A bit of background: In the early days of the first Valiant, Unity was an ambitious crossover spearheaded by Jim Shooter, featuring all the Valiant titles at that point, and is widely regarded as an early example of a successful comic book crossover event. Years later, in an attempt to revive the failing Acclaim Valiant Heroes line, Jim Shooter was tasked for a new crossover, Unity 2000. Unfortunately, due to Acclaim’s dire straits, the project crashed and burned midway through.
After the new Valiant began publishing in 2012, fans were treated to mysterious announcements about the coming of a new Unity, though the Valiant crew were quick to point out this Unity would be different than what’s come before. It was later revealed that this Unity would not be a crossover event, but would actually be an ongoing team book.
Where we are story-wise in the Valiant Universe: X-O Manowar returned from deep space with the descendants of his people, landing in modern day Romania and proclaiming the country his. As could be expected, the world did not react well to this potential alien invasion, the Russians in particular. After a failed attempt to use ground troops against Aric and his Visigoths, it appears that the Russians are going to escalate to nuclear weapons and potentially spark World War III. Enter: Toyo Harada.
With Unity, Matt Kindt (creator of the critically acclaimed MIND MGMT) and Doug Braithwaite weave a complex tale of twists and turns, surprises and shocks, and all around major nerd out moments (the time it takes X-O to defeat Harada's team reads with fist-pumping excitement). I was encouraged to hear that Kindt would be writing this series, especially after hearing that he was a fan of old school Valiant. You can tell that he loves these characters, and this initial arc shows all of them at their strengths, especially in light of the moral ambiguity that some of these heroes and villains are operating under. X-O Manowar is the hero of his own title, but here he is the invading bad guy. Toyo Harada is the villain of Harbinger, but here he is trying to save the world from nuclear war.
Valiant pushed the publicity of this title hard, and it was well worth the hype. This is a great tale that puts together an “Avengers” like team of Valiant heavyweights. Kindt has indicated that he has several years’ worth of story-arcs planned out for Unity… jump on board here and get in at the ground floor!
PS… I strongly recommend that you purchase X-O Manowar vol. 4 and 5 with this Unity trade. Vol. 4 leads right up to Unity, and vol. 5 should be read as a companion to Unity.
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