Ivar's Longbox

It's time to take a dive into Ivar's Longbox and travel back in time as we read classic Valiant titles and ask ourselves, does this book still hold up?This week, we take a look at Ninjak #15 from the classic Valiant era, a series which has some great spy thriller stories which no doubt have inspired Matt Kindt in his current run on the series. Will this book stand the test of time or will it have us retreating into the shadows? Listen in and find out!

It's time to take a dive into Ivar's Longbox and travel back in time as we read classic Valiant titles and ask ourselves, does this book still hold up?This week, we take a look at Solar, Man of the Atom #57 from the classic Valiant era. This particularly issue was written by Tony Bedard with art by Mike Manley, two creators that Josh and Martin are a bit fond of, but will this book survive our criticism?

Every week we take a trip back in time and take a look at classic Valiant and Acclaim titles and ask ourselves, does this book still hold up?In this episode, Josh, Martin and Paul take a look at Bloodshot #37, written by the infamous Mike Grell with art by Brent Anderson. Bloodshot comes face to face with Juju, a voodoo priest/drug deal and must overcome near paralysis to save New Orleans from this madman. What will we think of this issue? Tune in to find out!http://www.valiantdatabase.com/books/1813-bloodshot-37-brent-anderson

Thanks for tuning into another episode of Ivar's Longbox, the show where we look back at issues from previous iterations of the Valiant universe and ask ourselves, does this book still hold up?For our 20th episode, we take a look at The Visitor Vs. The Valiant Universe #2 from classic Valiant. If you're a regular listener, you will already know about Martin's love for The Visitor, but where Paul and Josh land with this book might actually surprise you. Will this book make the cut? Will Martin ever shut up about how awesome the Visitor is? Listen in and find out!Get more info about The Visitor Vs. The Valiant Universe #2 at the Valiant Database.

Welcome to another episode of Ivar's Longbox, the show where we take a look back at books from Valiant's history and ask ourselves, does this book still hold up? This week, we take a look at X-O Manowar #10 from the Acclaim era. Martin is a huge X-O Manowar fan and had never read this until the time of this recording. Will he love it or will it give him emotional constipation?

Welcome to another episode of Ivar's Longbox, the show where we travel back in time to previous incarnations of Valiant Comics line and ask ourselves, does this book still hold up? This week, we take a look at the classic Timewalker, issue #4 which just so happens to be one of Josh's favorite books. Why is Ivar under trial? Can Armstrong do anything right? Why is there a crazy mummy terrorizing the world? Crank up some Jimi Hendrix and dirve into the latest Ivar's Longbox!Be sure to catch this and other shows from the Nerdy Legion Podcast family at www.nerdylegion.com and don't forget you can email us at ivarslongbox@gmail.com

Another week means it's time to take another look at books from Valiant's past on Ivar's Longbox! This week, we travel back to the Acclaim era and read Troublemakers #11. Will this book still hold up? Why do these kids always cause some much trouble? Why is there a Ninjak comic flying around through the streets in this issue? Listen in to find out!Be sure to check out this and more shows at www.nerdylegion.com and follow us all on Twitter: Josh is @iwantvaliant, Martin is @geekvine and Paul is @whospaul. You can also email us at ivarslongbox@gmail.com

In this week's episode, we read Archer & Armstrong #11 from the original Valiant universe as we finally get our first look at our podcast namesake.Will this book hold up, or will it be one to leave in the longbox for the long term? Ok, I can't resist, this may be one of the best books we've talking about since we started doing this podcast!Be sure to catch us all on Twitter, @iwantvaliant, @whospaul and @geekvine. You can also email us at ivarslongbox@gmail.com

In this week's episode, we read Unity 2000 #2 from the Acclaim universe. Will this be a solid continuation of the original Valiant Unity event, or will this book accomplish the complete opposite of what Acclaim intended? As part of our discussion, we dive a bit into Jim Shooter's motivation behind writing this book and bring up some interest points of history.

In this week's episode, we read Solar, Man of the Atom #23 from the classic Valiant universe. Will we be in agreement on this book, or will our opinions be divided?

In this week's episode we take a look back at Bloodshot #8 from the classic Valiant era and ask ourselves, does it still hold up?

In this week's episode we take a look back at Psi-Lords #3 from the classic Valiant era and ask ourselves, does it still hold up? Get ready as we tackle our very first Valiant Vision title and travel far into the future!

In this week's episode, we go back in time and take a look at Rai #31 from the classic Valiant era. Will this book hold up?

In this week's episode we take a look back at the highest print-run book in Valiant history, Turok #1, and ask ourselves, does it still hold up? It better with a sweet chromium cover like this one.

Welcome to another episode of Ivar's Longbox! This week, we take a look at the original Armorines series, issue #11.