 Hi everyone, this is Chih-chou. Welcome back to my channel and welcome back to reading set number four. And what we're going to do in this reading is follow up the previous reading we had, which was the book of death, Fall of Harbinger number one, that came out in 2015, I believe. And we're going to read Harbinger number one, which came out in 1992, which was the first appearance of all the characters, all the major characters in sort of the Harbinger universe. And this book is basically the holy grail of the valiant universe as far as collecting goes, right? Because if you show this cover to any collector, any comic book collector, they'll know exactly what this book is. And this is probably the book that's fetching the highest price right now from the valiant universe, maybe aside from some of the incentive covers that valiant has released, right? And you know, if you've watched some of my other videos, you'll know I'm a valiant fan. We've talked a lot about the valiant universe and the valiant comic books. And I'm just going to keep this intro fairly quick because we are going to revisit this book again in detail when it comes to doing some stuff regarding the mathematics of investing in comics, right? But just to give you some info of who the creators of this book are, the cover for this was, the pencils was done by David Lafam and the inks was done by Bob Layton and both David and Bob Layton are huge in the comic book industry, right? Dave Lafam actually got his start at valiant comics and he's done tremendous amount of works. He's won Eisner awards. He did straight bullets. He did numerous other books for numerous other publishers. And he was basically, I believe he was a teenager when he started working with valiant comics. Jump Shooter was basically the first person that gave him the opportunity to, you know, dive into the comic book medium and get his name out there, right? And Bob Layton is huge as well. He's worked, he's been in the industry for a very long time. He's worked for numerous publishers and he's had, he's a tremendous number of books out there and he was basically one of the co-founders of valiant comics with Jump Shooter, right? And this is the cover for number one. Okay, this is what we're going to read. This is number two. Let me show you these guys as well. This is number two. This is number three. Beautiful covers. And one thing, and this is number four. Zeroes. Okay, this one's missing the, missing the coupon as a Xerox copy. And this is number four. And something we should appreciate with valiant comics that were very different when they first came out in the 1990s. Their covers were very clean. Okay. There was a, you know, a lot of other publishers were putting up comic books in there. They were messy and they had tax and they had advertisements and all this stuff going across them and trying to catch your eye. And valiant comics, when they first came out, their covers were just artwork, simple with their logo and, you know, the information on the side here. The coloring was unique because I'm not sure how they did it. I'm pretty sure they did all the coloring by hand, but I'm not 100% sure on that. I looked this up a long time ago, but their coloring was different. Their lettering was different. They didn't use, if I remember correctly, they didn't use any sounds, text for sounds when things were blowing up or when there were fight scenes and stuff like this. So they presented their material a little bit different and they were more mature in terms of superhero comics goes. Okay. So that's my sort of quick little short intro to this. And the only other thing I can share is I couldn't find the sources for this, but I remember reading in a couple of articles that when Jim Shooter put out Arbinger number one, he actually held it up during an interview. He held up the book and said, this book is going to be as important as X-Men number uncanny X-Men number one. That's the way I remember it. And I found a source online that actually said Jim Shooter helped us book up Arbinger number one and said this book is going to be as important as Avengers number one, right? So I'm not sure if he said X-Men number one or Avengers number one, but according to Jim Shooter, that's how important this comic book is. And according to those who collect Valiant Comics and read Valiant Comics, this is on that level. This is an extremely important book. Just to give you a feel for how people feel about this series and this title because a lot of people assume that Valiant Comics would not be what it is if it wasn't for Harbinger. I'm not 100% sure on that and I don't know if I would 100% agree with that because X-O-Men are a warrior, turn a warrior, bloodshot, they are huge