Comments on: Valiant Comic Book Alphabet of Cool – S

By: Roquefort Raider

Roquefort Raider — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:55:26 +0000

One of the very best things about the early Valiant is that there were no alternate futures. The future was set in stone, and time travel-related paradoxes were all part of the greater story. It was very refreshing because alternate timelines have too often been the excuse for lousy plotting. The Harbinger / Visitor thing and an alternate Peter Stanchek surviving the Harbinger wars in Timewalker were just one more proof that Valiant had jumped the shark.

By: Jeff Ryan

Jeff Ryan — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:42:47 +0000

Worst of all was when he started to play the lute all the time. And in that knockoff face makeup from The Crow. Although I may be mixing up my Stings here…

By: CBR on Valiant's "Sting"

CBR on Valiant's "Sting" — Sat, 10 May 2008 17:36:38 +0000

[...] Brian Cronin, as part of his “Valiant Alphabet of Cool,” profiles the character here. [...]

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:18:09 +0000

I was expecting Solar or Samuree (wasn’t that a Valiant title first? Either way, it was hilariously great, and unintentionally so).

By: Bill Reed

Bill Reed — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:25:10 +0000

I was expecting Solar.

And hey, Visitor wasn’t that lame! Okay, maybe it was, it’s been a while– and thankfully, it finally makes sense now that you’ve explained it (I never read Harbinger).

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:19:06 +0000

It’s a tough break, but Stanchek/Sting is a cooler character than Solar.

Harbinger just happened to be one of the better Valiant titles (and, okay, it also happened to have someone who could fit F and K, not many takers for those letters ).

By: mightygodking

mightygodking — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:08:04 +0000

This is, what, the sixth Harbinger-related entry?

Solar got ripped off.