Comic Bento June 2016

The June 2016 Comic Bento box theme is Fan Power. Comic Bento is a blind subscription box service focused on graphic novels. Four or five graphic novels are chosen each month based on a theme. For the Fan Power theme box, the folks at Comic Bento decided to focus on a single publisher: Valiant Comics.  This publisher is quickly becoming one of my favorites thanks to Comic Bento, so I am looking forward to getting into these books.

First up is Faith, Vol. 1: Hollywood & Vine. I've been seeing this one all over the place and I am excited to read it. Faith is a different take on the traditional superhero, although it looks like the book plays on some of the classic elements of a superhero book. Next is Harbinger Wars, Volume 1. This is a crossover event within the Valiant universe. It looks to be quite well done. I am a little leery of crossover books because they don't tell the whole story and bits can get lost. Here's hoping that Valiant can put a good spin on it.

Harbinger, Vol. 2: Renegades bridges the gap between Faith and Harbinger Wars. It details the story of each member of the Renegades, which includes Faith and at least one of the characters in Harbinger Wars. Finally, they gave us Armor Hunters, Vol. 1. This book features X-O Manowar, who returned to Earth with a suit of stolen alien armor. Now, a group of hunters from space have come to exterminate the armor.

These look like a good set of books, which will give me the perfect opportunity to explore the Valiant universe more. Watch for an update on the July 2016 Comic Bento box: They Robots