IMPERIUM (2015)

"A daring new superhero saga from New York Times best-selling creator Joshua Dysart - writer of of the Harvey-Award nominated series HARBINGER - and superstar artist Doug Braithwaite (UNITY, Justice)! Toyo Harada is the most dangerous human being on the planet. Imbued with incredible powers of the mind, he has spent his life guiding humanity from the shadows. But today he is a wanted man. His powers are public knowledge, his allies have turned to enemies, and he is hunted by every government on the planet. Instead of surrendering, Harada has one last unthinkable gambit to play: to achieve more, faster, and with less, he will build a coalition of the powerful, the unscrupulous and the insane. No longer content to demand a better future, he will recruit a violent legion from the darkest corners of the Earth to fight for it. The battle for utopia begins now."

"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."

"A better world. By any means necessary. The devastating new series escalates with an all-new chapter by New York Times best-selling writer Joshua Dysart (HARBINGER) and superstar artist Doug Braithwaite (ARMOR HUNTERS)! The world-changing event snowballs over the cliff, as the world's most powerful man - billionaire superhuman Toyo Harada - saves the world at the tip of a sword. Harada is collecting monsters - starting with his pet instrument of death, Mech Major an unstoppable robot engine of combat and warfare. But there's more to Mech Major than meets the eye "

"The greatest villain in the Valiant Universe wages war to create Utopia! New York Times bestselling writer Joshua Dysart (HARBINGER) and superstar artist Doug Braithwaite (ARMOR HUNTERS) continue the unprecedented comics story of a madman determined to save the world at any cost! Toyo Harada is assembling a legion of living weapons. And the last, greatest gambit he needs is deep within the clutches of his most powerful opponents. To secure the human asset critical to his plan, Harada gambles everything he has in an all-out battle to win everything he desires!"

"ALL-NEW ARC! ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT! 'BROKEN ANGELS' - PART ONE! Toyo Harada will create Utopia he just needs the right weapons first! The most powerful man in the world has collected an assembly of monsters, killers, and super-villains and now he's set his sights on the last asset his team needs: the renegade scientist called Broken Angel. The only thing standing in his way - an army of enhanced soldiers guarding a top-secret, highly fortified facility deep underwater! The impossible heist begins here!"

"'BROKEN ANGELS' - PART 2! Whatever other-dimensional horrors have besieged Angela Peace Baingana to transform her into the humanoid monster called Broken Angel Toyo Harada needs her! Possessed of the most brilliant scientific mind on this planet-even if it's not her own-the woman called Peace is poised to single-handedly secure Harada's vision of global salvation he just has to destroy everything in his way to get her. The underwater smash-and-grab heist of BROKEN ANGELS crashes into an unbelievable battle!"

"Harada's team of 'BROKEN ANGELS' confront DIVINITY! The telepathic mastermind. The alien assassin. The mercenary super-soldier. The mad scientist. And the killer robot with a soul. Toyo Harada has collected the monsters that will make his vision of world peace a reality. Now he pursues the most difficult and desirable asset of all - the spaceman with all the powers of a god - the outcast who can rewrite reality with a thought - the man who is no longer a man - the all-powerful being who is simply called Divinity."

"You never saw this one coming 'BROKEN ANGELS' reaches its unbelievable climax as DIVINITY takes hold! Toyo Harada is the most powerful mortal man in the world. To build his imperium, he has collected monsters. Now he comes face to face with a god. Confronted by the unfathomable depths of the man who is no longer a man, who can only be called Divinity, Harada plunges his mind into infinity. Can even the unstoppable Harada survive the fall?"

"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)!"

"'THE VINE IMPERATIVE' boils over! The world is suspended within balances of power. Tense and delicate terms of peace, crisscrossing and humming just below the surface. The Vine plantings, undercover alien spies of a galaxy-spanning race, hold positions of infl uence all over the planet. Toyo Harada, Earth's most unstoppable psiot, amassed a bedrock of power through his corporate, political, and super-powered maneuverings. A tenuous détente has long held between the slumbering giants, each with the world held loosely in their grip. Until now."

"'THE VINE IMPERATIVE' pushes our world to war! With his resources spread thin and his time running out, Toyo Harada must strike if his plan to save the world by force will ever succeed. After a push to take more of the African continent - deposing corrupt governments and toppling extremists - Harada's moves on the world stage were too bold to ignore. The alien agents of the Vine race, who were entrenched throughout the global power structure, have seen their opportunity to strike and Harada now has his opportunity to break their tenuous pact of peace and take them down. But with a specialized Vine killer among his own team - the ruthless and lethal Lord Vine-99 - will Harada be able to hold tight the grip on his monster's leash or will LV-99 turn on his master at last?"

"'THE VINE IMPERATIVE' - FINALE! Spy vs. superhuman! Toyo Harada's utopian ambition has been shaken to the depths by a decades-old enemy. Since the day Harada began accruing power, the undercover agents of the Vine's alien empire have watched and waited. Years later, as Harada strives to reshape the global economy, establish governments friendly to his goals, and gift the ability of space travel to all humankind, the Vine want him put in check - permanently. Now, with saboteurs riddling his organization and the alien assassin called LV-99 slavering to snap his master's neck are the Vine about to succeed?"

"ALL-NEW ARC! JUMP ON BOARD HERE! 'STORMBREAK' is about to bombard the front lines of the Valiant Universe! The world's most powerful team of mercenaries is on the defensive as an elite international kill squad led by Livewire and H.A.R.D. Corp's Major Charlie Palmer descends to destroy Imperium's stronghold! Toyo Harada will save the world if he doesn't doom it first. The revolutionary disruption that Harada and his team have launched - by deposing tyrants, housing refugees, and feeding the poor - has come at the expense of the world's wealthiest nations. When the planet's leaders have had enough, it will be decided: Toyo Harada must die. Now a crack unit of operatives will stand against Harada on the global stage with his own former pupil Livewire taking him head-on. Meanwhile, Harada's military lieutenant Gravedog meets his match when Palmer drops into the firefight of a lifetime H.A.R.D. Corps vs. H.A.R.D. Corps! The war starts here as New York Times best-selling writer Joshua Dysart (HARBINGER WARS) and Harvey Award-nominated artistKhari Evans (HARBINGER, Immortal Iron Fist) unite for an explosive new jumping-on point pitting the Valiant Universe's notorious team of monsters and revolutionaries against the very system they've sworn to overthrow!"

"'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."

"Desperate times for Toyo Harada as 'STORMBREAK' rages on! Harada's vision to save the world faces catastrophic failure as the Foundation Zone finds itself squeezed between the armies of the world. Now, at his weakest point, the allied forces led by Livewire and H.A.R.D. Corps' Major Charlie Palmer conspire to hit him hard and fast on every front. But with Harada's team of monsters starting to turn on each other, does this super-powered mastermind stand any chance of winning the fight? New York Times best-selling writer Joshua Dysart and Harvey Award-nominated artist Khari Evans push the clock one minute closer to midnight for the most dangerous man in the Valiant Universe!"

"'STORMBREAK' explodes! Toyo Harada has gone to war to save his vision of world peace from the twin threats of his former protégé Livewire and Major Charlie Palmer's H.A.R.D. Corps! Amid the chaos, the tables have turned and now, members of Harada's own team are angling to knife each other in the back! When the villains trying to save humanity fi ght their noblest instincts and the heroes who are trying to stop them struggle against their own demons can anybody win? And, now, even the walls of Harada's IMPERIUM begin to the fall, the seeds of his biggest strike yet already being sown..."