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Early Valiant Comics - 1991-1992
Pre-Unity, Unity, and First Appearances

(In order of Date)
see bottom for key

Cover Date Title Issue Comment Appearances Pre-Unity
1991/05 Magnus, Robot Fighter 1 First Valiant Issue, coupon, about 90,000 made  1&O:Magnus (since GoldKey), 1:Leeja, 1:Freewill Robots, 1:1A
1991/07 Magnus, Robot Fighter 2 coupon, about 60,000 made   
1991/08 Magnus, Robot Fighter 3 coupon, about 60,000 made  1:Tekla
1991/09 Magnus, Robot Fighter 4 coupon, about 60,000 made  Cameo:Rai (on card) 
1991/09 Solar, Man of the Atom 1 First Valiant Issue, Origin part 1, about 60,000 made  1:Solar Man of the Atom, Dr. Phil Seleski
1:Dr. Erica Pierce, 1:Gayle Nordheim 
1991/10 Magnus, Robot Fighter 5 Flipbook Rai #1 (mini-series), coupon, about 60,000 made  1:Rai (Tohru Nakadai becomes the 42nd Rai), 1:Grandmother, 1:Slagger 
1991/10 Rai (mini-series) 1 Flipbook, same as Magnus #5, coupon, about 60,000 made  1:Rai (Tohru Nakadai becomes the 42nd Rai), 1:Grandmother, 1:Slagger 
1991/10 Solar, Man of the Atom 2 Origin part 2, about 60,000 made  1:Solar in Costume - Doctor Solar from 1960's GoldKey comics - split from Seleski 
1991/11 Magnus, Robot Fighter 6 Flipbook Rai #2 (mini-series), coupon, about 60,000 made  A:Solar (future), 1:Spider Aliens (spaceships and humanoid)
1991/11 Rai (mini-series) 2 Flipbook, same as Magnus #6, coupon, about 60,000 made  A:Solar (future), 1:Spider Aliens (spaceships and humanoid)
1991/11 Solar, Man of the Atom 3 Origin part 3, about 60,000 made  1:Harada, 1:Harbinger Foundation
1991/11 Solar, Man of the Atom 4 Origin part 4, about 60,000 made  "Split" personalities merge into one Solar (Dr. Seleski)
1991/12 Magnus, Robot Fighter 7 Flipbook Rai #3 (mini-series),coupon, about 60,000 made  1:X-O Armor (Commando Class), Grandmother and 1A merge to form Grand One, 2: Spider Aliens
1991/12 Rai (mini-series) 3 Flipbook, same as Magnus #7, coupon, about 60,000 made  1:X-O Armor (Commando Class), Grandmother and 1A merge to form Grand One, 2: Spider Aliens
1992/01 Magnus, Robot Fighter 8 Flipbook Rai #4 (mini-series),coupon, about 60,000 made  A:Spider Aliens (future)
1992/01 Rai (mini-series) 4 Flipbook, same as Magnus #8, about 60,000 made  A:Spider Aliens (future)
1992/01 Harbinger 1 First Issue, coupon, about 50,000 made
#16 Rarest
1:Sting (Peter Stanchek), Kris, Zephyr, Flamingo, Torque 
1992/01 Solar, Man of the Atom 5 Origin part 5, about 55,000 made  A:Spider Aliens (present time),
1:ORB Industries 
1992/02 Magnus, Robot Fighter 0 Redeem coupons from 1-8, with card, very limited  O:Freewill Robots 
1992/02 Magnus, Robot Fighter 9 about 60,000 made  1:Xyrkol, 1:City of Synchron
1992/02 X-O Manowar 1 First Issue, about 70,000 made  1:Aric (X-O Manowar),1:Ken Clarkson, 1:Manowar Class X-O Armor - see Magnus #7
1992/02 Harbinger 2 coupon, about 40,000 made
#10 Rarest
The kids get costumes, and
the kids first meet Harada
1992/02 Solar, Man of the Atom 6 Origin part 6, about 55,000 made   
1992/03 Magnus, Robot Fighter 10 about 60,000 made   
1992/03 X-O Manowar 2 about 55,000 made   
1992/03 Rai 1 First regular issue, 4 miniseries flipbooks were Magnus #5-#8, about 55,000 made  1:Makiko 
1992/03 Harbinger 3 coupon, about 30,000 made
#6 Rarest 
1: Ax
1992/03 Solar, Man of the Atom 7 Origin part 7, about 45,000 made
#15 Rarest
"Time is not absolute" written on a sheet of paper (will be Unity theme) 
1992/04 Magnus, Robot Fighter 11 about 60,000 made  Xyrkol defeated 
1992/04 X-O Manowar 3 about 45,000 made
#13 Rarest
1:X-Caliber (Gregor Latinev)
Harada says "I need no more acclaim." 
1992/04 Rai 2 35,000 to 40,000 made
#4 Rarest
1:Icespike 
1992/04 Harbinger 4 coupon, 35,000 to 40,000 made
#5 Rarest
 
