 Any reviews and recommendations I do, I mentioned this in the introduction but I'm gonna say it again right now, it's gonna contain spoilers. So if you're a valiant founder, if you're someone who really doesn't like spoilers and you really want to sit down and read Eternal Warrior 1-8, I'd come back to this video. I wouldn't recommend you watching this video right now because I can't help but give spoilers. What we're going to do is take a look at Eternal Warrior number 1-8. What I just did recently was a couple of weeks ago, I sat down and I read Eternal Warrior 1-8. I think I read 1 and 2 first the first day and then got totally hooked and read number 3 to 8 the following day and I decided to start off with this book for two reasons mainly. If you've been watching my comic book videos you know that I'm an old-school valiant fan. I really like the books Unity, Pre-Unity and a little bit post-Unity in the early 1990s and after finding out that valiant that a relaunch is going back and buying some of the relaunch issues and reading those and I got into that after reading Rai, finding out that Rai was coming out, the relaunch of Rai which was really excited about because I really like that character, I really like the universe presented there right. So I read, you know the first book I read of the valiant relaunch was Rai and loved it and then I started buying some of the other books I believe about Quantum Woody Knife and Laugh My Ass off but Harbinger Wars, Bloodshot the crossover, the whole thing there including number one all the way up for Harbinger and Bloodshot Red Doze and God just got blown away and what I ended up doing is dropping everything else and almost everything else and going with almost exclusively valiant. So the reason I decided to start off with this is because valiant comics is one of the things I've been reading a lot right that's my main reading of comic books for the last few months. The second reason I started decided to go with this book with this set is because I've been going online and talking to some valiant fans different forms and stuff and every now and then if you run into a valiant fan at a comic bookstore you end up chatting if you find out they're valiant fans just to see what they think of the universe right because it's brilliant it's like catching people by surprise it caught me by surprise right and you sort of find out what they've been reading and what they've read and because people there wasn't too many people that jumped on right away there's a lot of people that are trying to read back issues and catch up right and Eternal Warrior is one that I hadn't read I'm doing major catch up play right and I found out after talking with people is the people were reading the valiant relaunch from the beginning or early on is a lot of people didn't appreciate Eternal Warrior I guess as much as I did and I can understand why because it's eight issues and the first four issues they they don't directly link to five to eight right so there's a huge gap it goes from one in the spectrum to the other in the spectrum and the cliff angle for number four was so amazing that you wanted to see what happened next right and it is it is a little bit different than some of the other stuff that I've read but I really loved it okay so that's the other reason I wanted to do this is because I know there is about some of the valiant fans I've talked to very few of them not many have read Eternal Warrior and it's it's an amazing read I really loved it and I you know going back to the 1990s Eternal Warrior I liked it I'd like to turn warrior he made his first appearance in solar manatee Adam number 10 and the first full appearance in manatee Adam solar number 11 right and I was reading solar at the time and you know solar one to ten alpha Omega storyline were written by Jim Shooter Barry art by Barry Windsor Smith and Bob Layton if you haven't read those tennis shoes you should definitely read those tennis shoes there one of the greatest stories ever told right as for the storyline what is this relaunch all about now in the first issue we get introduced to gelat and the timeline for the first issue or for the first four issue is as follows it shows gilad in the present right in the present day valiant universe which is at the present for us as well right set in the present setting and it's in that period where gilad the Eternal Warrior has chosen to live an isolationist lifestyle right he's disconnected himself from humanity and there is no geomancer he's not being the protector of the geomancer he's given up that mindset that that philosophy that was born into right so he's a little pissed basically so that's how the storyline sort of starts and does flashbacks to sort of the medieval period where it was around where humanity was tribal based right and the story from that period is set in a time where gilad's eternal warriors tribe is about to go to war with another tribe and their brutal savages or whatnot you know it's it's a battle to the death really to try and annihilate each other and gilad has a daughter and a son and that sort of starts off issue number one of the relaunch of eternal warrior and halfway by halfway through this I was blown away because it does things which is like wow very heavy and it gives the character development and this is brilliant and the relationships the way they build up the relationships are amazing right and one thing what the eternal warrior is is since he's been around for well for a very long time he's he's he goes through periods there's a lot of emotion involved between him showing him from this period at the present going to the medieval period and it does flashbacks to other periods as well okay and that's what happens in the first four issues of of the series right that is issue number one okay nice cover and issue number two issue number three and issue number four sort of follow the storyline right building on in that's character or sorry gilad character the eternal warriors character right and sort of going between the present where you know other people enter his life and it gives us a sort of a feel for why he's in the headspace that he's in at the present which is sort of isolationist point of view right where he really doesn't want to have anything to do with humanity right he's just living off the land and not interacting with any human beings or interacting as minimally as possible right and the cliffhanger for this for issue number four is absolutely magnificent when I finished