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Preview: Quantum and Woody Deluxe Edition Book 2 HC

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QUANTUM AND WOODY DELUXE EDITION BOOK 2 HC

Written by JAMES ASMUS, FRED VAN LENTE and TIM SIEDELL
Art by STEVE LIEBER, KANO, and PERE PÉREZ
Cover by PAOLO RIVERA (APR181869)
$49.99 | 304 pgs. | T+ | On Sale JUNE 13th

Join Multiple Harvey Award nominee James Asmus (Thief of Thieves), New York Times best-selling writer Fred Van Lente (IVAR, TIMEWALKER), Eisner Award-winning artist Steve Lieber (Superior Foes of Spider-Man), and explosive artist Kano (Daredevil) for the next deluxe hardcover of the superhero joyride Salon calls “one of the year’s funniest comics”!

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 with these ill-suited and irresponsible “heroes,” they’re in for a cross-country race through the darkest corners of American mythology…and 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 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.)

Collecting THE DELINQUENTS #1–4, QUANTUM AND WOODY MUST DIE! #1–4, VALIANT-SIZED QUANTUM AND WOODY #1, and UNITY #25 along with 20+ pages of rarely seen art and extras, plus THE DELINQUENTS Board Game!

Preview: A first Look at Unity #25, a 48-Page Comedy Spectacular

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In the wake of Book of Death, Valiant’s heavy-hitting superteam is no more…and we’re bidding bon voyage to Unity with a 48-page free-for-all from a gigantic cast of comedy heavyweights!

Valiant has released a look inside Unity #25 – the super-sized final chapter for Valiant’s all-star team of heroes featuring X-O Manowar, Eternal Warrior, Ninjak, and Livewire…plus guest appearances from Faith, Divinity, The Death-Defying Dr. Mirage, Quantum and Woody…and pretty much the whole darn Valiant Universe too!

On December 9th, get a ringside seat as New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt pulls double duty to write and illustrate a never-before-seen adventure capping off his acclaimed two-year run on Valiant’s premier team of heroes…and then passes the reins over to a madcap cast of writers, artists, and humorists! Featuring stories and shorts by James Asmus, Donny Cates and Eliot Rahal, Elliott Kalan, Kano, Daniel Kibblesmith, Michael Kupperman, Pere Perez, Rafer Roberts, and Ty Templeton – plus the comic book debut of comedian and radio host Tom Scharpling – all hell is going to going break loose when Unity #25 finally divulges the unusual, offbeat, and downright disturbing tales we promised to never tell!

Think Bloodshot only joined the team long enough to fight the Armor Hunters? WRONG! Discover his newly declassified Unity missions! You saw Faith help Unity fight their opposite counterparts, The United… Now find out how else she assisted the team! Remember that time Quantum and Woody’s goat joined the most elite assemblage of heroes that the Valiant Universe has ever known? No? Well, it happened! Want to know where Unity’s stashed the team’s personal vending machine? Uncover its secret location – and possibly a broom closet or two – as the cutaway map of GIN-GR the giant robot’s classified interior is finally revealed!

Featuring a truly warped series of shelf covers by Valiant superstar Kano, Matt Kindt, Fred Hembeck, and Michael Kupperman, the greatest champions of the Valiant Universe are about to go head-to-head with a bleachers-busting line-up of pop culture’s premiere comedy “minds” (ahem)!

UNITY #25 (FINAL ISSUE HUMOR SPECTACULAR!)
Written by MATT KINDT, JAMES ASMUS, DONNY CATES, JUSTIN JORDAN, ELLIOTT KALAN, DANIEL KIBBLESMITH, MICHAEL KUPPERMAN, ELIOT RAHAL, TIM SIEDELL, TOM SCHARPLING, TY TEMPLETON, and MORE
Art by MATT KINDT, KANO, MICHAEL KUPPERMAN, PERE PEREZ, RAFER ROBERTS, TY TEMPLETON, and MORE
Cover A by KANO (OCT151745)
Cover B by MATT KINDT (OCT151746)
Cover C by FRED HEMBECK (OCT151747)
Cover D by MICHAEL KUPPERMAN (OCT151748)
$4.99 | 48 pgs. | T+ | On sale DECEMBER 9th (FOC—11/16/15)

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Valiant Recruits Massive Cast of Comedy All-Stars for Unity #25

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In the wake of Book of Death, Valiant‘s elite superteam is no more…and Valiant is recruiting a who’s who of all-star guests to bid them a fond farewell!

