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Preview: Valiant Beyond: The X-O Manowar #5 – The God Hunt #1

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Valiant Beyond: The X-O Manowar #5 – The God Hunt #1

Script: Steve Orlando
Art: Diego Giribaldi, Tomas Aira, Lautaro Ftuli, Ludwig Olimba, Camila Jorge
Main Cover: Francesco Tomaselli (A – Reg)
Variant Covers: Nathan Birr (B), Francesco Tomaselli (C – Full Art), Nathan Birr (D – Full Art)
Rated Mature
32-page, full color comic
$4.99 U.S.

THE GOD HUNT STARTS HERE!

TRAVEL TO THE HEAVEN OF THE MIND!

Shanhara has been silent since Typhon’s horrific field vision attack. Aric is at a loss of how to help his queen, the woman who aided him millenia ago, the ethereal being residing within the stellar armor he wears in his quest for honor.

Aric is a warrior, and has been since his days with the Visigoths. But some battles can’t be won with energy-based weapons, sometimes all you have to do is look inside.

Artists Diego Giribaldi and Tomas Aira (RESURGENCE: FINALE) join writer Steve Orlando for this special chapter in THE X-O MANOWAR series, where nightmares and dreams come together.

Valiant Beyond: The X-O Manowar #5 - The God Hunt #1

Preview: Resurgence of the Valiant Universe

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Resurgence of the Valiant Universe

Script: Fred Van Lente
Art: Diego Giribaldi, Tomas Aira, Julio Azamor, Lautaro Ftuli, Ludwig Olimba, Ezequiel Inverni
Main Cover: Guillermo Fajardo (A)
Variant Covers: Nico Di Mattia (B), Richard Ortiz (C), Fajardo VIRGIN (D), Di Mattia VIRGIN (E), Ortiz VIRGIN (F)
On Sale Date: 01/22/25
Rated T+
48-page, full color comic
$5.99 U.S.

IT’S ALL-OUT WAR IN THE FINALE TO THE RESURGENCE EVENT!

Silk and Darque’s plans have put former allies and friends against one another! With heroes fighting heroes, the only one left to stop Darque is… his sister, Sandria? But does she even want to help? As the fight to save the Earth from the Faraway continues, Silk and his followers attempt to solve “the hero problem” once and for all… with devastating consequences for everyone! Who will live? Who will die? The FUTURE of the Valiant Universe begins HERE!

Resurgence of the Valiant Universe

Free Comic Book Day 2025: Alien Books and Valiant Comics explore the Undeadside in Valiant Zombies: Resurrection

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Alien Books and Valiant Comics are venturing to a newly discovered realm of horror as Valiant Zombies: Resurrection sends the heroes of the Valiant Universe into the Undeadside.

After the climactic events of January’s Resurgence of the Valiant Universe Finale, the world is missing some of its most important heroes. Those who survived have found themselves in a world overrun by flesh eating zombies with no hope for escape.

The Valiant Zombies: Resurrection one-shot issue will feature an all-new story by Resurgence writer Fred Van Lente and the art team of Diego Giribaldi and Tomas Aira that acts as a prologue for Valiant’s Summer 2025 event series. Valiant Zombies: Resurrection will also showcase the ‘Valiant Beyond’ line of comics, designed for new and lapsed readers, that are set to launch in Spring 2025.

After the shocking events of RESURGENCE, the heroes of the Valiant Universe are scattered and broken! Those who have survived find themselves in a world overrun by flesh eating creatures intent on their destruction – THE UNDEADSIDE!

Out of hope, out of time, the Valiant superheroes will uncover the secrets of the Undeadside in an ALL-NEW story that sets up the Valiant Comics event of 2025!

Valiant Zombies: Resurrection

Preview: Beyond the Pale #4

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Beyond the Pale #4

(W) Christofer Emgard (A/CA) Tomas Aira
In Shops: Sep 18, 2024
SRP: $4.99

War correspondent Hetta Sawyer came to Firebase Tartarus in Vietnam to find the truth about their disproportionate number of MIA soldiers. She’s discovered an unimaginable evil: American GIs offered as blood sacrifice to a dark entity beyond comprehension. And now she’s next in line to join them.

