Archer & Armstrong #25: Oversized Anniversary Issue, All-Star Lineup, Drinking Game

The original series creative team of New York Times best-selling creators Fred Van Lente (The Delinquents) and Clayton Henry (Harbinger) reunite to lead off an oversized Archer & Armstrong hollapalooza honoring Valiant’s most dysfunctional duo (well, one of them anyway. There’s still Quantum and Woody).

The issue will feature an all-star jamboree of madcap derring-do with new stories and shenanigans from Ray Fawkes (Batman: Eternal), Michael Walsh (Secret Avengers), Shawn Crystal (Deadpool), Justin Jordan (Dead Body Road), Pere Perez (Harbinger Wars), Donny Cates (Buzzkill) & Eliot Rahal (Dark Horse Presents), Joey Esposito (Captain Ultimate), Barry Kitson (Empire), Rafer Roberts (Carpool Buddies of Doom), and special surprise guests.

“Since issue #1, Archer & Armstrong has been nothing short of a blast to work on, and we’ve been blessed with an incredibly gifted cast of creators along the way – Fred and Clayton, Pere Perez, Khari Evans, Emanuela Lupacchino, and David Baron, just to name a few,” said Archer & Armstrong editor Josh Johns. “Now, with issue #25 coming up, we here at Valiant wanted to build the biggest, most jam-packed milestone issue possible for the fans who have made this series a success…and finally check in on some of the long-asked questions that we planted in previous arcs. This is going to be a big one!”

The official Archer & Armstrong drinking game! The never-before-told story of Armstrong’s first drink! A very special Timewalker adventure! And more! It all happens here as Valiant’s conspiracy-busting, history-smashing swashbucklers saunter into the big two-five!

For ten thousand years, the immortal currently called Armstrong has been sleeping and boozing his way across Earth, keeping one step ahead of a secret cult – known simply as the Sect – obsessed with killing him. That all changed, however, when an 18-year-old Sect assassin named Obadiah Archer turned on his masters, and joined Armstrong for a globetrotting quest to bring down the Sect’s unholy coalition of conspiracies around the world. But Archer & Armstrong’s fight is only just beginning – and they’ll face a dire series of daft and dangerous new perils when Archer & Armstrong #25 strikes in October.

Featuring five fabulous covers from Archer & Armstrong legends past and present – including Clayton Henry, Shawn Crystal, Pere Perez, Jim Calafiore, and Michael Walsh – start reading here as one-half of the mischievous Delinquents kick the tires on the year’s merriest anniversary milestone!

Check out the solicitation text below.

Written by FRED VAN LENTE, RAY FAWKES, JUSTIN JORDAN, DONNY CATES & ELIOT RAHAL, JOEY ESPOSITO, and MORE!
Art by CLAYTON HENRY, SHAWN CRYSTAL, MICHAEL WALSH, BARRY KITSON, RAFER ROBERTS, and MORE!
Covers by CLAYTON HENRY and SHAWN CRYSTAL 
Variant Cover by PERE PEREZ
Throwback Variant by JIM CALAFIORE
Variant Cover by MICHAEL WALSH
$4.99 | T+ | 48 pgs. | COMING IN OCTOBER!