Valiant Entertainment today released a new look inside Rai #1 – the first issue of the hotly anticipated ongoing series from New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt with fully painted interiors by Clayton Crain, arriving in stores on April 30th.The book will kick off the upcoming Valiant First initiative, which will launch a new #1 every month this summer and early fall from the publisher.You can check out the official solicitation and preview art below. You can click here to check out a trailer for the issue.The year is 4001 A.D. – led by the artificial intelligence called “Father,” the island nation of Japan has expanded out of the Pacific and into geosynchronous orbit with the ravaged Earth below. With billions to feed and protect, it has fallen to one solitary guardian to enforce the law of Father’s empire – the mysterious folk hero known as Rai. They say he can appear out of nowhere. They say he is a spirit…the ghost of Japan. But when the first murder in a thousand years threatens to topple Father’s benevolent reign, Rai will be forced to confront the true face of a nation transformed…and his own long-lost humanity…RAI #1 (VALIANT FIRST) Written by MATT KINDT Art by CLAYTON CRAIN Cover A by CLAYTON CRAIN (MAR141386) Cover B by BRYAN HITCH (MAR141387) Cover C by STEPHEN SEGOVIA (MAR141388) Cover D by RAUL ALLEN (MAR141389) Variant Cover by KHARI EVANS (MAR141392) Variant Cover by TREVOR HAIRSINE (MAR141393) Variant Cover by DAVID AJA & RAUL ALLEN (MAR141394) Blank Cover also available (MAR141390) $3.99/T+/32 pgs. ON SALE 4/30/14 (FOC – 4/7/14)RAI #1 PLUS EDITION* (VALIANT FIRST) Written by MATT KINDT Art & Cover by CLAYTON CRAIN $4.99/T+/48 pgs. ON SALE 4/30/14 (FOC – 4/7/14)