as well. But this is the team book that sort of put them on the map for a lot of people. So let's have a read through Harbinger number one. And I've been itching to reread this. I've read this I think three or four times, probably over the years, but it's been years, it's been years since I read this. And as far as the grade goes for this comic, everything is meant about it except it's got a thing here and the coupon is still here as well. It's got a little, you can see it right there. And a lot of Valiant Comics, their edges at the time, they weren't sharp. Their edges on this side were sharp, but the edges on the binding side in the top and the bottom, they sometimes did this, you can see that. So I'm not sure what the grading, what type of negative mark the grain gets for this. I'm assuming not very much, but for this you would definitely take it down a notch, right? If this wasn't here, this would be graded at 9.8. I'd be surprised if it got anything less than 9.6 as far as this goes. This is a beautiful cover, really. Children of the Eighth Day. Let's, before playing this, let's read the fine print for this in here. Before we read, you know, Dalvin to the story, okay? That way we're not going to interrupt the story by reading the fine print. I like reading the older books a little bit because they don't have the glare, the new books when it comes to having glossy inside, right? Let's take a look at that. Harbinger Volume 1, Number 1, January 1992. Published by Valiant, the Division of Voyager Communication Incorporated. James Schuter, President. Steve J. Masorsky, Secretary. Office of Publications, 275 7th Avenue, New York, New York. 1001, Copyright 1991, Voyager Communications Incorporated. All characters herein and the distinctive likeliness thereof are trademark of Voyager Communication. All rights reserved, $1.95 per copy, 250 Canadian. Okay, so $1.95 is U.S., 250 Canadian. U.S. subscription rate, $23. $23.40 for 12 issues. Paypal and U.S. funds, $30 Canadian. Printed in the U.S., no similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and or institutions in this magazine with those of any person living or dead or any institution is intended and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental, right? Which is sort of the same type of fine print we get for other publishers, right? Chopper Lyft or 2, Rescue Survey. Save the hostages, save the world. JVC Middle School Industries official. Get ready, JVC is here with hot new games. I don't think JVC makes any more games. Look at the screen shots of the game. The enemy is armed and everywhere, hectic, hilly, heroics, risk required, save the hell, save the hostages, save the world. Let's read Harbinger number one. This thing looks beautiful, really. It was very unique when this thing came out, when JVC comics were coming out, they were so different. So different than they stood out compared to the other books out there. Okay, let's not flip through this, let's just read it. So Harbinger, this story is called Children of the Eighth Day, 95, near the Washington National Airport, District of Columbia, June 2nd, 1991, 2.35pm. Because the guys in the helicopter were staring at us. I think they know who we are. Pete, get back in here. Don't worry, Chris, I'll set us back down after we lose them. Pete's got the car flying in traffic, right? Maybe if we went down under the trees, Pete, no, I might hit something. Maneuvering this thing is like flying a blimp in a hurricane. Besides, those guys are starting to bug me. Helicopters still chase. Come back here, I can barely drive on the ground, Pete. I've still got control, Chris, don't worry. Hey, why are you guys following us? Who set you? None of your business, he says. Dave, don't fool around with this guy. I'm taking you down, Pete says. Moments later, honest kid, the guy said he was FBI. He pays us to spot cars, to catch drug dealers, I guess. He said to keep it quiet, to protect our families. Are you sure you didn't radio where you were? Pete asks. Pete, look down the road. Someone's coming. Come on and smoke his butt before his head clears. Don't let it weasel over in big trouble. Eel, you again. So she's ill. Why can't you just leave us alone? You think we want to mess with your boyfriend? How can you have a relationship with him? Or does he force you? Stay right by the car. If you move an inch, I'll electrocute you. One wheeze, I'm coming. I'll get on myself. But to kill you, mate, you're a loose cannon. No hard feelings, y'all. Make it quick and sure lump. Hurry, slow poke. Pete, Pete. I'll tear his bloody head off. I'm sorry, you had to Pete. He was going to kill you. Pete probably just yanked on his optic nerves. Pete says it's like he has ghost hands that can