Zeroes & Origins cover
As part of the celebration of the company’s 25th Anniversary, Valiant Entertainment has announced several special releases and variant covers releasing in May.

Valiant will offer a new trade paperback collection, Valiant: Zeroes & Origins, which collects zero issue introductions for X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, Harbinger, Shadowman and more.  The 160-page trade paperback has a MSRP of $19.99.

Valiant Universe Handbook
The Valiant Universe Handbook: 2015 Edition is a 40-page updated guide detailing all of Valiant’s heroes, with biographies and information on where they’re headed.  MSRP is $2.99.

Valiant also plans a special Free Comic Book Day release, Valiant 25th Anniversary Special, which will feature two new stories and a company history.  Jeff Lemire and Butch Guice will chronicle the fallout of The Valiant with a new prelude story Bloodshot Reborn. Robert Venditti and Rafa Sandoval offer up a new introduction to X-O Manowar in the new Dead Hand tale.  The book will also include content for Ninjak, Imperium, Divinity, Ivar, Timewalker, and RAI.

The company also plans a series of 25th Anniversary variant covers by Rafa Sandoval.  The Valiant 25th Anniversary variants will begin in May with Bloodshot Reborn #2, Imperium #4, and Unity #18, and continue throughout the summer.

Valiant promises that more special releases under the 25th Anniversary banner will be announced throughout the year.

See Valiant 25th Anniversary variants in the gallery below.