Valiant Comics

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Summary

Valiant Comics, also known as Valiant Entertainment is a leading character-based entertainment company that owns the largest independent superhero universe in comics. With more than 81 million issues sold and a library of over 2,000 characters, including X-O Manowar, Ninjak, Eternal Warrior, Bloodshot, Harbinger, Shadowman, Archer & Armstrong, and many more, Valiant is one of the most successful publishers in the history of the comic book medium.

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Power of the Verse

Valiant Comics currently have power levels ranging from Large Country level to multiverse+ level with immeasurable speed. Characters from this verse posses plethora of powerful hax such as Time Manipulation, Black Hole Creation, Reality Warping, and other abilities. Valiant Comics' cosmology caps at 2-A.

Valiant Entertainment characters currently have power levels ranging from human to multiverse+ with Immeasurable speed. These characters possess plethora of special abilities such as Existence Erasure, Matter Manipulation, Reality Warping, Curse Manipulation, Madness Manipulation, Time Manipulation, and more that bridge the gap between the weaker and stronger characters. VE's cosmology currently caps at 1-C. For more information, read this Cosmology Page.

Explanations

Because of several rights acquisitions, the Valiant Comics canon is divided into several continuities. The following is an explanation of various canons:

Valiant Comics (1991 - 1996) - The original continuity, owned by Voyager Communications. Despite its acquisition by Acclaim Entertainment in 1994, Valiant Comics publications continued up until 1996.
Acclaim Comics (1996 - 2004) - A complete reboot of most Valiant Comics publications following their acquisition by Acclaim Entertainment, a videogame publisher looking to use their new line of comics as the basis and promotion for a line of videogames. Acclaim Entertainment declared bankruptcy in 2004 following a series of controversies and the failure of several games to meet sales expectations. While all Valiant Comics titles were cancelled, the new stories continued to take place in the same universe as the original.
- Acclaim Entertainment (1996-2002) - published a number of videogames based on the Acclaim Comics universe. The Turok series, in particular, was a huge success, receiving six instalments despite some deviations from the main videogame continuity. Turok would receive a reboot and remaster even after Acclaim's bankruptcy. Two Shadow Man games were also released, the first of which became a cult classic among Nintendo 64 players and was recently remastered. An Armorines videogame and a crossover between X-O Manowar and Marvel Comics' Iron Man were also released to mixed reviews. Some of these videogames were preceded or advertised in other ways by short tie-in comic book series or one-shots.
Valiant Entertainment (2012–present) – In 2005, Dinesh Shamdasani and Jason Kothari founded Valiant Entertainment after acquiring the rights to most of Valiant's cast and completely rebooting it. DMG Entertainment has owned Valiant Entertainment since 2018. There are some alternate versions of the main VE universe, such as Valiant High, which is based on a high school.
- Valiant Entertainment has also released (non-canonical) content in other forms of media, such as the 2016 live-action web series Ninjak Vs. The Valiant Universe and the 2020 Bloodshot film.

Terminology

Psiot (also known as Harbingers sometimes) are a subspecies of humans who have developed psychic/mind-based abilities. These abilities manifest in a wide range of ways, but are generally thought-controlled.
Psiot Activation and Psiot Deactivation are common terms used in various Valiant properties which refers to powerful psiots, like Peter Stancheck, giving and removing powers from others.
Psiot Dampeners are set of technology developed by PRS and the government, which allows them to strip the powers of psiots momentarily.
Livewire is an unknown special and powerful substance that makes up the very being of New Japan.