We’ve been spouting out anticipatory praises for Valiant’s “Archer and Armstrong” title by Fred Van Lente and Clayton Henry for some time now, back when we had no idea what was being said but had some awesome visuals by Clayton Henry to cheer for. It’s not that we don’t trust Fred Van Lente or anything; we do, but we already knew Henry was pulling his weight. Was Van Lente doing his share?
Today we have definitive evidence that Van Lente is, in fact, pulling his weight with the title. We present to you that evidence now:
I don’t know about the rest of you, but “Archer and Armstrong” may just end up being my favorite of the Valiant relaunch (until Ninjak returns, anyway).
For the full press release from Valiant Entertainment, please see below.
Valiant Press Release
Valiant is proud to present an advance preview of Archer & Armstrong #1, from the New York Times best-selling creative team of Fred Van Lente (Amazing Spider-Man) and Clayton Henry (Incredible Hercules)! It’s history in the breaking on August 8th when the Valiant Universe’s two most formidable fighters set out on a conspiracy-smashing quest for the truth!
After years of meditation and training, 18-year-old Obadiah Archer has been dispatched to New York City to carry out the sacred mission of his family’s sect — kill the booze-addled immortal known only as Armstrong and convene a new world order! But as this underage assassin stalks his prey, he’ll soon find that both hunter and hunted are just pawns in a global conspiracy stretching back five millennia — and that Archer & Armstrong will have to work together if the future is to stand any chance of surviving the past’s greatest threat!
Who are the puppet masters pulling the strings of history? How is a centuries-old civilization tied to the very fate of the Valiant Universe? Can we get fries with that? Find out the answers to these questions and more when Archer & Armstrong #1 storms into stores everywhere on August 8th with four frenetic covers by superstar artists Mico Suayan, Clayton Henry, David Aja and Neal Adams!
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #1 — ON SALE AUGUST 8th!
$3.99/Rated T+/32 pgs.
