Archer & Armstrong

    (Valiant, 1992-1994)
™ and © Valiant

Archer was the son of a twisted fundamentalist minister and his equally twisted wife. Unbeknownst to their flock, the couple would conduct special “prayer sessions” where young members were tortured and killed for the sick thrill of it all. When young Obie Archer discovered his parents’ secret life, they tried to have him killed. He escaped, stowed away on a boat to Hong Kong, and eventually entered a monastery, where he would train for his eventual revenge.

Armstrong met Archer while hiding out as a down-and-out bum. In actuality, “Armstrong” is really Aram, the Eternal Warrior Gilly’s brother. When the two met, the near-immortal Armstrong was on the run from a group of assassins who believed him to be Satan. Archer came to his defense, and the two began a life of adventure together…
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  • 0
    #0
    Jul 1992
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Bob Layton, Jim Shooter  ·  A: Barry Windsor-Smith
    Origin of Archer (Obadiah Archer); Origin of Armstrong (Aram Anni-Padda)
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  • 0/GO
    #0 Gold Edition
    Gold Logo
    Jul 1992
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Bob Layton, Jim Shooter  ·  A: Barry Windsor-Smith
    Origin of Archer (Obadiah Archer); Origin of Armstrong (Aram Anni-Padda)
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  • 1
    #1
    Aug 1992
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Barry Windsor-Smith, Jim Shooter  ·  A: Barry Windsor-Smith, Frank Miller
    Unity
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  • 2
    #2
    Sep 1992
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    W: Barry Windsor-Smith, Jim Shooter  ·  A: Barry Windsor-Smith, Walt Simonson
    Unity
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  • 3
    #3
    Oct 1992
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    W: Barry Windsor-Smith  ·  A: Barry Windsor-Smith
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  • 4
    #4
    Nov 1992
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    W: Barry Windsor-Smith  ·  A: Barry Windsor-Smith
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  • 5
    #5
    Dec 1992
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    W: Barry Windsor-Smith  ·  A: Barry Windsor-Smith, Walt Simonson
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  • 6
    #6
    Jan 1993
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    W: Barry Windsor-Smith  ·  A: Barry Windsor-Smith, Walt Simonson
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  • 7
    #7
    Feb 1993
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    W: Barry Windsor-Smith  ·  A: Art Nichols
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  • 8
    #8
    Mar 1993
    Cover: $4.50
    W: Barry Windsor-Smith  ·  A: Barry Windsor-Smith, Walt Simonson
    1st appearance of Timewalker (Ivar); Double-sized; Flipbook with Eternal Warrior #8
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  • 9
    #9
    Apr 1993
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Bob Layton  ·  A: Bernard Chang
    1st Appearance of Mademoiselle Noir
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  • 10
    #10
    May 1993
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    W: Barry Windsor-Smith  ·  A: Barry Windsor-Smith
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  • 11
    #11
    Jun 1993
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    W: Barry Windsor-Smith  ·  A: Barry Windsor-Smith
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  • 12
    #12
    Jul 1993
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    W: Barry Windsor-Smith  ·  A: Barry Windsor-Smith
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  • 13
    #13
    Aug 1993
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    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Rags Morales
    Serial number contest
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  • 14
    #14
    Sep 1993
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    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Andrew Wendel
    Serial number contest
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  • 15
    #15
    Oct 1993
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    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Doug Braithwaite
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  • 16
    #16
    Nov 1993
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    W: James Perham  ·  A: Andrew Wendel
    Serial number contest
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  • 17
    #17
    Dec 1993
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    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Mike Vosburg
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  • 18
    #18
    Jan 1994
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Mike Vosburg
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  • 19
    #19
    Feb 1994
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    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Mike Vosburg
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  • 20
    #20
    Mar 1994
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    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Mike Vosburg
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  • 21
    #21
    Apr 1994
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    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Mike Vosburg
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  • 22
    #22
    May 1994
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    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Mike Vosburg, Paul Hewitt
    Trading card
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  • 23
    #23
    Jun 1994
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    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Mike Vosburg, Paul Hewitt
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  • 24
    #24
    Aug 1994
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    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Mike Vosburg
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  • 25
    #25
    Sep 1994
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Mike Vosburg
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  • 26
    #26
    Oct 1994
    Cover: $2.75
    W: Mike Baron, Kevin Van Hook  ·  A: Ted Halsted
    Final Issue; Flipbook with Eternal Warrior #26; Indicia says August
    No copies available
  • Bk 1
    Book #1
    Oct 2008
    Cover: $24.95
    W: Jim Shooter, Barry Windsor-Smith, Bob Layton  ·  A: Barry Windsor-Smith
    Collects Archer & Armstrong #0-6
    No copies available
  • CS 1
    Collector's Set #1
    Jan 2016
    Cover: $99.99
    W: Barry Windsor-Smith, Bob Layton, Jim Shooter, Mike Baron, James Perham, Kevin Van Hook, Bob Hall, David Lapham  ·  A: Barry Windsor-Smith
    Collects Archer & Armstrong #0-26, Eternal Warrior #25, The Chaos Effect: Omega, Rai #0, and Archer & Armstrong: The Formation of The Sect
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  • Dlx 1
    Deluxe Set #1
    Cover: $24.99
    W: Barry Windsor-Smith  ·  A: Barry Windsor-Smith
    Collects Archer & Armstrong #0-12
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  • Dlx 1-2
    Deluxe Set #1 - 2nd printing
    Published by Alien Books
    Jan 2024
    Cover: $39.99
    W: Bob Layton, Jim Shooter, Barry Windsor-Smith  ·  A: Barry Windsor-Smith
    Collects Archer & Armstrong #0-12
    No copies available