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X-O Manowar Greatest Hits

In anticipation of the upcoming X-O Manowar series from Valiant Comics, we discuss the “greatest hits” from the previous X-O Manowar books from the first incarnation of Valiant. Before we get to the meat and potatoes of the episode, we also discuss some recent Valiant news (minus yesterday’s exciting announcement), including recent images from Valiant’s [...]

Valiant Launches in 2012, and we discuss it to death!

The news we’ve been waiting forever for is here, Valiant Comics is launching on Free Comic Book Day 2012. Even more exciting than that, this FCBD issue will be the launch of a new line of Valiant comics, with X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, and Harbinger leading the pack. We are all pretty darn excited, so of [...]

The New Valiant Comics Will Be Launched On Free Comic Book Day!

The title says the most exciting part of the news, read more for more info.

Eternal Warrior Still Fighting, Review of Issues 27-50

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 [...]

Desert Island Comics

Fixed! The episode has been re-posted Monday, November 14. If you had some problems with the audio file before, please re-download. Sorry for the inconvenience! The Only The Valiant crew is stranded on a desert island, with nothing but a few comics, and hopefully a Starbucks and internet cafe. Luckily, we were able to package [...]

DC The New 52, the OTV Review

DC’s “New 52″ relaunch occurred last month, and the OTV crew was excited enough about it to read the whole bunch of comics. In this episode, we take a look at this publishing initiative as a whole, to give our overall thoughts on these books and this effort by DC. We’ve taken a step away [...]

Is Decompression Really Necessary? Justice League Re-Edited

Justice League was a disappointingly short read, decompressed storytelling taken to an extreme. Is it really necessary though? I re-edited the entire issue of Justice League #1 to find out.

The Shadowman Rocks! Discussion of Shadowman Issues 30-43

Shadowman: jazz saxophone playin’, and Master Darque slayin’. This episode is a shadow energy charged discussion of Shadowman Comics issues 30 to 43, the conclusion of Bob Hall’s fantastic run. This is another episode in a series of discussions about the comics published by Valiant in the later years of their publishing tenure. Shadowman is [...]

Bloodshot Kills It! Discussion of Bloodshot Comics 34 to 51

Continuing our discussion of the later years of Valiant Comics, we discuss the last year and a half of Bloodshot comic books, issues 34 to 51. Mobsters! Rampage! Other fake Bloodshots! Deathangel! Guns! Creepy babies! These issues are loaded, but are they loaded with the goods, or do they fall flat? Opinions vary (as always), [...]