?PRELUDE TO LABYRINTH? ? PART 2! As Gilad?s oldest enemy returns, the Eternal Warrior looks to the battles of the past to prepare for war in the present. The year?s smash-hit new series prepares for a shocking new story arc here with the second chapter of a special, two-part prelude reintroducing one of the greatest villains of all time! Jump on board here as New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH) and blockbuster artist Juan Jos? Ryp (NINJAK) pave the road to ?LABYRINTH? with bone, blood, and wrath!

New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH, X-O MANOWAR) and visionary artist Ra?l All?n (NINJAK,?Hawkeye) forge a new legend for Valiant?s master of war! For five millennia, the Eternal Warrior has shaped history at the end of his sword. He?s razed empires, toppled civilizations, and broken armies as an immortal soldier in service to the Earth. But now, the Eternal Warrior has been torn from the world he once protected and finds himself stranded in a hostile alien landscape unlike any he?s faced before. Separated from his earthly environs, can history?s deadliest soldier survive a realm far older, far deadlier, and fare more ruinous than anything he?s ever encountered? Beyond Earth lies eternity... Collecting?WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR #1-#4

New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (Hal Jordan & The Green Lantern Corps) joins the Harvey Award-nominated team of Ra?l All?n & Patricia Mart?n (SECRET WEAPONS), and a cast of Valiant all-stars including Robert Gill (X-O MANOWAR), and Juan Jos? Ryp (BRITANNIA) for the deluxe, oversized hardcover of the multiple Harvey Award-nominated series IGN calls ?a stunning vortex of blood and steel.? For five millennia, the Eternal Warrior has shaped history at the end of his sword. He?s razed empires, toppled civilizations, and broken armies as an immortal soldier in service to the Earth. But now, the Eternal Warrior has been torn from the world he once protected and finds himself stranded in a hostile alien landscape unlike any he?s faced before. Separated from his earthly environs, can history?s deadliest soldier survive a realm far older, far deadlier, and far more ruinous than anything he?s ever encountered? Beyond Earth lies eternity? Collecting WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR #1-14 and ETERNAL WARRIOR: AWAKENING #1, along with over 20 pages of rarely seen extras, including designs, process art, sketches, and more!

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.

ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT! ?PRELUDE TO LABYRINTH? ? PART 1! His wife has been murdered. His son has been kidnapped. As The Eternal Warrior sets out on his greatest challenge yet, an old enemy rears his head. How will his ancient rivalry with Gilad change The Eternal Warrior?s future forever? The road to LABYRINTH starts here with the FIRST ISSUE of a special two-part prelude from New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH) and blockbuster artist Juan Jos? Ryp (NINJAK)!

EarthÕs immortal soldier thought he knew pain...until he entered the depths of his enemyÕs ÒLABYRINTHÓ... Across six millennia, Gilad Anni-Padda Ð an immortal warrior sworn to forever serve the Earth Ð has felled zealots and madmen, emperors and tyrants in the course of his duty. But nothing heÕs faced yet can prepare him to run the ÒLABYRINTHÓ Ð a miles-long maze of horrors specifically designed to undermine his every strength, enhance his every weakness, and send him screaming into the darkness of death at every turn. The answer lies at the heart of the ÒLABYRINTHÓ itself...and as Gilad endures a gauntlet of cutting-edge technology and sharpened steel, heÕll soon discover why the merciless figure known only as THE DYING ONE has singled the Eternal Warrior out for the ultimate deathtrap. He will run. He will suffer. And when his ordeal is ended, the Eternal WarriorÕs place in the Valiant Universe will be forever altered as New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH) and visionary artists Raœl AllŽn (Hawkeye) and Juan JosŽ Ryp (Clone) unleash an all-new epic for ValiantÕs immortal master of war! Collecting WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR #5Ð10.

No one in the Valiant Universe is more dangerous or more experienced in the art of war than the undying Eternal Warrior. After thousands of years on the battlefield, he?s a master of strategy and weaponry, an unrelenting force of nature capable of dismantling entire armies with little effort and less conscience. His brother Armstrong, on the other hand, likes to read poetry and drink beer. Maybe that?s why they had such a bad falling out? But now ? after years apart ? the Eternal Warrior has a new mission: destroy young Obadiah Archer, Armstrong?s best-est new buddy and teammate in the war against The Sect. And, like it or not, Valiant?s history-smashing adventure duo are about to feel the brunt of the Eternal Warrior?s fist and steel. Collecting ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #5-9 by New York Times best-selling author Fred Van Lente (Amazing Spider-Man) and critically acclaimed artist Emanuela Lupacchino (X-Factor), the second volume of the series that IGN calls ?hilarious and action packed? slams into high gear with a savage manhunt straight through the heart of the Valiant Universe.

Earth?s immortal soldier thought he knew pain...until he entered the depths of his enemy?s ?LABYRINTH?...? Across six millennia, Gilad Anni-Padda ? an immortal warrior sworn to forever serve the Earth ? has felled zealots and madmen, emperors and tyrants in the course of his duty. But nothing he?s faced yet can prepare him to run the ?LABYRINTH? ? a miles-long maze of horrors specifically designed to undermine his every strength, enhance his every weakness, and send him screaming into the darkness of death at every turn. The answer lies at the heart of the ?LABYRINTH? itself...and as Gilad endures a gauntlet of cutting-edge technology and sharpened steel, he?ll soon discover why the merciless figure known only as THE DYING ONE has singled the Eternal Warrior out for the ultimate deathtrap. He will run. He will suffer. And when his ordeal is ended, the Eternal Warrior?s place in the Valiant Universe will be forever altered as New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH) and visionary artists Ra?l All?n (Hawkeye) and Juan Jos? Ryp (Clone) unleash an all-new epic for Valiant?s immortal master of war! Collecting?WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR #5?10.?

ALL-NEW ARC! ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT! ?LABYRINTH? starts now! Across six millennia, Gilad Anni-Padda ? an immortal warrior sworn to forever serve the Earth ? has felled zealots and madmen, emperors and tyrants in the course of his duty. But nothing he?s faced yet can prepare him to run the ?LABYRINTH? ? a miles-long maze of horrors specifically designed to undermine his every strength, enhance his every weakness?and to send him screaming into the darkness of death at every turn. But what kind of brilliant but twisted psyche could have possibly conceived such a monument to terror?and for how many centuries have they plotted to break the mind and body of history?s most formidable soldier? The answer lies at the heart of the ?LABYRINTH? itself?and as Gilad endures a gauntlet of cutting-edge technology and sharpened steel, he?ll soon discover why the merciless figure known only as THE DYING ONE has singled the Eternal Warrior out for the ultimate deathtrap. He will run. He will suffer. And when his ordeal is ended, the Eternal Warrior?s place in the Valiant Universe will be forever altered as New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH) and visionary artist Ra?l All?n (Hawkeye) unleash an all-new epic for Valiant?s immortal master of war!

At the far end of existence?can even Earth?s immortal soldier withstand a foe as old as life itself? Gilad Anni-Padda, the Eternal Warrior, has sacrificed everything to shape a better world?but his work is only beginning. Turning his back on everything and everyone he loved, he must leave the safety of the world he knew behind?and begin a trek across a savage and unexplored realm to return to Earth?if the true cost of his immortality doesn?t destroy him first.