Imperium

Building on the fallout of the Unity event, Joshua Dysart’s Imperium launched from Valiant Entertainment in 2015 to explore a darker corner of the superhero landscape. The series follows the dangerously charismatic Toyo Harada, a powerful psiot who abandons his quest for global peace to instead build a ruthless, utopian shadow state. With a rotating artistic team including Cafu, Doug Braithwaite, and Khari Evans, this 4-issue run dissects the chilling morality of absolute power and the human cost of a single man’s vision. It’s a taut, philosophical thriller that redefined Valiant’s approach to villainy.