Valiant Comics

This article is about the American comic book publisher. For the Hal Foster comic strip, see Prince Valiant. For the British adventure comic, see Valiant (comics).
Valiant Comics

Valiant Comics logo. Designed by Rian Hughes.
Parent company Voyager Communications (1989–1994)
Acclaim Entertainment (1994–2004)
Valiant Entertainment (2008-present)
Founded 1989/2008
Founder Jim Shooter
Bob Layton
Country of origin United States
Headquarters location New York City
Key people Peter Cuneo, Chairman
Dinesh Shamdasani, CEO & Chief Creative Officer
Gavin Cuneo, CFO & Head of Strategic Development
Russ Brown, President, Consumer Products, Promotions & Ad Sales
Fred Pierce, Publisher
Warren Simons, Editor In Chief[1]
Publication types Comics
Official website www.valiantuniverse.com

Valiant Entertainment, Inc., commonly referred to as Valiant Comics, is an American company that publishes comic books based on the Valiant Universe of characters. The company was founded in 1989 by former Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter and former Marvel Comics writer/editor Bob Layton. In 1994, after a rapid period of tremendous growth, Valiant's venture-capital investor, Triumph, sold the company to video game developer Acclaim Entertainment for $65 million. Acclaim continued publishing comic books and began adapting the characters into video games resulting in several successful gaming franchises. In 2004, Acclaim Entertainment shut down and ceased activity in all divisions including those involving Valiant.[2][3]

The company was restarted in 2005 as Valiant Entertainment by entrepreneurs Dinesh Shamdasani and Jason Kothari.[3] In 2011, after hiring staff from Marvel Comics, former Marvel CEO and Vice Chairman, Peter Cuneo, was brought on board as Valiant's Chairman and an investor in the company.[4] Valiant Entertainment launched its publishing division as part of an initiative dubbed the "Summer of Valiant" in 2012[5] to great commercial success,[6] winning Publisher of the Year under 5% Market Share and being nominated for Book of the Year at the Diamond Gem Awards.[7] Valiant has continued to set records[8] and win critical acclaim, including receiving the most nominations for a single title at the 2014 Harvey Awards[9] and being named 'The Best-Reviewed Publisher in American Comic Book Stores' by Bleeding Cool Magazine.[10]

In 2015, after several leaked reports that Valiant had begun developing its characters for film, including word that they had partnered with Sony Pictures to produce a Bloodshot film, it was formally announced that Valiant had secured a nine-figure investment and intended to co-finance feature films based on its comic books including Bloodshot with Sony Pictures.[11]

Publication history

Voyager Communications

In 1988, former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics Jim Shooter, former manager of the Allman Brothers Band Steven J. Massarsky, and a group of investors attempted to purchase Marvel Entertainment. They submitted the second highest bid, with financier Ronald Perelman submitting the highest bid and acquiring Marvel. Shooter and Massarsky instead formed Voyager Communications in 1989 with significant venture capital financing from Triumph Capital. Valiant recruited numerous writers and artists from Marvel, including Barry Windsor-Smith, creator of Wolverine's "Weapon X" storyline, and Bob Layton, a long-time writer of Iron Man. Valiant launched an interconnected line of superhero comics featuring a mixture of characters licensed from Western Publishing and original creations.[12]

Cover image of Harbinger #1 from Valiant Comics

In 1992, Valiant released its first set of original titles, including Harbinger, X-O Manowar, Rai, and Shadowman, followed by a major crossover event called Unity, during which Eternal Warrior and Archer & Armstrong were launched. Harbinger #1 was listed on the top ten list of Wizard Magazine for a then record eight consecutive months and was eventually named "Collectible of the Decade" while Rai #0 appeared on Wizard's top ten list for a new record nine consecutive months. In 1992, Valiant won the Best Publisher under 5% Market Share from comic distributor Diamond. Next year Valiant won Best Publisher over 5% Market Share, becoming the first and only publisher outside of Marvel and DC to do so. Valiant's Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter was given the Lifetime Achievement Award for co-creating the Valiant Universe in a 1992 ceremony that also honored Stan Lee for co-creating the Marvel Universe.[13] However, Shooter left Valiant by the end of 1992. According to Massarsky, "Jim had a different idea as to the direction of the company, and he was asked to leave."[12]

Valiant also pioneered a number of marketing innovations, such as the issue number zero "origin" issues, the gold logo program, coupons redeemable for original comic books, and chromium covers.[14] Following the "Unity" crossover, Valiant released Bloodshot, Ninjak, H.A.R.D. Corps, Second Life of Dr. Mirage, and Timewalker, among other titles.

