People of the United States: You have been lied to. You have fed on a steady diet of lies from the media they control. I'm cutting everyone off now. If you're going to lie, do it to their face. Lights out.
- -- Livewire
Solicitation[]
Before HARBINGER WARS 2 begins, JUMP ON BOARD HERE with A STANDALONE INTRODUCTION TO THE VALIANT UNIVERSE’s most powerful forces from the master storytellers behind SECRET WEAPONS: Academy Award-nominated writer Eric Heisserer (Arrival) and Harvey Award-nominated artists Raúl Allén (SECRET WEAPONS) and Patricia Martín (BLOODSHOT REBORN)!
The Harbinger Renegades have been scattered across America… battered by the brutal MASSACRE that decimated their ranks.
Now, Livewire – leader of the Harbinger Foundation’s most unusual group of SECRET WEAPONS – is about to incite the coast-to-coast clash that brings them all together in an inescapable collision of power.
Pushed to the brink by the government she once served, Toyo Harada’s former star pupil is about to make an irreversible decision… and deactivate America’s power supply in a last-ditch bid to save the extraordinary individuals called “psiots” from extinction. As a nation goes dark, the paths of our world’s most powerful heroes will soon converge…and the stage will be set for the most cataclysmic confrontation in the history of the Valiant Universe!
Witness the ground-zero moment for the future of the Valiant Universe with a startling, self-contained prelude to HARBINGER WARS 2 – and the perfect introduction to all of Valiant’s biggest icons from one of the most acclaimed creative teams in comics today!
Harbinger Wars 2 Prelude[]
The following appearances are based on the preview pages below!
Appearances[]
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- H.A.R.D. Corps
- Omen
- Special Ops team
- Connors
- Special Ops team
- United States Government
- Homeland Security
- Agent Newsome
- Deputy Director Martin Givens
- Homeland Security
Other Characters:
- Ax (Mentioned only)
- Javl (at coffee shop)
- Nikki's birds
- Crow
- Groucho (pigeon)
- Harpo (pigeon)
- President of the United States (Mentioned only)
- Psiots
- The Scavenger (Deceased) (Mentioned only) (name revealed as "Paris Cromwell")
- Toyo Harada (Mentioned only)
- United States Military
Locations:
- California
- Illinois
- Michigan
- Rook (Mentioned only)
- The Slaughter in Rook, Michigan (Mentioned only)
- Rook (Mentioned only)
- Oklahoma
- Oklahoma City
- The Willows (Mentioned only)
- Oklahoma City
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
Items:
- Items conjured by Owen
- Metallic board
- Wooden board
- Wooden ornate doors
- Operation: Chimney Sweep (Mentioned only)
- Pacemaker
- Psiot-Dampeners
Vehicles:
Credits[]
- Writers: Eric Heisserer
- Pencilers: Raul Allen, Patricia Martin
- Inkers: Raul Allen, Patricia Martin, Borja Pindado (additional)
- Colorists: Patricia Martin, Borja Pindado (additional)
- Letterers: Patricia Martin
- Cover Artists: Raul Allen & Patricia Martin (A), Michael Cho (B), Khari Evans & Andrew Dalhouse (Pre-Order), Cary Nord (1:20), Felipe Massafera (1:50), Shelby Robertson (Wasatch)
- Editors: Warren Simons, David Menchel (assistant)
- Editor-in-Chief: Warren Simons
Synopsis[]
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Pre-Order Edition[]
The "Pre-Order Edition" of Harbinger Wars 2: Prelude #1 contains the following extra material:
- Harbinger Wars 2 Cover Gallery: Layout Options 1 & 2, Final Cover (for the Regular Cover A by Raul Allen & Patricia Martin;
- Commentary by Valiant staff;
- Into the Trenches - Script Excerpts:
- Back in Action
- Lucia
- Tactical Union
- First Strike
- The Message
- Going Dark
- Page in Process: Script, flats, colors and final art (for page 5);
- Livewire's POV: Commentary/script by Eric Heisserer (for page 10).
Quotes[]
I heard about the slaughter in Michigan. Is it psiot-hunting season? Since when are we your enemy?
- -- Livewire
You have overestimated your power. And underestimated mine.
- -- Livewire
People of the United States: You have been lied to. You have fed on a steady diet of lies from the media they control. I'm cutting everyone off now. If you're going to lie, do it to their face. Lights out.
- -- Livewire
The wrong thing for the right reasons.
- -- Livewire
Notes[]
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Gallery[]
Cover Art[]
Note: The cover of the Pre-Order Edition is based on a similar cover that Khari Evans did for Harbinger (Volume 2) #11 (April, 2013).
Cover Art (Textless)[]
Promotional Art[]
Preview #1[]
Preview #2[]
Related[]
- Harbinger
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