Good things always show up in our inbox from Valiant, like this preview for Harbinger #5! This is the final issue in the first story arc, which we here at OTV have been loving.
In fact, if you want to listen to us gush about issue 4, just listen to OTV Episode 84 to hear us love fest over this issue, and this series.
Before the preview pages, here’s the official word from Valiant:
It All Ends In HARBINGER #5
Valiant is proud to present an advance preview of Harbinger #5, from New York Times best-selling author Joshua Dysart and Harvey Award nominee Khari Evans! The first storyline of one of the year’s most acclaimed series concludes with a bone-breaking, psyche-smashing battle for the fate of the Valiant Universe on October 17th!
It has all led to this. Peter Stanchek tried find peace within the Harbinger Foundation, but instead has found the ultimate betrayal. In their crusade to control Peter’s untold power, the foundation’s psychic shock troops have spilled innocent blood. Now Peter will unleash his full potential against their leader and the most powerful harbinger of all, Toyo Harada. Will this unavoidable collision transform Peter into a great destroyer – or will he be the tempest that finally topples Harada’s dominion over the human race?
Alpha and omega. Teacher and student. Hero and villain. On October 17th, the boy who has nothing will go to war against the man who has everything. And soon the Valiant Universe will discover that everything must end – even the world. Steady yourself for the cataclysmic battle of Peter Stanchek and Toyo Harada in Harbinger #5 – in stores the same day as X-O Manowar #6!
And go behind the process that revamped and re-envisioned Valiant’s greatest heroes for a new generation with the Harbinger #5 Character Design Cover, featuring exclusive art and design work by comics visionary David Aja (Hawkeye, Immortal Iron Fist).
HARBINGER #5 – ON SALE OCTOBER 17th!Written by JOSHUA DYSARTArt by KHARI EVANS with MATTHEW CLARK & JIM MUNIZCover by MICO SUAYAN (AUG121332)Character Design Cover by DAVID AJA (AUG121333)$3.99/Rated T+/32 pgs.
“Renegades” Part I: Kris in…
HARBINGER #6 – ON SALE NOVEMBER 21st!Written by JOSHUA DYSARTArt by PHIL BRIONESCover by MICO SUAYAN (SEP121225)Variant Cover by MATTHEW CLARK (SEP121226)$3.99/Rated T+/32 pgs.
“Renegades” Part II: Flamingo in…
HARBINGER #7 – ON SALE DECEMBER 19th!Written by JOSHUA DYSARTArt by PHIL BRIONESCover by MICO SUAYAN (OCT121235)Flamingo Variant by EMANUELA LUPACCHINO (OCT121236)$3.99/Rated T+/32 pgs.
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October 5, 2012, 10:43 pm
Kimo comments:
Man! It keeps getting better and better. I can not wait to get my hands on this issue. The funny thing is, is that I’m more partial toward Harada and the foundation than Pete. Up to this point I really do feel that Peter is a spoiled brat that is only looking out for himself. Too cocky to realize that he doesn’t know everything and has a lack of respect. Keep up the great work Valiant!
October 18, 2012, 3:16 pm
Xtianhardy comments:
Holy crap this issue was good. Regarding with Kimo said above. I was very anti-Pete reading the first 3-4 issues of this series, but honestly, I think Dysart has done a fantastic job of making neither Harada or Pete exactly likeable. They both have very different life experiences and as a result they have turned out to be very different people.
That being said, as the series has progressed I have found myself very sympathetic to Pete’s situation. Especially when he tells Harada that “Something you’ve never understood about me. I was born to die.” Man, that says a lot about Pete and the hard life he has lived in institutions and on the streets. Even if I still think a lot of Pete’s actions are selfish and destructive, I understand where he’s coming from.
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