Acclaim Comics

In 1994, Voyager Communications was purchased by video game developer and publisher Acclaim Entertainment,[15] who subsequently cancelled and relaunched all of the Valiant titles in order to revamp the characters and make them more suitable for video game adaptations. From 1996 to 2002, Acclaim created a number of successful multi-platform Valiant video games, such as the Shadowman and Turok franchises, Armorines, and Iron Man/X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal, which featured Valiant's X-O Manowar alongside Marvel's Iron Man.[16]

In 2003, Acclaim Entertainment's video game business was taking significant risks, including limited diversification. After losing a major sports video game license, Acclaim became financially insolvent and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2004.[17]

Valiant Entertainment

From left to right: Valiant Chief Creative Officer Dinesh Shamdasani, Sales Manager Atom! Freeman, Marketing and Communications Manager Hunter Gorinson and Publisher Fred Pierce at Midtown Comics in Manhattan.

In 2005, a group of entrepreneurs led by Dinesh Shamdasani and Jason Kothari raised financing and acquired the rights to the Valiant Comics library from Acclaim Entertainment's estate, forming Valiant Entertainment (VE).[3] A dispute arose over the rights to several Valiant comic book trademarks as a rival group, Valiant Intellectual Properties LLC (VIP), announced that they had made a number of placeholder filings.[18][19] Valiant Entertainment won and former Valiant Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter was hired to write new short stories that would accompany hardcover reprints of classic Valiant Universe stories.[20] Two of these collections were named among the "The Ten Best Collected Editions" of their respective years of publications.[21]

In August 2011, former Marvel Comics CEO and Vice Chairman Peter Cuneo was brought on board as Valiant's Chairman and an investor in Valiant Entertainment, with Gavin Cuneo serving as CFO.[4]

Valiant Entertainment began publishing new monthly comic books based on the Valiant Comics universe of characters in May 2012.[22]

The Summer of Valiant 2012

In an event dubbed The Summer of Valiant 2012, Valiant Entertainment launched four ongoing titles, X-O Manowar, Harbinger, Bloodshot and Archer & Armstrong, one launching each month, beginning in May. X-O Manowar, premiered May 2, 2012 by writer Robert Venditti and artist Cary Nord.[23] Harbinger, launched in June 2012 by writer Joshua Dysart and artist Khari Evans; Bloodshot, launched in July 2012 by writer Duane Swierczynski and artist Manuel Garcia; and Archer & Armstrong, launched in August 2012 by writer Fred Van Lente and artist Clayton Henry.

X-O Manowar #1 received over 42,000 preorders, making it one of the largest new publisher launches in over a decade.[6] Valiant won Publisher of the Year under 5% Market Share, and was nominated for Book of the Year at the Diamond Gem Awards.[7]

To coincide with the launch of publishing, Valiant introduced a number of marketing initiatives. Most prominent of these is the Pullbox Program and the QR Voice Variant or Talking Cover. The Pullbox Program, encourages readers to start a pullbox subscription for the title being launched with their comics store in order to obtain an exclusive alternate cover version of the comic.[24] The QR Voice Variant utilizes a QR code that is printed onto the comic book cover. The reader scans the QR code with their smart phone and places the phone over the mouth of the figure on the cover. The phone then plays a video of the figures mouth giving the impression that the figure has come to life and is talking to the reader. The company also published the entire first issue of X-O Manowar online for free.[25]