issue number four I got hooked halfway through issue number one because I didn't really connect with the eternal warrior from the 1990s that that much I love the storyline but I found them to be I really didn't get attached to him I couldn't get I couldn't feel what it was feeling halfway through issue number one of this relaunch you got hooked I got hooked anyway and it got better and better as I read issue number four leaves you with a cliffhanger that you're dying to read issue number five which should be the continuation of issue number four unfortunately it's not right for those of you who are dying to read what happens after issue number four we don't know I told you there's spoilers in this review issue number five to eight pick up in 4001 AD which is the time period of where rye is around right rye exists so the first four are occurring in whatever thousand BC and the next four issues of this eight issue set occur in 4000 AD so there's a 6000 year or whatever gap between the two periods and that's one thing that I talked to some valiant some people some valiant I did I was able to talk up with a couple of people talk with a couple people that had read the eternal warrior and they really didn't like that aspect of it right for me initially I hated it I read eternal warrior number four and I really wanted to read what happens next and we're left hanging right I guess that's why this called cliffhanger right and just to give you a feel of how amazing the build up to this is the first four issues and the way it leaves you there is this is the same type of cliffhanger that you would find in the walking dead right the walking dead comic books the series is fantastic if you're watching the series right it's it doesn't do everything the comic book does which initially threw people off but I think it does a brilliant job of telling a certain perspective is fantastic right but the comic books are in a round of their own they're absolutely amazing and the one thing about the walking dead comic books are the cliffhangers when you get to the end of one issue you can't wait to read the next issue okay and that's the way eternal warrior number four was for me right when I picked up eternal warrior number five was really disappointed find I've been continued until I started reading and eternal warrior number five by number six I was totally immersed into the storyline and it is absolutely brilliant it's sort of post-apocalyptic right but not cyberpunk post-apocalyptic it's sort of post that has happened a long time and nature has grown back and humanity has sort of gone back to a sort of a tribal period and there's different tribes around right the first four issues and the next four issues the last four issues issue five to eight vary so much in tone and pace that I think that's one of the reasons that eternal warrior is not highly ranked among people who have been following the relaunch of the valley universe for me I I really love the pace and I really loved what they did the first four issues of this are sort of chaotic and they show show gala the eternal warrior in chaos with himself right it has him in the present and it shows flashbacks of different periods and it shows us you know all the things he had to do some horrendous things he had to do to protect the geomancer because supposedly it was the will of the earth right so he had to stand by and allow slaughters to occur right he had to walk away from atrocities and that really we get the sense for information number one to four how that has played out in his life and how how the bitterness has sunk into him when they show him as an isolationist right because he's had to do some crazy stuff you know he's the immortal immortal warrior right he's been around at present you know he's I guess it came to be in 3000 BC right right now if present day you valiant is now that's 2000 so 5000 years just imagine what you would have seen in 5000 years and the first four issues really portrayed out really well and they show the chaotic nature of gala right the eternal warrior where he's unstable a little bit right angry the eternal warrior in number five to eight the storyline right we're in number one to four the timeline jumps in number five to eight the timeline doesn't chop it stays in 4001 AD right which is absolutely brilliant and it sort of mimics the mood of the character of the eternal warrior during this period right and again it's a period where it's tribal okay and gilad is the head of his tribe the protector of his tribe right and from what I remember I don't remember Geomancer being in this in this last last eight issues right so he's the protector of his tribe and something happens and he has to go on now walk about and retrieve something to help the tribe and that's the most I can do without giving spoilers right unfortunately that and it's worth reading right but basically he has to go out on an excursion to find a cure for his tribe and what happens is the character they pair up gilad with is his granddaughter right so he's an older gilad right he's been around for 6000 years just imagine what he's seen post apocalyptic and all the things he's had to do so he's a wiser character his character is a set in stone he's paired off with his granddaughter which is like ten years old plus or minus a camera was 8 or 12 or whatever it is right so a 10 year old brilliant 10 year old inquisitive 10 year old and very high energy 10 year old right so you see that in this in these eight issues a gilad a grandfather's interaction with his granddaughter the grandfather being the wise old man and the eternal warrior being the wisest old man there could be right he's like 6,000 7,000 years old right and him interacting with someone who's lived 10 years and bug I like huge I'd about the world and wanting to know more and more and they sent these two off on a little journey on a little treasure hunt basically right and it's a brilliant storytelling was very well done I really got into this completely differently than I got in the first four issues the force first four issues were super exciting they created the universe for the for the valiant universe really it's like what's going on with the eternal warrior and who are some of the main players main people in this universe and the eternal warrior want to for as far as I see it for the valiant universe is must reading because they introduce they don't introduce they mention different castes right that are around and they're different families and they're the ones