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Archer & Armstrong, Vol. 2 by Fred Van Lente
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really liked it
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In the 1st volume we were introduced to not only Archer & Armstrong, but we were also given a peek at Armstrong's brothers. Ivar was popping in and out of Archer's vision as a wannabe Jesus, and Gilad was futzing around doing something with the Nazis.

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Anyway, in this volume, we get a better look at Gil aka The Eternal Warrior. He's immortal like his brothers and has been (somehow) tasked to protect (basically) the human embodiment of the Earth. <--or something like that
At any rate, whenever the Geomancer (that's what these guys and gals are called) gets killed, Gil goes into this berserker rage (akin to Thor's Warrior Madness) until he hunts down and kills the murderer.
He's kind of a badass.

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And due to his sketchy upbringing by cultists and an unfortunate wrong place wrong time scenario, Archer has made it to the top of Gil's hit list. So, it's up to Armstrong to protect his naive little buddy from his estranged little brother.

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Don't worry. It all works out.
This is a great title and I cannot believe I'm just finding out that it exists!
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Reading Progress

October 21, 2018 – Started Reading
October 21, 2018 – Shelved
November 4, 2018 – Finished Reading

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message 1: by Adam (new)

Adam I didn't understand a word of this, so I'm just going to go ahead and read it.


Anne This and Ivar are (so far) really great finds from Valient. There's a freshness there that I'm not always finding anymore from the Big Two comics. You said you liked Hawkeye? This has a humorous/irreverent/sweet tone to it that makes me think you'd like it, as well.


message 3: by Brodie (last edited Nov 04, 2018 05:26PM) (new)

Brodie Marschall Anne wrote: "This and Ivar are (so far) really great finds from Valient. There's a freshness there that I'm not always finding anymore from the Big Two comics. You said you liked Hawkeye? This has a humorous/ir..."

Agreed. I haven't got time to read Valient. But I'm glad people like it. Hey, Anne. I made some new sub-plots for Mark Millar's version of Ultimates 3 and Ultimatum could've been.


In Ultimates 3,Dr. Bruce Banner struggles with the idea of telling Peter Parker that his parents were wounded when they worked with him and General Fury on the Super-Soldier project that transformed Banner into the Hulk. He also attempts to use an anti-Gamma serum to cure himself of the Hulk once and for all, but there is the possibility even that will not work. In another sub-plot, Wolverine discovers that he has a daughter named "Laura Howlett"(called Mutant-23 and later by her comics name X-23) who he conceived in a aiffair with Dr. Sarah Kinney and that Weapon X has captured her and wiped her memories to be the perfect weapon he would have been had he not escaped the program. Once he helps her regain her memories, she decides to take revenge on the people who tortured her, forcing the X-Men to stop her.


In Ultimatum,Meanwhile, many of the Earth-based heroes such as the Marvel Knights, Dr. Strange, Spider-Woman, the European Defense Initiative, Alpha Flight, the New Warriors, the Thunderbolts and She-Hulk attempt to prevent disasters from killing millions of people. In the mist of the worldwide chaos, Valkyrie is transformed into an actual god by Thor's father Odin, but she is killed, enabling Hela to claim her soul in the Asgardian afterlife in Hel. Thor is forced to return to Asgard to travel to Hel and save her, but at the cost of having a child with her(as seen in Ultimate Comics: Ultimates). Apocalypse kills the Academy of Tomorrow and begins a genocide of the mutant race on Earth, leading to the formation of Generation X(consisting of Jubliee, Kitty Pryde, Thunderbird, Firestar, Gambit and Darwin) and their attempts to stop him. Meanwhile, the Marvel Knights(consisting of Spider-Man, Daredevil, Iron Fist, Ronin, Shang-Chi, Doctor Strange and newest member Daimon Hellstrom) attempt to prevent Dormammu from turning everyone on Earth into fire-demons. In another sub-plot, the Fantastic Four encounter the Beyonder(who is a superpowered alien from another planet in this reality) who plans to destroy Earth which he believes is too insufficient to exist in the universe. S.H.I.E.L.D director Carol Danvers dicusses the idea of forming a space program division to protect the Earth from future alien threats, but when the Genetic War begins to ravage on Earth, she decides to bring Nick Fury back from Earth-31916 and he retakes the role of S.H.I.E.L.D director by promising to stop Thanos if the Ultimates reduced the charges for the destruction of the Squadron Supereme's world and in the end, forms S.W.O.R.D in the aftermath of Thanos's death and speaks with Abigail Brand about the idea of forming a new team of Howling Commandos(foreshadowing the events of the final issues of Ultimate: Comic Ultimates).

What do you think of all this?


message 4: by Jeff (new)

Jeff Hulk: The Musical looks better and better every day...


Anne I'm assuming you will sing the lead. lol


message 6: by Jeff (new)

Jeff I'll be accompanied by Jeff Jr. on the recorder.


Anne Dear god.


message 8: by L. (new)

L. McCoy Can I play the air guitar?


Anne You may.

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