Valiant Entertainment is proud to announce that it has reached an
exclusive digital comics distribution agreement with comiXology, the
world's largest digital comics platform available on iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire and the Web with over 60 million comic and graphic novel downloads to date.
"There's tremendous excitement around Valiant's return,
and they're bringing with them one of the greatest libraries of
characters and stories in comics," said comiXology CEO and co-Founder
David Steinberger. "We couldn't be more proud to partner with Valiant in
the digital marketplace. We’re sure to see the original Valiant fans
energized by making these great comics available across the globe, while
also bringing in a whole new generation of readers."
Set for a much anticipated summer 2012 relaunch, Valiant
will soon return with four new series, all of which will debut as
same-day as print digital releases on comiXology — X-O Manowar #1 on
sale today, Harbinger #1 on June 6th, Bloodshot #1 on July 11th, and
Archer & Armstrong #1 on August 8th.
Moreover, in conjunction with the today's release of X-O
Manowar #1, comiXology is adding the first-ever digital editions of
three classic storylines from Valiant's vast archive of best-selling
comics to comiXology’s library of more than 20,000 issues:
- X-O Manowar (1992) #0-6 by Jim Shooter, Bob Layton, Barry Windsor-Smith & Joe Quesada
- Harbinger (1992) #0-6 by Jim Shooter & David Lapham
- Bloodshot (1993) #0-4 by Kevin VanHook & Don Perlin
"For the first time, through comiXology's platform, Valiant Comics
will be available anywhere in the world," said Valiant CEO Jason
Kothari. "With Valiant's return now in full effect with today's release
of X-O Manowar #1, the timing couldn't be better to remind people once
again of the incredible characters and stories that made Valiant a
household name."
As part of the exclusive agreement, Valiant Entertainment titles will
also be available through comiXology’s Digital Retailer Storefront
program. This enables retailers to sell Valiant’s digital comics through
their own website while comic book fans can purchase digital comics
from their local comic store’s digital storefront with a portion of each
purchase going directly to the retailer.
Future digital releases on comiXology will delve deeper into the
Valiant catalog, and feature classic series including Archer &
Armstrong, Rai, Ninjak, Shadowman, Eternal Warrior, and Quantum &
Woody.
In the meantime, today fans everywhere can now add all-new Valiant
material to their digital comics libraries with X-O Manowar #1, from
writer Robert Venditti and artist Cary Nord, available now on the Comics
by comiXology platform — available on iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire and the Web.
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