Only The Valiant

Nazi Werewolfs! Psychopath children! Right Wing Militias! Eternal Warrior takes them all down in the Acclaim era.

In this episode, we discuss the Eternal Warrior 27 – 50, Wings Special, Fist and Steel, and Yearbook 2. There are some hits, and a few more misses, we discuss our thoughts on these so-so issues about this great character.

In addition:

• We don’t need no stinking intros!
• The Force! Not just for Star Wars anymore
• Your daily dose of decapitation
• All my children… are psychopaths
• Without the Geomancer, things fall apart for Gilad
• Bridges with piles of dead bodies, take the next bridge, Attila
• Back you Dogs! Or I’ll litter the street with your bones!
• Tiny moments of depth. And hoochie dresses.
• Newt Gingrich, radical right terrorist!
• Boba Fett, also radical right terrorist!
• And Jackson Guice, Eternal Warrior penciller, also radical right terrorist!
• First Hand, West Texas encounters with the radical militias
• Gilad misses out on many valuable trademark and copyright oppurtunities
• Meet the pirate Darth Vader, who wields a mighty bat’leth
• Little known fact, Gilad is also Bigby Wolf
• Magic v. Micro-Circuitry
• TUFF
• The REAL secret of Chiclo
• Legacy, and how it defines the Valiant universe

Some notes:

Wiki on the real-life Orval Faubus (as referenced in Eternal Warrior 43).

The Only The Valiant crew talks about the first issue of Magnus Robot Fighter from Dark Horse and Jim Shooter! Plus, some good stuff we’ve been reading recently, and a nice little discussion of the merit of premise vs. execution.

Plus! Action packed with:

• Robot ventriloquism (humanity is doomed)
• Shopping for battle tunics at Macy’s
• vacuums are not robots!
• The Mail damages comics…
• learn the secrets of getting paid to jibber jabber
• how to be a scab and influence people (or not)
• No San Diego variant for Magnus. Poor Magnus…
• Corsets are the secret to character design
• Mispronunciation is not tolerated
• Deep discussion of the virtue of 4 vs. 6! 5 vs. 8!
• Robot impersonations, and tones are not voltages
• Kitchens aren’t the only place for fridges anymore
• Fear of submission (and non sequiturs)
• Beware the Ides of July (no one believes this?)
• Was Siege just forced, or did it just suck?
• Hulk would slap down Juggernaut in a minute
• Without word balloons, it doesn’t count
• Library extortion, as measured in dollars. DOLLARS!
• You’d think it would be, but a premise that makes a woman’s clothes explode off every issue isn’t enough
• Arguments over Watchmen!
• HA! Give me my million
• Princess Mononoke, international success!
• Die cut! Hologram! Double Size! Fancy cover! Special backup! (coming soon)

If you are not listening at this very instant, you’re doing it wrong. Listen now!

Doctor Solar 1 is out!

We review the book and give our impressions. We are rather excited about this book. Doctor Solar, a character we have loved for so long, is in print once again. A new story!

We also discuss San Diego Comic-Con, the things that we are looking forward to, and meetup info. We’d love to have you join us, more info about when and where to meet us here.

In addition, our usual:

• Wit!
• Wittisisms!
• Banter!
• Brashness!
• Excitement!

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Welcome back to another fun filled episode of THE podcast that gives you your Valiant fix. In this episode we review the X-O Manowar hardcover collection that hit the streets just a couple weeks ago. We also talk about Free Comic Book Day, Gumby, PLUS Zeph goes on a rant against fraud in the comic hobby. Can’t be beat!