Mission: Improbable Starts in Archer & Armstrong #18 Preview From Valiant

Valiant Entertainment have released an advance preview of Archer & Armstrong #18 – the first issue of Mission: Improbable, a four-part storyline colliding Valiant's conspiracy-smashing thrill-seekers against the twin threats of Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps! From New York Times best-selling writerFred Van Lente and artist Pere Perez, start reading here on March 5th when two teams of daredevil powerhouses begin an improbable mission with impossible odds! Archer &  Armstrong have been targeted for elimination by Project Rising Spirit's most elite kill crew. Their mission? Assassinate the the newly-appointed leader of a homegrown fundamentalist terror sect (remember that?) named…Obadiah Archer?! And if they could take out his mentally ill, alcoholic bodyguard who just happens to think he's a 10,000-year-old immortal, that'd be swell too! Hot on the heels of today's Archer & Armstrong: Archer #0, the showdown of the year begins right here on March 5th!

Then, the next bullet-dodging chapter of Mission: Improbable arrives one week later on March 12th with Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps #20 from acclaimed writers Christos Gage & Joshua Dysart and legendary artist Tom Raney! With each issue featuring a new interlocking Pullbox Exclusive Variant for comic shop subscribers by artist Jorge Molina, don't miss a perfect a jumping-on point for two of the most over-the-top action books on the stands when Mission: Improbable kicks down the doors of Archer & Armstrong #18 and Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps #20 – in comic shops everywhere this March! ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #18 (MISSION: IMPROBABLE – PART 1) Written by FRED VAN LENTE Art by PERE PEREZ Cover by LEWIS LAROSA (JAN141366) Interlocking Pullbox Variant by JORGE MOLINA (JAN141367) Variant Cover by MICHAEL WALSH (JAN141368) $3.99/T+/32 pgs. ON SALE 3/5/14 (FOC – 2/10/14) BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS #20 (MISSION: IMPROBABLE – PART 2) Written by CHRISTOS GAGE & JOSHUA DYSART Art by TOM RANEY Cover by LEWIS LAROSA (JAN141369) Interlocking Pullbox Variant by JORGE MOLINA (JAN141370) Variant Cover by CLAYTON HENRY (JAN141371) $3.99/T+/32 pgs. ON SALE 3/12/14 (FOC – 2/17/14) ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #19 (MISSION: IMPROBABLE – PART 3) Written by FRED VAN LENTE Art by PERE PEREZ Cover by LEWIS LAROSA (FEB141473) Interlocking Pullbox Variant by JORGE MOLINA (FEB141474) Variant Cover by MICHAEL WALSH (FEB141475) $3.99/T+/32 pgs. ON SALE 4/2/14 (FOC – 3/10/14) BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS #21 (MISSION: IMPROBABLE – FINALE) Written by CHRISTOS GAGE & JOSHUA DYSART Art by TOM RANEY Cover by LEWIS LAROSA (FEB141476) Interlocking Pullbox Variant by JORGE MOLINA (FEB141477) Variant Cover by TOM FOWLER (FEB141478) $3.99/T+/32 pgs. ON SALE 4/9/14 (FOC – 3/17/14)