Valiant Entertainment extended the The Summer of Valiant 2012 and added a fifth ongoing title with Shadowman in November 2012 by writer Justin Jordan and artist Patrick Zircher.[26] Once again, the comic book debuted as the number 1 non-Marvel and/or DC comic of the month.[27] Again, Valiant also garnered critical acclaim for the title.[28]

At the end of 2012, Valiant won a number of Publisher of the Year awards, most prominently winning Publisher of the Year under 5% Market Share and was nominated for Book of the Year for X-O Manowar #1 at the Diamond Gem Awards.[7]

In January 2013, Valiant announced that Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder Dinesh Shamdasani had been promoted to CEO & Chief Creative Officer.[29]

The Summer of Valiant 2013

In May 2013, Valiant CEO and Chief Creative Officer Dinesh Shamdasani announced The Summer of Valiant 2013,[30] during which the company would launch two new ongoing titles, Quantum & Woody and Eternal Warrior; change the story direction of X-O Manowar and Bloodshot; and reveal the origin of Bloodshot in a special zero issue. Quantum & Woody, written by James Asmus and drawn by Tom Fowler, launched in July 2013[31] and would go on to become the most nominated title at 2014 Harvey Awards.[32]

The Summer of Valiant 2014

Several of Valiant's launch titles reached their planned conclusions, with Harbinger, Bloodshot, and Archer & Armstrong all concluding. Valiant celebrated the milestones by giving each title an oversized anniversary issue 25 and teasing new directions for the characters. Ongoing series such as X-O Manowar, Unity and Rai continued and were coupled with limited series such as Harbinger: Omegas, Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel, The Death-Defying Dr. Mirage, and The Delinquents, as well as events such as Armor Hunters. In 2014 Valiant also formed a partnership with Visionbooks to distribute a form of animated Valiant comic books for digital devices.[33]

Staff

Editors-in-Chief under the original Valiant Comics, 1989-1994
Editors-in-Chief under Acclaim Comics, 1994-1999
Editors-in-Chief under the revived Valiant Comics, 2012–present

Awards and recognition

Nominations

Universes

The Valiant Universe, drawn by Bernard Chang, inked by Bob Layton, Tom Ryder and various

The Valiant Universe is the fictional shared universe where all comic stories published by Valiant Comics take place.

When Valiant Comics was accquired by Acclaim Entertainment in 1994, all Valiant titles were canceled and Fabian Nicieza, a former editor and writer from Marvel Comics, was hired as senior vice-president and editor-in-chief and given the task of revamping and relaunching the Valiant Comics properties. The new line, known as Acclaim Comics, was launched in 1996 and established a new fictional universe.

In 2000, during Acclaim's Unity 2000 crossover, writer Jim Shooter introduced yet another alternate universe. According to Jim Shooter's plot, at the end of the crossover, this third universe would have been destroyed and most of its characters killed while the Valiant Comics and Acclaim Comics universes would have merged into a brand new universe.

In 2005, the rights to Valiant/Acclaim's original characters such as Archer and Armstrong, Rai, and Quantum and Woody were auctioned off and bought by Valiant Entertainment, while the rights to the three licensed characters (Solar, Magnus and Turok) reverted to Classic Media (then-owner of the Gold Key Comics properties), which was brought out by DreamWorks Animation SKG in July 2012.[82]

Titles

Valiant Universe

Original Company logo

Acclaim Comics

Valiant Entertainment

∞ Ongoing

Characters

Trading cards

During the trading card boom of the early 90s, Valiant Comics, through licenses with the major trading card manufacturers, produced a number of trading card sets and promotional cards to highlight the comics and characters of the Valiant Universe. The major trading card sets include:

Title Year Producer No. of Basic cards No. of Chase cards
Unity card set 1992 Comic Images 90 6
Valiant Era series 1 1993 Upper Deck 120 20
Deathmate 1993 Upper Deck 110 16
Valiant Era series 2 1994 Upper Deck 140 27

In other media

It was announced that Valiant has signed a deal with DMG Entertainment for a historic eight-figure partnership in Film and TV projects.[83]

See also

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