He must fight the ex-military nanite-infused Bloodshot (Jason D Frank), Iron Man knock-off XO Manowar (Derek Theler), the technopathic Livewire (Ciera Foster), the never-aging Gilad the Eternal Warrior (John Hennigan), his drunken brother Armstrong (Kevin Porter), and his prodigious sidekick Archer (Alex Meglei) in order to deliver that which he would rather not. This leads to all hands on deck to stop Colin from delivering this dangerous artifact to his foe, but whatever means necessary. His archnemesis Roku (Chantelle Barry) forces Ninjak to infiltrate his own compound and steal the Book of the Geomancer by holding the family of his friend/boss Neville Alcott (Craig Young) hostage. Ninjak, is an British operative for the government, trained in martial arts and outfitted with the best gadgets money can buy because he is wealthy enough to afford it. So, in the story Colin King (Michael Rowe), a.k.a. Not quite enough for a feature film, but sure long enough to make clicking through videos time-consuming.
This made it much easier, as the total runtime is over an hour long.
I watched the first episode there, but the rest in a compiled format thanks to Comic Crusaders. The six-episode mini-series was released one episode at a time on a non-Crusader comic book website, which had the advantage of getting site traffic, but the disadvantage of not reaching as wide an audience as a platform like YouTube, where Bat in the Sun has plenty of exposure. I’d honestly kind of forgotten about it, what with all the big screen blockbusters coming out, but still, they delivered. I thought it was going to be released by the end of 2017, but it ended up not coming out until this past April. I even attended a panel at last year’s C2E2 with Jason David Frank, resulting in one of the COOLEST interviews I’ve ever had. So, when Ninjak Versus The Valiant Universe was announced, I was like “Yes! Finally!” Hype built as casting was announced and footage was released and promotional material found its way into the comics and conventions. Not only do they have a ton of great characters, but the writing is excellent and the brand is only getting better. Yes, I’m admittedly a recent fan of Valiant, having only started reading within the last year or two, but the fact they have had next to no representation in multimedia up until now is a real shame. And the cherry on top? It was released online for FREE. Casting Jason David Frank as Bloodshot was the sprinkles.
The premise of Ninjak fighting the likes of Bloodshot, X-O Manowar, Livewire, and more was the whipped cream. Their partnership with Bat in the Sun, a popular YouTube channel featuring superhero battles, was icing on the cake. When Valiant announced a couple years ago that they were going to be producing a limited live action series based on their comic book properties, I was immediately on board.
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