The 21st Century Valiant Universe In Five Seasons, Season 4: Delinquents

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.

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.