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Review: Archer & Armstrong: The One Percent #1

AA_ONE-PERCENT_COVER_DOERemember Occupy Wall Street? A lot of folks don’t. That means we lost and the villainous One Percent won!

Now, in the wake of their greatest victory a new vicious brand of One Percent rises to the top of the class, and this time there will be no one to BAIL OUT their enemies. Don’t miss this wealth of elitist entertainment introducing a brand new villain into the Archer and Armstrong universe!

Throughout 25 issues of Archer & Armstrong, Valiant, Fred Van Lente (and a few other creators) have put together one of the slyest commentaries on today’s economic and societal realities, all while focused on a killer kid and a drunken immortal. Some of that best commentary has been in the form of the villains, the One Percent, a clear reference to the ultra-wealthy who control the vast majority of the world’s wealth. What’s even more impressive was all of this was done in a hilarious story that was seriously laugh-out-loud funny.

In Archer & Armstrong: The One Percent #1, a special one-shot, writer Ray Fawkes takes over writing duties ratcheting up the One Percent for a new generation of masochistic hedonism that truly captures the over the top wealth of these individuals. It’s all done in such a slapstick way you’ll forget this is a middle finger to the super rich.

That slapstick humor is helped through the art, whose duty falls on the shoulder of Joe Eisma. The crazy shown in this comic is on par with a Loony Tunes cartoon, and violence only matched by a Tarantino film. The look somehow added to my glee reading the comic.

Overall, Archer & Armstrong is one of the most consistent comics on the market, delivering action and humor wrapped up in a nice package of commentary. This one-shot adds to the zaniness and gives us what will turn out to be fun villains for down the road.

Story: Ray Fawkes Art: Joe Eisma
Story: 8.5 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.5 Recommendation: Buy

Valiant provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Preview: Archer & Armstrong: The One Percent #1

ARCHER & ARMSTRONG: THE ONE PERCENT #1 (ONE-SHOT)

Written by RAY FAWKES
Art by JOE EISMA
Cover by JUAN DOE (SEP141699)
Bull Mask Cover by RIAN HUGHES (SEP141700)
Bear Mask Cover by RIAN HUGHES (SEP141701)
Way Too Gold Variant by JUAN DOE (SEP141702)
$3.99 | 32 pgs. | ONE-SHOT | T+ | On sale NOVEMBER 12

Remember Occupy Wall Street? We don’t, but we know you lost and the villainous One Percent won!

Now, in the wake of their greatest victory a new vicious brand of One Percent rises to the top of the class, and this time there will be no one to BAIL OUT their enemies. Don’t miss this wealth of elitist entertainment introducing a brand new villain into the Archer and Armstrong universe! (That will be $3.99, please.)

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Graphic Policy’s Top Comic Picks this Week!

All-New_Captain_America_1_CoverWednesdays are new comic book day! Each week hundreds of comics are released, and that can be pretty daunting to go over and choose what to buy. That’s where we come in! Below are ten suggestions of comics, graphic novels, or trade paperbacks you should spend some extra time checking out and think about picking up.

Pick of the Week: All New Captain America #1 (Marvel) – It shouldn’t be a surprise this comic is in the top spot. Marvel kicks off a new era for Captain America and Falcon with this brand new series and starting point. It’ll be interesting to see where the series goes, especially since Marvel’s AXIS event is still going on.

Archer & Armstrong: One Percent (Valiant) – If you’ve read Archer and Armstrong’s adventures, there’s no explanation as to why this is on the list. Hilarious political commentary with hilarious action.

Batgirl #36 (DC Comics) – Did you read issue 35? We all loved the new direction for Batgirl, and look forward to seeing what this second issue has in store for us.

Bigger Bang #1 (IDW Publishing) – The series explores the depths of humanity through the warped lens of an ever-expanding multiverse. The first issue is a fascinating read and dissection of this commonly used story trope.

Captain America and the Mighty Avengers #1 (Marvel) – The Mighty Avengers team seemed like a bit of a response to the diversity issue in comics, but the series grew into a fun story that fleshed out a bunch of under utilized characters. With Falcap in charge now, this should get really interesting.

Deep State #1 (BOOM! Studios) – Justin Jordan takes on conspiracy theories. You can read our review here.

Drifter #1 (Image Comics) – Abram Pollux barely survives a crash landing on Ouro, a lawless backwater world where life is cheap. This world’s unique properties set the stage for a story that combines the dark wonder of a strange and alien landscape with the struggles of an abandoned and lawless frontier town.

