The VALIANT UNIVERSE began in the early 1990s with a revival of the 1963 Gold Key title Magnus Robot Fighter 4000AD. | Gold Key | May 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The first comic in the Valiant Universe was Magnus Robot Fighter #1, with a cover date of May 1991. | Valiant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 1991 | Gold Key Valiant | Another Gold Key character Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom from 1962 was reimagined in Solar, Man of the Atom #1 for September 1991. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The first original Valiant universe character was Rai, first appearing on the flipside of Magnus #5 as a Rai #1 mini-series cover. Rai is the earliest original Valiant character included in the current Valiant universe. | =flipbook= | October 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
November 1991 | Solar #3 introduced Toyo Harada and the Harbinger Foundation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
December 1991 | Magnus #7 showed the first X-O Commando armor, worn by the first Spider-Alien shown with four fingers on each hand. X-O Commando armor is a lower class than the X-O Manowar armor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
January 1992 | Harbinger #1 was the first original Valiant universe title, introducing five teen Harbinger renegades: Peter, Kris, Faith, Charlene (Flamingo), and Torque. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
February 1992 | X-O Manowar #1 followed as the second original Valiant title with the first appearance of Aric of Dacia and the first appearance of the X-O Manowar armor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 1992 | Rai #1 was the third regular series Valiant title, following the Rai four issue mini-series published as the flipside of Magnus #5-#8. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
May 1992 | Shadowman #1 presented Jack Boniface as Shadowman, the same month as his brief appearance as a jazz musican in X-O Manowar #4. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Magnus #12 re-introduced Turok, first appearing in Four Color #596 from Dell Publishing in 1954. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harbinger #6 included the death of Torque, one of the renegade teenagers. Harbinger #1 through #6 include coupons for Harbinger #0 Pink edition. Solar #10 introduced the Eternal Warrior (Gilad) and Geomancers Buck and Geoff McHenry. Solar #10 had a second printing six months later. The solid black cover is embossed, and the second printing has Roman numeral II on the cover. | June 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
July 1992 | Archer & Armstrong #0 is the first issue and the first appearance of Obadiah Archer and Armstrong (Aram Anni-Padda). A gold edition of 5,000 copies was also released as the earliest dated Valiant retailer premium. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Valiant comics with cover dates through July 1992 are Pre-Unity Valiant, indicating their publication prior to the Unity crossover storyline. A complete set of Pre-Unity Valiant comics is 54 books. In alphabetical order: Archer & Armstrong #0 Harbinger #1 – #7 Magnus #1 – #14 Rai #1 – #5 Shadowman #1 – #3 Solar, Man of the Atom #1 – #11 Vintage Magnus #1 – #4 X-O Manowar #1 – #6 Harbinger #1 – #6 and Magnus #1 – #8 included coupons for sendaway books (Harbinger #0 and Magnus #0), so those books often have the coupons cut out of the interior. Without the coupons, the books are considered damaged and are less valuable than intact copies.
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A quick-reference printable page for 1991-1992 first appearances is available. QUICK LINK: The Valiant 1991-2002 comics are listed on a single page here. QUICK LINK: The Valiant 2012-present comics are listed on a single page here. |