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Rai (comics)
Rai (霊, rei; "spirit") is a fictional superhero that appeared in books published by Valiant Comics. Rai was the first original hero created by Valiant and had its beginning as a flipbook back-up feature in Magnus, Robot Fighter #5 (October 1991), in Rai #1 (October 1991). The popularity of the flipbook back-up story later led to an ongoing series.
In his original incarnation, Rai is the spirit guardian that protects the nation of Japan in the 41st century. It is a mantle that is usually passed down from father to son through the generations, with some exceptions. As such, the series chronicled a number of protagonists.
A new Rai ongoing series was launched in April 2014, selling out of its initial print run.
The first volume of Rai was published as a back-up four-issue miniseries in [Magnus, Robot Fighter], from issues #5 to #8. The miniseries briefly ran from October 1991 to January 1992.
The second volume of Rai ran nine issues, originally concluding in November 1992 with Rai #0. The second volume was relaunched six months later as Rai and the Future Force, a new series which continued the issue numbering from Rai. The second volume was concluded with a total of 34 issues, if including issue #0. The crossover "Malev War" plot of the second volume largely involves Rai creating and leading the Future Force, a team made of several superheroes from different parts of the Valiant Universe, such as Magnus the Robot Fighter, and Gilad the Eternal Warrior. The second volume ran from March 1992 to June 1995.
The third volume was published by Valiant Entertainment from 2014 to 2016. Being a part of the relaunched universe, the hero is Rai X. The original creative team included Matt Kindt as writer and Clayton Crain as illustrator. The issues 14-16 consists of the 4001 A.D. crossover storyline, which connects to the X-O Manowar, Shadowman, War Mother, and Bloodshot in four separate one-shots. The series concluded after 16 issues.
By the year 4001, industrialization in Japan had begun to consume every square inch of free space within the island nation's borders. To house and feed its growing population, the country had built upon its own infrastructure centuries before, turning the whole of Japan into a towering pillar, hundreds of miles wide. Eventually, the nation detached from Earth entirely, and now orbits the planet.
Governed by a mysterious yet benevolent artificial intelligence named Father, the Japan of 4001 is divided into various sectors, with names derived from the time of founding, and generally separated among the lines of economic status and social class. Where a citizen's sector falls in the literal hierarchy of Japan's many sectors also directly affirms their social ranking; the closer you are to the Earth, the less essential you are.
Rai (comics)
Rai (霊, rei; "spirit") is a fictional superhero that appeared in books published by Valiant Comics. Rai was the first original hero created by Valiant and had its beginning as a flipbook back-up feature in Magnus, Robot Fighter #5 (October 1991), in Rai #1 (October 1991). The popularity of the flipbook back-up story later led to an ongoing series.
In his original incarnation, Rai is the spirit guardian that protects the nation of Japan in the 41st century. It is a mantle that is usually passed down from father to son through the generations, with some exceptions. As such, the series chronicled a number of protagonists.
A new Rai ongoing series was launched in April 2014, selling out of its initial print run.
The first volume of Rai was published as a back-up four-issue miniseries in [Magnus, Robot Fighter], from issues #5 to #8. The miniseries briefly ran from October 1991 to January 1992.
The second volume of Rai ran nine issues, originally concluding in November 1992 with Rai #0. The second volume was relaunched six months later as Rai and the Future Force, a new series which continued the issue numbering from Rai. The second volume was concluded with a total of 34 issues, if including issue #0. The crossover "Malev War" plot of the second volume largely involves Rai creating and leading the Future Force, a team made of several superheroes from different parts of the Valiant Universe, such as Magnus the Robot Fighter, and Gilad the Eternal Warrior. The second volume ran from March 1992 to June 1995.
The third volume was published by Valiant Entertainment from 2014 to 2016. Being a part of the relaunched universe, the hero is Rai X. The original creative team included Matt Kindt as writer and Clayton Crain as illustrator. The issues 14-16 consists of the 4001 A.D. crossover storyline, which connects to the X-O Manowar, Shadowman, War Mother, and Bloodshot in four separate one-shots. The series concluded after 16 issues.
By the year 4001, industrialization in Japan had begun to consume every square inch of free space within the island nation's borders. To house and feed its growing population, the country had built upon its own infrastructure centuries before, turning the whole of Japan into a towering pillar, hundreds of miles wide. Eventually, the nation detached from Earth entirely, and now orbits the planet.
Governed by a mysterious yet benevolent artificial intelligence named Father, the Japan of 4001 is divided into various sectors, with names derived from the time of founding, and generally separated among the lines of economic status and social class. Where a citizen's sector falls in the literal hierarchy of Japan's many sectors also directly affirms their social ranking; the closer you are to the Earth, the less essential you are.