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Faith: Dreamside #1 Reaches New Heights On September 26th!

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Valiant has revealed a final sneak peek at Faith: Dreamside #1 before the upcoming limited series heads to comic stores on September 26th! This fall, spectacular Jody Houser returns to the helm of Valiant’s beloved fan-favorite character, alongside rising star artist MJ Kim and Eisner-winning colorist Jordie Bellaire, for a journey deep into the heart of the Dreamside!

Even before Faith Herbert gained the power of flight, deep down she was always a hero at heart. But what’s a hero to do in the face of a foe that exists only in nightmares? Face them head-on, of course! To protect the dreams of her teammate, Animalia, Faith must venture into a fantastical new realm the likes of which we’ve never seen…and she’ll need some help from the world’s premiere parapsychologist, Doctor Mirage, to make it back with her subconscious mind still intact!

Featuring covers by Marguerite Sauvage, Sybelline Meynet, and comics legend Adam Pollina!

Faith: Dreamside #1 Soars Into Stores on September 26th!

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Valiant has released a first look at the lettered and colored interiors of Faith: Dreamside #1, an all-new, unforgettable team-up between the breakout stars of two award-nominated Valiant series: the high-flying fangirl Faith Herbert, and the death-defying Doctor Mirage!

From celebrated writer Jody Houser, rising star artist MJ Kim, and two-time Eisner award-winning colorist Jordie Bellaire comes the first issue of a brand new limited series from the publisher’s new “Beyond” initiative – as well as Faith’s first triumphant return to comic book store shelves since both her star-making solo turn in Faith, and the equally exciting time travel adventure series, Faith and the Future Force!

Even before Faith Herbert gained the power of flight, deep down she was always a hero at heart. But what’s a hero to do in the face of a foe that exists only in nightmares? Face them head-on, of course! To protect the dreams of her teammate, Animalia, Faith must venture into a fantastical new realm the likes of which we’ve never seen…and she’ll need some help from the world’s premiere parapsychologist, Doctor Mirage, to make it back with her subconscious mind still intact!

Featuring covers by Marguerite Sauvage, Sibylline Meynet, and comics legend Adam Pollina!

Jody Houser and MJ Kim Make Dreams Come True in Faith: Dreamside #1 – In Stores September!

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Valiant has released a first look within the pages of Faith: Dreamside #1 (of 4), a brand-new jumping-on point and highly anticipated limited series starring Valiant’s fan-favorite fangirl! On September 26th, writer extraordinaire Jody Houser joins forces with rising star artist MJ Kim to continue the adventures of Faith Herbert, the high-flying icon who’s soared her way into incredible stardom!

Even before Faith Herbert, AKA Zephyr, gained the power of flight, joined the Harbinger Renegades, and soared through the skies of the Valiant Universe, deep down she was always a hero at heart. But what’s a hero to do in the face of a foe that exists only in nightmares? Face them head-on, of course! To protect the dreams of her teammate, Animalia, Faith must venture into a fantastical new realm the likes of which we’ve never seen…and she’ll need some help from the world’s premiere parapsychologist, Doctor Mirage, to make it back with her subconscious mind still intact!

Plus: There’s still time to reserve your order of the Faith: Dreamside #1-4 Pre-Order Edition Bundle before the final order cut-off date of September 3rd, 2018! Released monthly from September 2018 through December 2018, each Pre-Order Edition comes packed with trade paperback-style extras and bonus content, including creator commentary, behind-the-scenes looks at the creation of the comics, process character designs and artwork, and first looks at upcoming issues – plus exclusive covers by Jenny Frison, David Lafuente, Meghan Hetrick, and Stéphane Roux that can’t be found anywhere else!

Featuring covers by Marguerite Sauvage, Sibylline Meynet, and Adam Pollina!

Faith: Dreamside #1 takes Jody Houser and MJ Kim to a New World on September 26th!

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Valiant has revealed a closer first look at Faith: Dreamside #1 (of 4), an all-new adventure starring Valiant’s fan-favorite fangirl and the first of four exciting series premieres that make up the recently revealed “Beyond” initiative! On September 26th, Eisner-nominated writer Jody Houser and rising star MJ Kim both return to the world of Faith Herbert as she teams up with the world’s foremost occult expert for an expedition into a brand-new realm never seen in the Valiant Universe! Prepare to enter…THE DREAMSIDE!

Even before Faith “Zephyr” Herbert gained the power of flight, joined the Harbinger Renegades, and soared through the skies of Los Angeles, deep down she was always a hero at heart. But what’s a hero to do in the face of a foe that exists only in nightmares? Face them head-on, of course! To protect the dreams of her teammate, Animalia, Faith must venture into a fantastical new realm the likes of which the Valiant Universe has never seen…and she’ll need some help from the world’s premiere parapsychologist, Dr. Mirage, to make it back with her subconscious mind still intact!

