David Vandervliet, Author at Comic Booked

Review: The Massive

Note: This review covers an issue that has not yet been released, and as such may include minor spoilers. The Massive #1 will hit shelves on June 13th. It was the end of the world as we knew it. And nothing is fine. Tha...

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Comic Review – Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2

You got your Star Trek in my Doctor Who! You got your Doctor Who in my Star Trek! It’s two, two, two classic sci fi series in one! Written by IDW’s Star Trek writers Scott & David Tipton, with help from Tony Lee, the ...

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The DC Superhero Coming out of the Closet is….

Alan Scott. At least that’s the buzz coming out of the Phoenix Comic Con this weekend. Some of you younger readers may not be scratching your head, wondering who Alan Scott is. But I assure you, you certainly know h...

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Can’t Wait Until July? Here’s Your “Bloodshot” Preview

Last week I got to show some finished art from Valiant Comic’s upcoming series, Bloodshot, by Duane Swierczynki, Manual Farcia & Arturo Lozzi. This week we get a look at those same pages, now finished and lettered, al...

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Comic Review: The Manhattan Projects #3

Jonathan Kirkman and Nick Pitarra’s The Manhattan Projects, from Image Comics, will make you wished you paid attention to your high school history teacher. Why? Because if ‘The Manhattan Project’, the secret...

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DC Comics to Out a Previously Straight Character

When DC relaunched its line with the New 52, they made several changes to many long standing characters; costumes changed, history changed– but at the time it was announced that no character would suddenly change thei...

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Take Aim at Bloodshot!

The Summer of Valiant just keeps getting hotter. Now Valiant is looking to get your blood boiling this July with Bloodshot #1 from writer Duane Swierczynski and artists Manuel Garcia &Arturo Lozzi Like X-O Manowar before it...

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A First Look at Valiant’s “Archer & Armstrong”

The Summer of Valiant keeps on coming, and it’s going to get hot! X-O Manowar #1 is a certified hit, and every indication seems to say the Harbinger and Bloodshot are going to be just as huge, and now we are getting our f...

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Valiant LIVE: X-O Manowar #1 Panel – One of a Kind Online Experience

All publishers have held panels at the big conventions, whether it’s to announce important news or interact with their fans, using the Internet to get the information to those who can’t attend in person. Now Valiant...

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Comic Review: X-O Manowar #1 Valiant is Back!

I got home from work this past Friday to discover a pleasant surprise waiting for me in my inbox, an advanced copy of X-O Manowar #1, the first book to be released in Valiant Entertainment’s relaunch of the venerable 1990’s...

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X-O Manowar Pre-Orders top 42,000!

The news is coming out that pre-orders for relaunched Valiant Comics‘ first title, X-O Manowar has topped 42,000 copies! 42,000 copies would certainly put the book in the top 50 comics for May, and could possibly be t...

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Valiant Unveils New Logo

The Valiant compass logo is getting a new look. The compass logo has been used by Valiant Comics even before there was a Valiant Universe, first appearing on the wrestling and Nintendo comics they produced in the late 1980̸...

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Comic Review: The Shadow #1

Dynamite Entertainment has made themselves a nice little niche, taking characters from a wide range of media, many of whose histories predate comics, and getting top creators to work to recreate them in entertaining comics. Ent...

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Harbinger #1 Preview From Valiant Comics!

Have I mentioned how stoked I am for the return of Valiant Comics? Well in case you couldn’t tell, I am pretty darned stoked! Valiant was my first experience with comics outside of the Big Two. Their narrative-driven, r...

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