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:
Cover | Name | Creator(s) | Sidebar Location |
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A | Regular Cover A | Clayton Crain | 1 |
B | Variant Cover B | Bryan Hitch | 14 |
C | Variant Cover C | Stephen Segovia & Romulo Fajardo Jr. (as ROM) | 15 |
D | Variant Cover D | Raul Allen | 16 |
Blank | Blank Variant Cover | None | 2 / 13 |
Gold | Gold Variant Cover (first distributed at NYCC) | Clayton Crain | 3 |
RI | 1:10 Retailer Incentive Cover | Khari Evans | 17 |
RI | 1:20 Retailer Incentive Cover | Trevor Hairsine | 18 |
RI | 1:75 Retailer Incentive Cover | David Aja & Raul Allen | 19 |
RE | Borderlands & SC ComiCon Variant Cover | Pere Perez | 4 |
RE | Cards Comics and Collectibles Retailer Exclusive Cover | J.G. Jones | 5 |
RE | Graham Crackers/C2E2 Retailer Exclusive Cover | Kalman Andrasofszky | 6 |
RE | Hastings Retailer Exclusive Cover | Sina Grace | 7 |
RE | Midtown Comics Retailer Exclusive Cover | Riley Rossmo | 8 |
RE | Mile High Comics Retailer Exclusive Cover | Jeff Dekal | 9 |
2nd | Second Printing Cover | Clayton Crain | 10 |
3rd | Third Printing Cover | Clayton Crain | 12 |
4th | Fourth Printing Cover | Clayton Crain | 11 |
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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