Valiant Universe
Valiant superheroes such as Bloodshot, Shadowman, Rai, X-O Manowar, Archer & Armstrong, Gilad the Eternal Warrior, Doctor Mirage, and Ninjak are from this universe, and it also contains well-known supervillains such as the Spider Aliens, Toyo Harada, Mothergod, and Roku.
[6] Although it is a long-standing tradition for comic book writers and publishers to create costumed superheroes, Valiant could be regarded as an antithesis to that in a certain way.
The notable distinction regarding time within the Valiant Universe, is that a considerable amount of the stories often take place spanning several generations and even centuries.
[7][8][9] The lack of a floating timeline was likely decided due to the original vision of establishing a fictional universe that could be viewed like the "real world" itself.
The Harbinger Foundation, a well-known non-profit organization ran by Harada, provides facilities that train psionic people to reach their full potential serving his purpose.
In the Original Valiant continuity, Harada and the Harbinger Foundation is opposed by the Omen Corporation, an organization that utilizes experimental brain implants, which give copied Harbinger-like abilities to its H.A.R.D.
Unfortunately, the use of these abilities combined with the high possibility of sudden death brings a great amount of stress to the user's minds, slowly killing them.
[10] Technology is also very prominent by way of ‘’Nanites/Nanite Blood/Blood of Heroes,’’ which is a form of nanomachines originally used by a secret military organization known as Project Rising Spirit.
The nanomachines provide a person enhanced strength, agility, speed, durability, accelerated healing, and the ability to detect combat situations.
Even today, this is seen as a rare move in the business as publishers typically launch comic books with their own original characters created by work-for-hire writers and artists under their employ.
[12][13] In the early years, the Valiant Universe was largely expanded by way of Magnus and Solar since a number of characters emerged as spin-offs from these titles, such as Rai, the Spider Aliens, The Eternal Warrior, and Erica Pierce.
The entire "Unity" storyline consists of eighteen issues across nine comic book titles, running from August to September 1992.
[16] In August 2017, Dave Bautista was announced to be in talks to play the Gilad the Eternal Warrior in a solo movie.
[17] The 2020 Bloodshot movie was meant to be the first of several films taking place in a shared Valiant Cinematic Universe that would include characters such as Gilad.
After largely poor reception to the film, and with many studio projects on hold or rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the status of an Eternal Warrior movie is unclear.
The series also stars Alex Meglei and Kevin Porter as Archer & Armstrong, Ciera Foster as Livewire, Jason David Frank as Bloodshot, John Morrison as Eternal Warrior, Derek Theler as X-O Manowar, Chantelle Barry as Roku, Tatiana DeKhtyar as Colonel Capshaw, Damion Poitier as Shadowman and Nicola Posener as Agent Vivien.
[27] In November 2020, a Bloodshot sequel was officially announced as being in development, with Diesel intended to reprise his role.
