Valiant Universe Handbook 2019 Vol 1 1

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An essential reference to the entire Valiant Universe of heroes and villains. Learn the origins, secrets, alliances, and vendettas of all of your favorite characters. You'll find everything you need to know – from Bloodshot's first firefight, when Archer met Armstrong, the secrets of the Deadside with Doctor Mirage, all the way to the true origin of the X-O Manowar armor and everything in between – all right here!

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Appearances[]

Featured Characters (in order of appearance):

Neville Alcott
The Alpha (..."remains at large")
Archer & Armstrong
- Obadiah Archer
- Armstrong / Aram Anni-Padda
- Gub Gub (Hideous science experiment)
- Congresswoman Archer (Archer's adoptive mother)
- Reverend Archer (Archer's adoptive father)
- Andromeda (Armstrong's estranged wife)
- Bacchus (Immortal Greek party "god")
- Mary-Maria Archer (Archer's adoptive sister)
Armor Hunters
- Primary Reebo (Killed by Aric of Dacia)
- Quartz (Imprisoned by G.A.T.E.)
- Helix (Imprisoned by G.A.T.E.)
- Lilt (Killed by Bloodshot)
- GIN-GR (Currently working for G.A.T.E.)
Armorines
Baron Samedi
Bleeding Monk
Bloodshot
- Magic (Ray's true love)
- Jessie (Nanite-infused child)
- Bloodhound (First enhancement subject)
- Diane Festival (FBI profiler)
- Bloodshot Squad (Veteran nanotech soldiers)
  - Tank Man
  - Quiet Man (Deceased)
  - Cold Man
  - Viet Man
Britannia
- Romans and Barbarians
  - Antonius Axia (The Detectioner)
  - Bran (Loyal manservant)
  - Achillia (Gladiatrix)
  - Rubria (Chief Vestal)
  - Nero (Mad emperor)
  - Orkus (Chthonic deity)
The Darques
- Nicodemo Darque
- Sandria Darque
Divinity
- Myshka (Copilot to the Unknown)
- David Camp (The Cartographer)
- Kazmir (Mad god)
Deadside
- Pale Mistress (Soul sovereign of the sea)
- Lord Ivros (Despot of the sundered plain)
- Jaunty (Trickster spirit)
- Ember (Demon)
- Amy (Prisoner demon)
- Belu (Dream remnant)
Doctor Mirage
- Li Hwen Mirage (Shan's ghostly husband)
- The Prisoner (Former agent of Lyceum)
- Linton March (Corrupt occultist)
- Alex Huang (Hwen's double)
- Denis de Walt (Evil spirit)
Doctor Silk
The Dying One
Edison's Radical Acquisitions (E.R.A.)
- The Crone (Clone body farmer; deceased)
- Thomas Edison (Genius invention stealer)
- Beta-Max (Outdated cyborg)
- Detective Cejudo (Former clone agent)
- Sixty-Nine (Liberated Crone clone)
- Haz-Matt (Irradiated radiation expert)
- Omaha Jack (Bio-splicing animal wrangler)
- Johnny 1 & 2 (Twin monster makers)
- The Nightmare Brigade (Manufactured monstrosity)
- Carl (Affable astronomer)
Eternal Warrior
- Humongous (Demon gatekeeper)
- Kalam (Gilad's firstborn son)
- Leena (Gilad's beloved)
- Immortal Enemy (Apocalyptic elemental)
Faith
- Zipline Co-Workers
  - Mimi (Faith's boss)
  - Jay (Journalist)
  - Paige (Journalist)
  - Klara (Jay's girlfriend)
The Faithless
- Chris Chriswell (Supervillain mastermind)
- Dark Star (Psychic parasite)
- Murder Mouse (Master thief)
- Sidney Pierce (Alien movie star)
The Faraway
- Amelia Earhart (Aviation pioneer; the one and only)
- Keepers of the Timeless Word (The Seven Sages)
- General Redacted (Black site comandeer)
- The Grays (Butt-fixated UFO pilots)
- Ambrose Bierce (American essayist)
- Roanoke Colonists (Disappeared settlers)
- Dinosaurs (Time-displaced saurians)
Father (Bloodfather)
- Bloodshot 4001 (Possessed)
- The Circadian (Leader of the Church Fallen)