who've been growing controlling certain aspects of how society functions and it left a lot of cliffhangers they're gonna build up a lot I believe on what happens from eternal warrior one to four right eternal warrior five to eight standalone storyline futuristic possibly tie in with right because it's around the same period right and it's sort of a lot of different characters come in and the interaction between Gillard and his granddaughter is amazing and Gillard is immortal right and his granddaughter is ten years old and he knows the way he sees it when he's seeing a lot of the stuff he's very calm and quiet and it builds up such a strong bond between them that you can sense how much Gillard loves his granddaughter it's absolutely amazing it's one of the best storytelling is relationship buildings that have seen in comic books between an older character and a younger character very well done very well done indeed and in eternal warrior number eight right it it is a cliff hanger it has a cliffhanger and it's a brilliant one at that where it's very it's very quiet cliffhanger you're not anxious about it you're more more inquisitive about it thinking about it and the style joke about it it's in a weird way where the granddaughter this world that Gillard is in is post-apocalyptic but it's not cyberpunk right it's more nature-oriented tribal so there's very minimal technology and towards the end of this through their excursion Gillard's granddaughter finds technology and starts working with it playing with it and wants to know more and from the mindset of what the dialogue that the eternal warrior has we realize that technology was really one of the main causes of the downfall of humanity right so he's really you know apprehensive about his granddaughter playing with technology but he's a wise grandfather right he's a wise human beings a wise teacher so he allows that seat to grow right he doesn't stop it he just posts questions to the granddaughter right like the granddaughter asks Gillard to do certain things which children would do without thinking right but grown-ups would not right like kids if you watch kids and I heard this from an episode of a cowboy beep-op of all places right brilliant animation series if you ever want to immerse yourself in animation cowboy beep-op is it right and samurai shampoo and all that stuff right but in an episode of Kamala beep-op one of the characters turns around and says there's nothing as brutal as a child right no human as brutal as a child and 100% correct you see children grabbing insects I used to do unfortunately when they would tear him apart just to see what would happen and in the eternal warrior 5 to 8 you there are multiple times where the granddaughter wants Gillard to do something because she knows he's very powerful and by doing that it would mean Gillard would have to kill a lot of people and he doesn't turn around and say no that's bad right because what he's gone through what we see in eternal warrior 1 to 4 really is embedded in the next four issues right so Gillard turns to her and says explains that if he needs to do this that means that many people have to die and if he doesn't do this maybe this many people after it's amazing mathematics logic right so he says that to the daughter and says if you still want me to use your choice I will do either this or this and you know when you're reading this that if you have no idea what the daughter is about to say right because of what happened in eternal warrior 1 to 4 right because eternal 1 to 4 is more brutal and you get the sense that Gillard would do either one irrelevant of what the granddaughter would want irrelevant of the consequences if he thought which one was the right choice or the wrong choice because he wants the granddaughter to make the decisions to make the choices and learn from those choices or pay for those consequences right and it's a brilliant read the cliffhanger is more a breath right the cliffhanger at the end of issue number four for eternal warrior is more anxious you're dying to read issue number five I hope they continue the series they continue the storyline because it's I believe it could be and it is to me right now is one of the strongest characters in the valiant universe not necessarily in the crossover books a unity I've read unity I'm reading unity I'm read all of it I'm reading unity and I read the valiant and this eternal warrior here is much darker much more calculating much calmer well the older one versus the near one so brilliant read if you want to hop onto the valiant universe and if you're new to valiant you don't know these characters you shouldn't worry too much okay because all you really need to know for the eternal warrior they explain all the stuff throughout the books through these eight issues so you really don't need to know anything but it's good to know that eternal warrior lives forever he's immortal right that's the only thing you really need to know because when valiant that they're relaunched they said there are no canon stories from the past there are no stories that are set in stone that you have to know for the universe that exists now everything's off the table right or everything's on the table they can do anything they want okay it's a great place to start if you're new to valiant and if you're old-school valiant I know a lot of people who are reading valiant they haven't read the eternal warrior because it's not one of the top things people talk about and I've talked to some people who've read it and they're a little they didn't like the jump from four to five and but I really loved it after reading the whole thing and thinking about it and letting it bounce around in my head I was like wow this is amazing right so no matter what group you belong to you might like this this book especially the character development and the interaction and the different families and the universe that's being created fantastic after this is eternal warrior I believe days of stale three issues set that I haven't read yet which I plan on reading and eternal warrior appears in unity and crossovers or whatnot right I hope you liked I hope you could pick up these books fantastic reason if you do read them I hope you enjoy them right I'll let you know what else I find and I'll definitely do more reviews and recommendations of comic books and at some points comic book related stuff may they be books may they be movies TV shows music whatever that's it for now I guess I'll see you guys in the next video