Some of our favorite creators told us why they love the tradition of Free Comic Book Day!

If you haven’t been paying attention to Multiversity or comics in general for the last 6 months, Valiant Comics have returned and they are undoubtedly better than ever. Part of the reason why is the top notch list of creators they brought in to bring their world to life, such as “X-O Manowar” writer Robert Venditti. Likely most well known for “The Surrogates,” Venditti has breathed new life into the once giant selling character, and with the recent return of Ninjak in its pages, even more eyes are on the book.

http://multiversitycomics.com/interviews/valiant-revisions-robert-venditti-talks-x-o-manowar-the-arrival-of-ninjak-interview/

This summer saw Valiant relaunch a number of titles including “Archer & Armstrong”, “Bloodshot”, “Harbinger” and “X-O Manowar” with characters redesigned by none other than David Aja and Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic. Well, today Valiant has released Character Design Covers for the October issue of each title featuring character designs by both artists.

David Aja & Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic Helm Valiant’s Character Design Covers

We teased it yesterday (and if you’ve been listening to The Hour Cosmic, you may have heard about this), but now we can officially announce it: the next book from Valiant entertainment is “Shadowman,” to be written by Justin Jordan (“Strange Talent of Luther Strode”, “Hack/Slash”, “Team 7″) and illustrated by Patrick Zircher (“Hulk,” “Captain America”, “Mystery Men”).

http://multiversitycomics.com/news/zircher-and-jordan-revive-shadowman-for-valiant/

No, it’s not just a black image. You might need to adjust your screen for this one.

Featuring a character hidden in the darkness, the above image arrived in our e-mail from Valiant Entertainment to tease an upcoming (soemething). All the e-mail read was “Shadows fall this November” which isn’t much to go on, but it could tease a new book or even just the return of character — such as Shadowman, perhaps?

http://multiversitycomics.com/news/shadows-fall-for-valiant-in-november/

We were pretty excited to see that Ninjak would be showing up in “X-O Manowar” in September — and by we, I probably just mean “me.” Considering that Ninjak was perhaps the only Valiant title I had ever read (without knowing that it was a Valiant comic but rather a comic about a ninja, mind you), it was pretty exciting to see that the character would be featured in Valiant’s revitalization in the Summer of 2012.

But you know what’s more exciting than hearing about the character’s return? Seeing the character’s return. So how about a little preview?

http://multiversitycomics.com/previews/ninjak-returns-to-valiant-in-september-preview/