Download or read book Rai The History of The Valiant Universe 1 written by Rafer Roberts and published by Valiant Entertainment. This book was released on 2017-06-14 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the year 4002 A.D?. Rai, the spirit guardian of Earth, has uncovered an ancient tome filled with history?s greatest tales and civilizations darkest moments. Charting the dawning days of ancient Mesopotamia, all the way to the rise of New Japan, the history of the Valiant Universe is laid bare in shocking and revelatory detail. From X-O Manowar to Bloodshot to Faith to Divinity?history will reveal untold revelations for Valiant?s greatest heroes and antagonists! In the tradition of the original RAI #0, Harvey Award-nominated writer Rafer Roberts (Harbinger Renegade) and acclaimed artist Francis Portela (Faith) unleash a celebration of Rai?s 25th anniversary with the third of four standalone specials honoring the most famed Valiant stories ever told!
Download or read book 4001 A D Beyond New Japan written by Robert Venditti and published by Valiant Entertainment. This book was released on 2016-11-02 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rocketing out of the pages of 4001 A.D...the present and future of ValiantÕs greatest heroes come together in four essential standalone chapters at the heart of the blockbuster comics event of the year! Blast two thousand years into the future as the never-before-told history of New JapanÕs dominion over Earth and the future fates of X-O Manowar, Bloodshot and Shadowman stand revealed. Then, witness the battle- scarred debut of the boldest new hero of this century or the next when War Mother makes her history-shattering debut! The future starts now as all-star writers Robert Venditti, Jeff Lemire, Jody Houser, Rafer Roberts, and Fred Van Lente join visionary artists Clayton Henry, Doug Braithwaite, Robert Gill, and Tomas Giorello to bring the Valiant Universe barreling into the 41st century! Collecting 4001 A.D.: X-O MANOWAR #1, 4001 A.D.: BLOODSHOT #1, 4001 A.D.: SHADOWMAN #1, and 4001 A.D.: WAR MOTHER #1.
Download or read book Valiant Masters Rai Vol 1 From Honor to Strength HC written by David Michelinie and published by Valiant Entertainment. This book was released on 2013-11-27 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legendary future of the Valiant Universe ? back in print after 20 years! 4001 A.D. ? Tohru Nakadai is the 42nd Rai, the spirit guardian of Japan. Infused with the energy of his ancestors and dedicated to the way of the samurai, Rai is sworn to the service of Grandmother ? the personified artificial intelligence that governs the island nation of Japan. For forty generations Grandmother?s benevolent dominion has endured, but in the wake of her sudden disappearance, Rai will become all that stands between his nation and all-out chaos. As humanist factions war with mechanist loyalists for control of the future, the masterless Tohru is about to become the first Rai that must choose for himself how best to defend his people, his family, and his honor. Collecting RAI (1992) #1-8 in a deluxe hardcover format for the first time anywhere, revisit the future of the original Valiant Universe with Rai?s critically acclaimed, highly sought-after adventures from legendary creators David Michelinie (Amazing Spider-Man, Iron Man), Joe St. Pierre (Spider-Man 2099), Peter Grau (Titans) and Sal Velluto (Bloodshot)!
Download or read book Rai Vol 3 The Orphan TPB written by Matt Kindt and published by Valiant Entertainment. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rai falls to Earth in??THE ORPHAN?! Broken, beaten, and cast down to Earth, Rai and his allies now find themselves hunted, persecuted, and imprisoned for their failed rebellion against Father. Stranded thousands of miles from his former home, Rai is now more determined than ever to save his friends and bring down New Japan?s malevolent ruler once and for all?but how can he do that from Earth? And just what secrets will New Japan?s rising son discover as he journeys across the face of a planet scarred by his nation?s ascent to the stars? Superstar creative team Matt Kindt (THE VALIANT, DIVINITY) and Clayton Crain (Carnage) return to their one-of-a-kind vision for the future as Rai discovers the true fate of the world New Japan left behind?and the Earth of 4001 is revealed! Collecting?RAI #9-12.
Download or read book X O Manowar Retribution written by Steve Englehart and published by Valiant Entertainment. This book was released on 2020-12-09 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE MOST PRIMITIVE MAN, THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON Abducted from his own time by the predatory Spider Aliens and displaced to the present day, Aric of Dacia will make war on his one-time captors and any who stand with them. Armed with a sentient suit of battle armor and savagery born in an age of war, he will become the hero this new age demands. Tyrants from beyond time and space, superpowered corporate raiders, and corrupt government power brokers? all will quake in fear where X-O Manowar dares to tread. Featuring groundbreaking work from comic-book legends Jim Shooter (Secret Wars), Bob Layton (Iron Man), Barry Windsor-Smith (Weapon X), Joe Quesada (Daredevil), Steve Englehart (Detective Comics) and many more, the complete adventures of Valiant?s original armored hero begin here in the first Valiant Classic Collection of the series Graphic Policy calls ""a must read""! Collecting X-O MANOWAR (1992) #0?9, and X-O DATABASE #1.
