Valient High is a collection of the first four Valient High series of comic books. Set in a high school for students with superpowers, the teens have to find their way through normal teen angst and hormones while contending with their super-selves. No use of superpowers during school, of course.

The comics are a little off balance in the sense that the reader is not sure if the issue is teen angst or super issues. And it is not clear that the writers are. Students wear pins to prevent their use of powers but apparently, they can take them off very easily. Then there is gym, where the students are expected to use their powers, but it is not clear that anyone is training them on (a) how to use their powers and (b) how to work together as a team. Even in the big fight (of course, there is a big fight), it is not clear that the students are truly working together or just highlighting one or two supers.

Will I buy a copy for my high school library? Yes. It has potential and I think it will appeal to a number of students.

Recommended: Grades 7+

This is a fun read which fans of the Valiant universe will enjoy.

All the main characters from Valiant are here as high school students under the watchful eye of principal Harada. They have the usual high school challenges that teenagers face - friends, attraction, tests and who is going to be homecoming king . They also have a determined enemy. They arent allowed to use their powers but what happens when the enemy strikes.

It is a nice vloume if you like Valiant heroes and there is something amusing about seeing your favourite hereos as teenagers. Good artwork as usual!

Copy provided via Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review.

Fun for Valiant Fans

This volume collects the full four issue Valiant High story arc. It appears that this is a one-off that's outside the Valiant Universe canon, but that's fine because it seems mostly to be a fun, and slyly funny, goof on the characters.

The premise is that all of the familiar Valiant heroes are teenage students, or teachers, at Valiant High. The drawing and a lot of the hijinks are in the "Archie" sort of style, which makes sense. Through footnotes and sidebars we are familiarized right away with who each kid will become, but the tale is not burdened with too much exposition about the kids' futures. Rather, we get to see what these characters might have been like as teens, and we get a superpowered but still high schoolish story.

The Valiant heroes aren't given equal time. The central figures are Livewire and Zephyr. The amusing teams - Archer and Armstrong, Woody and Quantum - don't figure much at all. There's a fair amount of Ninjak, but just a touch of Dr. Mirage as a teacher. Needless to say, Bloodshot makes an insane gym teacher. Almost everyone makes at least a cameo. The inside humor is along the lines of Livewire being able to interface easily with any digital tech, but failing miserably at driver ed.

I am very much a fan of the Valiant Universe, and I'm willing to give just about anything they do a try, so I guess I'm biased. But I got a kick out of this. If you don't know the Valiant players the book is probably still entertaining, but you will miss a bunch of the jokes. On the other hand, this might whet your appetite to read more of the Valiant titles.

(Please note that I received a free advance will-self-destruct-in-x-days Adobe Digital copy of this book without a review requirement, or any influence regarding review content should I choose to post a review. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)

This is fun to read. I enjoyed the story and characters are amazing. There are lots of things happening so i want to see more of it. But i really enjoyed reading it.

Valiant's an award-winning superhero universe, and these are the first four issues of Valiant High, a high school where these well-known superheroes (in their teenage versions) are ready to team up and fight evil.

We are first introduced to these characters who are struggling a bit to keep up with their lives while having to deal with daily issues related to low self-esteem, friendships, popularity, romance and drama like any other kid of their ages, and this first encounter is pretty cool, as they all have distinct personalities plus superpowers!

I was positively impressed by its representativity and diverse characters. I loved the art, the concept, and how the chapters end in cliffhangers, which kept me invested the whole time. I see so much potential, and I'm surprised at how much I already care about some of the characters.

I honestly think though, that some things happened just too fast, so hopefully, we can see more character development on the following issues, and who knows, maybe some more of their lives outside of school.