Valiant Comics

Valiant Comics

Valiant Comics logo. Designed by Rian Hughes.
Parent company	Voyager Communications (1989–1994) Acclaim Entertainment (1994–2004) Valiant Entertainment (2005–present)
Founded	1989
Founder	Jim Shooter Steven Massarsky
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	New York City
Key people	Peter Cuneo, Chairman Dinesh Shamdasani, CEO & Chief Creative Officer Gavin Cuneo, COO & CFO Russ Brown, President, Consumer Products, Promotions & Ad Sales Fred Pierce, Publisher Warren Simons, Editor In Chief
Publication types	Comics
Official website	www.valiantuniverse.com

Valiant Comics is an American publisher of comic books and related media. The company was founded in 1989 by former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter and lawyer and businessman Steven Massarsky. In 1994, the company was sold to Acclaim Entertainment. After Acclaim declared bankruptcy in 2004, the company was restarted as part of Valiant Entertainment by entrepreneurs Dinesh Shamdasani and Jason Kothari in 2005.

Valiant Entertainment officially launched its publishing division as part of an initiative dubbed the "Summer of Valiant" in 2012 to great critical and commercial success, including winning Publisher of the Year and being nominated for Book of the Year at the Diamond Gem Awards. Valiant has continued to set records and win critical acclaim, including receiving the most nominations for a single title at both the 2014 and 2016 Harvey Awards, being the most-nominated publisher in comics at both the 2015 and 2016 Harvey Awards, and releasing the biggest-selling independent crossover event of the decade.

In 2015, Valiant announced that they had partnered with Sony Pictures to produce five films based on both the Bloodshot and Harbinger comic books. The films will be produced by Valiant's Dinesh Shamdasani, along with Original Film's Neal H. Moritz and Toby Jaffe.

In 1988, former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics Jim Shooter, Steven J. Massarsky and a group of investors attempted to purchase Marvel Entertainment. They submitted the second-highest bid, with financier Ronald Perelman submitting the highest bid and acquiring Marvel. Shooter and Massarsky instead formed Voyager Communications in 1989 with significant venture capital financing from Triumph Capital. Valiant (an imprint of Voyager Communications) recruited numerous writers and artists from Marvel, including Barry Windsor-Smith and Bob Layton. Valiant launched an interconnected line of superhero comics featuring a mixture of characters licensed from Western Publishing and original creations.