PREVIEW: 'Rai'#1 by Dan Abnett and Juan Jose Ryp

February 26, 2021

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Welcome to the 41st century: New worlds, new characters, new adventures. Valiant’s critically celebrated cyborg ronin named Rai embarks on a thrilling quest to save the future.

Multiple New York Times bestselling and award-winning writer Dan Abnett (Guardians of the Galaxy) joins forces with breathtaking artist Juan José Ryp (X-O MANOWAR) to begin the essential sci-fi series of the next two thousand years!

RAI #1

Written by DAN ABNETT

Art by JUAN JOSÉ RYP

Cover A by JUAN JOSÉ RYP

Cover B by JUAN JOSÉ RYP

Cover C by ADAM POLLINA

Preorder Edition Cover by JOSÉ LADRÖNN

Blank Cover Also Available

On sale NOVEMBER 20 | 32 pages, full color | $3.99 US | T+

Get the Rai single and Iron Maiden homage variant comic bundled with our new album Parallel Eternity exclusively on Kickstarter: http://kck.st/2MYaAX0

"Break Free (Theme From Rai)" based on RAI by Dan Abnett, Juan Jose Ryp and Andrew Dalhouse, published by Valiant Entertainment. RAI #1 hits comic shops everywhere on November 20th.

Music by A Sound of Thunder. Lyrics by Dan Abnett.