{"id":4985,"date":"2018-03-13T17:48:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T22:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=4985"},"modified":"2018-03-13T17:48:21","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T22:48:21","slug":"first-look-harbinger-wars-2-prelude-1-heisserer-allen-martin-set-the-stage-for-2018s-seismic-comics-event-on-may-2nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2018\/03\/13\/first-look-harbinger-wars-2-prelude-1-heisserer-allen-martin-set-the-stage-for-2018s-seismic-comics-event-on-may-2nd\/","title":{"rendered":"First Look: HARBINGER WARS 2: PRELUDE #1 \u2013 Heisserer, All\u00e9n & Mart\u00edn Set the Stage for 2018\u2019s Seismic Comics Event on May 2nd!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Valiant is proud to present your first look inside\u00a0HARBINGER WARS 2: PRELUDE #1\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 a\u00a0STUNNING STANDALONE INTRODUCTION<\/strong>\u00a0to the biggest comic event of the summer! On\u00a0May 2nd<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, the creative team behind the best-selling\u00a0SECRET WEAPON<\/strong>S \u2013 including Academy Award nominee\u00a0Eric Heisserer<\/strong>\u00a0(Arrival<\/em>) and visionary artists\u00a0Ra\u00fal All\u00e9n<\/strong>\u00a0(BLOODSHOT REBORN) and\u00a0Patricia Mart\u00edn<\/strong>\u00a0(WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR) \u2013 reunite to deliver the powerful prologue to the\u00a0SEISMIC, SIX-ISSUE EVENT t<\/strong>hat will soon reshape the landscape of the Valiant Universe!<\/p>\n

The Harbinger Renegades have been scattered across America\u2026battered by the brutal MASSACRE that decimated their ranks.<\/p>\n

Now, Livewire \u2013 leader of the Harbinger Foundation\u2019s most unusual group of SECRET WEAPONS \u2013 is about to incite the coast-to-coast clash that brings them all together in an inescapable collision of power.<\/p>\n

Pushed to the brink by the government she once served, Toyo Harada\u2019s former star pupil is about to make an irreversible decision\u2026 and deactivate America\u2019s power supply in a last-ditch bid to save the extraordinary individuals called \u201cpsiots\u201d from extinction. As a nation goes dark, the paths of our world\u2019s most powerful heroes will soon converge\u2026and the stage will be set for the most cataclysmic confrontation in the history of the Valiant Universe!<\/p>\n

“The first thing I ever pitched Valiant was a scene of Livewire doing something I hadn’t seen her do before in the books,”\u00a0writer Eric Heisserer told THR<\/a>.\u00a0“It only took two years, but I finally got to write it — the moment that shows just how powerful she really is. She remains my favorite icon of the Valiant universe.”<\/p>\n

On\u00a0May 2nd<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, witness the ground zero moment for the future of the Valiant Universe with a startling, self-contained initiation into the senses-shattering clash of 2018, only in\u00a0HARBINGER WARS 2: PRELUDE #1<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 featuring covers by\u00a0Ra\u00fal All\u00e9n<\/strong>\u00a0(BLOODSHOT REBORN),\u00a0Michael Cho\u00a0<\/strong>(Batwoman<\/em>),\u00a0Cary Nord\u00a0<\/strong>(X-O MANOWAR), and\u00a0Felipe Massafera<\/strong>\u00a0(Flashpoint: Abin Sur<\/em>)!<\/p>\n

Plus, detonating in comic shops everywhere on\u00a0May 30th<\/span><\/span><\/strong>: X-O Manowar, Livewire, Bloodshot, the Harbinger Renegades, Faith, Ninjak, the Secret Weapons, H.A.R.D. Corps, and all of Valiant\u2019s most enduring icons draw fire in\u00a0HARBINGER WARS 2 #1 (of 4)\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 the\u00a0FIRST ISSUE<\/strong>\u00a0of the world-shaking comics event from creators\u00a0Matt Kindt<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Tom\u00e1s Giorello<\/strong>, the superstar creative team behind the chart-topping rise of\u00a0X-O MANOWAR<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

