Comic books published by Valiant, graded by CBCS

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On the outs with Gayle after she discovers what he did with his power, Solar is depressed and questioning all of his actions, which makes him a perfect victim for Master Darque in "Afraid of the Darque – Part One." Script by Kevin Vanhook and art by Peter Grau & Stan Drake. Joe Quesada/Jimmy Palmiotti cover. Cover price $2.25.

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Master Darque continues to manipulate Solar into questioning his actions and thoughts and put him deeper into trouble while Gayle continues to struggle with her relationship with Solar in "Afraid of the Darque Part Two – Where Do Gods Go to Pray?" Script by Kevin Vanhook and art by Peter Grau & Stan Drake. Joe Quesada cover. Cover price $2.25.

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The Geomancer appears and tells Gayle and John that they need to help Solar, who is being manipulated by Master Darque, and stop him before he does something horrible in "Afraid of the Darque Part Three – Split Decision." Script by Kevin Vanhook and art by Peter Grau & Stan Drake. Guest starring the Geomancer from the Eternal Warrior. Joe Quesada/Bob Layton cover. Cover price $2.25.

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Solar goes to great lengths to confront Harada of the Harbinger Foundation about manipulating him while the other Solar searches in outer space for the Spider Creature aliens in "Half A Man." Script by Kevin Vanhook and art by Peter Grau & Jimmy Palmiotti. Mike Mignola cover. Cover price $2.25.

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"Solar Eclipse" by Kevin VanHook (script), Peter Grau (art) & Jimmy Palmiotti (inks); Cover by Leeke; Shares scenes from Secret Weapons # 1; Geoff the Geomancer, two of them goofy Harbinger kids, Eternal Warrior, Master Darque, Doctor Eclipse app; story continues in Secret Weapons # 2; Cover price $2.25.

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While on their way to a physics symposium, Solar and Gayle discover that Rusk, one of the Spider Creature aliens who escaped in a previous battle, has established an operation in a small town in Georgia. So Solar and Gayle investigates to see what is going on in "A Town Called Malice." Script by Tony Bedard & Kevin Vanhook and art by David Wong & Fred Fredricks. Cover price $2.25.

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After seeing a strange man appear before him, Solar searches for him and finds out that he is someone who is going to take him to be awake in the dreamtime so that he can deal with whatever is troubling his mind and heart in "Awake in the Dreamtime." Script by Kevin Vanhook and art by Peter Grau & Jimmy Palmiotti. Cover price $2.25.

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Solar goes into virtual reality in order to help the other Solar who is in deep space trying to destroy the Spider Creature aliens in "An Angry Light." Script by Kevin Vanhook and art by Peter Grau & Jimmy Palmiotti. Joe Quesada cover. First Valiant Vision book. Valiant Vision glasses were sold seperately in Valiant Vision Starter Kits. Cover price $2.25.

Add to cart CBCS 9.2 $100.00 Paper: White Label #21-34264BD-022 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.00) will be charged at checkout.

"Magic Carpet Madness" 32 pgs. Full color. Cover price $1.50.

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Painted cover by Eric Hope. When a laboratory in Venezuela transplants the bionic brain implant that was in Mon-Ark to a human, a new version of Mon-Ark rises and Turok has to deal with him in "Mon-Ark Lives." Script by Mike Baron and art by Dave Cockrum & Gonzalo Mayo. Cover price $3.95.

Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $206.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Red Logo Variant. Label #21-203C148-026 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($6.18) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by SlabSmart

Variant Edition. Red title logo. ValiantFan.com states this comic is presumably a dealer incentive, possibly for re-orders of Unity storyline comics and estimates 2,500 to 5,000 copies exist. Barry Windsor-Smith/Bob Layton art.

Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $76.71 or Best Offer Paper: White Gold Edition. Label #00-0007310-AA-003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.30) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by SlabSmart

Gold Valiant logo. Promotional Copy by Jim Shooter, Bob Layton, & Barry Windsor-Smith. Unity Chapter 18.

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Eternal Warrior Reprint.