Featuring covers by Marguerite Sauvage, rising star Sibylline Meynet, and legendary artist Adam Pollina!

PLUS: For the first time ever in FAITH’s publication history, Valiant is excited to offer the Faith: Dreamside #1-4 Pre-Order Edition Bundle – available only as a pre-order set to fans who reserve the next fantastic adventure of L.A.’s highest-flying hero with their local comic shop by the final order cut-off date of September 3rd, 2018!

Released monthly from September 2018 through December 2018, each Pre-Order Edition comes packed with trade paperback-style extras and bonus content, including creator commentary, behind-the-scenes looks at the creation of the comics, process character designs and artwork, and first looks at upcoming issues – plus exclusive covers by Jenny Frison, David Lafuente, Meghan Hetrick, and Stéphane Roux, that can’t be found anywhere else!

The only way to obtain these exclusive items is to pre-order all four issues with your local comic shop by the final order cut-off date of September 3rd, 2018! No more copies will be made available beyond that date and subsequent issues will not be offered in later solicitations!

Valiant & Elhoffer Team Up for “The Faith Collection”

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Debuting today exclusively at ThinkGeek, Valiant Entertainment and Elhoffer Design have unveiled a new fashion-forward line of women’s and unisex apparel inspired by Valiant’s internationally renowned, breakout superhero sensation, Faith, and her allies on the Harbinger team of super-powered teenagers.

“The Faith Collection” is designed by Catherine Elhoffer of Elhoffer Design and available just in time for Valentine’s Day, Valiant’s first-ever line of women’s designer fashion is flying high with three initial offerings:

“The Faith Collection” – Longline Cardigan

$49.99 | Sizes XS-4XL
Officially licensed Faith merchandise from Valiant
A ThinkGeek exclusive from our friends at Elhoffer Design
Lightweight knit fabric
Open front
Harbinger logo knitted intarsia-style into the front left chest
Elhoffer metal tag on back
www.thinkgeek.com/product/kmmv

 

“The Faith Collection” – Cropped Cardigan

$49.99 | Sizes XS-4XL
Officially licensed Faith merchandise from Valiant
A ThinkGeek exclusive from our friends at Elhoffer Design
Buttons up the front but is super-cute open, too
Harbinger logo knitted into the front left chest
Elhoffer metal tag on back
www.thinkgeek.com/product/kmmu

“The Faith Collection” – Harbinger Unisex Sweater

$59.99 | Sized XS-3XL
Officially licensed Faith merchandise from Valiant
A ThinkGeek exclusive from our friends at Elhoffer Design
Harbinger logo knitted intarsia-style into the front
Ribbed shoulders, yoke, and cuffs with thumb holes
Rolled collar, cuffs, and waist
Elhoffer metal tag on back
www.thinkgeek.com/product/kmngc

Review: Faith And The Future Force #4

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FFF_004_VARIANT_CHEUNG“Bloodshot was a bust… Divinity didn’t work… Ninjak was nixed… No matter which of the Valiant Universe’s greatest heroes she recruits to her aid, Faith still can’t save the time stream! With time literally running out all around her, does L.A.’s sky-soaring superhero have what it takes to defend the entire universe…or will the secret key to saving existence itself come from the most darkest and most unexplored avenue of all?”

Well  this was an unexpected conclusion. When the combined might of the Valiant universe fails to save history, Faith, Neela Sethi and Ank try one last hail Mary – and it’s not exactly what you’d expect.

Faith And The Future Force has been a subtly intelligent series that subverts the industry established conventions that bigger and stronger heroes are needed as things get worse and the damage worsens. By having three comics in the four issue miniseries essentially tell the same story Jody Houser both pokes a little fun at the yearly summer events from the “Big Two” publishers while providing her own unique solution in the fourth issue; at some point we’ve got to learn that doing the same damn thing all the time just doesn’t work. To borrow a famous slogan, sometimes we need to think different.

To drive home the shift in thinking from the first three issues to the fourth, the art of Cary Nord (with Brian Thies) brings a different style to the story that is a little noticeable after the relative consistency of the first three issues, but that’s the entire point isn’t it? Although there is a scrappy feeling to the  artwork, it’s still very easy to follow the story –  it won’t leave your jaw on the floor, but there’s nothing inherently bad about the visuals this issue.

Where the comic does stumble is actually in some of the believability of the characters actions as they seem to just accept things without thinking too much about the whys. Granted this could be Houser making a clever point that I’m too dense to follow.