do anything. Like squeeze your heart into pulp. So you better back off, Eel, now. Listen, you. Try any of that crap on me and I'll sizzle her like bacon. But you can't aim your electricity. It just jumps to the nearest good conductor, right? If she's not touching the car, Chris makes a lousy target, Eel. Picks up the car and drops it on. This guy, lump. You shouldn't have done that if you touched her bare skin. Whoa, Eel. Don't. There's gasoline all over. While Eel's, she's sending out electricity poles right there. I felt a wave of heat slamming into me and suddenly we're here. How did you do that, Chris asks? I just moved us real quick. This is still pretty new to me, Chris. I'm not sure how I do stuff. Sorry about your car. I guess we'll have to wing it from here. 4.15 p.m. Boy, flying is for the birds. I mean, look at our faces. I know the one really beats you to death, huh? It's worse than riding a motorcycle. Well, when can we stop? Richmond, Virginia, 4.21 p.m. So just a few minutes later. My purse was in the car. Do you have any money? About 30 bucks, Chris. About 30 bucks, Peter says. What did you get? 16, 17? A couple of filthy little sex fiends. Get out of here. Go home, the guy says. Pete, let's go, okay? No. Here, exhausted. We'll go someplace else. We're staying here, Pete says. You can see a little light on Pete's eyes. A little line, white line. Same thing occurred before. I'm not sure what he's doing. We'll go someplace else. We're staying here, Pete says. Give us a room now. And we're just ordinary travelers. Got that? Yes, sir. It's spooky when you do that Jedi mind trick thing. I don't like you doing that. I don't either. But you're too tired to go on, Chris. Hey, this is nice. Do you feel all groggy too? Let's take a shower. And maybe I can wash out our clothes in the sink. Pete. June 3rd, 1991. 9.43 a.m. Yep, just like I thought. Here's another one. Let's see. They must run them all over the country. Maybe all over the world. I bet they spend a fortune on these ads. Let's read this miscellaneous. What does that say? Are you different? Do strange things happen to you or around you? Do you feel abnormal? There's no need to be afraid. Our organization has helped many outstanding people like yourself. Non-profit, no religious affiliation. For more information, write to the Harbinger Foundation. P.O. Box 1878, Richmond, Virginia. 1002-10019 Harbinger Foundation. And that's Harada's Foundation that looks for special people. Write psalms with abilities. Just lure people like me into their clutches. That's what he says the ads do. Pete, I've been thinking about those poor kids they sent after us. I mean, they were our age. If we met them at a dance, we might have liked them. Even Lumpy probably wasn't such a bad guy until the Harbinger Foundation got a hold of them. They make people into moonies convinced they're on a mission for goodness and rights, Pete says. If only we could keep people from falling for their baloney. I don't want to kill anyone else. Shady ears of... Wait a minute. I've got an idea. People write to the Harbinger Foundation. Maybe we can interrupt, intercept the letters. In June of 1992, Valiant were released Harbinger Zero. The powerful prequel to the outstanding new series. Each issue of Harbinger from number one to number six will contain a numbered coupon. Valiant will redeem each complete set of all six coupons plus a small handling charge for a copy of Harbinger number zero. This beautiful collector's item by David Laugham and Jim Shooter will be available through this offer only. Full instructions for redeeming all six coupons for a copy of Harbinger number zero will be published in Harbinger number six, shipping in March 1992. Oakland, California, 1957, another doctor. Again, they argue with him in whispers. But that doesn't matter. I can even hear what they don't say. They are very, very afraid of me. So this is Harada, most likely. Copyright 1991, word recommendation record. Sorry to interrupt the story, but since we're here. The story of Harada. Every night, they talked about what to do about me. They wish I'd never been born. They hate me. They used to only think about killing me. They know I know. So now they talk about it every night just because I'm different. Too bad for them. Breaks into their room and there's blood splattering everywhere. The last battle. Let's take a look at the... I knew we were going to read these. I was going to... I would have brought all six. Number five and number six. Read the whole thing for Harada, right? But let's read up to number four. We got those here right now. Who needs them anyway? I'm a big boy. So he just killed his parents, I guess. Where his... Where he was taken care of. Number four is