A lot of Valiant’s world of superheroic characters can trace their way back to the guiding, sinister hand of Toyo Harada. Now, a new series wants to explore how he became the powerful figure he is — and we have an exclusive look inside.

Faith is back! After both her blockbuster ongoing series and the Future Force miniseries came to an end last year, Valiant’s high-flying psiot superheroine has been laying low for a bit. But now she’s ready to return!

Superheroes love getting into dust-ups with each other almost as much as they love getting into them with villains. This winter, the Valiant Comics universe will be no different with Matt Kindt, Eric Heisserer and Tomás Giorello's Harbinger Wars 2 - and we have a look inside the issue that kicks it all off.

Finding a way into an entirely new universe of superheroes can be the type of herculean effort that keeps people from checking out comics from publishers they aren't familiar with. But with Valiant High, Valiant Comics has found the perfect way to introduce you to its sprawling cast of characters.

Unlike most of Marvel's mutants who manifest their superpowers naturally during puberty, the "psiots" of Valiant's comics must undergo a dangerous, experimental procedure that's more likely to kill them than turn them into superbeings. What's more, even if the process works, there's no telling what power they will get.

Five years after Valiant's relaunch, we've seen new versions of characters who debuted in the original iteration of the publisher's superhero universe. One big exception has been Shadowman, the cult-fave voodoo hero who also starred in a handful of video games. He's finally coming back in a new title written by all-star scribe Andy Diggle.

Shared cinematic universes are, as the kids say, the new hotness among comics publishers, and Valiant has every intention of getting in on the live-action game with its upcoming web series Ninjak vs. the Valiant Universe.

I have a confession to make. Two years ago at New York Comic-Con, I picked up a bunch of Valiant trade volumes with the intention of getting caught up with the publisher's rapidly expanding universe of heroes and villains.

You might know Eric Heisserer as the screenwriter behind Arrival, but his next big project is in a different vein: Secret Weapons, a new superhero miniseries for Valiant Comics. We spoke to the writer to see what it's like writing for the screen and writing for comics, and what's in store for the Valiant universe.

Extinction is not the only new sci-fi project on Eric Heisserer's plate: The man who adapted Ted Chiang's "The Story of Your Life" into the Oscar-nominated Arrival is making his Valiant debut with a new series for machine-controlling superhero Livewire.

Last year was a brilliant one for comics, but now that's all in the past. Let's look to the future! Thankfully, that future is already teeming with great new comics just waiting to be read. Here's the all the stuff we're looking forward to coming our way in the next few months.

Comixology is already a huge hub for digital comics, but now it's entering the original content game. The company is debuting a new line of comics that will only be available through the service.