Kitchen #1 (Vertigo) – New York City, late 1970s. Times Square is a haven for sex and drugs. The city teeters on the verge of bankruptcy, while blackouts can strike at any moment.

The Resurrectionists #1 (Dark Horse) – A new creator owned series that has a cool take on reincarnation. It’s similar to some other series out there, but the first issue is a lot of fun.

Superior Iron Man #1 (Marvel) – A new direction for Tony Stark and Iron Man as he moves out west for a bit of a darker turn.

Valiant Entertainment in November 2014

ETERNAL WARRIOR DAYS OF STEEL #1 (of 3)

Written PETER MILLIGAN
Art by CARY NORD
Cover A by BRYAN HITCH
Cover B by RAFA SANDOVAL
Variant Cover by CARY NORD
B&W Sketch Variant by CARY NORD

Swords! Savagery! Steel! Valiant’s immortal champion returns with an all-new adventure from master storytellers Peter Milligan (Hellblazer) and Cary Nord (Conan)!

The Eternal Warrior…Gilad Anni-Padda, the Earth’s Fist and Steel…is forever charged with guarding the Geomancer and securing the Earth’s safety. After completing another brutal
mission, the Earth’s undying guardian is approached with a cryptic task: fi nd and save a baby — in whose hands might rest the fate of an entire people. But the Eternal Warrior is no
nursemaid…and, to complicate matters, a thousand Magyar invaders want the baby dead. At the edge of civilization, can history’s most expert killer keep one precious life alive?

$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On sale NOVEMBER 5

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X-O MANOWAR #30 (NEW ARC!)

Written by ROBERT VENDITTI
Art by DIEGO BERNARD
Interlocking A & B Covers by CLAYTON HENRY
Character Design Variant by CLAYTON HENRY
Variant Cover by RAFA SANDOVAL

ALL-NEW ARC! Enter: ARMORINES!

Armor Hunters was only the beginning! Now, still reeling from his harrowing encounter with the Armor Hunters, Aric of Dacia might face a new threat – the calculating paramilitary
force known as the ARMORINES! Armed with an array of astounding abilities far beyond the capabilities of the X-O Manowar armor, has this bleeding-edge commando unit come to save Aric’s kingdom…or grind it into dust? Find out as Valiant superstars Robert Venditti and Diego Bernard unleash a pivotal new chapter in the saga of X-O Manowar!

$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On sale NOVEMBER 19

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UNITY #12 (NEW ARC!)

Written by MATT KINDT
Art by CAFU
Cover by BRIAN LEVEL
Handbook Variant  by CAFU
Variant Cover by RAUL ALLEN

ALL-NEW ARC! WHO ARE…THE UNITED?

A new day has dawned for the elite assemblage of heroes called UNITY, and, in the wake of the Armor Hunters’ invasion, the time has come to grow their ranks. Who will be the next fearless hero to join the roster of the world’s most elite superteam? And just what is the international strike force called THE UNITED – and why have they marked UNITY’s own X-O Manowar, Ninjak, Livewire, and Eternal Warrior for elimination? Red-hot creators Matt Kindt and CAFU detonate the planet’s first superteam vs. superteam war right here with a bold new beginning for UNITY!

$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On sale NOVEMBER 12

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Q2: THE RETURN OF QUANTUM AND WOODY #2 (of 5)

Written by CHRISTOPHER PRIEST
Art & Cover M.D. BRIGHT
Variant Cover by TOM RANEY
Throwback Variant by BART SEARS

The legendary QUANTUM AND WOODY team of Christopher Priest and M.D. Bright
reunite with a KLANG!

Quantum and Woody are all over the news – but Eric Henderson and Woody Van Chelton are retired…and officially getting too old for this ish. There’s a NEW Quantum and Woody in town…they’re STILL not a couple…and the mystery behind their existence threatens to destroy what little is left of Eric and Woody’s one-time partnership. As a sinister secret organization besieges our heroes, will Woody unlock the secret of the new Quantum and Woody in time to save them—and will Eric let him?

$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On sale NOVEMBER 12

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BLOODSHOT #25

Written by PETER MILLIGAN with HOWARD CHAYKIN, DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI, DUFFY BOUDREAU, JUSTIN JORDAN, DANIEL KIBBLESMITH and MANY MORE!
Art by LEWIS LAROSA with HOWARD CHAYKIN, BARRY KITSON, MANUEL GARCIA, AL BARRIONUEVO, RAFER ROBERTS and MANY MORE!
Cover A by LEWIS LAROSA
Cover B by AL BARRIONUEVO
Variant Cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
Throwback Variant by DON PERLIN
Variant Cover by BRYAN HITCH

A murderer’s row of all-star talents is going all-in for an oversized, 48-page milestone anniversary blowout chronicling the classified history of Valiant’s most dangerous, most brutal, most relentless hero –BLOODSHOT!