Ultimately the comic, and series as a whole, triumphs over the flaws in this issue – and while this could have easily been another arc within the ongoing Faith series, you’re not going to be lost if you’ve never touched the previous material as Faith And The Future Force stands alone as an entertaining story with a meta message.

Story: Jody Houser Art: Cary Nord with Brian Thies Colourist: Ulises Arreola
Story: 8.0 Art: 7.5 Overall: 8.0 Recommendation: Buy (the trade)

Valiant provided Graphic Policy a FREE copy for review – but I’m still buying this.

Review: Faith And The Future Force #3

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FAITH_FF_003_COVER-A_MOCK“Faith Herbert and Neela Sethi, the newest Timewalker, Neela Sethi’s first attempt at saving time from being unwritten has failed…which means it’s time to rewind the clocks and star— Wait, didn’t this happen already? No matter which heroes she recruits, Faith’s attempts at saving the time stream keep ending in disaster, throwing her in an endless loop of doomed missions! To break the cycle, Faith and Timewalker will have to call upon their strangest recruit yet for a last ditch effort to save the universe!”

As this story is all about time travel, why don’t we hop into the timestream ourselves, dear reader?

Full disclosure: if you didn’t read the last issue, you’ll be lost here. Don’t expect any of the following to make sense (and expect a few spoilers).

In the first issue of Faith And The Future Force, Jody Houser wove an intuitive story about time travel and effortlessly explains how Time Walking works within the Valiant Universe without spending pages and pages dedicated to something that could easily lose readers with its complexity.

Although the last few issues of the ongoing Faith failed to deliver on the promise shown earlier in the series, Jody Houser returns to the promise of those early issues. We’re also seeing Faith face an enemy that feels like a genuine threat, whilst simultaneously being light enough to not feel out of place in the series. It’s an odd dichotomy, but one that works very well.FFF_003_003

Diego Bernard with Juan Castro and Cary Nord with Brian Thies are on art duties here, and neither they nor colourist Ulises Arreola disappoint – indeed my only complaint is the watermark on the review copy kept me from being able to really appreciate the vibrancy of their work. Especially around the time doors.

Faith and the Future Force #3 is an interesting beast. If you read and enjoyed the first issues then this one is almost more of the same, so you should know exactly what to expect when you crack the cover.

As far as time travel style comics go, this is an enjoyable diversion from your daily life for however long it takes you to read it. If you’re in you’re LCS in the next couple of days and you see this and the first two issues there then take a chance on the series. Faith and the Future Force is a fun story that explores the intricacies of time travel and a hero’s willingness to save the world at any cost.

Story: Jody Houser
Art: Diego Bernard with Juan Castro and Cary Nord with Brian Thies
Colours: Ulises Arreola Letters: Dave Sharpe
Story: 9.0 Art: 9.0 Overall: 9.0 Recommendation: Buy

Valiant provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review.

Review: Faith and the Future Force #2

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FFF_002_COVER-A_DJURDJEVICFaith Herbert and Neela Sethi, Timewalker’s first attempt at saving time from being unwritten has failed…which means it’s time to rewind the clocks and start all over again! But this time, Faith is taking a new approach with a whole new team of heroes to help save the day! But will these new recruits be the key to saving all of time from a calculating A.I. foe, or is history doomed to repeat itself with a failure of incalculable proportions?

Full disclosure: if you didn’t read the last issue, you’ll be lost here. Don’t expect any of the following to make sense (and expect a few spoilers).

Faith and the Future Force #2 is an interesting beast. If you read and enjoyed the first issue then this one is, quite literally, more of the same with a little bit of a skin change, so you should know exactly what to expect. Written by long time Faith scribe Jody Houser, this issue is every bit as fun and enjoyable as the first installment that had Neela Sethi recruit Faith to battle a machine that was eating history… but Faith wasn’t enough, and the hero fell to the robot. Issue #2 opens where the previous issue closed, with the Renegades having joined Faith and Neela (yeah, Faith died last issue, but Neela went to a different point in time and grabbed Faith again. Paradox? Who cares, it’s awesome) and they’re about to try again.

FFF_002_002As far as time travel style comics go, this is an enjoyable diversion from your daily life for however long it takes you to read it, whether that’s ten or fifteen minutes… Faith and the Future Force #2 carries on from the previous issue in all the right ways. Faith is still the embodiment of every comic fan and nerd in how she reacts to the world around her, and the introduction of the Renegades only brings more great little moments to the fore.

I enjoyed the last issue quite a bit, and honestly the quality doesn’t dip too much here at all in the writing department. Artistically this is equally as solid despite a slight shift in the artists involved in the production of the comic (Steven Segovia dropped off the comic for reasons not quite to me known, and Barry Kitson has been joined by Diego Bernard with Juan Castro) but the quality remains just as high as the previous issue with some brilliantly reflected nods to Valiant’s recent past as the comic progresses.