Download or read book Zeroes and Origins written by Tom Fowler and published by Valiant Entertainment. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last - the essential origins and early adventures of Valiant's most powerful heroes and allies, collected between two covers for the first time anywhere! Celebrate 25 years of the largest independent superhero universe in comics with these all-star explorations of Valiant's indelible comics book icons, including X-O Manowar, Harbinger, Bloodshot, Archer & Armstrong, Shadowman, and many more! Who they are, how they came to be, and what they fear the most! This is your essential one-stop guide to the biggest heroes, villains, and super-teams that the Valiant Universe has to offer, just in time for Valiant's 25th Anniversary Celebration! Collecting Archer & Armstrong #0, Bloodshot #0, Harbinger #0, Punk Mambo #0, Quantum and Woody: The Goat #0, Shadowman #0, Unity #0, X-O Manowar #0, and material from Archer & Armstrong #25, Bloodshot #25, Harbinger #25, X-O Manowar #25, and FCBD 2014: Valiant Universe Handbook #1.
Download or read book Armor Hunters TPB written by Robert Venditti and published by Valiant Entertainment. This book was released on 2014-11-05 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earth will be the greatest hunt of all… When Aric of Dacia returned to Earth with the stolen X-O Manowar armor of an alien race, he thought he’d finally found a weapon to guard the peace and kingdom he’d struggled so long to secure. But now, a relentless and surgical strike team from the farthest reaches of space – sworn to exterminate the armor and all like it – have found their fi nal target. The ARMOR HUNTERS are coming. They will hunt. They will trap. They will kill. And they will rid the universe of the X-O Manowar armor’s incalculable destructive power…even if it means taking the Earth with it. In the tradition of the universe-shaking HARBINGER WARS, be here when New York Times bestselling writer Robert Venditti (X-O Manowar, Green Lantern) and superstar artist Doug Braithwaite (Unity, Justice) launch Valiant’s biggest heroes into the year’s blockbuster crossover event – ARMOR HUNTERS! Collecting ARMOR HUNTERS #1-4 and ARMOR HUNTERS: AFTERMATH #1.
Download or read book Fallen World written by Dan Abnett and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the year 4002 A.D., the cyborg samurai named Rai faces an impossible battle for the fate of humanity. In the wake of his rebellion against the tyrannical A.I. that created him, Rai's resolve to walk a path of peace will be tested as new enemies arise from out of the wastelands and agents of the old world threaten his people from within.
Download or read book Divinity written by Matt Kindt and published by Valiant Entertainment. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Contains materials originally published in single magazine form as 'Divinity' #1-4"--Indicia.
Download or read book Magnus Robot Fighter 7 written by Fred Van Lente and published by Dynamite. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this issue: Transmech Catchers. Soft Robots. Computers that are guns. Ultraviolent versions of video games that aren't actually video games because everybody that plays will probably die. Welcome to THE BUTCHER BLOC, from acclaimed creators FRED VAN LENTE (Marvel Zombies, Conan The Avenger) and CORY SMITH (Fathom, TMNT)!
Download or read book Book of Death written by Robert Venditti and published by Valiant Entertainment. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Valiant heroes. X-O Manowar. Bloodshot. Ninjak. The Harbinger Renegades. Unity. This is how they lived. This is how they died. Now we know. The Book of the Geomancer has recorded it all. But only a young girl Ð the last in a line of the enigmatic mystics who protect the Earth known as Geomancers Ð has seen this future come to pass, from the coming cataclysm to the dawn of the 41st century. Alone with her sworn protector, the Eternal Warrior Ð a soldier battle-forged across five thousand years of combat Ð the duo must defy their allies to stop the Dark Age that now threatens to eclipse our world. Together, they are the number one target of every hero and villain on Earth. Either the Eternal Warrior hands her overÉor they take him down. But can even he single-handedly protect one child when the entire Valiant Universe wages war against him? New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (X-O MANOWAR) joins superstar-in-the-making Robert Gill (Batgirl) and visionary artist Doug Braithwaite (ARMOR HUNTERS) to begin a thousand-year journey into the future of the Valiant UniverseÉand rain, fire, blood and war on the heroes of today. Collecting BOOK OF DEATH #1Ð4.
