Babies! Kung-fu! Target practice! It’s time for Archer & Armstrong: Archer #0!
Valiant’s new wave of winter zero issues kicks off next week with a special spotlight on the origins of Armstrong’s erstwhile teenage partner, the incomparable Obadiah Archer! For new readers, this is a perfect, no-knowledge-necessary introduction to one of Valiant’s most praised ongoing series…but, longtime fans have no fear — Fred Van Lente and Pere Perezhave packed this issue with appearances from Valiant characters far and wide!
Also hitting next week is Peter Milligan and Roberto de la Torre‘s Shadowman #15. As the end of Milligan’s first arc — and the beginning of the recently announced End Times mini-series — approaches, some major changes are in the offing for Jack Boniface, including the introduction of…an entirely different, new Shadowman? (Or should that be Shadowoman?)
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG: ARCHER #0 (ON SALE 2/5/14)
Who is Obadiah Archer, where did he come from, and how can he do the incredible things that he can do? (Which is everything, remember?) Fresh off the shocking conclusion of the Sect Civil War, learn the startling truth behind Archer’s origin with an exciting look into his secret past by Valiant superstar Fred Van Lente and fan favorite artist Pere Perez!
—SHADOWMAN #15 (ON SALE 2/5/14)
Jack Boniface is out of control. A monstrous supernatural force known only as Tremble threatens to destroy Shadowman…if the ghosts that haunt Jack don’t tear him apart first! Before he cracks, the Abettors — sworn to aid the Shadowman and shield him from the forces of darkness — must take drastic measures to protect the world from Jack’s terrible power. Can Jack defeat the evil that’s coming to kill him…and save himself from the allies trying to drive a knife into his back?
And just in case you missed last week’s releases…
ETERNAL WARRIOR #5 (NEW ARC – “ETERNAL EMPEROR”) (ON SALE 1/20/14)
THE FUTURE HAS ARRIVED. Two thousand years from today, the planet has been transformed by science, technology…and war. The centuries have not been kind to the Earth’s own undying warrior – but a battle that could change everything is just beginning right here in 21st century. Rising star Robert Gill joins New York Times best-selling writer Greg Pak to make history with a brand new vision of the Valiant Universe that is to come and define a brand new era for heroes – past, present and future.
—X-O MANOWAR #21 (UNITY TIE-IN) (ON SALE 1/20/14)
Stripped of the X-O Manowar armor, Aric of Dacia has been imprisoned and interrogated at an off-the-grid black site. But what knowledge could the governments of the world want from a man who has journeyed 1,600 years to the present? A man who liberated an alien planet? A man who once wielded the most powerful weapon in existence? What knowledge could they want, you ask? All of it. And the agents of UNITY will extract every one of Aric of Dacia’s secrets by any means necessary.
