In March, Valiant Entertainment kicks off a six month long initiative, releasing new preview books for upcoming Valiant First titles to its top 500 retail partners. CBR News has the exclusive first word below, along with an exclusive fully-lettered look at the publisher's debut title for the program -- Matt Kindt and Clayton Crain's "Rai" #1 -- and Doug Braithwaite's pencils for "Armor Hunters" #1!

Official Press Release

In support of theValiant Firstpublishing initiative, Valiant is proud to announce theValiant First Pullbox Preview- a brand new wave of promotional preview books shipping from March to August to Valiant's top 500 retail partners worldwide! Valiant's Pullbox Preview editions will come bundled in shrink-wrapped packages of 20, and can be distributed to comic shop patrons and pullbox subscribers. Valiant will also be making additional bundles available to retailers for reorder via Diamond.

Hitting stores onMarch 12thalongsideUnity #5,the first Pullbox Preview edition will feature a fully lettered preview ofRai #1by superstar creatorsMatt KindtandClayton Crain, plus the first look at master storytellerDoug Braithwaite's stunning interior pencil art forArmor Hunters #1 (of 4), a complete checklist reading order for the entire 18-partArmor Hunterscrossover event, and much more!

"Over the course of the past two years, Valiant has made it our mission to arm our retail partners with some of the very best promotional tools and incentives in the business. Now, with the highly anticipated Valiant First rollout set to begin this May with Rai #1, Valiant is redoubling its efforts yet again with the new Pullbox Preview program. Beginning this March, fans can head to their local retailer each month and pick up the first of many all-new, free looks inside the biggest Valiant releases of the year with our new Pullbox Preview promotional comics," said Valiant Publisher Fred Pierce.

What do you read first? Throughout 2014, Valiant will be rocketing to the top of your read pile with a major #1 issuedebut monthly by some of the most talented creators in comics. Each month, Valiant is committed to delivering compelling and accessible new entry points to its award-winning publishing line- all while releasing no more than nine core titles per month by the end of the year. A combination of new ongoing titles, unprecedented crossover collisions, and high-profile mini-series, these are the titles that will have you reading Valiant FIRST when you head home from the comic shop!

MAY

RAI #1byMatt Kindt(Unity,Mind MGMT) &Clayton Crain(X-Force)

JUNE

ARMOR HUNTERS #1 byRobert Venditti(X-O Manowar,Green Lantern) & Doug Braithwaite (Unity, Justice)

JULY

ARMOR HUNTERS: BLOODSHOT #1byJoe Harris(X-Files: Season 10) &Trevor Hairsine(X-Men: Deadly Genesis)

JULY

ARMOR HUNTERS: HARBINGER #1byJoshua Dysart(Harbinger Wars) &Robert Gill(Batgirl)

AUGUST

THE DELINQUENTS #1byFred Van Lente(Marvel Zombies),James Asmus(Thief of Thieves) &Kano(Gotham Central)

SEPTEMBER

THE DEATH-DEFYING DR. MIRAGE #1byJen Van Meter(Hopeless Savages) &Roberto de la Torre(Daredevil)

Head to your local comics retailer this March to get your first look at the landmark comics initiative of 2014 in the pages of theValiant First Pullbox Preview- featuring an advance preview ofRai #1byMatt KindtandClayton Crain! And look for subsequent issues spotlighting Valiant First's most important releases to arrive each and every month.

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