Beyond the Pale #4

Preview: Beyond the Pale #3

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Beyond the Pale #3

(W) Christofer Emgard (A/CA) Tomas Aira
In Shops: Aug 07, 2024
SRP: $4.99

The dark secrets of Firebase Tartarus are finally coming to light. A hidden sanctuary. A bloody sacrificial altar with a freshly flayed corpse. A pile of bones as big as the list of MIA soldiers. Just how high in the ranks does this evil reach?

Beyond the Pale #3

Preview: Beyond the Pale #2

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Beyond the Pale #2

(W) Christofer Emgard (A/CA) Tomas Aira
In Shops: Jul 03, 2024
SRP: $4.99

Hetta Sawyer continues her investigation into the missing soldiers at Firebase Tartarus. With few exceptions, those at the base are far from welcoming, and if Hetta wants to get any information she’s going to have to pry it from their tightly sealed lips. With new soldiers missing even since her arrival, Hetta is determined to get to the bottom of this.

Beyond the Pale #2

Preview: Beyond the Pale #1

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Beyond the Pale #1

(W) Christofer Emgard (A/CA) Tomas Aira
In Shops: Jun 05, 2024
SRP: $4.99

War correspondent Hetta Sawyer is looking into the disproportional loss of black soldiers in the Vietnam War. Leads say losses are especially high at Firebase Tartarus, with most of them simply gone missing, their fate unknown. Something sinister is happening at Tartarus, and Hetta intends to uncover the truth. A new eldritch horror from writer Christofer Emgärd!

Beyond the Pale #1

Eldritch horrors and untold secrets await in Beyond the Pale

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The powerhouse duo of writer Christofer Emgård and artist Tomás Aira bring readers more impending doom as Dark Horse presents Beyond the Pale. Eldritch horrors and untold secrets await readers in a story set in the Vietnam War, continuing to expand on the lore created by Emgård and Aira in The Secret Land and The Whispering Dark. Letterer Maguro Mantella joins Aira and Emgård in this four-issue miniseries that delves deep into secret horrors and the lies that must be battled to bring their truth to light.

War correspondent Hetta Sawyer is looking into the disproportionate loss of Black soldiers in the Vietnam War. Leads say losses are especially high at Firebase Tartarus, with most of them have simply gone missing, their fate unknown. Something sinister is happening at Tartarus, and Hetta intends to uncover the truth.

The horrors cannot hide from the camera when Beyond the Pale #1 (of 4) arrives in comic shops on June 5, 2024. Pre-order now from your local comic shop for $3.99.

Beyond the Pale #1

See Red 5 Comics’ releases in November 2022

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THE ATONEMENT BELL #1

(W) Jim Ousley (A) Tyler Ruff
FC · 32 pages · $3.95
Available November 9, 2022
SEP221943

Months after a brutal tragedy, young Jake and his mother travel to St. Louis to visit their estranged family during the holidays. Soon, Jake, his cousin Baby Al, and their Bosnian friend Sara must fight for their very lives when they discover the truth about the city’s devastating secret past.

THE ATONEMENT BELL #1

DEAD KINGDOM #3

(W/A) Etienne Derepentigny
FC · 32 pages · $3.95
Available November 23, 2022
SEP221946

As we explore who made this man a soldier, Kain’s origin is told. A lonely baby is left in the woods next to his dead mother. Kain is found by the legendary commander Arthur who saw not only a child, but a future solder waiting to be molded into the perfect image of himself. But is Kain more than a ruthless killer? Will he stand in front of injustice and become the man he is destined to be?

DEAD KINGDOM #3

AUGUST: PURGATORY UNDERGROUND #4

(W/A) Benjamin Morse
FC · 32 pages · $3.95
Available November 16, 2022
SEP221945

The final hours of Captain August! Shaken and crippled after his confrontation with his arch-enemy, August launches a desperate plan to save as many of his new allies as he can from the villainous rebel fleet and their cyborg commander. He’s been hounded, hurt and humbled- but he’s not going down without a fight! The astonishing conclusion!