supposed to be a Xerox copy. So here's his Xerox copy, right? Check this out. The paper quality of this is less than the paper quality of this. This is thicker. Arbor number four was very sought after because the lowest print run Arbinger. This is my company. I run it my way. I've overcome significant obstacles. Not the least of which is my age. Look at me walking on the table. I'm eating this at all. We are very successful. But this is just the beginning. If you can see there's a big chair there and there's a little person sitting there. That's him, I guess. And now he's on the table and walks on the table. That's the board for this and he's changing. It's going changing color, right? Let's go back to our story. Yeah, we took a little detour. Look at this panel. Pierre's got a great idea. Wait a minute. I've got an idea. People write to the Harbinger Foundation. Maybe we can intercept the letters. How? Chris asks. And the Harbinger Foundation is what we just looked at. Harada, the kid, right? That killed his parents, I guess. Or his caretakers and started a company. That's the Harbinger Foundation. That's who's after Pete. 11.45 p.m. Pete, isn't this a federal offense? United States Post Office. Oh, we broke into the Post Office. Chris, if you don't want to, you know, get involved, I understand, he says. I'll never desert you, Pete. No matter what. But this is scary. Letters. These boxes are open from the other side. I guess I didn't have to break in. Next time I'll know. 53 p.m. 8 minutes later. Boy, the police came fast, Matt. I've got a lot to learn about burglary. Don't you think there was a silent alarm or something? Hey, don't lose any of those letters after all that. June 4th. 12.49 a.m. I can't get over the one from the kid who thinks he's got a watermelon growing in his stomach. How about this one? He says that wearing his sister's teddy under his clothes makes him feel different. Oh, this guy says he saw ETs with eight legs get into a UFO. This one's very sincere. She dreams about flying a lot. I know that's not unusual, but on several occasions, I've awakened floating in inch or two above my bed, just for a second that I fall. 4.30 p.m. That must be her house. This is kind of exciting, Chris says. Hi, is Faith home? Well, she sure is. Come right in, kids. How nice of you to drop by. She'll be so delighted. We're gonna have the storm. Hi, Faith. I'm Pete. And this is Chris. I don't know you. What do you want? Faith, I'll be in the kitchen if you and your guests want some cookies. Is there someplace we can talk privately? You can come up to my room, I guess. If you don't touch anything. Thanks. She's wearing a Star Trek shirt. Check out the logo. Nice. The bullshit's got. This is nice, Faith. Are you, you know, trekker, Chris says? No. What is it you want? Nobody comes here to see me. Is this some dumb trick? She says. Spaceship right there. Faith, we read this letter you wrote. I knew that ad was a setup. I wish I'd never written that letter. Why did you come here to make me beg you not to show it to everyone in school? But you would anyway. Why can't you just leave me alone? Get out. You don't understand, Chris says. Faith, we're not here to make fun of you. I wrote a letter like yours wants to. Holy fellow... fellow grubs, fellow grubs. Oh, the teddy bears moving. Teddy bears dancing, Star Trek. The Enterprise is flying. Peter's floating. You must be telekinetic. Is the Harbinger Foundation a school for mutants? I knew it, she says. Harbinger is a big, powerful organization. They killed my best friend in the world. They're trying to kill me. If you fall for their crap, they'll trick you and use you. That is, if you really can't do, you know, special things. How can we find out, Pete? I can't, I can't, Faith says. Sometimes, I'll dream of flying and when I wake up, the mattress is bouncing a little like I just landed on it. And that's not all. Lights go on when I... What are you doing, Pete? Taking a look at her mind. Oh, she just stuck on I when she was saying it right. Pause. So Pete's taking a look at her mind. Faith continues. Lights go on when I pass by. And sometimes I get premonitions. Like I knew you were different like me, Pete. And, well, nope, Pete says. Look, Faith. I wanted to warn you about Harbinger. We've got to go now. Oh, well, call me if you need help or anything else, anything, anytime. Chris says. And she makes street lights go on. What a riot. Chris is lying. You should have seen inside her head. It's like a movie starring Super Faith and Arnold Schwarzenegger versus the ex-mutant Klingon acting terrorist blowing an empire. Other than that, she's perfectly normal. Pete says. She just wishes she could. Hey guys, look at me. Wow. She's flying. Perfectly