They've infiltrated, assassinated, and overthrown... Now this reformed covert strike team of teenage walking warheads have set their sights on a dangerous new high school! In the secretive tech oasis of Rook, Michigan, who can a teenager trust? Not the police... Not the teachers... And definitely not the parents. So when high schooler Keisha Sherman's boyfriend turns up dead in an accident gone awry, she makes a desperate plea...and Generation Zero have heeded her call! But, with precision-honed military training and a taste for subverting authority, can this squad of high-powered, teenage superhumans infiltrate Rook undetected? Or is their very presence about to draw another of the town's billion-dollar secrets into the light of day? THE FUTURE OF VALIANT continues as New York Times best-selling writer Fred Van Lente (4001 WAR MOTHER) and acclaimed artist Francis Portela (FAITH) launch the most volatile superteam in comics into their first, mind-blowing monthly series!

Fast times for Valiant's volatile teenage strike squad! Generation Zero came to Rook, Michigan to investigate a strange death...and the clues have led them into the halls of an even stranger high school! But only one person knows what really happened to Keisha Sherman's tragically deceased boyfriend: Rook High's reigning queen bee! Now, this reformed squad of walking warheads will have to forgo their usual military tactics...and wage a psychic infiltration into the mind of Rook's most popular teenager! But, as they experience the truth through her eyes, what even darker revelations might spill forth about a town where murder, deception, and deceit lurk behind every picket fence? Out of the pages of HARBINGER WARS, Project Rising Spirit's tempestuous team of super-powered radicals is about to get slayed by the bell - courtesy of New York Times best-selling writer Fred Van Lente (IVAR, TIMEWALKER) and red-hot artists Derek Charm (Jughead) and Francis Portela (FAITH)!

It's a hell of a day in the neighborhood. The darkness bubbling beneath the miraculous town of Rook, Michigan is beginning to surface. As Generation Zero closes in on the vicious force abducting and killing teenagers, they quickly discover that this self-proclaimed utopia has been hiding a deep and disturbing secret that could destroy them all! But as the truth takes shape, will this reformed strike squad bring their first case to a close peacefully?or with a bang large enough to register on the Rictor scale? The heat is on as New York Times best-selling writer Fred Van Lente (ARCHER & ARMSTRONG) and acclaimed artist Francis Portela (FAITH) light a fire under Valiant's teenage superteam!

We live for destruction! Generation Zero has finally pinpointed the silent evil that has infiltrated Rook High School?but it's not going down without a fight! Now, every corner of this idyllic techtown is about to become a war zone as Cronus, Telic, Animalia, and Cloud hit back with the force of four walking hydrogen bombs and show the world why this one group of reformed commandos aren't just dangerous? They're disorderly! Generation Zero's first field mission is about to come crashing down?but not before New York Times best-selling writer Fred Van Lente (ARCHER & ARMSTRONG) and breakout artist Francis Portela (FAITH) send them hurtling toward their next target!

ALL NEW ARC! ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT! Fight your way through the "HEROSCAPE"! Generation Zero managed to survive their first mission, and now duty has called on them to venture deep inside a perilous dimension only known as the Heroscape to see the world through a new set of eyes! They'll discover their friends' biggest secrets, their enemies' darkest fears, and their town's sinister connection to this imagination-fueled reality. But just because the Heroscape is imaginary, doesn't mean it can't kill you? And, from anime-inflected zombie hordes to psychedelic sci-fi warriors, all of Rook, Michigan's most deeply buried fantasies are about to come roaring out of your daydreams! Dream big because New York Times best-selling writer Fred Van Lente (IVAR, TIMEWALKER) and acclaimed artists Javier Pulido (Daredevil) and Diego Bernard (X-O MANOWAR) are gearing up for a brand-new jumping-on point that's going to send Valiant's temperamental teenage time-bombs blasting out of the suburbs and into their most grisly adventure yet!

Animalia enters the "HEROSCAPE"! Tap into the uncharted plane of reality called the Heroscape and you can see the world through anyone else's eyes - and find out how their reality is governed by their own inspirations! Now, as a mysterious force preys upon Rook's citizens, Animalia must enter the Heroscape...and experience a world filtered through her own twisted imagination! But as Generation Zero's most militant adolescent wunderkind enters a world populated by colorful monstrosities of her own design, Animalia must lock horns - literally - with demons both outward and within! "HEROSCAPE" travels to the darkest corners of the mind right here as New York Times best-selling writer Fred Van Lente (ARCHER & ARMSTRONG) and acclaimed artist Diego Bernard (X-O MANOWAR) transform Generation Zero's deepest desires into their darkest nightmares!