For the rare and immensely powerful subset of humanity known as psiots, their unique abilities have come with an enormous cost. Once, their existence was known only to a select few. Now, the revelation that thousands of these latent telekinetic \u201charbingers\u201d secretly live among us\u2026with the potential to become active at any moment\u2026has led the American government to a dramatic tipping point\u2026<\/p>\n

Armed with new extra-governmental authority, the deep-black military contractor known as Omen has been authorized to identify, evaluate, and, if need be, eliminate all super-normal threats to the homeland. H.A.R.D. Corps units have been deployed into cities and towns across the United States to enforce their orders.<\/p>\n

In the East, one of the most powerful minds on Earth, Peter Stanchek, is leading his band of Renegades across the country, activating any potential psiots willing to join them, and building an insurrection force of ultra-powerful and unwieldy new abilities that will soon bring war to Omen\u2019s doorstep\u2026and the unstoppable force known as X-O Manowar raging back to Earth\u2026<\/p>\n

In the West, Livewire \u2013 the telekinetic technopath with the ability to bend machines and computers to her will \u2013 will be forced to choose between her former allies\u2026or her newfound team of Secret Weapons. As the situation escalates beyond human control, the United States will be plunged into darkness from coast to coast, launching Bloodshot and Ninjak into a dangerous mission to neutralize their one-time teammate \u2013 and setting the stage for the most shocking, most violent, and most consequential clash of powers ever witnessed in the history of the Valiant Universe!<\/p>\n

On\u00a0May 30th<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, the Valiant Universe will witness the raw, unrepentant power of its greatest heroes unleashed in\u00a0HARBINGER WARS 2 #1 (of 4)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 featuring covers by\u00a0J.G. Jones<\/strong>\u00a0(Final Crisis<\/em>),\u00a0Mico Suayan<\/strong>\u00a0(BLOODSHOT REBORN),\u00a0Juan Jos\u00e9 Ryp<\/strong>\u00a0(BRITANNIA),\u00a0Felipe Massafera\u00a0<\/strong>(Green Lantern\/Planet of the Apes), and\u00a0Lewis LaRosa<\/strong>\u00a0(BLOODSHOT SALVATION)!<\/p>\n

For more information, visit Valiant on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Tumblr,<\/a>\u00a0Instagram<\/a>, and\u00a0ValiantEntertainment.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For Valiant merchandise and more, visit\u00a0ValiantStore.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

HARBINGER WARS 2: PRELUDE #1<\/strong>
\nWritten by ERIC HEISSERER
\nArt by RA\u00daL ALL\u00c9N with PATRICIA MART\u00cdN
\nCover A by RA\u00daL ALL\u00c9N
\nCover B by MICHAEL CHO
\nVariant Cover by CARY NORD
\nHW2 Icon Variant by FELIPE MASSAFERA
\n$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On Sale\u00a0MAY 2nd<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(FOC \u2013\u00a04\/9\/18<\/span><\/span>)<\/p>\n

HARBINGER WARS 2 #1 (of 4)<\/strong>
\nWritten by MATT KINDT
\nArt by TOM\u00c1S GIORELLO
\nCover A by J.G. JONES
\nCover B by MICO SUAYAN
\nInterlocking Variant by JUAN JOS\u00c9 RYP
\nHW2 Icon Variant by FELIPE MASSAFERA
\nBrushed Metal Variant by LEWIS LAROSA
\nBlank Cover Also Available
\n$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On Sale\u00a0MAY 30th<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(FOC \u2013\u00a05\/7\/18<\/span><\/span>)<\/p>\n

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\nHARBINGER WARS 2 PRELUDE #1 \u2013 Variant Cover by Cary Nord<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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