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The 21st Century Valiant Universe In Five Seasons, Season 5: The Valiant

1/13/2017

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Valiant Comics was a small comic book press founded by one of the most hated editors in the history of Marvel comics, Jim Shooter. After a successful run in the 90s, it eventually shut down when its parent company,  Acclaim, restructured. Not everybody has DC’s Time Warner money or Marvel’s Disney backing.

In 2012, Valiant started relaunching series, and about a year ago, they revealed that they were going to create a movie universe modeled after Marvel’s successful cinematic universe.

Here’s how I would structure a TV series that handled their properties, should they have gone the television route, as opposed to the movie-verse. I’m only doing ten episode seasons, without the serial approach that I’ve done with the DC and Marvel properties because most of what’s available in trade format is their modern stuff, and that goes back almost four years, as opposed to DC & Marvel’s nearly 80 years apiece.

The fourth season was a tad goat-heavy and there was much-to-do about super teams. With the fifth seasons, characters move freely throughout the universe without having too much of a cross-over feel. When I started this chronology, there were barely enough books to cover five seasons, now there are probably enough for six, and I'm still loving this universe, so I'll probably keep adding more as the comics keep being collected. 
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Season Five: The Valiant
(Showrunners: Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt, and Fred Van Lente)

Episode 1: The Valiant
written by Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt, art by Paolo Rivera and Joe Rivera

Throughout time, The Eternal Warrior has had to protect geomancers from The Immortal Enemy, and every time, he's failed.  But this time he has the help of Bloodshot, Archer & Armstronr, the Harbingers, Unity, Quantum & Woody, the entire Valiant universe. And yet, this seems less of a crossover than a comic that features a ton of characters and an atypical ending.



Episode 2: Ivar, Timewalker Making History
Episode 3: Ivar, Timewalker Breaking History
Episode 4: Ivar, Timewalker Ending History
written by Fred Van Lente, art by Pere Perez

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Time travel is confusing, and a series of immortal time travelers, including Armstrong, must save Ivar the Timewalker and time itself, and also from talking rat things, clown vikings, and the rest of your typical problems.



Episode 5: Ninjak Operation Deadside

written by Matt Kindt, art by Diego Bernard and Ulises Arreola

Shadowman is not my favorite Valiant character. I have nothing against the actual character but the 2012 run of Shadowman didn't intrigue me enough to include it in chronology, but he shows up here as Ninjak heads into a dimension called Deadside.



Episode 6: Ninjak The Seige Of King's Castle
written by Matt Kindt, art by Diego Bernard and Ulises Arreola

Things get Very Personal or for everyone's favorite MI-6 assassin. Very personal.



Episode 7: Wrath Of The Eternal Warrior Risen
written by Robert Veneditti, art by Raul Allen and Patricia Martin

Something is wrong with Gilad. He's used to death and losing everything he loves but now he finds himself at odds with a creature called Humongous, and whole universe feels off.



Episode 8: Wrath Of The Eternal Warrior Labyrinth

written by Robert Venedetti, art by Raul Allen, Patricia Martin, and Juan Jose Ryp

Someone has been manpulating Gilad across time, and once he discovers who it is, there shall be a reckoning.



Episode 9: Wrath Of The Eternal Warrior Deal With A Devil

written by Robert Venedetti, art by Robert Gill and Michael Spicer

Reunited with a familiar face from the Valiant Universe, Gilad's next quest is to die.


Episode 10: Bloodshot Reborn Colorado

written by Jeff Lemire, art by Mico Suayan, Raul Allen, and David Baron

In hiding since the end of The Valiant, "Ray Garrison" tries to find his place in a world where he feels the consequences of being Bloodshot.


Episode 11: Bloodshot Reborn 
written by Jeff Lemire, art by Butch Guice


Bloodshot tracks rogue nannites across Colorado in his quest to stop his own legacy of violence.


Episode 12: The Book Of Death
written by many with art by many

The last geomancer knows how everyone in The Valiant Universe will die. Will they all fall at the hands of The Eternal Warrior?


