VALIANT 101: Learning about the Valiant Universe
Lesson 1 – A Guided Tour of Pre-Unity VALIANT
May 1991 to July 1992
| The VALIANT UNIVERSE began in the early 1990s with a revival of 1960s Gold Key title Magnus Robot Fighter 4000AD. |
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May 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The first comic in the Valiant Universe was Magnus Robot Fighter #1, with a cover date of May 1991. |
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| September 1991 |  |
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Another Gold Key character Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom was reimagined in Solar, Man of the Atom #1 for September 1991. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The first original Valiant universe character was Rai, first appearing on the flipside of Magnus #5 as a Rai #1 mini-series cover.
Rai is the earliest Valiant universe character still being published today. |
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October 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| November 1991 |  |
Solar #3 introduced Toyo Harada and the Harbinger Foundation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 1991 |  |
Magnus #7 showed the first X-O Commando armor, worn by the first Spider-Alien shown with four fingers on each hand. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| January 1992 |  |
Harbinger #1 was the first original Valiant universe title, introducing five teen Harbinger renegades: Peter, Kris, Faith, Charlene, and Torque. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| February 1992 |  |
X-O Manowar #1 followed as the second original Valiant title with the first appearance of Aric of Dacia obtaining the first X-O Manowar armor. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 1992 |  |
Rai #1 was the third regular series Valiant title, following the Rai four issue mini-series published as the flipside of Magnus #5-#8.    |
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| May 1992 | |
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Shadowman #1 presented Jack Boniface as Shadowman, the same month as his brief appearance as a jazz musican in X-O Manowar #4. |
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Magnus #12 re-introduced Turok, first appearing in Four Color #596 from Dell Publishing in 1954. |
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| Harbinger #6 included the death of Torque, one of the renegade teenagers. Harbinger #1 through #6 include coupons for Harbinger #0 Pink edition.Solar #10 introduced the Eternal Warrior (Gilad) and Geomancers Buck and Geoff McHenry. Solar #10 had a second printing six months later. The solid black cover is embossed, and the second printing has Roman numeral II on the cover. |
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June 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| July 1992 |  |
Archer & Armstrong #0 is the first issue and the first appearance of Obadiah Archer and Armstrong (Aram Anni-Padda). A gold edition of 5,000 copies was also released as the earliest dated Valiant retailer premium. |
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| VALIANT 101 LESSON 1 SUMMARY Pre-Unity VALIANT May 1991 to July 1992 |
Valiant comics with cover dates through July 1992 are Pre-Unity Valiant, indicating their publication prior to the Unity crossover storyline. A complete set of Pre-Unity Valiant comics is 54 books.
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| A quick-reference printable page for early first appearances is available. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
