My Valiant Comics fandom began in July 1991 with Magnus, Robot Fighter
My look back at the comics of 1991 continues with July 1991, most notable to me for starting my long infatuation with Valiant Comics!
I always like finding new heroes and new stories. I had read about Magnus, Robot Fighter and Solar, Man of the Atom in Comics Values Monthly, a magazine that I found in bookstores in the early 1990s. They sounded cool, even though I hadn’t read the Gold Key originals at that time. So I was on the lookout at my next comic-book store stop.
I remember seeing this on the bottom shelf at the New World Comics that was then in Oklahoma City. I picked it up and was hooked. From then on, I was buying everything Valiant put out, at least for the next year, as I also went back to get all the back issues I could find. I missed a few here and there, but I was super-excited about this new superhero universe being crafted by Jim Shooter, former Marvel editor-in-chief.
This issue also featured the first appearance of Rai in the flip-book story (a cool concept that I like). I reviewed the entire “Invasion” storyline last year, which you can check out here. “Solar, Man of the Atom” No. 2 was also out this month, but it had already sold out, so I had to track it down as a back issue.
I continued on my “Captain America” collecting, with two issues of the regular series — #391 and #392 — and the first issue of the prestige miniseries, “The Adventures of
Captain America,” by Fabian Nicieza and Kevin Maguire. I liked both of these guys’ work, but $4.95 for a comic sure felt like a lot to me at the time, with a regular issue of “Cap” selling for $1. I also picked up “What If” No. 29, which featured Captain America.
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