Season 5 is 12 episodes.



Inter-Season Special: Divinity
written by Matt Kindt, art by Trevor Hairsine

A new threat or friend with godlike powers lands in the Australian Outback. Forget the usual Valiant heroes, things are about to get dicey for all of humanity.
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The 21st Century Valiant Universe In Five Seasons, Season 4: Delinquents

1/12/2017

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Valiant Comics was a small comic book press founded by one of the most hated editors in the history of Marvel comics, Jim Shooter. After a successful run in the 90s, it eventually shut down when its parent company,  Acclaim, restructured. Not everybody has DC’s Time Warner money or Marvel’s Disney backing.

In 2012, Valiant started relaunching series, and about a year ago, they revealed that they were going to create a movie universe modeled after Marvel’s successful cinematic universe.

Here’s how I would structure a TV series that handled their properties, should they have gone the television route, as opposed to the movie-verse. I’m only doing ten episode seasons, without the serial approach that I’ve done with the DC and Marvel properties because most of what’s available in trade format is their modern stuff, and that goes back almost four years, as opposed to DC & Marvel’s nearly 80 years apiece.

​Season 3 was super serious constant crossover, so let’s pick up season 4 in a ridiculous fashion, Meet Quantum and his brother, Woody.
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Season 4: The Delinquents
(showrunners Fred Van Lente and James Asmus)

Episode 1: Quantum & Woody World’s Worst Superhero Team
written by James Asmus, art by Tom Fowler and Jodie Bellaire

Two adopted brothers were once the most brilliant pair and best of friends, but, you know, things go to shit, Now they must mend their relationship for the sake of being superheroes. Otherwise, they may never figure out who killed their dad.


Episode 2: Quantum & Woody In Security
written by James Asmus, art by Ming Dolye

If the Henderson brothers don’t clang wrists every 24 hours, they’ll die, so now they have to spend as much time as possible with each other just to survive. The goat, the hot tub, and the clone girlfriend are just superfluous fun.


Episode 3: Archer & Armstrong American Wasteland
written by Fred Van Lente, art by David Baron, Clayton Henry, and Pere Perez

The Church of Retrology has Obadiah’s parents held hostage in a certain Eagles’ hellhole where celebrities can check out, but they can never leheheave.


Episode 4: Quantum & Woody Crooked Past, Present Tense
written by James Asmus and Tom Fowler, art by Kano

Mad scientists. Robocrime. Moar goat.


Episode 5: The Delinquents
written by Fred Van Lente and James Asmus, art by Paolo Rivera

Archer. Armstrong. Quantum. Woody, Goat. Yes, goat still. It’s the most ridiculous cross-country adventure not starring Bizarro and Jimmy Olson. Who’s the Hobo King?


Episode 6: Archer & Armstrong The One Percent & Other Tales
written by Fred Van Lente, art by Karl Bollers and Ray Fawkes

Archer’s first drink. Mary-Maria’s origins. Timewalker shenanigans. A new One Percent. It looks like the band is going to have to break up after this one.


Episode 7: Quantum & Woody Must Die
written by James Asmus and more, art Steve Lieber and more

Speaking of breaking up, a whole mess of new enemies are after The Brothers Klang and their stupid goat.


Episode 8: Imperium Collecting Monsters
Episode 9: Imperium Broken Angels
Episode 10: Imperium The Vine Imperative

written by Josh Dysart, art by Doug Braithwaite and Kano

With the renegades out of the picture, and his organizations now being public knowledge, Toyo Harada must face other evil villains in a war for…peace? It also looks like The Vine is back, That can’t be good.


Season 4 is 10 episodes


Interseason Special: Bloodshot Glitch & Other Tales
(written by many, art by many)

​A series of short stories about Valiant’s favorite nannite infected supersoldier.
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The 21st Century Valiant Universe In Five Seasons, Season 3: Unity

1/11/2017

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Valiant Comics was a small comic book press founded by one of the most hated editors in the history of Marvel comics, Jim Shooter. After a successful run in the 90s, it eventually shut down when its parent company,  Acclaim, restructured. Not everybody has DC’s Time Warner money or Marvel’s Disney backing.

