Valiant Comics: Difference between revisions

* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: {{spoiler|Phil Seleski, gaining phenomenal cosmic power, recreated himself in the image of his favorite sixties comics character and eventually rebuilt the entire universe to bring in others. A pre-reboot story by [[Dan Jurgens]] featured Solar leaving the Earth in order to create a world closer to the one he adored in comics as a child. One where super-heroes operated openly and in a more 4-color manner, and his mortal counterpart lead a charmed, idealized life of love and contentment. It didn't end well.}}

* [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]: Archer's super-power

* [[Canon Immigrant]]: Inverted- During the "Unity" crossover, it's revealed that {{spoiler|Torque and Kris of the Harbingers}} are the parents of [[Silver Age]] hero Magnus Robot Fighter.

* [[Canon Invasion]]: Solar, Magnus Robot Fighter and Turok, Son of Stone were originally from [[Gold Key Comics]], way back in the [[Silver Age|1960s.]] [[Justified Trope|Justified]], as we learn that {{spoiler|the whole universe has been recreated by [[Solar Man of the Atom|Solar's]] subconscious, based in part on his memories of old comics he loved as a kid}}.

{{quote|"Hey guys! You know what would be a [[What Were You Thinking?|good idea]]? Let's [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|buy out a comic company]], fire everybody there, [[Continuity Reboot|start the Continuity over from scratch]], and [[Follow the Leader|bring in all the stuff that Marvel and D.C. has]] that they don't! [[They Just Didn't Care|Who cares if the fans don't want any of that]]?" }}

** It's even more apparent how far the meddling must have gone when one realizes many of the initial batch of writers on the Acclaim titles...Mark Waid, [[Kurt Busiek]], Garth Ennis, Warren Ellis, Christopher Priest, etc. would seem to be the ''ideal'' writers to create a fresh, exciting new super-hero universe.

**** Waid was basically given a situation begun in the all-but-forgotten X-O/Iron Man crossover, where the coda inexplicably has an alternate Aric find alternate armor at the end but ''not'' go to the future via abduction. So he had to spin off a book from a hook in a book hardly anyone read...because...well...just because.

***** The reason was there was an Ironman/X-O Manowar game coming out by Accliam around the same time as the reboot. A game that sucked.

** Though signs of serious creative decay could be seen in the entire line some years before the purchase by Acclaim. Probably it began around the time of the ill-conceived ''[[Death Mate]]'' crossover with [[Image Comics]] (yes, [[Rob Liefeld]] was involved). After that, "kewl" artist and speculator-driven concepts began to infest even their best titles.

*** It should be noted that only two of the studios that then comprised Image actually participated in the crossover...Liefeld's Extreme and Homage Studios (which eventually split into [[Wildstorm]] and Top Cow). The other Image creators like Larsen and Valentino either had no interest in the Valiant titles or thought the crossover sounded like a really bad idea. How right they were!

*** One can possibly trace the inevitable downfall back even earlier, to the point where the venture capitalists who helped fund the company pushed Jim Shooter out of his job. Since he was the one pushing hardest for strong plots and a certain degree of internal consistency, his absence opened the door to many of the gimmick-driven problems that would ultimately kill the company.

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Livewire and Stronghold, two of Harada's Eggbreaker shock troops