Robert Venditti

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...

This summer, Earth will be the greatest hunt of all when VALIANT FIRST unleashes the first issue of 2014's must-read crossover event - ARMOR HUNTERS - from superstar creators Robert Venditti (X-O Manowar, Green Lantern) and Doug Braithwaite (Unity)! A relentless and surgical strike team from the farthest reaches of space - sworn to exterminate the X-O Manowar armor and all like it - have finally found their last target. They will hunt. They will...

Jump on board the smash hit series of the summer as two legends of the Valiant Universe collide for the first time! The X-O Manowar armor has fallen to Earth… and now the world's most lethal intelligence agent has a new target. But who is the operative known only as Ninjak? And who – or what – has marked Aric of Dacia for death by his blade? Find out as the all-new Ninjak makes his shocking first appearance – and cuts his way to the forefront...

ALL OUT WAR! Five alien Armor Hunters now control the planet, millions are dead - and that was only the beginning! But if X-O Manowar surrenders now, will he spare the Earth...or spell its doom? And, as the world descends into pandemonium, can Bloodshot and the Unity team finally pinpoint a weakness in an enemy with more power, more endurance, and more technology? When you can't find a way to win...you'd better find a way to cheat! Valiant's summer...

No matter how many times Superman saves Metropolis, there's always some devious plot in the works! Robert Venditti brings a new take on some of Superman's most famous villains. From Toyman to Metallo, the Man of Steel faces them all-but with a familiar foe watching his every move, will he be able to save the city he loves? Collected for the first time ever in print Superman: Man of Tomorrow #1-6 and #11-15!

ROCKETING OUT OF THE PAGES OF 4001 A.D...The present and future of Valiant's #1 hero come together for an essential standalone chapter at the heart of the summer's blockbuster comic's event! How did the rise of Earth's most powerful hero lead to humanity's ultimate destruction? Just what was the War of the X-O Manowars...and how did its catastrophic fallout bring ruination and despair to a besieged planet? And why is the sacred extraterrestrial armor...

DEAD HAND descends on X-O Manowar! He may wield the universe's most powerful weapon, but not even X-O Manowar is enough to combat the unstoppable doomsday protocol called Dead Hand. To defeat this mighty army, Aric will need some might of his own...and an unlikely ally might be the key to victory! Robert Venditti (ARMOR HUNTERS, The Flash) and Diego Bernard (Red Lanterns) continue the modern epic DEAD HAND!

The game-changing finale to "THE KILL LIST"! X-O Manowar and Ninjak have uncovered a Vine terrorist network that goes farther up the rungs of power than they could have ever expected - and revealing its secrets may have just put everyone Aric holds dear in grave danger! Even Valiant's two most powerful heroes might not be able to stop what's coming next...and the countdown is about to begin! The all-star creators behind Valiant's blockbuster BOOK...

ALL-NEW ARC! Enter: ARMORINES! Armor Hunters was only the beginning! Now, still reeling from his harrowing encounter with the Armor Hunters, Aric of Dacia might face a new threat - the calculating paramilitary force known as the ARMORINES! Armed with an array of astounding abilities far beyond the capabilities of the X-O Manowar armor, has this bleeding-edge commando unit come to save Aric's kingdom...or grind it into dust? Find out as Valiant superstars...

The countdown to Planet Death starts now! The Vine invasion fleet has finally reached Earth, and they aren't leaving until they reclaim their sacred X-O Manowar armor. Standing in their path is Aric of Dacia, the first human to ever wield the armor's power. But the armor is capable of so much more than even Aric knows and he'll face adversaries old and new in his battle to save humanity from extinction. The war begins here!