Comic Book Question of the Week VOTING: Most Promising Publisher of 2014

i voted marvel, but image is definitely my #2 choice. black science, saga, walking dead, deadly class... good stuff.

Image and Valiant but i'm voting Image simply because they have been knocking out of the park recently.

DC

Voted for Valiant. I've been a huge fan since the relaunch and the universe gets more and more exciting each month. They are slowly building an amazing superhero universe. This is a great time to start getting into them with Unity just released and Armor Hunters on the horizon. Shadowman End Times mini-series should be a great starting point for new fans. Bloodshot and HARD Corp VS. Archer and Armstrong looks like an amazing crossover. Josh Dysart's Harbinger is consistently great read every month. Other titles that they haven't gotten to yet like Rai, Timewalker and Ninjak could be on the schedule for release this year also. It's an exciting time to start reading Valiant.

DC

Voted Valiant, but Image is a great choice as well.

I am looking forward to Rise of the Seven Seas this year in DC though. And Peter returning of course.

I can see that, but if they are going to have a lot of strange aliens and a variety of different planets, he could do some amazing things with a combination of coloring and perspective.

I gotta go with Valiant! It's the only thing I read anymore. Image is great for their creator owned stuff, but I'm into comics for the shared universe superhero type thing. Marvel & DC can't tell original stories anymore, so they are left with just rebooting with new #1's over and over. Valiant has great characters and their focus on storytelling and organic growth is a breath of fresh air. I'm impressed with their slow and steady growth, and I can't wait to see what they have in store for 2014!

@leokearon: ......what?!?!

I'm a Marvel fanboy, but I had to give it to Image.

Wooh image and Dc in a tie I read image but my fave is dc

Can anyone tell me what is interesting about Marvel these days? Personally I haven't read anything recently because nothing looked even remotely interesting.

Valiant got my vote, because Unity, X-O Manowar and Archer and Armstrong being consistently awesome are getting me excited for the first time since Saga and the Walking dead. The evolving interconnected Valiant Universe is top notch, something I don't see with DC's fragmentation. Image has to get an easy second due to the awesome new books that it's been churning out the last year. Marvel lost me after the last Ghost Rider and completely turned me off with the previews for the next, I'm sick of relaunches that suck. I just can't seem to bring myself to try anything from them, especially when there are such great things coming out of Valiant and Image.

giving it to image since there is no love for zenescope which is publishing its first 100th issue, doing another great event late spring early summer and the conclusion to such series as quest, oz and realm nights

Image for me.With the announcement of all of those new and amazing titles they are getting my hopes pretty high.

Image is putting out all the best books right now

@g_money_christmas: did you read the Silver Surfer short story in All-New Marvel Now Point One? That's a good indicator of the style, he's always been Kirby-esque so a perfect match for strange space tales. Then again I think Allred is awesome whatever he does so bit biased!

DC for life.

Valiant gets my vote.

I've been reading comics for over 25 years, mostly Marvel and DC, but I can't stand those companies anymore, all the gimmicks, the relaunches, the crossover events...ugh. Now I dropped all Marvel and DC books, because I have Valiant, a company that puts out incredible stories month after month, characters that I actually care about. so Valiant gets my vote!

....How is DC actually winning this? They should be darn near last place. I'm giving this to Marvel, because despite all of their meaningless relaunches, they also have a bunch of legitimate new #1's on the way that all look spectacular. The return of the She-Hulk solo, a Magneto solo, All-New Invaders, Iron Patriot, and Warren Ellis on Moon Knight, they are on fire!

There is still a day of voting left; And to answer your question, I'd say it's because people are looking forward to DC titles? With DC, Marvel and Image all fairly close, I don't see why it is an issue.

I voted for Marvel, but I do think what Image and Dark Horse are doing deserved to be recognized a lot more than they are. I actually give props to this site for talking about other Image books other than the ones Kirkman writes.

I hate to say this, but DC will win this poll solely on Batman Eternal, problem is it takes a lot of skilled editors to make a weekly series work and I do not think DC has them right now. When 52 came out Whacker held that book together and it was great. The countdown was the book Didio wanted and it's sub par at best, So excuse me if I have little faith that there new weekly titles will work with the editorial staff they have currently.

@grandharrier: I looked through the first three month solicitations and barely saw anything besides normal issues. The only big thing that I know of that's coming out is Batman Eternal, but I don't really stay up to date with DC. What else is there coming out?

• Valiant
• Image
• IDW
• DC
• Marvel
• Zenescope
• Aspen

Marvel would be be closer to the top if not for all the rebooting same for DC. And what's with all the rebooting?