1992/04 Solar, Man of the Atom 8 Origin part 8, about 40,000 made
#12 Rarest
1:Kama 
1992/05 Magnus, Robot Fighter 12 Giant Size, about 50,000 made
#17 Rarest
1:Turok (since GoldKey), 1:Andar, 1:Lost Land (dinosaurs), 1:Dr. Laslo Noel, 1:Other Robot Fighters (mutants) 
1992/05 X-O Manowar 4 about 40,000 made
#9 Rarest
Cameo:Jack Boniface (Shadowman) - see Shadowman #1 
1992/05 Shadowman 1 First Issue, about 50,000 made 1:Shadowman 
1992/05 Rai 3 about 35,000 made
#1 Rarest
 
1992/05 Harbinger 5 coupon, about 35,000 made
#7 Rarest
The kids meet Solar
1992/05 Solar, Man of the Atom 9 Origin part 9, about 40,000 made
#8 Rarest
 
1992/06 Magnus, Robot Fighter 13    
1992/06 X-O Manowar 5 about 55,000 made   
1992/06 Shadowman 2 about 45,000 made
#14 Rarest
 
1992/06 Rai 4 about 35,000 made
#2 Rarest
 
1992/06 Harbinger 6 coupon, about 40,000 made
#11 Rarest
D:Torque (Harada's Eggbreakers Weasel and Rock kill Torque) 
1992/06 Solar, Man of the Atom 10 Origin part 10, about 55,000 made
& a 2nd Print was also made
1:Eternal Warrior, 1:Geomancers (Buck and Geoff McHenry) 
1992/07 Archer & Armstrong 0 First Issue  1&O:Archer;1:Armstrong 
1992/07 Magnus, Robot Fighter 14   1:Isac, D:Grand One (Magnus destroys Grand One) 
1992/07 X-O Manowar 6 about 60,000 made  Ken's arm is replaced by X-O. 
1992/07 Shadowman 3   1:Emil Sosa,the Soul Eater 
1992/07 Rai 5 35,00 to 40,000 made, Unity Prelude
#3 Rarest
C:Rokland Tate (Geomancer of 4001),C: Eternal Warrior of 4001 
1992/07 Harbinger 0 Two versions
Pink sendaway
& TPB version
Tells story of Peter Stanchek and Harbinger Foundation 
1992/07 Harbinger 7 about 60,000 made  Funeral for Torque 
1992/07 Solar, Man of the Atom 11 Unity Prelude  2:Eternal Warrior, 2:Geoff McHenry (Geomancer),D:Erica Pierce (Erica kills her former self) 
1992/08 Unity 0 Unity Ch. 1,free cover price  1:"Another" Erica Pierce - calls herself Mothergod, 1:Eternal Warrior of 4001   
1992/08 Eternal Warrior 1 First Issue, Unity Ch. 2  O:Gilad the Eternal Warrior, O:Armstrong, 1:Geomancer of Mesopotamia   
1992/08 Archer & Armstrong 1 Unity Ch. 3     
1992/08 Magnus, Robot Fighter 15 Unity Ch. 4  1:Rokland Tate (Geomancer of 4001),1:Ana Kawainui(Geomancer of 3900s),1:Talpa the robot   
1992/08 X-O Manowar 7 Unity Ch. 5     
1992/08 Shadowman 4 Unity Ch. 6  1:Elya Ann Smith,1:N'Dour, Solar is trapped in a cincture wormhole by Mothergod   
1992/08 Rai 6 Unity Ch. 7  D:Japan (Erica destroys Japan)   
1992/08 Harbinger 8 Unity Ch. 8  Kris tells the group that's she's pregnant (with Torque's baby)   
1992/08 Solar, Man of the Atom 12 Unity Ch. 9  O:Erica (Mothergod) & Albert (her son),C:Geomancer of 3002   
1992/09 Eternal Warrior 2 Unity Ch. 10     
1992/09 Archer & Armstrong 2 Unity Ch. 11  2:Turok   
