Hardly Children

Somehow, a set of deeply conservative assumptions about children–what they're like and how they should be raised–have congealed into the conventional wisdom in our society. Parents are accused of being both permissive and overprotective, unwilling to set limits and afraid to let their kids fail. Young people, meanwhile, are routinely described as entitled and narcissistic…among other unflattering adjectives.

Peter Stanchek and his band of teenage runaways are harbingers of a new age, born with the power to change the world… or break it. Plagued by emerging psionic powers he hardly understands, Peter turns to Toyo Harada and his Harbinger Foundation, an organization dedicated to finding and teaching young people like Peter. But when Peter learns to what lengths Harada will go to further his secret agenda, he turns on his mentor, gathering a group of like-minded rebels. On the road and always just one step ahead of Harada and his hit-squad of super powered Eggbreakers, these renegade harbingers will have to learn how to use their powers to change the world for the better along the way. This deluxe hardcover collects the critically acclaimed masterpiece that kicked off a whole new age of superheroes from legendary creators Jim Shooter (Secret Wars) and David Lapham (Stray Bullets).
Collecting Harbinger (1992) #0-7 in a deluxe format, complete with process art, sketches, and more rarely seen back-up material from the Valiant vault.

This album is a tribute to my late, great teacher Harry Whitaker. If you don’t know who he was, that’s not your fault. He was obscure - one of many lost jazz geniuses that have faded to oblivion and forgotten.