- IMPERIUM VOL. 3: THE VINE IMPERATIVE (Collecting IMPERIUM #9-12)
- NINJAK VOL. 1: WEAPONEER (Collecting NINJAK #1-5)
- NINJAK VOL. 2: THE SHADOW WARS (Collecting NINJAK #6-9)
- X-O MANOWAR VOL. 9: DEAD HAND (collects X-O Manowar #33-37)
- X-O MANOWAR VOL. 10: EXODUS TPB (collects X-O Manowar #38-42)
- UNITY VOL. 5: HOMEFRONT (Collecting UNITY #15-18)
- UNITY VOL. 6: THE WAR-MONGER (Collecting UNITY #19-22)
- UNITY VOL. 7: REVENGE OF THE ARMOR HUNTERS (Collecting UNITY #23-25)
- RAI VOL. 3: THE ORPHAN (collecting Rai #9-12)
- DEAD DROP (collects Dead Drop #1-4)
- BOOK OF DEATH TPB (collects Book of Death #1-4)
- BOOK OF DEATH: THE FALL OF THE VALIANT UNIVERSE TPB (collects Book of Death: The Fall of Bloodshot #1, The Fall of Harbinger #1, The Fall of Ninjak #1, and The Fall of X-O Manowar #1)
- <<<Book of Death: Legends of the Geomancer #1-4>>> (Single issues only, no TPB expected to ever be printed for this story per VEI marketing plan for it.)
———-ACT FIVE———-
- WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR VOL. 1: RISEN TPB (collects Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #1-4)
- THE DEATH-DEFYING DR. MIRAGE VOL. 2: SECOND LIVES TPB (collects The Death Defying Dr. Mirage: Second Lives #1-4)
- NINJAK VOL. 3: OPERATION: DEADSIDE TPB (collects Ninjak #10-13)
- NINJAK VOL. 4: THE SIEGE OF KING’S CASTLE TPB (collects Ninjak #14-17)
- DIVINITY II TPB (collects Divinity II #1-4)
- X-O MANOWAR VOL. 11: THE KILL LIST TPB (Collecting X-O MANOWAR #43–46, X-O MANOWAR: COMMANDER TRILL #0, and X-O MANOWAR: VALIANT 25th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1)
- FAITH VOL. 1: HOLLYWOOD & VINE TPB (Collecting FAITH (LIMITED SERIES) #1-4)
- BLOODSHOT REBORN VOL. 3: THE ANALOG MAN TPB (Collecting BLOODSHOT REBORN #10–13)
- IMPERIUM VOL. 4: STORMBREAK TPB (Collecting IMPERIUM #13-16)
- A&A: THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER & ARMSTRONG VOL. 1: IN THE BAG TPB (Collecting A&A: THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #1–4)