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

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. 

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

​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.