Valiant has announced Unity #25 – a super-sized, 48-page finale for Valiant’s best-selling superteam, starring X-O Manowar, Livewire, Ninjak, Bloodshot, Divinity, Faith, Quantum and Woody, the Death-Defying Dr. Mirage, and pretty much the whole darn Valiant Universe!

Arriving in December, the Unity #25 final issue humor spectacular will feature stories and shorts from a colossal roster of Unity veterans and comics comedy VIPs, including Matt Kindt, James Asmus, Donny Cates & Eliot Rahal, Elliott Kalan, Kano, Daniel Kibblesmith, Michael Kupperman, Rafer Roberts, Tim Siedell, and Ty Templeton – plus the comic book debut of comedian and radio host Tom Scharpling!

New York Times best-selling writer and Valiant superstar Matt Kindt presents the final chapter of his acclaimed two-year run on Valiant’s premier superteam…and then all-out chaos ensues as Valiant says goodbye and passes the reins to an all-star line-up of writers, artists, and humorists to chronicle the unusual, the offbeat, and the never-before-seen tales of the team that became a legend in their own time…the one and only Unity!

Think Bloodshot only joined the team long enough to fight the Armor Hunters? WRONG! Discover his newly declassified Unity missions! You saw Faith help Unity fight their opposite counterparts, The United… Now find out find out how else she assisted the team! Remember that time Quantum and Woody’s goat joined the most elite assemblage of heroes that the Valiant Universe has ever known? No? Well, it happened! WE PROMISE.

Featuring covers by Valiant superstar Kano, multiple Eisner Award nominee Matt Kindt, legendary cartoonist Fred Hembeck, and Eisner Award winner Michael Kupperman, the Valiant Universe’s most formidable team of heroes collides with a massive cast of comedy all-stars this winter!

UNITY #25 (FINAL ISSUE HUMOR SPECTACULAR!)
Written by MATT KINDT, JAMES ASMUS, DONNY CATES, JUSTIN JORDAN,
ELLIOTT KALAN, DANIEL KIBBLESMITH, MICHAEL KUPPERMAN, ELIOT RAHAL, TIM SIEDELL, TOM SCHARPLING, TY TEMPLETON, and MORE
Art by MATT KINDT, KANO, MICHAEL KUPPERMAN, RAFER ROBERTS, TY TEMPLETON, and MORE
Cover A by KANO
Cover B by MATT KINDT
Cover C by FRED HEMBECK
Cover D by MICHAEL KUPPERMAN
$4.99 | 48 pgs. | T+ | COMING IN DECEMBER!

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Preview: Valiant-Sized Quantum and Woody #1

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VALIANT-SIZED QUANTUM AND WOODY #1

Written by TIM SIEDELL and JAMES ASMUS
Art by PERE PEREZ and BRIAN LEVEL
Cover by CHIP ZDARSKY (OCT141690)
Draw Your Own “Blank” Variant by PERE PEREZ (OCT141691)
Variant Cover by MIKE HAWTHORNE (OCT141692)
$4.99 | 40 pages. | ONE-SHOT | T+ | On sale DECEMBER 3

Crisis of the infinite Woody-verse!

Writer Tim Siedell (Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Cry of Shadows) and Harvey Award nominees James Asmus (The Delinquents) and Pere Pérez (Archer & Armstrong) launch the world’s worst superhero team into an overloaded adventure that only a VALIANT-SIZED 40-page giant could possibly handle!

An asteroid is about to destroy the planet, but with Quantum and Woody at the front line of an international team of heroes, everything’s sure to…oh sweet mercy, we’re doomed. And that’s BEFORE Thomas Edison opens a rip in the space-time continuum and lets in the mirror-image Woody of the alterna-verse!

