4001 A.D. TIE-IN! Rai locked in fatal combat against...the true protector of New Japan? As New Japan's current protector, Aboto, slips beyond Father's control, nothing can stop the unhinged warrior from destroying the orbiting nation from the inside out. To defeat this monster of his own making, Father must create his last and greatest Rai! But when Father's fallen son and newest champion clash in the streets of their sovereign nation, what dark...

ALL-NEW ARC! WHO ARE...THE UNITED? A new day has dawned for the elite assemblage of heroes called UNITY, and, in the wake of the Armor Hunters' invasion, the time has come to grow their ranks. Who will be the next fearless hero to join the roster of the world's most elite superteam? And just what is the international strike force called THE UNITED - and why have they marked UNITY's own X-O Manowar, Ninjak, Livewire, and Eternal Warrior for elimination?...

New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (ARMOR HUNTERS, Green Lantern) and red-hot artist CAFU (UNITY) celebrate 25 years of Valiant with an all-new introduction to Valiant's number one hero - the unstoppable X-O Manowar! The sentient X-O Manowar armor is the most powerful weapon in the universe. But long before the armor fell into the hands of Aric of Dacia, it had a history of its own. Now, for the first time, join us as we uncover the...

"THE VINE IMPERATIVE" boils over! The world is suspended within balances of power. Tense and delicate terms of peace, crisscrossing and humming just below the surface. The Vine plantings, undercover alien spies of a galaxy-spanning race, hold positions of influence all over the planet. Toyo Harada, Earth's most unstoppable psiot, amassed a bedrock of power through his corporate, political, and super-powered maneuverings. A tenuous détente has long...

Shadowman strikes back! The final battle for life itself has arrived! As Babel makes its last assault on the heavenly realm beyond the Deadside, a band of Earth's most dangerous heroes - Ninjak, Shadowman, Punk Mambo, and Tama the Geomancer - must halt its eons-old campaign once and for all...or face a global disaster of biblical proportions! Plus, at the center of it all: The undiscovered truth about Shadowman that will change the Valiant Universe...

ALL-NEW ARC! ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT! THE BATTLE FOR 4001 A.D. CONTINUES HERE! As 4001 A.D. teeters on the brink, discover the intertwined origins of New Japan's very first Rai and his creator, Father - the despotic artificial intelligence that would one day threaten us all. And as the truth behind these long-lost beginnings resurfaces, so too will the questions that have eluded mankind for nearly two millennia. How did New Japan come to orbit Earth?...

Beware the lords of the Deadside! Ninjak and Shadowman have launched an all-out assault against Babel - the ancient being determined to breach heaven - on the dark and decaying battlefields of the Deadside. But are the combined might of sword and shadow enough to stop this biblical force of nature...or will they need the help of an ancient and weary warrior whose power transcends their understanding? And as oblivion inches ever closer to Earth, Tama...

ALL-NEW ARC! JUMP ON BOARD HERE! "THE VINE IMPERATIVE" - PART 1! Toyo Harada's war to save humanity by taking over the world roars on against the only enemy this planet cannot contain...a sinister network of undercover alien spies! A deadly chess game between Harada and the alien visitors called the Vine has been unfolding for decades. The Vine once even created the living weapon called LV-99 to assassinate their enemy, but failed. Today, as Harada...

"THE VINE IMPERATIVE" pushes our world to war! With his resources spread thin and his time running out, Toyo Harada must strike if his plan to save the world by force will ever succeed. After a push to take more of the African continent - deposing corrupt governments and toppling extremists - Harada's moves on the world stage were too bold to ignore. The alien agents of the Vine race, who were entrenched throughout the global power structure, have...

The final deathtrap of Dr. Silk! Ninjak's ultimate enemy has drawn his web tight around X-O Manowar and the rest of Valiant's unbreakable all-star super team…and now they're about to find out how the globe's most brilliantly depraved mind doles out revenge. "Trapped by Webnet" cuts to an action-packed conclusion…and no one will escape Dr. Silk's grasp unscathed!