In 2012, Valiant started relaunching series, and about a year ago, they revealed that they were going to create a movie universe modeled after Marvel’s successful cinematic universe.

Here’s how I would structure a TV series that handled their properties, should they have gone the television route, as opposed to the movie-verse. I’m only doing ten episode seasons, without the serial approach that I’ve done with the DC and Marvel properties because most of what’s available in trade format is their modern stuff, and that goes back almost four years, as opposed to DC & Marvel’s nearly 80 years apiece.

​The first two seasons had a few small crossover but no real super events. That changes now, as we get nearly back to back superevents, and more X-O Manowar and Eternal Warrior than you can shake your fists at.

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Season 3: Unity
(showrunner: Matt Kindt)
Episode 1: X-O Manowar Homecoming
Episode 2: Unity To Kill A King
Episode 3: X-O Manowar At War With Unity

(written by Matt Kindt and Robert Veniditti, art by Doug Braithwaite, Lee Garbett, Stefano Gaudiano, Moose Baumann, and Clayton Crain)

Man, we haven’t seen Aric since the last interseason special when he was on another planet. Well, now he’s back and…uh-oh, The Eternal Warrior is not pleased with him. Neither is The UN. Or NATO. Or anyone, really. And while Toyo Harada is still a bad guy, X-O Manowar is so much more frightening, so he’s assembled a team of familiar looking heroes. Can Harada, The Eternal Warrior, Ninjak and Livewire take Aric down.


Episode 4: Unity Trapped By Webnet
(written by Matt Kindt, art by Cafu)

Ninjak’s Unity team has a new objective: Dr. Silk. Who is this guy, and how is he in anyway near the threatlevel that X-O Manowar was?



Episode 5: X-O Manowar Prelude To Armor Hunters

Episode 6: X-O Manowar Armor Hunters
Episode 7: Armor Hunters Harbinger
Episode 8: Armor Hunters Bloodshot  
Episode 9: Unity Armor Hunters
Episode 10: Armor Hunters
(written by Robert Veniditti, Matt Kindt, Josh Dysart, and Joe Harras, art by  David Baron, Diego Bernard, Doug Braithwaite, Clayton Crain, Trevor Hairsine, JG Jones, Lewis Larosa, and Stephen Segovia)

X-O Manowar is clearly too powerful, so a race of Armor Hunters comes to Earth to depower him, and just about every member of The Valiant Universe seems to be affected.


Season 3 is 10 episodes

Interseason Special 1: Unity The United
(written by Matt Kindt and Josh Dysart, art by Lewis Larosa)
Superteam vs. Superteam will determine the shape of The Valiant Universe’s future.
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The 21st Century Valiant Universe In Five Seasons, Season 2: The Eternal Warrior

1/10/2017

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Valiant Comics was a small comic book press founded by one of the most hated editors in the history of Marvel comics, Jim Shooter. After a successful run in the 90s, it eventually shut down when its parent company,  Acclaim, restructured. Not everybody has DC’s Time Warner money or Marvel’s Disney backing.

In 2012, Valiant started relaunching series, and about a year ago, they revealed that they were going to create a movie universe modeled after Marvel’s successful cinematic universe.

Here’s how I would structure a TV series that handled their properties, should they have gone the television route, as opposed to the movie-verse. I’m only doing ten episode seasons, without the serial approach that I’ve done with the DC and Marvel properties because most of what’s available in trade format is their modern stuff, and that goes back almost four years, as opposed to DC & Marvel’s nearly 80 years apiece.