normal, Chris says. Maybe I triggered it somehow. Isn't this great? Now I can help you guys. Please, I mean, people like us have to stick together, right? Well, I guess. Pete says. Great. Wait here, okay? I just want to pack a few costumes and things. Chris, she'll get into trouble if we leave her on her own just for a while, okay? Oh, Chris is rubbing her eyes. She's already got her outfit on. She's got a costume on. Awesome. It's not like it's too heavy. It's just that I don't understand this stuff, Faith. Call me Zypher now, okay? You know, it's hard holding your arms out like this when you fly. Gee, Chris. How come Pete has to carry you? Aren't you one of us? She is not staying in our room. She is not staying in our room, Chris says. Hey, look, police. Oh, oh. That's the people I rented that room to seem like ordinary travelers. That's the hotel. This photo was taken by security camera at the post office. We know they were here. You must have seen them. Looks like we need another place to stay. Oh, that's Pete in the background. Everhart's. Auto salvage near Lynchburg, Virginia. June 5th, 1.39 a.m. Can I come over there? With you guys? That must be Faith. Chris It is kind of cold. Maybe if we huddle together. I don't care about sleeping in junkyard or living on a big mac living on big macs. But I don't want to huddle with her. And if you do, you can have each other. You're jealous because you're just an ordinary human. That does it. Either the fly cow goes or you can't do anything. You're just excess baggage. I'm sorry. You did it again, didn't you? You swore you'd never do that to me again. Pete, I'm sorry. I just wanted us not to fight. What happened? I ran my way into your head and took over. That happens when I pull out real quick brain-rape interruption. Interruptus, he says. And sting his Pete's sort of nickname just like Zypher's face. Rape interruptus. Don't know what to say. I was wrong. The kind of thing Harada would do. Who? Toyo Harada. He runs Harbinger. Make the world a better place his way, whether we like it or not. Pete, he'll ask me something. I didn't give it a thought then, but now. Are you forcing me to be your lover? No, Pete says. Do you really understand that what you just did is evil? Yes, Pete says. Pete, if you ever do it again you'd better keep control or I'll kill you in your sleep. Now, this is what we're going to do. We're going to find more people like you and Faith. I mean, Zypher. We're going to stick together and be a team. Maybe someday an army. We're going to live better than this. Even if we have to borrow some things. Borrow some things. I'll keep track of who we owe. Starting with the Moonlight Motel. We'll pay them back someday. But in the meantime, we're going to do whatever it takes to stop Herana and anyone else who plays God. This is a war, Chris says. We're going to need all our strengths. Let's get to sleep. Peachtree Place, Atlanta, Georgia June 6th, 1150 a.m. Are you going to Harbinger? You must be a mind reader. Sugar? Or do I just look different to you all? Look. There are a few things you ought to know about them. Pete's walking into the Harbinger Foundation. Take a look. I'm Todd Bevins. Are you Peter Stanczak? You must be a mind reader. No, I'm not, he says. People like you are very rare and special. And you face unusual pressures. It must seem like everyone's against you sometimes. But Pete, look. Look what you're doing. Breaking and entering. Theft. Man slaughter. Let us help you before it's too late. We understand we're not the enemy unless you make it so. You make me sick, Peter Stanczak. As all-powerful as you think we have ways to neutralize your abilities. Listen to me. You're headed for disaster but you could still change that. Let's sit down and talk. Please, Pete. Bite me, Pete. Hey, you're still here. My God. The abandoned homes. Standard textile mill near Tucker, Georgia. 1.02 p.m. Hi, guys. This is Charlene Dupre. Hi, Sting. Wow. Is she a new recruit? Boy, the raid really went well. I can't wait till I'm experienced enough to see some action. New recruit, Chris House. On my driver's license my friends call me Flamingo. I met her at Harbinger. How many did you have to pick from? I'm Zypher Faiths. I can fly. What do you do, Flamingo? Zypher? I've always been hot. But Peter turned something on in my head. I get very hot. Why don't you show them, Flamingo? I'm going to have to get you a costume made of unstable molecules. Does whatever that is come in pink? I only wear pink. Maybe we can get some of that fireproof stuff. Race car drivers wear. Hurry, Chris House. Goodness, I entirely lost control. You all should have helped me. Peter Darling. Like you all did the first time. He was so gentle on my mind. How