Rai
(Valiant, 1992-1995, 2013)
™ and © Voyager Communications, Inc.
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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Matte Cover by Jim Shooter
Nov 1992
Cover: $2.25
W: Bob Layton · A: David Lapham
Series continues as Rai and the Future Force; Foretells future of Valiant Universe
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Part of the Original Print Run Covers
Nov 1992
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W: Bob Layton · A: David Lapham
Series continues as Rai and the Future Force; 1st Appearance of Bloodshot (Angelo Moretti); Approx. 5% were Printed on Glossy Paper to Counteract Smudging Issues; Foretells future of Valiant Universe
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Mar 1992
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W: David Michelinie, Jim Shooter · A: Joe St. Pierre
1st Appearance of Koji Yama; Flipbook with Magnus Robot Fighter (Valiant) #5; Includes trading cards
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Mar 1992
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W: David Michelinie, Jim Shooter · A: Charles Barnett, Joe St. Pierre, Paul Creddick
1st Appearance of Koji Yama; No trading cards; No UPC on front or back; Standard 32 page comic
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Apr 1992
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W: David Michelinie · A: Joe St. Pierre
1st appearance of Icespike; 1st Appearance of Suki Seko
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May 1992
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W: David Michelinie · A: Joe St. Pierre, Sal Velluto
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Jun 1992
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W: David Michelinie · A: Joe St. Pierre
Scarcer
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Jul 1992
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W: David Michelinie · A: Joe St. Pierre, Sal Velluto
1st Appearance of Geomancer (Rokland Tate)
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Aug 1992
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W: David Michelinie · A: Joe St. Pierre, Sal Velluto
Unity
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Sep 1992
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W: David Michelinie, Jim Shooter · A: Joe St. Pierre, Peter Grau
Unity
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Oct 1992
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W: David Michelinie · A: Peter Grau
Series continued in Rai and the Future Force #9; Unity epilogue
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Oct 1994
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W: Tony Bedard · A: Dave Ross
Series continued from Rai and the Future Force #24
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Nov 1994
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W: Tony Bedard · A: Dave Ross
Chaos Effect
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Dec 1994
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W: Tony Bedard · A: Kevin Kobasic
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Jan 1995
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W: Tony Bedard · A: Kevin Kobasic
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Feb 1995
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W: Tony Bedard · A: Kevin Kobasic
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Mar 1995
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W: Tony Bedard · A: Kevin Kobasic
1st Appearance of Kara Cortada
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Apr 1995
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W: Fred Schiller · A: John Royle
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May 1995
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W: Fred Schiller · A: John Royle
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Jun 1995
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W: Tony Bedard · A: Kevin Kobasic
Final Issue
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Dec 1995
Cover: $11.95
W: Bob Layton, David Michelinie · A: David Lapham, Joe St. Pierre, Sal Velluto
Collects #0-4; Flipbook with Rai Companion #1
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Blue Cover A; Flipbook with Rai Companion #1
Dec 1995
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W: Bob Layton, David Michelinie · A: David Lapham, Joe St. Pierre, Sal Velluto, Charles Barnett, Kathryn Bolinger
Collects #0-4