Season one was about gathering small teams. Season two gives us even more players for the chessboard. It does look like there’s no more X-O Manowar for the moment, but don’t worry, he’ll be back in a big way next season.
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Season 2: The Eternal Warrior
(Showrunners: Josh Dysart and Fred Van Lente)
Episode 1: Eternal Warrior Sword Of The Wild
(written by Greg Pak, art by Trevor Hairsine and Clayton Crain)

If X-O Manowar is Valiant’s Iron Man, Bloodshot is its Captain America, Harbinger Foundation is its X-Men, and Ninjak is its…ninja James Bond, then The Eternal Warrior is its Wolverine. He’s not a pint-sized Canadian, he’s an immortal warrior who, after millennia of war, has decided to go into seclusion. It doesn’t quite work out for him.


Episode 2: Archer & Armstrong : The Michelangelo Code
(written by Fred Van Lente, art by Clayton Henry and Mico Suayan)

An immortal drunk named Armstrong is being hunted down by a bow-and-arrow wielding kid who would have just graduated high school, if he hadn’t grown up in an amusement park run by a cult. Then it gets weird.


Episode 3: Archer & Armstrong Wrath Of The Eternal Warrior
(written by Fred Van Lente, art by Emanuela Lupacchino and Guillermo Ortego)

Didn’t take long to get to the crossover this time, did it? It turns out that Armstrong and The Eternal Warrior are brothers, but The Eternal Warrior’s new mission is to kill Armstrong’s new partner, Obadiah Archer.  Friends before family?

Episode 4: Harbinger Perfect Day
(written by Josh Dysart, art by Clayton Henry and Barry Kitson)

The Renegade crew is having The Best Day Ever! Happiness reigns, as the Harbinger Wars are now behind them forever. What could possibly be wrong?


Episode 5: Harbinger Death Of A Renegade
(written by Josh Dysart, art by Clayton Crain and Khari Evans)

Project Rising Spirit and The Harbinger Foundation still want the renegades dead, and it looks like they’re going to partially get their wish.


Episode 6: Archer & Armstrong Far Faraway
(written by Fred Van Lente, art by Clayton Henry and Pere Perez)

The not so dynamic duo encounter aliens, dinosaurs, anal probes, and questionable sexual encounters in this decidely weird, even for them, tangent from their battle with The Sect.


Episode 7: Bloodshot H.A.R.D. Corps
(written by Josh Dysart and Christos Gage, art by Emanuela Lupacchino)

The Harbinger Active Resistance Division joins Bloodshot as he must first escape, then return to Project Rising Spirit.


Episode 8: Archer & Armstrong Sect Civil War
(written by Fred Van Lente, art by Chriscross and Khari Evans)

Archer & Armstrong have been friends-at-odds since they first met but now that they’ve gotten closer to taking down The Sect, they realize that they really are fighting for two different sides. Project Rising Spirit factors into the adventure, as well.


Episode 9: Archer & Armstrong Mission Improbable
(written by Fred Van Lente, Christos Gage, and Joshua Dysart, art by Pere Perez and Tom Raney)

Archer. Armstrong. Bloodshot. H.A.R.D. Corps. Project Rising Spirit. Drama.



Episode 10: Bloodshot Get Some
(written by Josh Dysart and Christos Gage, art by Bart Sears)

This whole team dynamic can’t last forever, can it? Three different eras of Bloodshot, Project Rising, and H.A.R.D. Corps come together into one massive climax.


Season 2 is 10 episodes


Interseason Special: Harbinger Omegas
(written by Josh Dysart, art by Lewis Larosa)

The surviving renegades force Toyo Harada into the public eye. And change The Valiant Universe in the process.
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The 21st Century Valiant Universe In Five Seasons, Season 1: Project Spirit Rising

1/9/2017

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Valiant Comics was a small comic book press founded by one of the most hated editors in the history of Marvel comics, Jim Shooter. After a successful run in the 90s, it eventually shut down when its parent company,  Acclaim, restructured. Not everybody has DC’s Time Warner money or Marvel’s Disney backing.

In 2012, Valiant started relaunching series, and about a year ago, they revealed that they were going to create a movie universe modeled after Marvel’s successful cinematic universe.

