Thursday, June 20, 2019

Valor: The Journey from Invasion to Zero Hour

He was born in the ashes of Invasion, and he will die on Zero Hour. Call him Lar Gand, Mon-El or Valor, he has a very specific destiny. Unless history collapses, of course, then destiny means nothing. Before starting their new podcast at the Fire and Water Podcast Network entitled Zero Hour Strikes!, Bass and Siskoid come together for one last First Strike: The Invasion Podcast to cover this Daxamite bridge between the two crossovers. It's filled with Legion goodness!

Listen to First Strike's Episode 41 by clicking HERE!


Or you can right-click “download”, choose “Save Target/Link As”, and select a location on your computer to save the file (24 MB).

Highlights from Valor by Robert Loren Fleming, Mark Waid, Kurt Busiek, Mark D. Bright, Al Gordon, Jeffrey Moore, Trevor Scott, Colleen Doran and Mischa McDowell:


Introducing Pilgrim-One and Babbage!


Gotta respect a dude for punching Lobo in the face, even if he really doesn't have just cause.


The Blasters make a comeback on Starlag II! (No one cares.)


The Time Trapper? Smells like Zero Hour up in here.


Valor meets the love of his life... or does he?


Valor: The Quest for Peace


Ah damn, Lori turns out to be Glorith after all! (Still sexy, yo.)


Glorith changes history by letting Valor die.


It will be up to the future Mon-El to Mulligan Valor's career.


Our thanks to Michel Fiffe for digging out these Invasion trading cards!

Credits:
Relevant teaser clip: Doctor Who's "The Invasion of Time", starring Tom Baker and Louise Jameson

Bonus clips: "I Am the Walrus" by the Beatles; "Colonel Bogey March" by Mitch Miller; "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, variably starring Lawrence Olivier, Kenneth Branagh, and David Tennant; and "Time Tunnel" by Kosmonova

End theme music from "The Day the Earth Stood Still" score by Bernard Herrmann

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