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    Rai #1

    Rai » Rai #1 - Welcome to New Japan. released by DMG/Valiant Entertainment on April 2014.

    Short summary describing this issue.

    Welcome to New Japan. last edited by DonFelipe on 04/16/21 04:19AM View full history

    VALIANT FIRST begins in force this May with an all-new vision of the future in RAI #1 – a new monthly series from comics superstars Matt Kindt and Clayton Crain!

    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…

    List of covers and their creators:

    CoverNameCreator(s)Sidebar Location
    ARegular Cover AClayton Crain1
    BVariant Cover BBryan Hitch14
    CVariant Cover CStephen Segovia & Romulo Fajardo Jr. (as ROM)15
    DVariant Cover DRaul Allen16
    BlankBlank Variant CoverNone2 / 13
    GoldGold Variant Cover (first distributed at NYCC)Clayton Crain3
    RI1:10 Retailer Incentive CoverKhari Evans17
    RI1:20 Retailer Incentive CoverTrevor Hairsine18
    RI1:75 Retailer Incentive CoverDavid Aja & Raul Allen19
    REBorderlands & SC ComiCon Variant CoverPere Perez4
    RECards Comics and Collectibles Retailer Exclusive CoverJ.G. Jones5
    REGraham Crackers/C2E2 Retailer Exclusive CoverKalman Andrasofszky6
    REHastings Retailer Exclusive CoverSina Grace7
    REMidtown Comics Retailer Exclusive CoverRiley Rossmo8
    REMile High Comics Retailer Exclusive CoverJeff Dekal9
    2ndSecond Printing CoverClayton Crain10
    3rdThird Printing CoverClayton Crain12
    4thFourth Printing CoverClayton Crain11

    Note: Another printing, the Rai #1 Plus Edition with 15+ pages of exclusive stories and artwork, was available per pre-order.

    The 2nd/3rd/4th printing covers feature original artwork.

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    A Murder Mystery in Future Japan 0

    Now this is a book that I'm was looking forward to this year out of Valiant, well other then Dr.Mirage but that review is for a different time.Rai cutting a gun in half.When I pick up this Issue number one of Rai I didn't what to expect to be honest I know very little about Rai but that didn't stop me from enjoy this issue.The story itself was pretty good for a first issue but there were a few things that were in mind were left out that could of been explain that weren't but I hope that it will ...

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