1992/09 Magnus, Robot Fighter 16 Unity Ch. 12  Birth of Kris' baby (Magnus), Magnus of 4001 holds himself as a baby in the Lost Land   
1992/09 X-O Manowar 8 Unity Ch. 13  Aric almost bitten in half by Bionosaur (Bionic Dinosaur), Gilad says Aric seems familiar   
1992/09 Shadowman 5 Unity Ch. 14  Elya tells Jack that he dies in 1999   
1992/09 Rai 7 Unity Ch. 15  D:Tohru Nakadai the 42nd Rai (Killed by Mothergod)   
1992/09 Harbinger 9 Unity Ch. 16  Solar is freed from wormhole by Sting   
1992/09 Solar, Man of the Atom 13 Unity Ch. 17  Solar defeats Erica (Mothergod) and puts her in a cincture wormhole   
1992/10 Unity 1 Unity Ch. 18, Unity timeline inside front and back cover  D:Albert Pierce (Erica's son),Solar sends everyone home to their own time   
1992/10 Rai 8 last pre-Future Force     
1992/10 Harbinger 10   1:HARDCorps   
1992/10 Solar, Man of the Atom 14   1:Fred Bender(will become Dr. Eclipse)   
1992/11 Eternal Warrior 4   Cameo:Bloodshot - see Rai #0   
1992/11 Rai 0 Details of Valiant Universe
(past, present, future) 
1:Bloodshot (Rising Spirit Project); 1:New Rai  
1992/11 Solar, Man of the Atom 15   2:Fred Bender (will become Dr. Eclipse)   
1992/12 Eternal Warrior 5   2:Bloodshot   
1992/12 Shadowman 8   1:Master Darque   


Key to Appearance column

Code       Meaning

Cameo:     Cameo appearance (one or two small pictures) - before the first full appearance

1:         First full appearance in Valiant comics

2:         Second appearance in Valiant comics

A:         Appearance - usually very early (2nd, 3rd, etc.)

F:         Featuring - a character not usually in the title

D:         Death or Destruction

O:         Origin told

1&O:       First appearance & origin told

Note: Issues numbered 0 are shown in the order they were redeemed.
For example, Magnus 0 was redeemed after sending in the coupons from issues 1-8.
So Magnus 0 is shown in this list between issues 8 and 9.
Magnus 0 shipped much later than issue 8 or 9, but issue 8 was the last coupon.


Note on Print Run information: I have been attempting to determine which issues are
the rarest of the early Valiant comics. These numbers should demonstrate the toughest
issues to find based upon the number produced.
Do not take these numbers as fact...they are best guesses...
I will adjust them as necessary based on information I receive.
If the print run is not listed, the the issue is not among the "rarest" made.
Actually, the rarest issues are the dealer premiums, "Gold" and "Platinum" issues.
But the above represent "regular issue comics".
Also note: Any issue containing a coupon can now be found with and without coupons
since some were redeemed. Expect issues still "with coupon" today to be fewer than
the number originally produced (Magnus 1-8 and Harbinger 1-6).