bad, Chris says. I have some clothes you can borrow. Worth all for clothes. So why don't you all help her, Pete Darling? That's Chris talking. But you don't like me going into people's minds. Speaking of which, I decided we should call you Sting. Because of the way your brain zap hurts. What do you think? Hey, I found a pink cape. 1.35pm. I wonder why they use a zillion local post office boxes instead of one central one. Call up her out and ask how Chris says. Boy, thousands of names in these files mark investigated negative. All except Flamingo's. Hey, here's a file mark investigated in conclusive class D. A guy named John Tolkson. Tolkelson. Maybe we should go find him. My name is usually marked with four stars and an exclamation point in those little bitty black books. That's a waste of time. If this guy was anything special they would've found out. I know how they work. Like about the post boxes. I think we should check this guy out. It says class D. It's probably a super long shot. I wonder what you'd say if I were another girl. If it were another girl. Gee, I'm sorry I brought it up. Chris, it might even be a trap that Mr. Bevan said they were expecting me. Then, you just stay here nice and safe with the rest of the hair while I check it out. Chris, let go of me. I'll go, okay? Decatur, Georgia. 3.15pm. Yo, Tork. Some kids here to see you. Scrum. Three of them girls. Hello? That's Flamingo. Pink little You're John Tolkelson I guess you wrote a letter to the Harbinger Foundation, right? I guess you think you're funny, pinhead. Or did that butt-wipe Joe Bob con you into this? Beat it before you lose some teeth. My name's Flamingo Sugar. Is that a crankshaft you got there? Or are you just glad to see me? Let's go, come on Flamingo. Later. He was holding a mission. So, he's a big gorilla. He's a gorilla. Big deal. He's not like me. How do you know? Do you look in his head? A little. Enough to see he's irritated. Somebody else must have written to Harbinger about him. I figured that out. He didn't really look. Did you? I was looking at his bags and here they come again. This is faith. Hey, y'all. I got us a ride. You weren't lying. She flies. Wow. Neat car. What is it? It looks like a Mustang. 67 Mustang, maybe. Mustang logo in there. Pete, let's go. Where with them? I'm telling you. He's just a normal human. He's not like me. Yeah, well, I'm not either. Remember, Chris says. Let's have some fun. Yeah, Sting, come on. Thought you said this was a war, Chris. The home strands mill. 8.06 p.m. Sting's going to miss really great cookouts. My mother's probably making her yucky tuna casserole tonight unless she's out combing the countryside for me. Will your parents be worried if you don't come home for dinner from Lingo? My mama's surprised when I do turn up at night, Zypher. Thanks for buying all the cookout stuff, Tark. You gotta eat your growing blimp, Zypher. Zeflin. Zeflin? Zeflin, I declare your scandal, Tark. 8.38 p.m. 9.12 p.m. Sugar, why are you sticking around here? Why don't you just take a little ride, you and me? Man, you're hot to trot, aren't you? Tark says. That was cold as ice. Why don't you go find a weenie to toast for a wild girl? So what's with you? Don't tell me you miss your little butt-white boyfriend. You don't fool me. I can tell you're pretty bright. This macho Neanderthal bull is a cover-up because you're ashamed of your ignorance, right? Hey, you're real smart, aren't you? You know, you don't fool me either. You're not, you're no ice queen. I'm going to sleep in the car, babe. I mean, Chris, you can join me if you want. Maybe we'll both learn something. Whatever I want, what's your problem? Hey, let go. He's mine. Leave him alone, Flamingo says. I told you, let go. Boom, punches for me. He fights. Every gal whose bow I ever stole by giving him what he wanted beat my eyes black ever since first grade. But now I ain't just a clumsy, helpless fool, am I? Now I can burn you. Boy was making eyes at me. So you're after Tork. Well, this time you're going to wake up with your head stuffed down a toilet. Careful, Flamingo. We're out of pink clothes. You work for Harbinger, don't you? I work for Moore's Atlantic. Don't get cute with me. Answer the question. I did. And you can thank your girlfriend for that. She's teaching me manners. What the fork is, Harbinger? Harbinger. He doesn't even know how to spell it. For now, it's... Harbinger, man. You're not even a good spy. You're playing too dumb. I'll just see for myself what the truth about you is. This is going to sting jerk as much as I can make it. I'm sorry. I was wrong. All wrong. He's not a spy, Chris asks. You son of a... I'm going to kill you. Tork, look what you're doing. I'm sorry I hurt you, Pete