- Church Fallen (Father's worshippers)
- X-Eye (The 11st Rai; destroyed by the 10th)
G.A.T.E.
- Agency Assets
- Brigadier General Jamie Capshaw (Space force commandeer)
- Sabbas (Ageless wanderer)
- B.O.B. (Biosphere Oversight Base)
- Field Operative (Combat operations specialist; generic soldier)
Generation Zero
- Animalia
- Atomus (Killed in Las Vegas)
- Blaster
- Cloud (Killed in Rook)
- Cronus (Killed in Rook)
- Eliphas
- Gamete (Killed in Rook)
- Graham
- Headspace (Killed in Las Vegas)
- Hive
- Howl
- The Zygos Twins (Currently in OMEN custody)
  - James Zygos
  - Katherine Zygos
- Little Castle
- Ramsey
- Rasa
- Serenade
- Shadow (Killed in Las Vegas)
- The Telic (Killed in Rook)
- Titan
- Traveler
The Geomancer
- Tama
- Kay McHenry (Deathmate)
- Karana (41st Century Geomancer)
- Anni (The First Geomancer)
- Buck McHenry (19th Century Geomancer)
Planet Gorin
- Wynn (Azure communications specialist)
- Clubb and Scar (Brother Azure warriors)
- Bruto (Cadmium traitor)
- Ironside (Burnt cyborg)
- Juneday (Leader of the Burnt tribe)
- The Momomen (Enigmatic aliens)
- Catt (Burnt warrior)
H.A.R.D. Corps
Toyo Harada
- Foundation Allies
  - Mech Major (Nanite-augmented medbot)
  - Gravedog (Biomechanically enhanced guerilla)
  - Lord Vine-99 (Alien bio-weapon)
  - Broken Angel (Interdimensional intelligence)
Harbinger Renegades
- Peter Stanchek (Omega-level psiot)
- Kris Hathaway (Team strategist)
- Faith Herbert (Heroic flyer)
- Flamingo (Sultry pyrokinetic; deceased)
- Torque (Brash strongmen)
- @x (Hacking genius)
Ivar, Timewalker
Livewire
- Friends and Rivals
  - Pan de Santos (Memory thief)
  - Serena Byrne (PSEP Director)
  - Phoebe Daniels (Psiot trainee)
Lula Lee
- Fallen Friends
  - Spylocke (Vidstar superspy; killed by Father)
  - Grace (Positronic companion; destroyed saving Karana)
Ninja Programme
- The Jonin (A ninja master)
- Ninja-A (Died fighting Ninja-B in 1945)
- Ninja-B (Trained Ninja-C until his own demise)
- Ninja-C (Believed killed in battle with Ninjak)
- Ninja-D (Killed by Ninja-C)
- Ninja-E (Status unknown)
- Ninja-F (Status unknown)
- Ninja-G (Faked her death)
- Ninja-H (Currently deactivated)
- Ninja-I (Vanished without trace)
- Ninja-J (Status unknown)
- Ninja-K (Granted freelancer status; see...Ninjak!)
- Ninja-L (Killed during the Stalinverse)
Ninjak
- Ninjak's Gadgets
  - Ninjet
  - Jetpack
  - Expansion Armor
  - Mini-Drones
  - Katana
  - Smart Boots and Gloves
  - Hologram Belt
  - Fountain Pen
  - Shuriken
The Null
- Zealots of the Null
  - Mistress of Prometheans (Cybernetic clone from the future)
  - Prometheans (Fifth-dimensional artificial suicide life)
  - Elyot Zorn (Billionaire nihilist)
  - Nergal (Stone Age death cultist)
  - The Last Enemy (Immortal disembodied assassin)
  - Padda (Nemesis of the Geomancer)
The Processors
- Rawn (Leader)
- Hesnid (Bold and fearless hunter)
- Maw-Teth (Cybernetically enhanced hunter)
- Bat (Alien bounty hunter; died while trying to bond with Shanhara)
- BAZ-L (Hybrid artificial organic sentient robot)
- Julliet (Alien bounty hunter)
- Lance Stet (Aquatic alien bounty hunter)
- Commander Mob (Alien bounty hunter)
Project Rising Spirit
- Leopold Carter (Former director; died in 1969)
- G.T. Prescott (Former director; deceased)
- Dr. Olga Strauss (Project Bloodshot scientist; deceased)
- Nigel Cormac (Project Bloodshot leader; deceased)
- Simon Oreck (Former director)
- Dr. Emmanuel Kuretich (Project Bloodshot leader; died in Las Vegas)
