Rai

    (Valiant, 1992-1995)
™ and © Voyager Communications, Inc.
Series becomes Rai and the Future Force following issue #8, returns as Rai with issue #25

Rai’s story began in 1992 when Project Rising Spirit succeeded in infusing a human with “The Blood of Heroes.” This was a special synthetic blood composed of microscopic nano-machines. Rising Spirit had infused this into a subject codenamed Bloodshot, and the nano-machines gave him incredible speed, agility, an accelerated healing factor, and a strange ability to control machines.

Following Bloodshot’s death in the year 2028, others would try to control the Blood of Heroes. Still, its secrets would become lost until 3216 when Japanese anti-grannies were rebelling against their island’s all-powerful master computer. To stop them, computer created the Rais in the image of Bloodshot. The Rai’s put down the rebellion and obtained the blood, which they stored in a secure vault. There it lay until 4002, when the last Rai, Takao Konishi, would infuse himself with it to become a hero.
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#0 (Matte Cover by Jim Shooter)

November, 1992
Cover Price: $2.25
19 copies available from $17.00 		Bob LaytonDavid Lapham
#0 Variation A (Glossy Paper Edition)

November, 1992
Cover Price: $2.25
3 copies available from $12.00 		Bob LaytonDavid Lapham
#1

March, 1992
Cover Price: $1.95
7 copies available from $20.00 		David Michelinie, Jim ShooterJoe St. Pierre
#1 Variation A

March, 1992
Cover Price: $1.95
4 copies available from $6.00 		David Michelinie, Jim ShooterCharles Barnett, Joe St. Pierre, Paul Creddick
#2

April, 1992
Cover Price: $1.95
13 copies available from $8.20 		David MichelinieJoe St. Pierre
#3

May, 1992
Cover Price: $1.95
20 copies available from $21.15 		David MichelinieJoe St. Pierre, Sal Velluto
#4

June, 1992
Cover Price: $1.95
8 copies available from $14.65 		David MichelinieJoe St. Pierre
#5

July, 1992
Cover Price: $2.25
14 copies available from $10.25 		David MichelinieJoe St. Pierre, Sal Velluto
#6

August, 1992
Cover Price: $2.25
149 copies available from $0.50 		David MichelinieJoe St. Pierre, Sal Velluto
#7

September, 1992
Cover Price: $2.25
43 copies available from $0.80 		David Michelinie, Jim ShooterJoe St. Pierre, Peter Grau
#8

October, 1992
Cover Price: $2.25
27 copies available from $0.99 		David MicheliniePeter Grau
#25

October, 1994
Cover Price: $2.25
15 copies available from $0.99 		Tony BedardDave Ross
#26

November, 1994
Cover Price: $2.25
17 copies available from $0.99 		Tony BedardDave Ross
#27

December, 1994
Cover Price: $2.25
11 copies available from $0.99 		Tony BedardKevin Kobasic
#28

January, 1995
Cover Price: $2.25
12 copies available from $0.99 		Tony BedardKevin Kobasic
#29

February, 1995
Cover Price: $2.25
13 copies available from $0.99 		Tony BedardKevin Kobasic
#30

March, 1995
Cover Price: $2.25
17 copies available from $0.75 		Tony BedardKevin Kobasic
#31

April, 1995
Cover Price: $2.25
7 copies available from $0.99 		Fred SchillerJohn Royle
#32

May, 1995
Cover Price: $2.25
6 copies available from $2.75 		Fred SchillerJohn Royle
#33

June, 1995
Cover Price: $2.25
8 copies available from $8.65 		Tony BedardKevin Kobasic
Book #1

December, 1995
Cover Price: $11.95
14 copies available from $5.00 		Bob Layton, David MichelinieDavid Lapham, Joe St. Pierre, Sal Velluto
Book #1 Variation A (Blue Cover A; Flipbook with Rai Companion #1)

December, 1995
Cover Price: $11.95
2 copies available from $19.00 		Bob Layton, David MichelinieDavid Lapham, Joe St. Pierre, Sal Velluto, Charles Barnett, Kathryn Bolinger