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Preview: Secret-ish Wars! A Limited Number of Infinite Earths! Valiant-Sized Quantum and Woody #1!

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Valiant has released a preview of Valiant-Sized Quantum and Woody #1 – an overloaded 40-page rampage through the infinite Woody-Verse from writers Tim Siedell and James Asmus with art by rising stars Pere Pérez and Brian Level! On December 3rd, if you thought one Woody was too much…you were probably right!

When an asteroid with a fifty-fifty chance of hitting Earth is spotted hurtling toward the planet, the unlikely super-team of Quantum and Woody are drafted onto the international team of specialists tasked with stopping it! But when the duo inadvertently cause a training exercise to go horribly wrong, they manage to doom the entire planet along with the only team capable of saving it. With few options and less time, Woody decides to ditch our world and escape into another through a secret space-time rift created by his arch-nemesis – old timey clone-Frankenstein-robot Thomas Edison! (No…you shouldn’t ask.) Our Woody’s betrayal, however, leaves the door to our dimension open to THEIR counter-Woody and his own counter-asteroid…leaving two worlds in the balance as two Woodys cut a reckless rampage through the multiverse!

Featuring covers by Eisner Award winner Chip Zdarsky and acclaimed artist Mike Hawthorne – plus a partially completed “Draw Your Own” Blank cover by Pere Pérez – Quantum and Woody begin their first perilous voyage into the Woody-Verse on December 3rd.

VALIANT-SIZED QUANTUM AND WOODY #1
Written by TIM SIEDELL and JAMES ASMUS
Art by PERE PEREZ and BRIAN LEVEL
Cover by CHIP ZDARSKY (OCT141690)
Draw Your Own “Blank” Variant by PERE PEREZ (OCT141691)
Variant Cover by MIKE HAWTHORNE (OCT141692)
$4.99 | ONE-SHOT | T+ | 40 pgs. | ON SALE DECEMBER 3 (FOC – 11/10/14)

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Quantum and Woody Get Valiant-Sized

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Reality hopping, multiple Woodys, and certain destruction? Welcome to life in the Woody-Verse! This December, if you thought one Woody was too much, get ready for Valiant-Sized Quantum and Woody #1!

Writer and comedian Tim Siedell is joining Harvey Award nominees James Asmus and Pere Pérez to launch the world’s worst superhero team into an overloaded adventure that only a VALIANT-SIZED 40-page giant could possibly handle!

When an asteroid with a fifty-fifty chance of hitting Earth is spotted hurtling toward the planet, the unlikely super-team of Quantum and Woody are drafted onto the international team of specialists tasked with stopping it! But when the duo inadvertently cause a training exercise to go horribly wrong, they manage to doom the entire planet along with the only team capable of saving it. With few options and less time, Woody decides to ditch our world and escape into another through a secret space-time rift created by his arch-nemesis – old timey clone-Frankenstein-robot Thomas Edison! (No…you shouldn’t ask.) Our Woody’s betrayal, however, leaves the door to our dimension open to THEIR counter-Woody and his own counter-asteroid…leaving two worlds in the balance as two Woodys cut a reckless rampage through the multiverse! (Yes…it’s complicated.)

Featuring covers by Eisner Award winner Chip Zdarsky and acclaimed artist Mike Hawthorne – plus a partially completed “Draw Your Own ‘Blank’ Cover” on virgin board stock by “Most Promising New Talent” Harvey Award nominee Pere Pérez – Quantum and Woody’s first perilous voyage into the Woody-Verse might just mean the end of all mankind!

Find out who lives…who dies…and which evil doppelgänger has the best goatee…when Valiant-Sized Quantum and Woody #1 leaps into comic shops everywhere this December!

VALIANT-SIZED QUANTUM AND WOODY #1
Written by TIM SIEDELL and JAMES ASMUS
Art by PERE PEREZ
Cover by CHIP ZDARSKY
Draw Your Own “Blank” Variant by PERE PEREZ
Variant Cover by MIKE HAWTHORNE
$4.99 | ONE-SHOT | T+ | 40 pgs. | ON SALE IN DECEMBER!

