The Old Order Changeth - more than you ever suspected! For the first time ever, learn what really happened all those years ago when the founding Avengers turned over their membership to a set of new recruits. Three reformed super villains - Hawkeye, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch - join the recently thawed Captain America as a new group of Earth's Mightiest Heroes takes shape! But with his team labeled The Mighty Pretenders by an unforgiving public, how can Steve Rogers revive the Avengers' reputation when they face an unbeatable foe? Perhaps he has an ace up his sleeve - one you've never seen before! It's a new story of Cap's Kooky Quartet (should that be Quintet?) that has direct ramifications for the Avengers of today! Collecting Avengers (2016) #1.1-5.1.
Harbinger Wars is going out with a bang! A battle for the lives of Project Rising Spirit's escaped psiot children is being waged between Toyo Harada, Peter Stancheck's Renegades and the H.A.R.D. Corps - and Bloodshot stands in the center of it all. But even if Bloodshot manages to win the day, will the tortured, tramautized, and über-powerful kids he's fought for choose to remain under the protection of the Harbinger Hunter that once haunted their nightmares? Something's in the air - and a new era is unfolding for the weapon - no, the soldier - no, the man known as Bloodshot. [(W) Duane Swierczynski (A) Barry Kitson (CA) Dave Bullock]
In the deserts outside Las Vegas, Bloodshot has banded together with Project Rising Spirit's most dangerous escapees. But when the Harbinger Wars erupt all around them, can he shape these super-powered children into a force for good - or are they too far gone? He'll have to find out the hard way as the opposing forces of PRS and the Harbinger Foundation descend on all sides, bringing about a crucible the likes of which the Valiant Universe has never seen... Collecting Bloodshot #10-13 by acclaimed writer Duane Swierczysnki (Birds of Prey) and legendary artist Barry Kitson (Amazing Spider-Man), jump headlong into the uncompromising action of Valiant's first crossover event right here with an all-new standalone story arc that will redefine the weapon - no, the soldier - no, the hero known only as Bloodshot. [(W) Duane Swierczynski (A) Barry Kitson (CA) Mico Suayan]
Golgoth thinks he controls most of the populated Earth, ruling through military might and fear, but he can't even trust his own super-powered staff.
A new threat arises to topple the Empire-a strange woman whose power rivals Golgoth's own. It's Xanna's job to find out who she is, and if she fails, hers won't be the only head on the chopping block!
A decade after the groundbreaking first volume of Empire, Mark Waid and Barry Kitson's beloved Eisner-nominated series returns with the all-new Empire: Uprising! It's been a year since the events of the original series, and much has changed for Golgoth, the first supervillain to finally have conquered the world. But can he hold onto his rein-and does he even want to? Collects issues #1-4.
It turns out that nightmares are just dreams too. Heading west, the Renegades have found themselves at the end of Route 66 in a little town called Los Angeles, California. But the war they left behind is still waging, somehow, unseen just below the surface of the sun and surf. What if it will never end? What if there is no escape? What if wherever they go, they carry the war inside them? It has long been said that the City of Angels is a place where anything can happen... where reality is pliable and dreams are made real in the blink of an eye. Now, like the decades of wannabe starlets and rockers before them, the Renegades are about to find out that having your dreams come true is severely overrated. [(W) Joshua D. M. Dysart (A/CA) Barry Kitson]
Surprise Perfect Days can be hard to come by. Scattered across their own mental landscapes, each one of the remaining Renegades must quest to unite with the others or be lost forever inside themselves. It will take courage, strength, imagination and an unwavering belief in one another if they're going to discover the dark truth behind their Perfect Day. [(W) Joshua D. M. Dysart (A) Barry Kitson (CA) Michael Walsh]
Nightmares are just dreams too. It's been a brutal few months for Peter Stanchek and the Renegades, culminating in the harrowing events - and losses - of the Harbinger Wars. But now the members of the team have woken up to the Best. Day. Ever. As Lou Reed sang, it's just a perfect day, problems left all alone. But for Peter Stanchek - a kid who deserves a good day - something seems offlike all is not what it seems Collecting Harbinger #15-19 by New York Times best-selling writer Joshua Dysart (Harbinger Wars) and all-star artists Barry Kitson (Amazing Spider-Man) and Clayton Henry (Archer & Armstrong), start reading here with the mind-bending story arc that Comic Vine calls an excellent jumping-on point. [(W) Joshua Dysart (A) Barry Kitson, Clayton Henry (CA) Barry Kitson]
