C2E2 2015: Matt Kindt Joins All-Star Artists for NINJAK: THE SHADOW WARS

As revealed this weekend at C2E2 2015, Valiant is proud to announce THE SHADOW WARS – an all-new story arc beginning in NINJAK #6 from New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt and an all-star gauntlet of top artistic talents – Raul Allen (BLOODSHOT REBORN, Hawkeye), Juan Jose Ryp (Black Summer), Stephen Segovia (UNITY, Convergence), and Clay Mann (NINJAK, X-Men)! Join one of the year's most acclaimed new series here as Ninjak begins his deadliest test yet – a one-on-one showdown with four all-new enemies…each more ruthless that the last…illustrated by a different top talent each month!

Ninjak went to Tokyo to destroy the shadowy Weaponeer arms cartel from the inside out, beginning with its secret council of shinobi masters…the Shadow Seven. Now, the world's top super-spy is cutting his way through the four death-defying members – The Barbe, Fitzy, Fakir, and Sanguine – that stand between him and the one secret that still eludes him… Who really wields the power behind the world's most powerful terrorist network? Who is the secret seventh member of the Shadow Seven? And what do they want with Colin King?

"I tried to come up with an interesting cast of characters – villains for the most part – but also characters that share similar training to that Ninjak received… We've got a crazy billionaire recluse in a foil suit (and a lot of secrets), a master thief that looks like Errol Flynn, and a blood-sucking punk rocker in a tutu. We're definitely having fun with this," writer Matt Kindt told ComicBook.com.

Ninjak's international manhunt for the super-powered puppet masters behind the world's most dangerous – and most secretive – crime syndicate ratchets up the stakes when Matt Kindt and Raul Allen launch the first chapter of THE SHADOW WARS in NINJAK #6 – coming to comic shops everywhere this August!

Plus: Ninjak's essential second feature, THE LOST FILES, continues in each 40-page issue of THE SHADOW WARS! Also beginning in NINJAK #6, Matt Kindt and Eisner-nominated artist Butch Guice (Captain America) reunite to reveal how Colin King and Neville Alcott first met – and the deadly secret Neville has kept from his most valuable field agent! The second act of THE LOST FILES starts here!

Featuring covers by Mico Suayan (BLOODSHOT REBORN), Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic (DIVINITY), Dave Johnson (100 Bullets), Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT), and Clayton Henry (IVAR, TIMEWALKER), the next explosive chapter of Ninjak's red-hot monthly series starts here this August, only in NINJAK #6!

NINJAK #6 (ALL-NEW ARC! "THE SHADOW WARS" – PART 1)

Written by MATT KINDT

Art by RAUL ALLEN and BUTCH GUICE

Cover A by MICO SUAYAN

Cover B by JELENA KEVIC-DJURDJEVIC

Cover C by DAVE JOHNSON

Character Design Variant by MATT KINDT

Variant Cover by CLAYTON HENRY

$3.99 US | 40 pgs. | T+ | COMING IN AUGUST!

NINJAK #7 ("THE SHADOW WARS" – PART 2)

Written by MATT KINDT

Art by JUAN JOSE RYP and BUTCH GUICE

Character Design Variant by MATT KINDT

$3.99 US | 40 pgs. | T+ | COMING IN SEPTEMBER!

NINJAK #8 ("THE SHADOW WARS" – PART 3)

Written by MATT KINDT

Art by STEPHEN SEGOVIA and BUTCH GUICE

Character Design Variant by MATT KINDT

$3.99 US | 40 pgs. | T+ | COMING IN OCTOBER!

NINJAK #9 ("THE SHADOW WARS" – PART 4)

Written by MATT KINDT

Art by CLAY MANN and BUTCH GUICE

Character Design Variant by MATT KINDT

$3.99 US | 40 pgs. | T+ | COMING IN NOVEMBER!

Dat Beard

None of these characters are very shinobi-like

Defiantly picking this up.

Sanguine looks like Joker's Daughter.

Story looks awesome, but those character designs suck. And just saying "Has the same training as Ninjak" over and over is really lazy.

The story sounds pretty cool, but those characters designs are terrible.

Is it me or does the Barbe's equipment seem pretty similar to Mister Terrific's of DC Comics fame?

Those character designs are hilarious...... I kind of like them. They have Paul F. Tompkins with noodle arms..........

In Valiant We Trust.

Agreed. But maybe that's what's going to make this more awesome? Its...dare I say?...diverse.

I trust Valiant and Ninjak has been amazing so far. Looking forward to this.

@dragonborn_ct said:

Fitzy sounds pretty cool. My fav out of the 4, so far.

Niiiiiiiinj-j-jak !

@allstarsuperman: Well this may be a rough draft. Hopefully the actual book goes into more detail .

@lukehero: hopefully. But I'm not excepting much. Roku got that same exact thing. "All Ninjaks training". Dude needs to be a little more creative.

@allstarsuperman: I totally agree with the repetitive villains in this book. However, I am also really liking this book. So idk, I guess kindt makes it work with whatever hahaha

@dman1366: do you read Unity? Kindt does the same thing over there. Myth also had "all the training ever".

@allstarsuperman: He's the most skilled man, ever. The End. Gagagagaga.

Sweet can't wait.

So the Barb is Alan Moore?

Those character designs and sketches are awesome!