- Chainsaw (Biomechanically augmented combat unit)
- Morris Kozol (Former CEO; killed by Deathmate in New York)
- The Scarred Man (Director of OMEN)
Punk Mambo
- Friends and Foes
  - Joe Mayham (Voodoo priest)
  - Ayezan (Loa of doors and barriers)
  - Uncle Gunnysack (Demonic abductor)
Quantum and Woody
- Quantum
- Woody
- Friends and Foes
  - Millie Henderson (Quantum's Otherverse wife)
  - Kristen Cooper (Woody's Otherverse therapist)
  - Terrence Magnum (Head of Magnum Security)
  - The Goat (Totally ordinary ruminant)
  - Kid Tesla (Mad kid scientist)
  - Infomercial (Alternate dimension shapeshifter)
Rai
- Heroes of New Japan
  - Raijin (Father's first Rai)
  - Momo (Positronic rebel; went missing in the fall of New Japan)
  - Rai VIII (Exiled insurgent)
  - Izak (Genetically modified alien)
  - Aboto (Father's executioner; killed)
  - Sai (Father's beacon of hope)
Rampage
The Red Brigade
- Kostiy (Deathless general)
- The Red Legend (Soviet paragon)
- The Pioneer (Tribal hero)
- Baba Yaga (Malevolent homunculus)
Roku
Savage
Secret Weapons
- Avichal "Avi" Malakar (Stoneskin)
- Lucia Alonzo (Detonator)
- Livewire (Technopath; group leader)
- Nicole "Nikki" Finch (Ornipath)
- Owen Cho (Conjurer)
The Sect
- Bacchae (Party god conspirators)
- The Black Bloc (Anti-authoritarian faction)
- Church of Retrology (Celebrity abducting cult)
- The Dominion (Evangelical conspiracy)
- Gnomes of Zürich (Secretive bankers)
- Green Dragon Lamas (Nazi monks)
- Hashish-Eaters (Stoned killers)
- Knights Templar (Western chauvinists)
- Master Builders (Fraternal cabal)
- The Null (Nihilistic cult)
- The One Percent (Mammon worshippers)
- Sisters of Perpetual Darkness (Killer nuns)
Neela Sethi
- Friends and Foes
  - Ank (Time-traveling companion)
  - Anon-Lurker (Prankster from 30,045 A.D.)
  - Do-Bot (Dimension hopping destroyer)
The Shadow Seven
- The Undead Monk (Motionless master; killed by Ninjak)
- Kannon (Criminal mastermind)
- La Barbe (Eccentric inventor)
- Roku (Lethal double agent)
- Sanguine (Body-modified assassin)
- Fitzy (Clone fighter)
- Fakir (Multi-limbed thief)
Shadowman
- Friends and Foes
  - Alyssa Myles (Abettor and lover)
  - Dox (Jack's mentor; killed by Master Darque)
  - Josiah Boniface (Jack's father; deceased)
  - Abettors (Occult guardians)
  - The Brethren (Darque cultists)
  - Bosou Koblamin (The Shadow Loa)
Alexander Solomon
The Torment
Unity
- The United
  - Stock (Human computer)
  - Gang (Collective mind)
  - Ultimo (Criminal metamorph)
  - The Myth (Master of disguise)
The Unknown
- The Observer (Gurdian of the Unknown)
- Brothers of the Bomb (Guardians of the Future Light)
- Krakor and the Sky Bolts (Rebels of the Past Light)
- Atom-13 (Simulacrum fighter)
- Tagg the Sky Goddess (Queen of the City of the Golden Virus)
- Doctor Tear (Physician of the Future Light)
- Grimm-1 (Messenger of the Future Light)
- Titan Patrol (Law enforcement of the Unknown)
- Ragad the Unstoppable (Sentinel of the Past Light)
- The Fumes (Soldiers of the Past Light)
The Vine
- Commander Trill (Vine military leader)
- Dalgan Pith (Friend of Aric)
- Vine High Priest (Keeper of the Hara Vine)
- Alexander Dorian (Orb Industries CEO)
- Vine Planting Liberation Army (Anti-Harada faction)
War-Monger
- Past Allies
  - Temüjin (Genghis Khan)
  - Khutulun (Moonlight princess)
  - Vlad III Dracula (The Impaler)
War Mother
- Friends and Foes
  - Flaco (Sentient sniper rifle)
  - Sylvan (Sentient plantoid)
X-O Manowar