says. Chris. I'm going to... frame. Look, I apologize. I've been acting like a kid, Chris. Or Peter says. What I saw in your head, I don't know what to say. I thought I had it rough growing up. Those people. What they did to you, man, or wanted was to be strong enough to bust their heads. What did you do to me? I don't want more anymore. Unless you can... I usually pick up cars. Do you hear something? What's that noise? Sounds like a chopper. Better get out of sight. They're coming here. Heads up. They want to kill Pete. Tork, help. His girlfriend's in the way. Can't take chances with them. Shoot through her. Oh no, you don't. That's too slow. Hey, you won't get hurt. You're going to hurt me, Tork says. Any of these guys to shake them all off the ropes? What would Arnold do? Go. Go to the source. One of us? Good. I can really thump you. I'm sorry, but under the circumstances I have to disable you. I'll try to make it non-permanent. Stop, you crazy... Firing and went to the source. Are you guys so excited about a fat girl being in your helicopter? She's already hit. We could flip her off him. Easy. No time. Not shoot Chris. I bet you're worried about him. How's the person? Faith comes. Peter's psychic abilities, right? Or telekinetic abilities. Peter's free now. Oh, he's come to... Peter grabbing. Did you do that thing? Yeah. Chris is hurt bad. This is Mr. Bevan's. I know you can hear me. Hear this. I'm afraid that tonight you crossed the Rubicon, as they say. You've done too much damage. Killed and hurt too many people. It's worn out, Peter. Surely, you can see we have the power to destroy you. You barely escaped tonight. You won't next time. If you care about your friends, you won't drag them down with you. Think about it. Good night. Yeah, I do. Take care of Chris. Then you and me go rip their throats out. That's torques. You all go on without me, or me, Faith. But you know, being a superhero isn't like I thought it would be. Peter, Jim Shooter, Pencils, David Laughlin, Inker, John Dixon, Harris, Janet Jackson, and the knobs. Letterer, John Costanza, Editor, Janet Jackson. That's the first appearance, first issue of the Simpsons part versus the Space Mutants. A clean entertainment. Here's a subscription thing. And a letter from Jim Shooter. Let's read this for sure. Let's take a look. Let's see what Jim Shooter says. Jim Shooter is huge. He's one of the giants in the comic book medium. Some people credit him by saving Marvel comics in the 70s and 80s. He was editor-in-chief when Secret Wars came out. He was the one that was able to buy the rights for Venom and countless, countless, countless other other things including starting Valiant Comics which was huge, huge, huge. A guy named Daniel H. Bigelow wrote a wonderful letter to me recently. Wonderful letter to me recently. It was a general rave combined with a number of insightful observations and thoughtful suggestions. He took issues with my claim that Valiant was a no-frills comic company citing the special insert origin of the solar, of solar, the Magnus trading cards, etc. as gimmicks. It wasn't that he was disturbed by these. In fact he closed the paragraph with if you feel this will help your chances to succeed more power to you. I wrote a brief thank you to Daniel that also explained that I never said no frills. I happen to like frills if they add value. We offer premiums or gimmicks if you prefer but we don't do rip-offs. A flipbook, in my opinion, is neat. Five variations of one issue is blatant greed. Something that's prevalent, right? Pleased to report that Magnus Robot Fighter and Solar Emanity are thriving and have gone up in sales each issue. Despite the title wave of products for Marvel and DC people are discovering us. People are also beginning to realize that we're witnessing the birth of a universe into which each new Valiant title is carefully merged. The newest title, Harbinger, debuts this month. Please try it. If you pass it up, I think you're making a mistake. Roughly equivalent to passing up Avengers number one back in 1963. And that's the quote I was looking for. So it is Avengers number one. If that statement makes you smile, then take a look at what Valiant's Magnus Robot Fighter number one is going for in the trade ads between 8 and 15 dollars. Now check and see how much your X-Force number one is worth. Harbinger is largely the brain child of Pennsler David Laffam. As I've mentioned before in this column this guy is emerging as a major talent. I warn you about Frank Miller back in the late 70s. Check my Marvel bullpen bullpen bull tins from that era. Now I'm warning you about David. Pay attention to this time. Pay attention this time. I hope you enjoyed. I'll see you guys in the next video. Bye for now.