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The X-O Database edition, published in 1993, was originally bagged with the X-O Manowar Retribution trade paperback. Because it was available in no other way, the print run for this item was much lower than any other of the early Valiant issues. The X-O Database is comic-sized with 16 full-color pages including two cel transparencies showing details of the inner working of the X-O armored suit together with a complete history and stats. Cover pencils by Clifford E. Van Meter, inks by Tom Ryder. X-O Manowar character profile, script by Clifford E. Van Meter, art by Jim Calafiore, Bob Layton, Mike Leeke, Joe Quesada, Tom Ryder, Sal Velluto, and Clifford E. Van Meter; Description of the X-O armors sealed systems, weapons, propulsion, and armor classes accompanied with illustrations of all of them. X-O Manowar 3-pages of illustration by Jim Calafiore, Bob Layton, Mike Leeke, Joe Quesada, Tom Ryder, Sal Velluto, Clifford E. Van Meter. X-O Glossary by Clifford E. Van Meter. 16 pgs., full color.

Add to cart CBCS 9.4 $78.00 CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Witnessed Signature: Jimmy Palmiotti on 10/8/2022. Ivory Production Variant. Label #23-0B31804-067 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.34) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Regular edition. Chromium cover. Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti art. Written by Bob Layton and Jorge Gonzales. Chromium cover with SILVER title logo edition. This issue does not have a card (coupon). Cover price $3.50.

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Regular edition. Chromium cover. Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti art. Written by Bob Layton and Jorge Gonzales. Chromium cover with SILVER title logo edition. This issue does not have a card (coupon). Cover price $3.50.

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Printing Error Edition. This is an unintentional variant of the regular chromium cover edition. Due to variations in the application density of the white inks printed on top of the chromium background, in this printing error variant some areas that should be white instead appear yellow, cream, or beige colored. This is particularly noticeable in the Valiant logo box in the upper left corner. Contrast this with the Gold Edition, which has a speckly gold background in the Valiant logo box. Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti art. Written by Bob Layton and Jorge Gonzales. This issue does not have a card (coupon). Cover price $3.50.

Add to cart CBCS 9.6 $61.82 or Best Offer Paper: White Ivory Production Variant. Label #22-1BB786C-004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.85) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by SlabSmart

Printing Error Edition. This is an unintentional variant of the regular chromium cover edition. Due to variations in the application density of the white inks printed on top of the chromium background, in this printing error variant some areas that should be white instead appear yellow, cream, or beige colored. This is particularly noticeable in the Valiant logo box in the upper left corner. Contrast this with the Gold Edition, which has a speckly gold background in the Valiant logo box. Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti art. Written by Bob Layton and Jorge Gonzales. This issue does not have a card (coupon). Cover price $3.50.

Add to cart CBCS 9.4 $46.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Ivory Production Variant. Label #22-1BB786C-008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.38) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by SlabSmart

Printing Error Edition. This is an unintentional variant of the regular chromium cover edition. Due to variations in the application density of the white inks printed on top of the chromium background, in this printing error variant some areas that should be white instead appear yellow, cream, or beige colored. This is particularly noticeable in the Valiant logo box in the upper left corner. Contrast this with the Gold Edition, which has a speckly gold background in the Valiant logo box. Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti art. Written by Bob Layton and Jorge Gonzales. This issue does not have a card (coupon). Cover price $3.50.

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"Retribution Part Two - Kingdom Come!" Characters: Bev (friend of Ken Clarkson); Ken Clarkson; the Spider Aliens [including Aristides; Lydia; Prather]; X-O Manowar [also as Aric]. Written by Jim Shooter and Steve Englehart, with art by Sal Velluto, Tom Ryder, Bob Layton and Kathryn Bolinger. Cover by Barry Windsor-Smith and Bob Layton. This issue does not have a card (coupon). Cover price $1.95.

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.UNITY Chapter 5. Aric the Visigoth, armed with the most powerful weapon in the world, the Manowar armor, at last finds a battle fit for a barbarian and worthy of his power. Characters: Archer; Armstrong; the Eternal Warrior; Geoff McHenry; George Wethington (Vice President Labor Relations for Orb Industries); the Harbinger kids [Flamingo; Kris; Sting; Zepplin]; Ken Clarkson; Lauren; Magnus; Rai [Tohru Nakadai]; the Skammrs; Solar; X-O Manowar [also as Aric]. "A Call to Arms" is written by Bob Layton, with art by Mike Leeke and Tom Ryder. Cover by Frank Miller. This issue does not have a card (coupon). Cover price $2.25.

