Valiant Comics Score...And The Return Of Valiant!
Vegas has a great library system. The beautiful wife-unit saw that the Clark County Library District was holding a small comic-book fest at the spacious Flamingo and Maryland Parkway location.
So, we went. There was a small vendor area, and I happened upon a tent that had longboxes full of early-90's comics, all marked ".50 cents each."
I scored! The selection wasn't copious, but the price was right, and I managed to get my mitts on a few choice Solar, Man of the Atom, and X-O Man o'War titles. One X-O has a Frank Miller cover, another is by Bart Sears, and one even has the first appearance of the Armorines. I loved Armorines.
Now, don't get me wrong. I was an Image and X-comic fanboy during the raging days of the comic boom. Valiant was that "other label." I wasn't too interested, until I think I read some of the Unity titles, from their big crossover. I then started following Armorines and H.A.R.D. Corps until I went off to college for the first time.


Looking back, I can appreciate the clean art and semi-plausible story lines that Jim Shooter brought to the table with his Valiant universe.
Here's a few links I found on the history of the boom, bust, and hopeful return of Valiant Comics.

Valiant Efforts, A History Of Valiant Comics. Authored by a gent with the pseudonym of The Exile.
Part One.
Part Two.
Part Three.
A great blog called All Things Valiant.
And news that the Valiant properties will be returning in 2012. Speaking as a 90's Comics Geek, that's great news.
Well, back to sculpting.
Best,
JBR
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