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VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC

DIVINITY III HEROES OF THE GLORIOUS STALINVERSE TP

(W) Jeff Lemire (A) CAFU (CA) Stephen Segovia

Not a dream... Not an alternate reality... This is the Valiant Universe of today... The world has gone red and Valiant's leading legends - Bloodshot, X-O Manowar and Shadowman - now stand at the forefront of the global Soviet war machine Meanwhile, the conspiracy-smashing duo of Archer & Armstrong find themselves condemned as enemies of the state and sentenced to life in the deadliest prison known to man. Torn from the pages of DIVINITY III: STALINVERSE, come four essential tales chronicling the history that has reordered the Valiant Universe as we know it, from acclaimed writers Jeff Lemire (Bloodshot Reborn), Joe Harris (Snowfall), Scott Bryan Wilson (Batman Annual), Eliot Rahal (The Paybacks) and all-star artists CLAYTON CRAIN (4001 A.D.), CAFU (Rai), Robert Gill (Book of Death), and Francis Portela (Faith). Collecting DIVINITY III: KOMANDAR BLOODSHOT #1, DIVINITY III: ARIC, SON OF THE REVOLUTION #1, DIVINITY III: SHADOWMAN AND THE BATTLE FOR NEW STALINGRAD #1, and DIVINITY III: ESCAPE FROM GULAG 396 #1.

MARVEL COMICS

VENOMVERSE #5 (OF 5)

CRAIN CONNECTING VAR

(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Iban Coello (CA) CLAYTON CRAIN

THE CONCLUSION OF THE VENOM EPIC OF THE YEAR ARRIVES! •  Even with Carnage on their side, the Venoms find themselves against the ropes with the clock ticking. •  The threat of the Poisons is looming over the Marvel Universe larger than ever, and the Venoms have no choice but to make some sacrifices... Rated T+

VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC

X-O MANOWAR (2017) #8

CVR A LAROSA

(W) Matt Kindt (A) Doug Braithwaite (CA) Lewis LaRosa

Besieged! War has returned to the world of Gorin - but, this time, the planet's ravaged armies face a threat from the stars, not within! Now, as the intergalactic assault reaches a critical peak, it falls to Gorin's newly coronated emperor, Aric of Urth, to fortify not just a kingdom, but an entire world! With his sentient armor to aid him, the Earthborn warrior once known as X-O Manowar will confront the conquering force known as the Mono Men on the field of battle...but if he doesn't act fast, his reign will end just as quickly as it began! New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (DIVINITY, Mind MGMT) and superstar artist CLAYTON CRAIN (4001 A.D.) let loose the cosmos' fiercest dogs of war for the next punishing chapter of "EMPEROR" - and bring the best-selling independent comic debut of 2017 to a white-hot crucible of unimaginable brutality!

VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC

X-O MANOWAR (2017) #8

CVR B POLLINA

(W) Matt Kindt (A) Doug Braithwaite (CA) Adam Pollina

Besieged! War has returned to the world of Gorin - but, this time, the planet's ravaged armies face a threat from the stars, not within! Now, as the intergalactic assault reaches a critical peak, it falls to Gorin's newly coronated emperor, Aric of Urth, to fortify not just a kingdom, but an entire world! With his sentient armor to aid him, the Earthborn warrior once known as X-O Manowar will confront the conquering force known as the Mono Men on the field of battle...but if he doesn't act fast, his reign will end just as quickly as it began! New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (DIVINITY, Mind MGMT) and superstar artist CLAYTON CRAIN (4001 A.D.) let loose the cosmos' fiercest dogs of war for the next punishing chapter of "EMPEROR" - and bring the best-selling independent comic debut of 2017 to a white-hot crucible of unimaginable brutality!