Cut off from access to the greater portion of the world’s most beloved comic book characters—and having recently semi-sacrificed its one ringer, Spider-Man, to the gaping maw of the MCU—Sony continues to cast around for some comic book heroes of its own to adapt. Sometimes, that pursuit takes the studio in weird…

Every two weeks, Big Issues focuses on a newly released comic book of significance. This week, it’s Secret Weapons #0. Written by Eric Heisserer (Arrival, Lights Out), with art by Adam Pollina (X-Force, Angel: Revelations) and colors by David Baron (Divinity, Eternity), this one-shot showcases how a rigid visual…

Valiant Comics’ Secret Weapons was one of last year’s most visually striking superhero comics. Now, the book’s creative team reunites for a March one-shot delving into the backstory of Owen Cho, a superhuman who can conjure objects out of thin air, but can’t choose what he pulls from the ether. Secret Weapons: Owen’s…

Though he only appeared in the film for a few minutes, Jared Leto basically dominated the entirety of David Ayer’s Suicide Squad just by being Jared Leto, and now he may have found another comic book movie that he can jazz up with some forehead tattoos and annoying behind-the-scenes “gifts.” According to Deadline,…

Valiant Comics has put a lot of effort into making Faith Herbert a major part of its superhero roster, and with the conclusion of her Eisner Award-nominated ongoing series, Faith is moving on to even bigger things. Faith And The Future Force sends the heroine on a journey through past, present, and future of the…

Valiant Comics has been growing with every new year, and 2017 has the publisher significantly expanding the cosmic corner of its superhero universe. Writer Matt Kindt is leading Valiant’s charge into the unknown with his current X-O Manowar series, and in October, he’s reuniting with his Divinity collaborators, artist…

In the film world, the Russo brothers operate in the comic-book mainstream, but it seems that on television they are angling to tackle the genre’s more obscure properties. According to The Wrap, Anthony and Joe are producing an adaptation of Valiant Entertainment’s Quantum And Woody for television. The comic follows a…

X-O Manowar is the flagship title of Valiant Comics. When the new Valiant debuted in 2012, X-O Manowar was the first series released, and that volume ran for 50 issues, the longest run of any recent Valiant book. It was only a matter of time before Aric of Dacia and the Shanhara armor made their way back to the…

Last October, digital comics distributor ComiXology announced that it would start publishing original content with exclusive comics. The first of those exclusives, Adventure Time Marshall Lee Spectacular, was released last month, and next week sees the debut of Valiant High, a new series that reimagines the…

The world of comics is huge and ever expanding. All it takes is one look at Diamond’s weekly new-releases list to be overwhelmed by the sheer quantity and variety of books being published, and that doesn’t even include the sprawl of webcomics, self-published works, and publishers operating outside of the primary…

Each week, Big Issues focuses on a newly released comic-book issue of significance. This week, it’s Savage #1. Written by B. Clay Moore (Aloha, Hawaiian Dick, JSA Liberty Files: The Whistling Skull) with art by Lewis LaRosa (Bloodshot Reborn, The Punisher), Clayton Henry (Harbinger, Archer & Armstrong), and colorist…

According to Deadline, The CW’s already-packed slate of comic book shows is about to get even more packed, as the network has started developing a new drama series based on Valiant Comics’ Dr. Mirage. That will make this a rare non-DC Comics property for the network, which already has an adaptation of DC’s iZombie …

Valiant’s Divinity miniseries have been some of the publisher’s most captivating stories, exploring what happens when Soviet-era Cosmonauts are given god-like powers in space and return to an Earth where the U.S.S.R. has been dissolved. The first Divinity series introduced Abram Adams, a man who used his incredible…

Valiant’s original teen superhero team is back in this November’s Harbinger: Renegades, but the kids have grown up a lot since parting ways. Faith has become a breakout star of the Valiant Universe, Torque has his own reality show, and the Renegades’ leader Peter has been spending time off-planet fighting his drug…

Abducted at a young age and raised to be psychic killing machines, the teen heroes of Generation Zero have been operating in the background of the Valiant Universe for the last couple years. They’ve escaped their Project Rising Spirit captors and are trying to find their place in the world, and the new ongoing …

Valiant’s new Faith ongoing series debuts on the first day of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con International, and to celebrate the occasion, Valiant is offering a convention-exclusive variant cover of Faith #1 benefiting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. An homage to the cover of George Michael’s 1987 album Faith, the…

Each week, Big Issues focuses on newly released comic books of significance. This week, they are A&A: The Adventures Of Archer And Armstrong #4, written by Rafer Roberts with art by David Lafuente, inker Ryan Winn, and colorist Brian Reber, and Wrath Of The Eternal Warrior #8, written by Robert Venditti with art by…

Valiant has become a reliable name for superhero comics, but it’s taking a different approach to the genre with the new miniseries Britannia, which transports readers to Ancient Rome to tell the story of Antonius Axia, the world’s first detective. A psychological thriller that combines elements of horror, fantasy, and…

2016 is the year of Faith Herbert at Valiant Comics. The publisher has been steadily raising her profile since the conclusion of Harbinger two years ago, and she’s become one of Valiant’s most popular characters since gaining her own solo miniseries, the first for a plus-sized superheroine. Faith (Valiant) has…