As far as time travel style comics go, this is an enjoyable diversion from your daily life for however long it takes you to read it. If you’re in you’re LCS in the next couple of days and you see this there, take a chance on the series. Faith and the Future Force #2 is a fun story that explores the intricacies of time travel and a hero’s willingness to save the world.

Story: Jody Houser Art: Barry Kitson, Diego Bernard with Juan Castro 
Colours: Ulises Arreola Letters: Dave Sharpe
Story: 8.75 Art: 9.5 Overall: 8.75 Recommendation: Buy

Valiant provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Valiant and Keep A Breast Team to Prevent Breast Cancer with All-New Faith Special Edition

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In advance of the first date of the Vans Warped Tour ’17 presented by Journeys this week in Seattle, WA, Valiant Entertainment and The Keep A Breast Foundation have unveiled the next step in their ongoing partnership with an all-new, exclusive comic book starring Valiant’s renowned hero Faith!

The Faith Warped Tour/Keep a Breast Special Edition #1 features a brand-new, never-before-seen Faith story written by rising star Justine Prado with art by Clayton Henry and Eisner Award nominee Kate Niemczyk. Get ready to meet Los Angeles’ leading superhero, Faith “Zephyr” Herbert, as she confronts the realities of breast cancer head-on in a special standalone story, created in collaboration with The Keep A Breast Foundation. Faith has saved her city from alien invaders and common criminals alike…but when a different, more personal kind of scourge hits close to home, can Faith show strength in the face of an all-too-common affliction that has affected millions of women and men around the world?

Copies of the Faith Warped Tour/Keep a Breast Special Edition #1 will be available at select Vans Warped Tour ’17 presented by Journeys  tour dates, beginning with an exclusive debut this Friday, June 16th in Seattle, WA. Additionally, fans worldwide can read this important new chapter in Faith’s ongoing adventures with free downloads courtesy of comiXology, the official Valiant mobile app for iOS, and The Keep A Breast Foundation website.

Review: Faith #12

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FAITH_012_COVER-A_KANOFaith vs. “THE FAITHLESS” – The final battle!

Framed for a crime, held prisoner by a team of her greatest enemies, and quickly running out of time, Faith must confront the truth of her first true defeat! But has victory truly come to The Faithless – a revenge-obsessed squad of malicious malcontents – or will Los Angeles’ soaring protector give them a run for their money first?

From the Hollywood Hills to the Santa Monica Pier, L.A. is about to witness the ultimate beat-down between good and evil…and when the final page arrives, you’ll be saying, “What the frack?!”

Yeah, I certainly did say that at the end of the issue. But not because it was a good comic, but rather because it felt like a hastily written phoned-in issue ox that had specific boxes to check in order to wrap the story up. There wasn’t a whole lot of cohesion to the finale of a story that has, honestly, struggled to live up to the brilliance exhibited earlier in the series.

Although The Faithless arc as a whole has been hovering on the fence between worth-reading and not-really-worth-reading-but-it’s-not-horrible this issue falls onto the wrong side of the fence, and by doing so it drags the arc as a whole down. Where previous issues have struggled, they have usually been saved by some subtle (and some less than subtle) moments of humour where writer Jody Houser‘s tongue has been stuff firmly in her cheek during sequences that will make you nod in admiration as she takes a sly potshot at comic book  tropes. Unfortunately, and maybe this is only me, I felt those moments fell flat this issue.

This is the first issue in both the miniseries and the ongoing where we don’t see Marguerite Sauvage’s fantasy sequences, and while I miss her art from the comic, those sequences wouldn’t make sense in this issue – and by virtue of her absence one of my strongest (and utterly unfair) criticisms of Joe Eisma‘s art is no longer a concern. While not everyone will agree, Eisma’s style was just close enough to Sauvage’s that when they were coloured by Andrew Dalhouse it made it just hard enough differentiate between the two. This issue allows Eisma to stand alone, and he’s solid here. His pacing and visual story telling are the highlight of the issue, but he never quite reaches the “buy it just for the art” level that would help me justify my purchase on Wednesday.

Yes, I am one of those collectors who will still buy this comic because it’s not horrible. It’s just not as good as previous issues.

If you’ve heard good things about Faith and you want to check the series out, then start with either of the first issues from the mini or this series. Just don’t start here, because the most exciting thing about this issue was the preview text.

And it grieves me to say that about one of my favourite series.

Story: Jody Houser Art: Joe Eisma Color: Andrew Dalhouse
Story: 6.0 Art: 8.0 Overall: 6.0 Recommendation: Read if you’ve come this far

Valiant provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review.

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