The past catches up with Earth?s Visigoth guardian! Aric of Dacia may have left Planet Gorin behind, but its people still remember the ruin they felt in his wake?and so do the bounty hunters who sought to end his barbaric reign! Now, they?ve arrived on our world to finish the job they started ? and this time, they don?t plan on taking X-O Manowar alive! Collecting X-O MANOWAR (2017) #23?26.

Valiant proudly presents its first ALL-AGES escapade with a pitch-perfect entry point for new fans and longtime readers alike! Before they became legends, the world's most formidable heroes were roaming the halls at Valiant High ? a super-powered preparatory academy where Aric """"X-O Manowar"""" Dacia is a record-setting running back, Colin """"Ninjak"""" King is a debonair foreign exchange student, and Coach Bloodshot is way, way too into dodgeball. Now, Amanda """"Livewire"""" McKee and her best friend, Faith """"Zephyr"""" Herbert, are taking it all in for the first time at the one high school where power trumps popularity! From rising star Daniel Kibblesmith (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) and Eisner Award-winning artist Derek Charm (Jughead), get ready for your first day of school inside a hilarious reimagining of Valiant's award-winning superhero universe ? one where the next world-ending cataclysm will have to wait until after prom night! In the tradition of Archie and DC Super Hero Girls, this side-splitting adventure takes place outside of Valiant's standard continuity?and comes packed with all-new incarnations of virtually every Valiant hero and villain! You've never seen the heroes of the Valiant Universe quite like this before!

At the mercy of Sandria Darque! As Master Darque fights to return to the land of the living, his former disciple ? the deadly assassin Roku ? will build an army to put him down for good. But not even the Shadow Seven ? the underworld?s deadliest cabal of murderers and mercenaries ? will be enough to assure victory. To truly defeat an undead lord of death and resurrection, she?ll need the complete and unquestioning allegiance of Ninjak...who isn?t interested. But when Darque?s long-missing sister Sandria returns with a gambit that could reveal his greatest weakness, an unholy alliance of light and darkness will be forged that could upset the balance of good and evil once and for all time? ?THE SEVEN BLADES OF MASTER DARQUE? strikes again as New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (DIVINITY III: STALINVERSE) and acclaimed artist Marc Laming (Planet Hulk) bring the biggest Ninjak story ever to a dark and terrible boiling point?and reveal the ultimate secret behind his greatest foes!

Out of DIVINITY III: STALINVERSE, Valiant?s leading legend ? the unstoppable X-O MANOWAR ? becomes the supreme fighting force of the CCCP in the next essential special ripped from the pages of the winter?s visionary comics events! From bustling urban centers to the collective farms of the countryside, men, women, and children alike all idolize the same hero of the global Soviet republic: ARIC, SON OF THE REVOLUTION! Returned to Earth from the stars with the ultimate nuclear deterrent ? the indestructible X-O Manowar armor ? the champion of socialism has singlehandedly consolidated the state?s military and political superiority at home and abroad. But when a surprise attack from the Deadside shines an untoward light on the modern-day Soviet Union?s darkest secret, will Aric pursue his mission?or justice for the quiet dead of an empire?s oppression? The Valiant Universe as we now know it continues to reveal itself?as acclaimed writer Joe Harris (Snowfall) and superstar artist David Lafuente (Ultimate Spider-Man) present a star-shattering tale of sins, secrets, and tragedy for the global hero of the worldwide Communist state!

ALL-NEW ARC! ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT! ?THE SEVEN BLADES?OF MASTER DARQUE? begins here! Master Darque ? the sadistic lord of death and resurrection ? wrests to be free once again, but first he must fight for his life. Darque is a target, his powers are weak, and his enemies know it. Now, Darque's own former pupil and Ninjak's ruthless arch-nemesis ? the lethal assassin known as Roku ? has gathered the Shadow Seven together again for the sole purpose of putting Darque down for good. And the only thing holding their uneasy alliance together is a mysterious benefactor from the shadows... Someone who also goes by the name Darque... Everything has led to this? Out of the ashes of BOOK OFDEATH, Ninjak and Master Darque will collide in a punishing circle of death, destruction and hellfire! Join New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (DIVINITY III: STALINVERSE) and blistering artist Marc Laming (Planet Hulk) here for a steelhardened jumping-on point that will leave Valiant?s seven-time Harvey Award nominated series forever scarred!

ALL NEW ARC! ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT! Fight your way through the ?HEROSCAPE?! Generation Zero managed to survive their first mission, and now duty has called on?them to venture deep inside a perilous dimension only known as the Heroscape to see the world through a new set of eyes! They?ll discover their friends? biggest secrets, their enemies? darkest fears, and their town?s sinister connection to this imagination-fueled reality. But just because the Heroscape is imaginary, doesn?t mean it can?t kill you? And, from anime-inflected zombie hordes to psychedelic sci-fi warriors, all of Rook, Michigan?s most deeply buried fantasies are about to come roaring out of your daydreams! Dream big because New York Times best-selling writer Fred Van Lente (IVAR, TIMEWALKER) and acclaimed artists Javier Pulido (Daredevil) and Diego Bernard (X-O MANOWAR) are gearing up for a brand-new jumping-on point that?s going to send Valiant?s temperamental teenage time-bombs blasting out of the suburbs and into their most grisly adventure yet!

Welcome to the world of today. Welcome to the Stalinverse! The visionary, event-level epic of the winter continues here in an all-new, all-star special introducing the secret weapon of the Soviet Union: Shadowman, agent of the USSR! To save the devastated and oppressed island of New York, Jack Boniface might just have to annihilate it first ? by leading an army of Deadside-spawned monstrosities onto the streets to fight the Soviets? super-powered shock troops wherever they stand. But freedom fighters like the one they call Shadowman seldom get the happy ending they deserve? Out of the pages of DIVINITY III: STALINVERSE, discover the haunting origin of Amerika?s last resistance when magic clashes with military might in a must-read tale of the Valiant Universe as we now know it from red-hot new talent Scott Bryan Wilson (Batman Annual) and acclaimed artist Robert Gill (BOOK OF DEATH)!

Haunted heroics! Faith Herbert has lost many allies throughout her life? Her mother. Her father. Even a fellow Renegade. Despite this, Los Angeles? high-flying hero has always defined herself by more than tragedy. But what happens when Faith must literally confront the ghosts of her past? A mysterious force is wrenching the passed spirits of Faith?s most loved ones back from beyond the grave...and into our world to break her mind and spirit! Can Faith overcome her greatest fear?or will these ghosts soon make her one of their own? Jump on board the best-selling independent superhero series of 2016 right here as rising star Jody Houser (Mother Panic) and acclaimed artists Meghan Hetrick (Red Thorn) and Marguerite Sauvage (DC Comics Bombshells) push Faith into the crosshairs of a frightful new foe!

Freaky fracas! Obadiah Archer: Skilled marksmen, trained fighter, and...deranged circus freak?! Through the unfathomable forces of nature, Archer and Gub Gub ? the pint-sized and deranged clone of Armstrong ? have swapped minds! When Gub Gub?s body is kidnapped by nefarious forces, Armstrong and his long-lost wife, Andromeda, must race to save their friend and undo the horrendous merger of minds before the damage becomes permanent! ?ANDROMEDA ESTRANGED? goes mental as rising star Rafer Roberts (HARBINGER RENEGADES) and Eisner Award-winning artist Mike Norton (Revival) drag Valiant?s leading adventure duo through Hell ? and also Florida ? for the very soul of Archer (and, sure, maybe Gub Gub too)!