Additional Characters (in order of appearance):

Geomancers
- Mesopotamian Geomancer (ca. 3,000 B.C.)
- Mayan Geomancer (ca. 2,000 B.C.)
- Minoan Geomancer (1,100 B.C.)
- Anqi Sheng (3rd Century B.C.)
- Morgan le Fay (6th Century A.D.)
- Nasi (9th Century A.D.)
- The Crow (10th Century A.D.)
- Scheherazade (12th Century A.D.)
- Dominique Braithwaite (18th Century A.D.)
- David Dunlow (Corrupted Geomancer)
Harbinger Foundation Psiots
- Ingrid Hillcraft (Foundation counselor)
- Darpan (Psychic born activated)
- Stronghold (Psiot disintegrator)
- Orchid (Child hyper-psychic)
- Law (Electromagnetic projector)
- Rachel Hopson (Foundation recruiter)
- Inner Sea (Psiot cloaking)
MI-6 Agents
- Lord Kensington (Current chief)
- Patrick Clement (Former chief; Vine Planting)
- Margaret King (Colin King's mother; deceased)
- Jonathan King (Colin King's father; deceased)
- Alain (Colin King's biological father; deceased)
- Zenith Armor Guard (Heavy weapons defence)
The Voodoo Loa
- Papa Legba (Loa of crossroads)
- Erzulie Dantor (Queen of the Petro Loa)
- Ogun (God of Iron)
- Maman Brigitte (Goddess of Death)
- Ayida-Weddo and Damballah (The Rainbow Serpent and the Great Master)
The Grudge League
- Phoenix Man (Woody's alternate universe nemesis)
- Terminal (Invulnerable dying man)
- Arthur Pryce (Super-strong ex-cop)
- Kim Hu (Tentacled terror)
- Shay Davies (Animal-controlling veterinarian)
- Dave Auden (Straight-edge wheelman)
The Lineage of Shadowman
- Standing Wolf (The First Shadowman)
- Marius Boniface (First Boniface Shadowman)
- Leroy Boniface (Marius's grandson)
- Maxim Boniface (Josiah's grandfather)
- Shadow Woman (WWII Fighter)
The Family of X-O Manowar
- King Alaric (Aric's uncle)
- Rolf (Aric's father)
- Inga (Aric's mother)
- Deidre (Aric's lost wife)
- Gafti (Aric's fallen best friend)
- Saana (Aric's ex-wife)
- Volo (Saana's new husband)
- Schon (Aric's alien companion)

Locations:

Items:

H.A.R.D. Corps Neural Implants
- H.A.R.D. Corps Power Modes
  - Arc Charge
  - Breakdown
  - Decoy
  - Detonation
  - Fire
  - Flight
  - Intangibility
  - Neural Spike
  - Omnifluency
  - Shields
  - Sleep
  - Strength
  - Stun Ram
  - Suggestion Mode
  - True Sight
Magpie costume (seen on Felipe Massafera's inside cover)
Nanites
Shanhara Armor

Vehicles:

Credits[]

Writers: Drew Baumgartner, Jon Ellis, Gregg Katzman, Peter Stern, Ward Williams
Pencilers: Raul Allen, Kaare Andrews, Al Barrionuevo, Jen Bartel, Diego Bernard, Ryan Bodenheim, Doug Braithwaite, Dan Brereton, Cafu, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Clayton Crain, Russell Dauterman, Roberto de la Torre, Valentine De Landro, Ming Doyle, Khari Evans, Travel Foreman, Tom Fowler, Lee Garbett, Manuel Garcia, Robert Gill, Tomas Giorello, Adam Gorham, Renato Guedes, Butch Guice, Andres Guinaldo, Trevor Hairsine, Stephanie Hans, Erica Henderson, Clayton Henry, Meghan Hetrick, Phil Jimenez, Dave Johnson, Kano, Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic, MJ Kim (uncredited), David Lafuente, Lewis LaRosa, Ken Lashley, Jae Lee, Brian Level, Steve Lieber, Tula Lotay, Arturo Lozzi, Emanuela Lupacchino, Clay Mann, Patricia Martin, Felipe Massafera, Jorge Molina, Cary Nord, Mike Norton, Monika Palosz, Pere Perez, Stephane Perger, Khoi Pham, Amilcar Pinna, Adam Pollina, Francis Portela, Paolo Rivera, Darick Robertson, Kenneth Rocafort, Juan Jose Ryp, SainaSix, Rafa Sandoval, Marguerite Sauvage, Bart Sears, Stephen Segovia, Ryan Sook, Mico Suayan, Philip Tan, Harvey Tolibao, Wilfredo Torres, Michael Walsh, Patrick Zircher
Production & Design: Steve Blackwell
Art Assitants: Dylan Thomson
Cover Artists: Felipe Massafera
Editors: Peter Stern, Drew Baumgartner (assistant), Lauren Hitzhusen (proofreader)
Editor-in-Chief: Missing Credits
Special Thanks: Alicia D'Amico

Notes[]

Additional content
- Valiant Universe Pinup illstrated by Raul Allen and Patricia Martin (centerfold; 2 pages)
- The Valiant Universe Timeline (2 pages)
  - Distant past (From "eons ago" - ca. 1864 A.D.)
  - Twentieth century (1916 A.D. - ten years ago)
  - Several years ago
  - Last year
  - Present day
  - The future (Decades from now - the end of time)
- Glossary and Index (2 pages)
- Compass Point (1 page)
  - Afterword by publisher Fred Pierce

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Pinup[]

For the first time published in this handbook; previously used as teaser for New York Comic Con 2018.

Related[]

Valiant Universe Handbooks
- FCBD 2014 Valiant Universe Handbook #1
- Valiant Universe Handbook 2015 #1
- Valiant Universe Handbook 2016 #1
- Valiant Universe Handbook 2019 #1

For basic information about the universe, see Valiant Universe.

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