HARBINGER VOLUME 1: OMEGA RISING TPB
Before
the launch in May, Valiant Comics provided a preview of Harbinger within Summer of
Valiant 2012. In 1951 an 18 year-old Toyo Harada takes on a small band of
the Chinese army in Southern Tibet and visits
the Bleeding Monk for refers to him as a harbinger. In the present an 18
year-old Peter Stanchek returns home to Pittsburgh
Both
Peter and his friend Joel are being pursued by unknown forces until the
Harbinger Foundation arrives and takes Peter in. Peter is trained at the
Harbinger Foundation and they discover he can trigger latent powers. The
Bleeding Monk foretold Peter will bring great destruction and Toyo is
determined to prevent that future from happening.
Faith
Herbert arrives and Toyo asks Peter to trigger her latent powers. Peter goes
out and finds his friend Joe who is dead. He discovers the Harbinger Foundation
is behind his death. Peter heads back to the Harbinger Foundation for revenge
and is defeated by Harada however saved by Faith. Harada plans on sending his
Renegades after him as the Bleeding Monk leaves the Harbinger Foundation.
This
paperback collects
Harbinger
#1-5
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