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UNITY Chapter 13. Bloodied but unbowed, the grievously wounded Aric battles an ancient foe armed with futuristic firepower in "Crossroads." Characters: Albert; Cayla; the Eternal Warrior; Magnus; Mothergod [Erica Pierce]; Rai [Tohru Nakadai]; the Skammrs; X-O Manowar [also as Aric]. Script by Bob Layton, with art by Mike Leeke and Tom Ryder. Cover by Walt Simonson. This issue does not have a card (coupon). Cover price $2.25.

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Part 1 of 2. "Besieged" - From the lost land of UNITY, Aric returns to his original ancient home in 408, during Alaric's invasion of Italy. Imagine the most powerful weapon the modern universe has ever seen used against the ancient world. It's empire-shaking. Characters: Alaric [Visigothic king, Aric's uncle]; Deidre; Gafti; Mallak (advisor to Alaric); Sarus; X-O Manowar [Aric]. Written by Bob Layton, with art and cover by Mike Leeke and Tom Ryder. This issue does not have a card (coupon). Cover price $2.25.

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Part 2 of 2. "Takeover" - Aric's incredible return from the past -- the most memorable sequence of panels you'll see this year. Also, major modifications in the greatest weapon in the universe -- the X-O armor. Characters: Ken Clarkson; Lauren; Orb Industries employees [Fred; Julie]; the Spider Aliens; X-O Manowar [also as Aric]. Written by Bob Layton, with art and cover by Mike Leeke and Tom Ryder. This issue does not have a card (coupon). Cover price $2.25.

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"Alien Whispers" - Beginning the saga of the Seed of Destruction! The armor's greatest secret is revealed! Characters: Ken Clarkson; Spider Aliens; Steve Jenkins (Orb Industries employee); X-O Manowar [also as Aric]. Written by Bob Layton, with art by Howard Simpson and Kathryn Bolinger. Cover by Mike Leeke and Tom Ryder. Cover price $2.25.

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"Moonstruck" - The X-O armor begins to reproduce. Aric directs his barbarian rage at the marooned Spider Aliens who kept him captive for over 1,600 years. Continues in Solar Man of the Atom (1991) #17. Characters: Ken Clarkson; Randy Cartier (Security Chief of Orb Industries); Rexo; Spider Aliens; the X-O Commando platoon; X-O Manowar [Aric]. Written by Bob Layton, with art and cover by Mike Leeke and Tom Ryder. Cover price $2.25.

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SolarFeaturing Solar, Man of the Atom! Continued from Solar Man of the Atom (1991) #17. All the combatants acquiesce to Solar's wishes, and Aric agrees to fight without his armor for possession of the recently grown X-O embryo. "The Darkside to Victory" is written by Bob Layton, with art by Mike Leeke and Tom Ryder. Cover by Tom Ryder. Cover price $2.25.

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"The Coming of Turok, Dinosaur Hunter" - Look out, modern day world. From the ashes of the UNITY crossover, across time comes...Turok, Dinosaur Hunter. And look what's come with him -- dinosaurs. Watch Turok and Aric hunt these beasts for fun and profit. Characters: Doctor Flint; Ken Clarkson; Mon-Ark; Mon-Ark's mate; Randy Cartier; Turok; X-O Manowar [Aric]. Written by Bob Layton and Jon Hartz, with art by Bart Sears and Randy Elliott. Cover by Bart Sears and Bob Layton. Cover price $2.25.

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Part II of Turok's return. During UNITY, Aric was mauled by dinosaurs. Now, he and Turok are wreaking their revenge on these monsters in modern day times in "Concrete Jungle." Characters: bionisauruses; Con Edison workers [Blaustein; Eddie Gibbons; Sabatini]; Ken Clarkson; Rhonda (hostess); Turok; X-O Manowar [also as Aric]. Written by Bob Layton, with art by Bart Sears and Randy Elliott. Cover price $2.25.