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Preview: The Death-Defying Dr. Mirage #1 (of 5)

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THE DEATH-DEFYING DR. MIRAGE #1 (of 5) (VALIANT FIRST)

Written by JEN VAN METER
Art by ROBERTO DE LA TORRE
Cover by TRAVEL FOREMAN (JUL141476)
Blank Cover Variant also available (JUL141477)

Death was just the beginning…

Doctor Mirage talks to the dead…but the only spirit Shan Fong can’t find is that of her late husband, Hwen. Instead, America’s favorite semi-retired paranormal investigator is haunted and raw, using her gift to solve homicides and bring peace to the recently bereaved. But 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.

$3.99 | T+ | 32 pgs. | ON SALE 9/3/14 (FOC –8/11/14)

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THE DEATH-DEFYING DR. MIRAGE #1 PLUS EDITION (JUL141478)

Written by JEN VAN METER with TIM SIEDELL
Art by ROBERTO DE LA TORRE with RAUL ALLEN, WILFREDO TORRES, and DYLAN TODD
Cover by TRAVEL FOREMAN

For Valiant’s dedicated pullbox customers, discover the dark world of Dr. Mirage with a special expanded edition of THE DEATH-DEFYING DR. MIRAGE #1 (of 5) – available by pre-order only!

Featuring more than 15 pages of material that won’t be collected for the trade, including an all-new comic story featuring the adventures of World War II-era occult secret agent; a handbook-style guide to the shadowy citizens, soul-eating beasts, and malevolent demons of the Deadside; and much more!

$4.99 | T+ | 48 pgs. | ON SALE 9/3/14 (FOC –8/11/14)

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Review: Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin #3

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DV9A#3Star Wars: Dark Vader and the Ninth Assassin #3 (Dark Horse) is a strange mix of a weak script, good story, and great art. Gone is the mysterious, kuh-kah-kuh-kah-ing Dark Lord of the Sith, replaced by Tim Siedell’s inquisitive talk-loud fellow who can’t help but share all of his inner thoughts with the two equally chatty and nonchalant Imperial Guards—how unprofessional for the Empire’s highest level of service! Only in this book could Vader sound like Captain Kirk, and in fact the book reads much more like a Star Trek adventure than it does Star Wars.

This issue follows Vader and his red-robed companions to the nameless moon where the last issue started, in the midst of a Star Destroyer that was literally cut in half by a planet-side laser. I say that the script is weak, and the story good, because Vader uses the Force in a way that Star Wars fans have only dreamed they’d see, including jumping from a Lambda-class shuttle to the Star Destroyer wrecked and throwing a shut-off lightsaber hilt into the mouth of a lunar jungle beast, using the Force to ignite the beam and twirl the monster’s head off. The action explodes with Star Wars quality, but the script is uncomfortable to read; Siedell hasn’t mastered Vader’s voice.

The artistic talent of Iván Fernández (pencils), Denis Freitas (inks), and Michael Atiyeh (colors) bring to life the lush jungle world and Vader’s impressive feats, embodying the very sort of mainstream comics art—somewhere between realist and abstract, yet not cartoony—that typify most Star Wars books.

I’d say that Michael Atiyeh is one of the few colorists that I can recognize by name, not only because he’s one of the Star Wars Zone’s most used, but because his color-use makes the panels vibrant with life, and there’s never a dull moment with panel that are composed even of largely bland colors (I can count at least 4 or 5 shades of black/gray on Vader’s helmet in one panel!)

Issue #3 continues a very intriguing book, with Vader in a temple that you just have to read about and see for yourself. It’s not hard to ignore the clunky script, since several pages are entirely silent, so soak in the narrative art and enjoy!

Story: Tim Siedell Art: Iván Fernández, Denis Freitas, Michael Atiyeh
Story: 7 Art: 8 Overall: 8.25 Recommendation: Read

Dark Horse provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review.