‘Bloodshot’ Missing From Valiant November Solicits, After Anti-Trans Controversy
The book has been mired in controversy, thanks to language used in the first issue.
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Valiant Comics has been through a number of iterations. First founded in 1989, it was part of the ’90s boom with hit characters like X-O Manowar, Harbinger, and Magnus, Robot Fighter. The publisher lay dormant after that for decades, until it was revamped in the mid-2010s. The characters were brought back, given a new sheen, and led to a new superhero universe.
However, through various other corporate restructurings, Valiant is once again (as of this writing) in a time of flux. After Vin Diesel’s Bloodshot failed to start a new cinematic universe, the publisher is once again focusing on their core: comics.
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