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Fictional superhero team

H. A. R. D. Corps is a fictional superhero team appearing in books published by the American publisher Valiant Comics. The H. A. R. D. Corps team first appeared in Harbinger #10 (Oct. 1992), and were created by Jim Shooter and David Lapham.

The original series ran for a total of 30 issues, from December 1992 – June 1995. Bob Layton explained the style of the series: "When David [Michelinie] and I set out to do H. A. R. D. Corps it was because We like light hearted, hard hitting, bash 'em in the face, sock 'em guys." The cover of the first issue was pencilled by Jim Lee over a layout by Bob Layton. Lee had initially declined to take on the cover because he was too busy, but eventually did it in return for Valiant president Steven Massarsky getting him two U2 tickets.

The acronym stands for Harbinger Active Resistance Division. The title's focus is a corporate strike team which represents Omen Enterprises. Omen Enterprises are at war with Toyo Harada, and his Harbinger Corporation, which he uses in his goal to control all Harbingers. The original H. A. R. D. team is a group of fighter pilots who are victims of various accidents, rendered comatose, and revived with experimental neural implants. The neural implants utilized by Omen Enterprises allow the team members to mimic the powers of Harbingers, and are all assigned and managed by an operator named "Softcore." The cerebral fail safe procedures given are that any rebellion from the team members, as well as capture or death will result in the explosion of the neural implants.

In the 2012 Valiant relaunch, the team works for Project Rising Spirit, instead of the Omen Corporation. In this timeline, the team is being tasked by PRS to retrieve Bloodshot from the Harbinger Corporation.

The original team was composed of former fighter pilots and went by call signs in the field, starting a Corps tradition of using codenames.

The original team were all Vietnam War veterans who served together in the same unit. Gunslinger — The H. A. R. D. Corps leader, Charlie Palmer is often referred to as Major by the others (his military rank). Shakespeare — Aaron Brillstein is a Vietnam vet with a tendency to quote literature. Maniac — Jan Chahosky is a reckless warrior who seldom waits for orders. He dies in H. A. R. D. Corps #1. He is later replaced by Flatline. Hammerhead — Marion Virgil Peeves loves to fight and is overly proud of the scars he accumulates on his bald head. He also hates his first name.

Superstar — A former movie star, Rick Silver is not one of the original members of the project, but he is with the team as of their first appearance. He dies covering the group's escape when the implants that make him invulnerable fail. This failure was a deliberate malfunction caused by the CEO of Omen due to his feeling that Superstar's behavior was becoming more and more erratic. He is replaced by Hotshot.

Flatline — (first appearance: H. A. R. D. Corps #1) Sam Yoom Kim was once a cop in his native Korea, but while in an L. A. riot he was injured trying to help others and fell into a coma. He replaced Maniac. Sam's clever thinking made the team see his merit, and he was the first member to question the morality of some missions the Corps undertook (such as capturing Bloodshot). Hotshot — (first appearance: H. A. R. D. Corps #7) Christine Eastman is both the first female member of the Corps and the first member of the reserves to make the grade. The former leader of the reserve squadron, her leadership abilities and dedication to completing a mission reflect her military training.

Each member of the H. A. R. D. Corps could utilize one Harbinger power at a time. To switch powers, an operative had to radio Softcore and request she make the switch while at headquarters. They are often seen using a defensive power and firearms for offense, but switching powers is a quick enough process to be accomplished in combat. Needing to communicate to switch their powers sometimes becomes a weakness: Corps operatives who lose their headset cannot switch powers, and sometimes their opponents will jam or disrupt communications with their base, knowing that "microbeams" are used to alter the mimicked powers. In new continuity powers are supplied to operatives via Lifeline through their reverse engineered Harada Tech neural implants developed by Project Rising Spirit. Agents can only utilize one power at a time due to the human biology being unaccustomed to hardwired harbinger ability usage, special command sequences for chaining different powers in tandem through the bio configuration process can be initiated such as; sequence 2, 4, 6, sequence epsilon, etc. The Implants are also wired to explode and can be detonated automatically either upon capture or death of operative and remotely from PRS home base.

A spinoff of the Harbinger title, H. A. R. D. Corps is the ancestor of Psi Lords, which is set in the 41st century of the Valiant Universe and dealt with the descendants of the Corps.

Issue # Writer Penciler Inker Cover 1 David Michelinie David Lapham Bob Layton Jim Lee & Layton 2 Michelinie Mike Leeke Bob Layton Leeke & Layton 3 Michelinie Leeke Katherine Bollinger & Layton Leeke & Barry Windsor Smith 4 Michelinie Leeke Tom Ryder Leeke & Ryder 5 Michelinie & Layton Bernard Chang Ryder Leeke & Ryder 6 Michelinie & Layton Leeke Ryder Leeke & Ryder 7–8 Michelinie & Layton Leeke Paul Autio Leeke & Ryder 9 Michelinie Andrew Wendel Autio Leeke & Ryder 10 Michelinie Ted Halstead Autio Leeke & Autio 11–16 Michelinie Yvel Guichet Rodney Ramos Guichet & Ramos 17 Layton Rik Levins John Dixon Guichet & Ramos 18 Jorge Gonzalez Levins Dixon Levins & Dixon 19–20 Maurice Fontenot Levins Dixon Levins & Dixon 21–22 Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning Jordi Ensign Dixon Levins & Dixon 23 Fontenot & Gonzalez Ensign Frank McLaughlin & Jennifer Marrus Levins & Layton 24 John F. Kelly Ensign Ensign Levins & Layton 25 Mike Baron Steve Ellis Richard Space 26 Baron Ellis Rudy Nebres DR 27–29 Baron John Calimee Ramos Val Mayerik 30 Baron Leeke Mike DeCarlo Grey

+TitleMaterial collectedPublished dateISBNValiant Masters: H. A. R. D. Corps Vol. 1H. A. R. D. Corps #1 6, Harbinger (vol. 1) #10 11June 2014Bloodshot Vol. 4: H. A. R. D. CorpsBloodshot and H. A. R. D. Corps #14 17, Bloodshot (vol. 3) #0January 2014Bloodshot Vol. 5: Get Some and Other StoriesBloodshot and H. A. R. D. Corps #18 19, 22 23, Bloodshot and H. A. R. D. Corps: H. A. R. D. Corps #0September 2014Archer & Armstrong Vol. 5: Mission: ImprobableBloodshot and H. A. R. D. Corps #20 21 and Archer & Armstrong: Archer #0, Archer & Armstrong #18 19June 2014Bloodshot Deluxe Edition Book 2Bloodshot and H. A. R. D. Corps #14 23, Bloodshot and H. A. R. D. Corps: H. A. R. D. Corps #0 and Bloodshot (vol. 3) #0, 24 25, Archer & Armstrong #18 19October 2015