Download or read book Archer Armstrong 1 written by Fred Van Lente and published by Valiant Entertainment. This book was released on 2012-08-08 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After years of training, Obadiah Archer has been dispatched to New York City to root out and kill the infamous Great Satan of his parents' sect. Unfortunately, dying has never been easy for Archer?s target ? the hard-drinking year-old immortal known as Armstrong. Together, this unlikely pair of heroes is about to stumble headfirst into a centuries-old conspiracy that will bring the whole of ancient history crashing down on the modern day Valiant Universe. And that?s going to mean one Hell of a hangover
Download or read book Foundations of Data Science written by Avrim Blum and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an introduction to the mathematical and algorithmic foundations of data science, including machine learning, high-dimensional geometry, and analysis of large networks. Topics include the counterintuitive nature of data in high dimensions, important linear algebraic techniques such as singular value decomposition, the theory of random walks and Markov chains, the fundamentals of and important algorithms for machine learning, algorithms and analysis for clustering, probabilistic models for large networks, representation learning including topic modelling and non-negative matrix factorization, wavelets and compressed sensing. Important probabilistic techniques are developed including the law of large numbers, tail inequalities, analysis of random projections, generalization guarantees in machine learning, and moment methods for analysis of phase transitions in large random graphs. Additionally, important structural and complexity measures are discussed such as matrix norms and VC-dimension. This book is suitable for both undergraduate and graduate courses in the design and analysis of algorithms for data.
Download or read book Rai Vol 1 Welcome to New Japan TPB written by Matt Kindt and published by Valiant Entertainment. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JAPAN IN THE 41st CENTURY! The year is 4001 A.D. ? led by the artificial intelligence called ?Father,? the island nation of Japan has expanded out of the Paci?c and into geosynchronous orbit with the ravaged Earth below. With billions to feed and protect, it has fallen to one solitary guardian to enforce the law of Father?s empire ? the mysterious folk hero known as Rai. They say he can appear out of nowhere. They say he is a spirit?the ghost of Japan. But when the ?rst murder in a thousand years threatens to topple Father?s benevolent reign, Rai will be forced to confront the true face of a nation transformed?and his own long-lost humanity? Collecting RAI #1-4 by New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (Unity, Mind MGMT) and superstar artist Clayton Crain (X-Force, Carnage), start reading to discover an astonishing new vision of the future that Comic Book Resources calls ?an immersive experience?unlike anything else in comics.""""
Download or read book Rai 2019 Book 1 TPB written by Dan Abnett and published by Valiant Entertainment. This book was released on 2020-09-16 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the 41st century: New worlds, new characters, new adventures. The cyborg ronin named Rai embarks on a thrilling quest to save the future. Side by side with his prototype and predecessor ? the robot boy called Raijin ? the spirit guardian of the fallen nation of New Japan will journey into the wastelands of Earth to set right the wrongs of their onetime overlord once and for all. Multiple New York Times bestselling and award-winning writer Dan Abnett (Guardians of the Galaxy) joins forces with breathtaking artist Juan Jos? Ryp (X-O MANOWAR) to begin the essential sci-fi series of the next two thousand years! Collecting RAI (2019) #1?5.
Download or read book Harbinger written by Jim Shooter and published by . This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the back cover: In 1992 legendary writer Jim Shooter and newcomer artist David Lapham teamed up to reinvent a staple of comic book storytelling - the superhero team genre. Their darker approach more realistically portrayed superpowered teenagers. The characters behaved like real people, blurring the line between good and evil. The heroes were flawed and sometimes loathsome, while the villains were often noble and frighteningly identifiable.
Download or read book Rai Deluxe Edition written by Matt Kindt and published by Valiant Entertainment, LLC. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (DIVINITY, THE VALIANT) and superstar artist Clayton Crain (Carnage), discover the world of 41st century Japan with an all-new vision of the future unlike anything you've seen before - now in deluxe, oversized hardcover! The year is 4001 A.D. - led by the artificial intelligence called "Father," the island nation of Japan has expanded out of the Pacific and into geosynchronous orbit with the ravaged Earth below. With billions to feed and protect, it has fallen to one solitary guardian to enforce the law of Father's empire - the mysterious folk hero known as Rai. They say he can appear out of nowhere. They say he is a spirit... the ghost of Japan. But when the first murder in a thousand years threatens to topple Father's benevolent reign, Rai will be forced to confront the true face of a nation transformed... and his own long-lost humanity... Collecting RAI #1-12, along with material from RAI #1 PLUS EDITION and RAI #5 PLUS EDITION, this prestige-sized hardcover comes packed with more than 20 pages of rarely seen art and extras direct from the Valiant vaults.
