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| Archer & Armstrong #0 (1992) Cover by Barry Windsor-Smith |
In Archer & Armstrong #0, young Obadiah Archer wants nothing more than to make his parents proud of him.
Sadly, his parents, who run a faith-healing ministry, never have time for him.
He's so blinded by his love and admiration for them that he fails to pick up little signs he should.
Until he suffers the ultimate betrayal.
Although firefighters reach him in time, his small, fragile body experiences conditions that would kill most people.
He resolves to bring his parents to justice. But he's only a boy. How can he act against adults with a powerful following?
So alone, and without a penny to his name, he sets off on a globe-spanning mission, seeking empowerment.
One day, he will return, and meet a man who despite his appearances, can change his life beyond anything he could possibly imagine.
Archer & Armstrong #0 features strong, compact storytelling by Bob
Layton and Jim Shooter. Artist Barry Windsor-Smith whisks us
effortlessly along with classic panel art to rival anything Valiant
Entertainment has produced since its revival ten years ago. Chris
Eliopoulus's lettering may lack the flash-and-dazzle of modern
computer-generated cousins, but even without big expressive sound
effects, it more than gets the job done.
Archer: a young man who believes he was brought back-to-life for a reason. Armstrong: a man who claims to have lived thousand of years and never died. The two couldn't seem more different.
But then, what's that old saying? Opposites attract?
Dragon Dave
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