History ComicBook / Harbinger

Originally a series in the 90s by Creator/ValiantComics, ''Harbinger'' received a new rebooted series is 2012, written by Joshua Dysart. It lasted for 25 issues, concluding in 2014. It was followed by the miniseries ''Harbinger: Omegas'', which explored Peter and Harada following their final confrontation, before getting a StealthSequel in ''ComicBook/{{Imperium}}'', which shifted focus to Harada and his more active efforts with the Foundation. In 2016, Peter and the Renegades once again regained the spotlight in ''Harbinger: Renegade'', this time helmed by Rafer Roberts and Darick Robertson, which ran for 9 issues (including a #0 issue). In 2021, there was another ''Harbinger'' series featuring an amnesiac Peter titled simply ''The Harbinger'', which was written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing and illustrated by Robbi Rodriguez and ran for 8 issues.

Originally a series in the 90s by Creator/ValiantComics, ''Harbinger'' received a new rebooted series is 2012, written by Joshua Dysart. It lasted for 25 issues, concluding in 2014. It was followed by the miniseries ''Harbinger: Omegas'', which explored Peter and Harada following their final confrontation, before getting a StealthSequel in ''ComicBook/{{Imperium}}'', which shifted focus to Harada and his more active efforts with the Foundation. In 2016, Peter and the Renegades once again regained the spotlight in ''Harbinger: Renegades'', this time helmed by Rafer Roberts and Darick Robertson. In 2021, there was another ''Harbinger'' series featuring an amnesiac Peter titled simply ''The Harbinger'', which was written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing and illustrated by Robbi Rodriguez and ran for 8 issues.

It has also received two spin-offs: ''ComicBook/{{Faith}}'' and ''ComicBook/GenerationZero''.

Originally a series in the 90s by Creator/ValiantComics, ''Harbinger'' received a new rebooted series is 2012, written by Joshua Dysart. It lasted for 25 issues, concluding in 2014. It was followed by the miniseries ''Harbinger: Omegas'', which explored Peter and Harada following their final confrontation, before getting a StealthSequel in ''Imperium'', which shifted focus to Harada and his more active efforts with the Foundation. In 2016, Peter and the Renegades once again regained the spotlight in ''Harbinger: Renegades'', this time helmed by Rafer Roberts and Darick Robertson.

!!Tropes associated with the relaunched Harbinger include:

[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Unrelated to]] the 2003 [[VideoGame/{{Harbinger}} sci-fi RPG]], or to the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' [[Fanfic/{{Harbinger}} fanfic]].

* HypnotizeThePrincess: Peter impulsively uses his mind control powers to make Kris fall in love with him. Unusually for a protagonist's use of a love spell, the ugly implications, and Kris' subsequent feelings of violation and anger, aren't glossed over.

* StockSuperpowers:
** PsychicPowers: Peter has several of these.
** {{Flight}}: Zephyr.
** PlayingWithFire: Flamingo.
** SuperStrength and SuperToughness: What Torque wants people to think his powers are. In reality, it's more like mentally-generated PoweredArmor shaped like a big tough guy.

* NotSoDifferent: Kris frets over the morality of using Peter's powers to rob banks--not because of any objection to stealing, but because she worries that by manipulating people's minds, she's doing the same thing that was done to her. She concludes that simply making people forget a few minutes of time probably isn't equivalent, but isn't at all sure.

* TheCape: Zephyr. She's the only one of the main five who genuinely thinks of herself as a superhero, with the responsibilities that entails. Occasionally this causes some friction with the others.

* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Peter spends all day bombarded with an endless stream of inane thoughts. The only way to shut them up is to drug himself.

* MindRape: Peter does this to the the woman responsible for [[spoiler:killing Joe]], mentally trapping her forever in a padded cell with a copy of him. Oddly, other people who get near her can visit the cell and interact with the copy as well.

* FiveManBand: The Renegades
** TheLeader: Peter.
** TheLancer: Kris, who also fills the role of [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]. Near the beginning, she was TheLeader, but Peter has since stepped into the role.
** TheBigGuy: Torque.
** TheChick: Zephyr.
** TheDarkChick: Flamingo.

->"What if God could be taught to be a better person?"

->'''Kris''': ''"What if God could be taught to be a better person?"''

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* YourHeadAsplode: In the first issue of ''Renegades'', Enfuego tries to activate Cassie Del Mundo's powers with a homemade activation table. The device malfunctions, blowing poor Cassie's brains all over the place.

It has also received two spin-offs: ''ComicBook/{{Faith}}'' and ''Generation Zero''.

* GoryIndiscretionShot: In the first issue of ''Renegades'', a would-be superheroine named Cassie Del Mundo tries to have her powers activated by amateurs and ends up having her brains splattered all the walls.

Originally a series in the 90s by Creator/ValiantComics, ''Harbinger'' received a new rebooted series is 2012, written by Joshua Dysart. It lasted for 25 issues, concluding in 2014. It was followed by the miniseries ''Harbinger: Omegas'', which explored Peter and Harada following their final confrontation, before getting a StealthSequel in ''Imperium'', which shifted focus to Harada and his more active efforts with the Foundation. In 2016, Peter and the Renegades will once again regain the spotlight in ''Harbinger: Renegades'', this time helmed by Rafer Roberts and Darick Robertson.

* JustLikeRobinHood: Kris' justification for robbing banks, though they don't quite get around to the 'give to the poor' part. It doesn't help that Flamingo and Torque are perfectly content to do nothing but party and hang out in fancy hotels.

* MindRape: Peter does this to the the woman responsible for [[spoiler: killing Joe]], mentally trapping her forever in a padded cell with a copy of him. Oddly, other people who get near her can visit the cell and interact with the copy as well.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Toyo Harada. He's genuinely convinced that the world would be better off with him as its absolute dictator, and is willing to do whatever it takes to bring that about.

* FatalFlaw: Harada's is his ambition. It's what drives his Well-Intentioned Extremism (see below), initially leads to Peter turning on him and the Harbinger foundation because of said extremism[[spoiler:, and later leads to Livewire turning on him in ''Unity'' in an utterly ironic case of HistoryRepeats for the ''exact same set of reasons''.]]

It has also received two spin-offs: ''ComicBook/{{Faith}}'' and ''Generation Zero''