The complete series that serves as a prelude to THE LIFE AND DEATH OF TOYO HARADA is collected in this deluxe edition hardcover! A psychic dictator, an inhuman robot, a mad scientist, a murderous alien, and a superpowered terrorist are about to try and take over the world?and you?re going to be rooting for them every step of the way. Collects IMPERIUM #1-16, along with more than 20 pages of rarely seen art and extras!

A better world. By any means necessary. New York Times best-selling writer Joshua Dysart (Harbinger) and Valiant superstars Doug Braithwaite (X-O MANOWAR), CAFU (LIFE AND DEATH OF TOYO HARADA), Khari Evans (NINJAK), Scot Eaton (X-Men: Legacy), and Juan José Ryp (BRITANNIA) come together right here for the complete deluxe edition hardcover of the daring Valiant superhero saga that Wired calls "an invigorating read"! A psychic dictator, an inhuman robot, a mad scientist, a murderous alien and a super-powered terrorist are about to try and take over the world...and you're going to be rooting for them every step of the way. THIS IS IMPERIUM. Collecting IMPERIUM #1-16, along with more than 20 pages of rarely seen art and extras!

So let it be written? So let it be done? From New York Times best-selling writers Robert Venditti (X-O MANOWAR), Jeff Lemire (THE VALIANT), Matt Kindt (DIVINITY), Joshua Dysart (IMPERIUM) and a powerhouse roster of all-star artists comes the blockbuster crossover event that will forge the future of the Valiant Universe ? collected in its entirety for the first time anywhere! The Valiant heroes. X-O Manowar. Bloodshot. Ninjak. The Harbinger Renegades. Unity. This is how they lived. This is how they died. Now we know. The Book of the Geomancer has recorded it all. But only a young girl ? the last in a line of the enigmatic mystics who protect the Earth known as Geomancers ? has seen this future come to pass, from the coming cataclysm to the dawn of the 41st century. Alone with her sworn protector, the Eternal Warrior ? a soldier battle forged across five thousand years of combat ? the duo must defy their allies to stop the Dark Age that now threatens to eclipse our world. Together, they are the number one target of every hero and villain on Earth. Either the Eternal Warrior hands her over?or they take him down. But can even he singlehandedly protect one child when the entire Valiant Universe wages war against him? Collecting?BOOK OF DEATH #1?4, BOOK OF DEATH: THE FALL OF BLOODSHOT #1, BOOK OF DEATH: THE FALL OF NINJAK #1, BOOK OF DEATH: THE FALL OF HARBINGER #1, and BOOK OF DEATH: THE FALL OF X-O MANOWAR #1.

ALL-NEW ARC! JUMP ON BOARD HERE! """"THE VINE IMPERATIVE"""" ? PART 1! Toyo Harada?s war to save humanity by taking over the world roars on against the only enemy this planet cannot contain?a sinister network of undercover alien spies! A deadly chess game between Harada and the alien visitors called the Vine has been unfolding for decades. The Vine once even created the living weapon called LV-99 to assassinate their enemy, but failed. Today, as Harada executes his agenda upon Earth?and with LV-99 on his side this time?the Vine?s cold war finally turns infernally hot. Jump on board the series that Bloody Disgusting calls ?the height of sophisticated comic book stories? here with a powerful new story arc from New York Times best-selling writer Joshua Dysart (HARBINGER WARS) and red-hot artist CAFU (UNITY)!

?STORMBREAK? ? PART 2! Toyo Harada has brought war to the Foundation Zone?and Livewire and H.A.R.D. Corps are manning the frontline! To his enemies, Harada is a despotic madman with a messiah complex. But to countless refugees and subjects of tyranny, Harada has been a savior and a benevolent provider. Now his world-changing Foundation Zone has grown faster than even he planned for. With diseases to cure, mouths to feed?and all of humanity to save?Harada will go to war against former allies and longtime enemies. At stake? The resources he needs for the Foundation Zone to succeed. In the balance? Everything Harada has ever built and fought for.

The Valiant heroes. X-O Manowar. Bloodshot. Ninjak. The Harbinger Renegades. Unity. This is how they lived. This is how they died. Now we know. The Book of the Geomancer has recorded it all. But only a young girl Ð the last in a line of the enigmatic mystics who protect the Earth known as Geomancers Ð has seen this future come to pass, from the coming cataclysm to the dawn of the 41st century. Alone with her sworn protector, the Eternal Warrior Ð a soldier battle-forged across five thousand years of combat Ð the duo must defy their allies to stop the Dark Age that now threatens to eclipse our world. Together, they are the number one target of every hero and villain on Earth. Either the Eternal Warrior hands her overÉor they take him down. But can even he single-handedly protect one child when the entire Valiant Universe wages war against him? New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (X-O MANOWAR) joins superstar-in-the-making Robert Gill (Batgirl) and visionary artist Doug Braithwaite (ARMOR HUNTERS) to begin a thousand-year journey into the future of the Valiant UniverseÉand rain, fire, blood and war on the heroes of today. Collecting BOOK OF DEATH #1Ð4.

Acclaimed writer Matt Kindt and superstar artist Clayton Crain bring ?THE ORPHAN? to a brutal boiling point! Now that Rai?s allies back on New Japan have reunited, they must figure out a plan to retrieve their friend and topple Father?s rule once and for all. Meanwhile, Rai has his work cut out for him on Earth as his past sins come back to haunt him. Luckily for our hero, justice is Eternal...