From ARCHER & ARMSTRONG to X-O MANOWAR, explore the classified origins and heart-stopping histories of Valiant?s greatest heroes and villains right here with an all-new 40-page handbook ? intro-priced at just $2.99! Jump on board here to discover the staggering scope and epic scale of the largest independent universe in comics! Featuring complete dossiers on Valiant powerhouses like BLOODSHOT, THE ETERNAL WARRIOR, FAITH, NINJAK and RAI alongside newcomers like DIVINITY, IMPERIUM, PUNK MAMBO, and THE SHADOW SEVEN ? plus never-before-seen explorations of far-flung locales like 4001 A.D. and THE DEADSIDE ? this essential, oversized handbook is your one-stop introduction to the most acclaimed publishing line in comics! Featuring artwork from a blockbuster cast of superstar artists including Doug Braithwaite, Clayton Crain, David Lafuente, Lewis LaRosa, Trevor Hairsine, Mico Suayan, and many more!

The edge between superhero and villain has never been sharper. In the Valiant Universe RPG, players will immerse themselves in a dark and gritty world where every mission and every battle has deadly consequences. Whether playing X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, Shadowman or even the all-powerful Toyo Haradaor any of dozens of charactersValiant's most fearless heroes will unite for the first time in a roleplaying game, allowing you to join their stories and create new ones! Whether you're a longtime fan or brand new to the Valiant Universe, this is the only source you'll need to bring Valiant's leading characters to life in a fantastic superheroes setting!

Earth will be the greatest hunt of all… When Aric of Dacia returned to Earth with the stolen X-O Manowar armor of an alien race, he thought he’d finally found a weapon to guard the peace and kingdom he’d struggled so long to secure. But now, a relentless and surgical strike team from the farthest reaches of space – sworn to exterminate the armor and all like it – have found their fi nal target. The ARMOR HUNTERS are coming. They will hunt. They will trap. They will kill. And they will rid the universe of the X-O Manowar armor’s incalculable destructive power…even if it means taking the Earth with it. In the tradition of the universe-shaking HARBINGER WARS, be here when New York Times bestselling writer Robert Venditti (X-O Manowar, Green Lantern) and superstar artist Doug Braithwaite (Unity, Justice) launch Valiant’s biggest heroes into the year’s blockbuster crossover event – ARMOR HUNTERS! Collecting ARMOR HUNTERS #1-4 and ARMOR HUNTERS: AFTERMATH #1.

At last - the essential origins and early adventures of Valiant's most powerful heroes and allies, collected between two covers for the first time anywhere! Celebrate 25 years of the largest independent superhero universe in comics with these all-star explorations of Valiant's indelible comics book icons, including X-O Manowar, Harbinger, Bloodshot, Archer & Armstrong, Shadowman, and many more! Who they are, how they came to be, and what they fear the most! This is your essential one-stop guide to the biggest heroes, villains, and super-teams that the Valiant Universe has to offer, just in time for Valiant's 25th Anniversary Celebration! Collecting Archer & Armstrong #0, Bloodshot #0, Harbinger #0, Punk Mambo #0, Quantum and Woody: The Goat #0, Shadowman #0, Unity #0, X-O Manowar #0, and material from Archer & Armstrong #25, Bloodshot #25, Harbinger #25, X-O Manowar #25, and FCBD 2014: Valiant Universe Handbook #1.

"Contains materials originally published in single magazine form as 'Divinity' #1-4"--Indicia.

ALL-NEW ARC! ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT! ?LABYRINTH? starts now! Across six millennia, Gilad Anni-Padda ? an immortal warrior sworn to forever serve the Earth ? has felled zealots and madmen, emperors and tyrants in the course of his duty. But nothing he?s faced yet can prepare him to run the ?LABYRINTH? ? a miles-long maze of horrors specifically designed to undermine his every strength, enhance his every weakness?and to send him screaming into the darkness of death at every turn. But what kind of brilliant but twisted psyche could have possibly conceived such a monument to terror?and for how many centuries have they plotted to break the mind and body of history?s most formidable soldier? The answer lies at the heart of the ?LABYRINTH? itself?and as Gilad endures a gauntlet of cutting-edge technology and sharpened steel, he?ll soon discover why the merciless figure known only as THE DYING ONE has singled the Eternal Warrior out for the ultimate deathtrap. He will run. He will suffer. And when his ordeal is ended, the Eternal Warrior?s place in the Valiant Universe will be forever altered as New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH) and visionary artist Ra?l All?n (Hawkeye) unleash an all-new epic for Valiant?s immortal master of war!

?PRELUDE TO LABYRINTH? ? PART 2! As Gilad?s oldest enemy returns, the Eternal Warrior looks to the battles of the past to prepare for war in the present. The year?s smash-hit new series prepares for a shocking new story arc here with the second chapter of a special, two-part prelude reintroducing one of the greatest villains of all time! Jump on board here as New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH) and blockbuster artist Juan Jos? Ryp (NINJAK) pave the road to ?LABYRINTH? with bone, blood, and wrath!