​Here’s how I would structure a TV series that handled their properties, should they have gone the television route, as opposed to the movie-verse. I’m only doing ten episode seasons, without the serial approach that I’ve done with the DC and Marvel properties because most of what’s available in trade format is their modern stuff, and that goes back almost four years, as opposed to DC & Marvel’s nearly 80 years apiece.
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Season 1: Project Rising Spirit
(showrunners: Josh Dysart and Duane Swierczynski)
Episode 1: X-O Manowar By The Sword
(written by Robert Venditti, art by Cary Nord)

Imagine if Iron Man’s suit was completely sentient, and completely indestructible. Now imagine if, instead of some douchey alcoholic billionaire, a Visigoth Warrior who had been taken as an intergalactic slave took possession of it and was trying to use it to get back to Earth. Sounds cooler than Tony Stark’s story, right? Well that’s our starting point to this new universe.



Episode 2: Ninjak Weaponeer, Ninjak Shadow Wars
(written by Matt Kindt and Lewis Larosa, art by Butch Guice and Mico Suayan)

Colin King is an inexperienced spy and weapons expert for the British MI-6 who we follow from his first case to a battle with a terrorist organization called The Shadow Seven. But what does this British ninja spy dude have to do with a Visigoth Iron Man in space?


Episode 3: X-O Manowar Enter Ninjak
(written by Robert Venditti, art by Stefano Gaudiano, Moose Baumann, Dave Lanphear, and Lee Garbett)

Hey, it’s our first crossover! The Vine is set to destroy The Earth (which has gotten way more modern since the Roman Era), and in order to defeat them, Aric needs to convince Ninjak that he’s the hero in the story, not those evil aliens. How hard a sell could that be?


Episode 4: Harbinger Omega Rising
(written by Joshua Dysart, art by Khari Evans, Lewis Larosa, and Ian Hannin)

American telepath, Peter Stanchek, has been fleeing various authorities since he first realized he wasn’t mentally-ill but superpowered. Now, another superpowered harbinger, Toyo Harada, promises he can solve all his problems. But something about this Professor X wannabe seems a little off.


Episode 5: Bloodshot Setting The World On Fire
(written by Duane Swierczynski, art by Arturo Lozzi and Manuel Garcia)

A supersoldier doesn’t know who he is but is determined to find out. He also has nanites in his blood that give him a healing factor. He sounds like a ton of terrible 90s superhero cliches wrapped into one but as his backstory unfolds, his intrigue grows.

Episode 6: Harbinger Renegades
(written by Josh Dysart, art by Phil Briones and Barry Kitson)

Pete Stanchek discovers there’s more to The Harbinger Foundation than Harada let on, so he assembles his own team of superpowered teenagers to take The Harbinger Foundation down.

Episode 7: Bloodshot The Rise And The Fall
(written by Duane Swierczynski, art by Warren Simons)

What is Project Rising Spirit, and what does it have to do with our vicious supersolider friend? Now that he’s erased the false memories implanted in him, it’s time to figure out who he really used to be.


Episode 8: Harbinger Wars
Episode 9: Harbinger Harbinger Wars
Episode 10: Bloodshot Harbinger Wars
(written by Josh Dysart and Duane Swierczynski, art by Clayton Henry, Barry Kitson, and Mico Suayan)

So it turns out Project Rising Spirit and The Harbinger Foundation have the same Big Bad organizer. Yeup, what The Valiant Universe has in common isn’t a moral code, or a common origin, it’s a common enemy.  Can the combined might of Bloodshot and the Renegades take down Toyo Harada?


Season 1 is 10 episodes


Interseason Special 1: X-O Manowar Planet Death
(written by Robert Venedetti, art by Clayton Crain)

​As I’ve done with some of the other continuities, I’m including Interseasom specials,  a la Doctor Who. Annoyed by how The Vine set its sights on his home planet of Earth, Aric takes the fight to their home planet, determined to kill those slave-taking aliens once and for all.

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