AUGUST: PURGATORY UNDERGROUND #4

DRAGON WHISPERER SEARCH FOR OBSIDIAN #6

(W) Alex Deluca (A / CA) Mauricio Caballero
FC · 32 pages · $3.95
Available November 6, 2022
SEP221947

Held fast in shackles, The Dragon Whisperer and The Dragon ruminate on the awful things they’ve done; tragedies that have upturned their own lives, the lives of the ones they love, and even time itself. But, along with this reflection, comes growth, and so too the opportunity to make up for these failures. In this thrilling conclusion they deliver miracles that will change the destiny of everything, with the promise of a mighty future to come.

DRAGON WHISPERER SEARCH FOR OBSIDIAN #6

MACHINE GIRL HOLIDAY SPECIAL

(W) Matts, Damian Connelly, Tomas Wortley (A) Nahuel Grego, Emiliano Correa, Daniel Romero
FC · 56 pages · $5.99
Available November 30, 2022
SEP221950

Special ONE-SHOT! 48 pages of story content + cardboard cover! Three short stories from three creative teams explore the world of Machine Girl in an all-new format! Machine Girl takes human holidays to space! From an early age, Megan has been obsessed with an old planet called Earth. From the horrific Halloween to the cheerful Christmas, its holidays will make their way into her days at the farm, and even into her life on an intergalactic pirate ship!

MACHINE GIRL HOLIDAY SPECIAL

MEGA VOL. 2 #2

(W) Salvador Sanz (A / CA) Salvador Sanz
FC · 48 pages · $7.99
Available November 2, 2022
SEP221948

The Jackals, ancient beings trapped deep in the planet’s depths, are being freed by a rebellious teenage boy. But the Jackals are not interested in us or our world. They have come to devour something more important than mere flesh. They have come to devour time itself. Salvador Sanz delivers a new chapter in the successful Mega saga!

MEGA VOL. 2 #2

78 MPH VOL. 1

(W) Mauro Mantella (A) Tomas Aira
FC · 96 pages · $12.95
Available November 16, 2022
SEP221949

Earth is no longer what it used to be. An environmental catastrophe has transformed the atmosphere into a large magnifying glass that enhances solar radiation, and a nuclear disaster has slowed down the rotation speed of the planet. Anyone that moves slower than 78 miles per hour will not be able to escape the scorching sun. Only a small group of people was able to survive in this new world, constantly moving in a huge rolling city that can never stop.

78 MPH VOL. 1

Review: 78 MPH #1

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78 MPH #1

I’m always interested in seeing how a new spin is put on a story we’ve seen many times before. In this case, an attempt to fix the ozone layer instead dooms the planet by enhancing sunlight so that it begins to torch anything it touches. In a move, nuclear weapons are set off which also slows the rotation of the Earth so that people can drive ahead of the sun and survive. The human population is now forever on the move attempting to escape a fate of fire in 78 MPH #1.

Written by Mauro Mantella, 78 MPH #1 is definitely entertaining in its turn your brain off and try not to think sort of way. It’s a B-movie concept, if that, ad that’s not necessarily a bad thing. There’s a goofiness about it all where it explains just enough about how the world has changed for readers to accept it and not really begin to think too much. It’s kind of brilliant in a way.

The debut issue is mostly written as a journal walking us through the world as it stands now. We get the situation, how everyone survives, and a sense of the obstacles in the way. Literally, the every moving city of cars is held up by rocks. Yes, that’s how simple the threat is. And when we get there, Mantella deftly builds up the tension leaving the reader to ponder where it’s all going to go with each panel.

The art by Tomás Aira is good. Aira is joined by Germán Nobile on color and together the style has dirty grimy aspect about it all. Like the concept itself, enough is teased to get you to accept this world. It’s a big moving group of cars but not much else is explained in how it all works. It just kind of is. There’s some very cool moments as the world burns but overall, it’s a style that’s not necessarily to my taste.

78 MPH #1 is a comic that almost dares you to not think too much about the details. It feels like a film pitched to Michael Bay or Roland Emmerich and even they said the concept was too far out there. I’m intrigued to see where it goes in further issues but right now it feels like a horror film where the sun is the stalker and those living are trying not to be hacked up. I want a bit more than that and here’s hoping the comic can deliver.

Script: Mauro Mantella Art: Tomás Aira
Color: Tomás Aira, Germán Nobile
Story: 7.0 Art: 7.0 Overall: 7.0 Recommendation: Read

Red 5 Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

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