Both hardcovers were published by valiant entertainment. Ivar, aram and gilad, better known as the timewalker, armstrong and the eternal warrior, and its also first glimpse of the faraway, a. A and a archer and armstrong 2016 valiant comic books. Heat vision has learned that the big screen version of.
Thats right, valiants swashbuckling adventure duo have been targeted for elimination by. Together, this unlikely pair of heroes is about to stumble headfirst into a centuriesold conspiracy that will bring the whole of ancient history crashing down on the modern day valiant universe. The first series featured writing and art by comic great barry windsorsmith creator. Valiants dan mintz looks to build a new kind of cinematic. The first series featured writing and art by comic great barry windsorsmith creator of red sonja. I like the asides that mention what sort of style archer is using in different fights. Valiant entertainments dan mintz talks disrupting the comic.
A valiant read is a biweekly column in which how to love comics highlights great jumpingon points for the valiant universe. Right from the beginning of this issue, you get nazi. Obadiah archer was raised and sheltered from the world and trained his entire life to kill he who is not to be named who happens to be armstrong. Valiant entertainment boss dan mintz on disrupting the comic book cinematic universe with diverse, scorsesefriendly characters. It was created by the legendary barry windsorsmith, jim shooter, and bob layton, and has existed as a highlight for both classic and modern valiant having some of the most memorable story arcs and characters todate, as well as. Theres archer and armstrong, the eternal warrior and ivar. Sure, its about two superpowered heroes on a quest to stop an evil organization from rising to ultimate power, but its less about saving. It featured writing and art by comics creator barry windsorsmith. Unfortunately, dying has never been easy for archers target the harddrinking yearold immortal known as armstrong. Archer tends to be uptight and naive due to his upbringing, while armstrong is a loudmouthed hedonist known for his. The book is sort of the superhero version of the relationship between paula abdul and mc skat kat from the opposites attract video. Find out more its time once again for another round of a valiant read. It doesnt just add extra pages and content, but actively seeks to celebrate the material that readers love. Now he spends his days drinking, carousing and telling tales of his outrageous adventures throughout history to anyone who will listen that is, when hes not on the run from an ancient cult whose bumbling agents have been hunting him for two thousand years.
I was all in on that era of valiant, image, legend comic out etc. There are also some nice references to other comics. Was my favorite era of comics, which is probably the opposite of how many i would guess older collectors would feel. The original creative team included writers jim shooter and bob layton with artist barry windsorsmith. In 2012 valiant began its continuity reboot, with this series as part of the first wave millennia ago, the annipadda brothers, ivar, aram, and gilad, returned to the city of ur with a strange device known as the boon. Adventure, action, comedy, a strong plot, little easter eggs for valiant fans, and great usage of history make for another mustread from valiant. This is a solid looking comic book, especially when archer and armstrong are featured. Armstrong is aram annipadda, one of three immortal brothers along with the eternal warrior and the timewalker.
Valiants somewhat dynamic duo are going in the bag for an allnew ongoing series from rising star rafer roberts and comic book superstar david lafuente. Valiant titles were definitely wall book, or prime table spot items at a local weekly weekend flee market that had probably a dozen dedicated comic dealers. Written fred van lente incredible hercules, marvel zombies and art by clayton henry alpha flight, ninjak. After years of meditation and training, 18yearold obadiah archer has been dispatched to new york city to carry out the sacred. A snatch in time, script and pencils by barry windsorsmith, inks by john floyd. Some may argue that the humor can almost get a little too hamfisted and selfreferential at times, but it succeeds far more often than it falls flat. Archer is obadiah archer, a young martial arts prodigy who escaped evil religious parents. Armstrong is a 10,000yearold libertine who may be as strong as a battalion, but abandoned idealism millennia ago. An actionadventurebuddy comedy colliding a drunk, delinquent immortal who has given up on saving the world and the idealistic young man who needs him for a globetrotting quest to stop historys oldest conspiracy. In 2012 valiant began its continuity reboot, with this series as part of the first wave. General redacted was a good boost of humor that this book needed, even though it was already mildly funny. When a member of the church of retrology asks armstrong for six hundred thousand dollars, he retorts with, and they say youre not a real religion. I was surprised valiant brought back the lost land since they no longer have the rights to turok, but van lente makes it work wonderfully. Valiant entertainment, the independent comic publisher behind harbinger, bloodshot and xo manowar, is continuing its move into movie production.