Flatline

Flatline is a hard-edged operative appearing in the Valiant Universe, operating alongside H.A.R.D. Corps members such as Hammerhead and Gunslinger in high-stakes paramilitary action across titles including The H.A.R.D. Corps and Bloodshot.

Flatline burst onto the Valiant Universe in 1993, a product of the Copper/Modern Age's appetite for hard-edged, high-concept action, debuting in The H.A.R.D. Corps #5 under the creative hands of David Michelinie, Bob Layton, and Bernard Chang. A fixture of Valiant and later Acclaim's interconnected universe, Flatline moves through some of the publisher's most notable titles — The H.A.R.D. Corps, Bloodshot, and the crossover event Deathmate — sharing pages with the likes of Hammerhead, Gunslinger, and Charlie Palmer. With a key-issue debut and a compact but meaningful footprint across the catalog, Flatline is exactly the kind of deep-cut Valiant character that rewards the dedicated collector willing to dig into one of the early '90s' most ambitious shared universes.