Valiant Archives : The Shared Universe https://www.theshareduniverse.com/tag/valiant/ The Internet's Bay Bridge connecting the Bay Area's comic fandom. Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:13:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Frankensteining a pandemic horror film festival https://www.theshareduniverse.com/frankensteining-a-pandemic-horror-film-festival/ https://www.theshareduniverse.com/frankensteining-a-pandemic-horror-film-festival/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2020 04:26:14 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=3141 The last time I was in a movie theater was March 13, 2020. COVID-19 had finally arrived on the U.S. shores, and we weren’t quite sure what it would mean, but everything was starting to shut down. I figured it would probably be one of my last opportunities to visit the cinema for a couple […]

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]]> https://www.theshareduniverse.com/frankensteining-a-pandemic-horror-film-festival/feed/ 1 Image Expo reaches effective frequency https://www.theshareduniverse.com/image-expo-reaches-effective-frequency/ Tue, 12 Nov 2013 17:38:36 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=421 Considering how successful the 2012 and 2013 Image Expos were for the 21-year-old company it comes as a no surprise the company’s hosting a third in 2014. The surprise in the announcement is that Image Expo will be making a return to San Francisco’s  Yerba Buena Center for the Arts only six months after the […]

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]]> Dead Universes (part III): Reading order https://www.theshareduniverse.com/dead-universes-part-iii-reading-order/ Fri, 18 Oct 2013 15:46:55 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=270 Originally published October 18, 2013 | Updated April 2026Originally published in 2013, this post explores how to approach reading three major Dead Universes: Defiant, Valiant, and the Ultraverse. The reading strategy you choose affects how you collect. Do you read series-by-series as they were originally published? In chronological order? Or by release date? Knowing this […]

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]]> Dead Universes (part II): Best Practices https://www.theshareduniverse.com/dead-universes-part-ii-best-practices/ https://www.theshareduniverse.com/dead-universes-part-ii-best-practices/#comments Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:59:39 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=268 Originally published October 8, 2013 | Updated April 2026 The best practices for collecting Dead Universes differ from modern comics. Whether you’re starting with Defiant, Valiant, or the Ultraverse, these principles will help you build a complete collection affordably and strategically. Originally published in 2013, this advice remains relevant in 2026 because the fundamentals of […]

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]]> https://www.theshareduniverse.com/dead-universes-part-ii-best-practices/feed/ 1 Dead Universes (part I): Reading Dead Universes https://www.theshareduniverse.com/dead-universes-part-reading-dead-universes/ https://www.theshareduniverse.com/dead-universes-part-reading-dead-universes/#comments Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:41:31 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=259 Originally published October 8, 2013 | Updated April 2026 Reading and collecting Dead Universes might seem daunting. These universes were published decades ago, never collected into modern trade paperbacks, and scattered across thousands of individual comic book issues. Yet they remain accessible and surprisingly affordable. This post shares one collector’s approach to acquiring and reading […]

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