Newly Re-Launched Comic Book Company Strikes Trading Card Licensing Deal
New
York, NY – Valiant Entertainment has teamed up with
long-established collectibles company Rittenhouse Archives to create
trading card series and collectors’ albums for the Valiant Universe,
which includes beloved comic book characters X-O Manowar, Bloodshot,
Eternal Warrior, Shadowman, Harbinger, Rai, H.A.R.D. Corps, Archer &
Armstrong, Ninjak, and Armorines. The cards and albums are planned to
launch in the US and Canada, at Comic Con San Diego, in 2013.
"All
of us at Rittenhouse are extremely excited to add Valiant Comics to our
distinguished list of evergreen properties," said Rittenhouse President
Steve Charendoff. "Valiant has rapidly returned to its rightful place
among the top publishers of comics today, and, in a world that
increasingly craves quality super-hero stories and characters in all
forms of media, its future prospects couldn't be brighter."
Rittenhouse
Archives, Ltd. is a leading producer of science fiction, fantasy and
comic book trading cards. Rittenhouse currently produces trading cards
for James Bond, Star Trek, Marvel Comics, Game of Thrones, True Blood,
Spartacus, Falling Skies, Warehouse 13 and other top properties.
"We
are proud to partner with Rittenhouse Archive as one of the leaders in
this category,” said Valiant Entertainment CEO Jason Kothari. “The
creative force applied to Valiant’s fan favorite comic books is being
combined with Rittenhouse's complementary talents to develop and
implement state of the art cards and collectibles – together, we have
already identified concepts not yet seen that will be truly exciting for
Valiant fans and help bring in a host of new fans.”
Valiant
previously released four hugely successful trading card series in the
1990’s including three with Upper Deck and one with Comic Images. The
deal launches a three-year commitment between the companies.
Valiant
Entertainment is one of the leading comic character-based entertainment
companies in the world that owns and controls a library of 1,500
characters. Since their creation in 1989, Valiant characters have sold
80 million comic books, been the basis of a number of video game
franchises and a slate of major motion pictures are in development. In
2012, Valiant relaunched print and digital comic books based on a number
of its most popular properties, such as X-O Manowar, Harbinger,
Bloodshot, Archer & Armstrong and Shadowman. These new issues
garnered rave reviews and are consistently the best-selling independent
comic book titles in the industry.
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