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Variant cover, came with Ultra Pro Rigid Comic Sleeves box. Part II of Turok's return. During UNITY, Aric was mauled by dinosaurs. Now, he and Turok are wreaking their revenge on these monsters in modern day times in "Concrete Jungle." Characters: bionisauruses; Con Edison workers [Blaustein; Eddie Gibbons; Sabatini]; Ken Clarkson; Rhonda (hostess); Turok; X-O Manowar [also as Aric]. Written by Bob Layton, with art by Bart Sears and Randy Elliott. Cover price $2.25.

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Cover pencils by Ted Halsted, inks by Tom Ryder. "Family Matters," script by Jorge González, pencils by José Delbo, inks by Andrew Pepoy; Corporate espionage strikes at Orb Industries; When an Orb employee is mysteriously killed on the coast of New England, Aric uncovers a sinister secret; Someone is selling Spider-Alien tech to the black market and Aric will need Ken's help to track down this inside trader. 36 pgs., full color. $2.25. Cover price $2.25.

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When Orb Industries purchases a tract of land that holds certain "sentimental value" for mob boss Benito Carboni (it's where most of his former competitors are buried), his men try to dissuade the company from excavating the area. Once the shooting starts, the gangsters quickly learn they've started a fight that X-O Manowar will be more than happy to finish. "Push and Shove" is written by Jorge Gonzalez, with art by Jim Calafiore and Rodney Ramos. Cover price $2.25.

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Cover pencils by Jim Calafiore, inks by Tom Ryder. "Operation Deep Freeze - Part 1 Ultimatums," script by Jorge González, pencils by Jim Calafiore, inks by Tom Ryder; The CIA wants the X-O Manowar armor, but Aric won't hand it over; How long can Aric refuse the government's demands without endangering those closest to him; The fight of Aric's life begins here, sending him on a quest to the most brutal ends of the Earth. 36 pgs., full color. $2.25. Cover price $2.25.

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Cover pencils by Jim Calafiore, inks by Tom Ryder. "Operation: Deep Freeze - Part 2 Gentlemen's Agreement," script by Jorge González, pencils by Jim Calafiore, inks by Tom Ryder; To save Randy's life, Aric must surrender the X-O armor! Trapped in a prison deep within Antarctica, Aric and Randy will have to escape before the good skin turns bad; But even if they can break free, there's no avoiding the deadly polar deep freeze. 36 pgs., full color. $2.25. Cover price $2.25.

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"Operation: Deep Freeze - Part 3: The Consequences" - Only Toyo Harada can help Aric in his battle with the U.S. Government. Characters: Colonel Gardner; Ken Clarkson; Ms. Mandrake; Peter Garrett; Randy Cartier; Senator Ackerman; Toyo Harada; X-O Manowar [Aric]; Zahn. Written by Jorge Gonzalez, with art and cover by Paris Karounos and Tom Ryder. Cover price $2.25.

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With Aric gone, Ax comes for the X-O armor and only Randy, She-Devil of War, can stop him in "Strange Bedfellows." Written by Jorge Gonzalez, with art by Paris Karounos, Tom Ryder, Phyllis Novin and Peter Palmiotti. Cover by Jim Calafiore and Bob Layton. Cover price $2.25.

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"White Kings and Black Knights, Part 1" - Randy struggles to control the armor, but the darker side of her nature seems to be gaining the upper hand. In South America, Aric finds himself in the fight of his life...without the armor. Characters: Aric; Elib; Ken Clarkson; Oware; X-O Manowar [Randy Cartier]. Written by Jorge Gonzalez, with art by Paris Karounos, Rodney Ramos and Tom Ryder. Cover price $2.25.

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The U.S. Government makes another try for the X-O armor, pitting their newest weapons, the Armorines, against X-O Manowar in "Unit, Corps, God, Country." Written by Jorge Gonzalez, with art by Paris Karounos and Tom Ryder. Plus, inserted in the center of this special issue is the 16-page Armorines #0 by Jorge Gonzalez, Jim Calafiore and Gonzalo Mayo, telling the origin of Valiant's newest team. Cover by Paris Karounos and Tom Ryder. Cover price $3.50.

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Wizard 1/2 edition with purple itle logo.