Meet the man behind Bloodshot – or is he? – when one soldier’s untapped killer instinct takes over in a feature-sized lead tale of blood, guts, and heart by Peter Milligan and Lewis LaRosa! PLUS…an all-new story by comics master Howard Chaykin! The original BLOODSHOT launch team of Duane Swierczynski and Manuel García join forces again for an all-new adventure! AND…Duffy Boudreau and Al Barrionuevo take you on Bloodshot’s journey from the end of the line with H.A.R.D. Corps to the Colombian jungle where Unity found him! Along with many more bonus stories and artwork, a complete cover gallery, and more!

$4.99 | 48 pgs. | T+ | On sale NOVEMBER 5

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ARCHER & ARMSTRONG: THE ONE PERCENT #1 (ONE-SHOT)

Written by RAY FAWKES
Art by JOE EISMA
Cover by JUAN DOE
Bull Mask Cover by RIAN HUGHES
Bear Mask Cover by RIAN HUGHES
Way Too Gold Variant by JUAN DOE

Remember Occupy Wall Street? We don’t, but we know you lost and the villainous One Percent won!

Now, in the wake of their greatest victory a new vicious brand of One Percent rises to the top of the class, and this time there will be no one to BAIL OUT their enemies. Don’t miss this wealth of elitist entertainment introducing a brand new villain into the Archer and Armstrong universe! (That will be $3.99, please.)

$3.99 | 32 pgs. | ONE-SHOT | T+ | On sale NOVEMBER 12

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PUNK MAMBO #0

Written by PETER MILLIGAN
Art by ROBERT GILL
Cover A by RUSSELL DAUTERMAN
Cover B by RIAN HUGHES
Variant Cover by KALMAN ANDRASOFSZKY

Oi! Comics icon Peter Milligan (Hellblazer) and upstart artist Robert Gill (Armor Hunters: Harbinger) are about to introduce a different kind of magic into the back alleys of the Valiant Universe…

From a posh girls’ boarding school, to the slimy gutter of the London punk scene, to sniffing voodoo glue in a Louisiana swamp…how did the Punk Mambo haul herself from the upper crust to the backwater? Now, Punk Mambo is about to head back home to spread some much-needed anarchy in the UK! The punks and the voodoo priests she used to know have cleaned themselves up, and she’s a loud, belching ghost from their past, come to break in the new furniture…and break some faces!

$3.99 | 32 pgs. | ONE-SHOT | T+ | On sale NOVEMBER 19

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THE DEATH-DEFYING DOCTOR MIRAGE #3 (OF 5)

Written by JEN VAN METER
Art by ROBERTO DE LA TORRE
Cover by TRAVEL FOREMAN

Down in the darkness!

Below the veil of the living world, deep in the lands of the dead, Dr. Mirage fights her way through the evils and monstrosities that besiege the spirits. But the real monsters live in the world above, where a sinister hit squad tries to put an end to Mirage’s mission — permanently.

$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On sale NOVEMBER 5

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THE DELINQUENTS #4 (OF 4)

Written by JAMES ASMUS & FRED VAN LENTE
Art by KANO
Cover by PAOLO RIVERA
Board Game Cover by JUAN DOE
Variant Cover by CULLY HAMNER

Bros before hobos!

After battling, befriending, breaking-up, and making-up, our suckers supreme – Quantum, Woody, Archer, and Armstrong – have finally arrived at their destination…Big Rock Candy
Mountain! With their enemies rapidly gaining on them can our dreamed-up-team-up find
the lost treasure of the hobos before it is too late? You’ve read the other three issues, you’ve
played the board game, WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU NOT SEE HOW IT ENDS?! See you at the finish line, hobolievers!

$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On sale NOVEMBER 26

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ARMOR HUNTERS TPB

Written by ROBERT VENDITTI
Art by DOUG BRAITHWAITE and CAFU
Cover by JORGE MOLINA

Earth will be the greatest hunt of all…

When Aric of Dacia returned to Earth with the stolen X-O Manowar armor of an alien race, he thought he’d finally found a weapon to guard the peace and kingdom he’d struggled so long to secure. But now, a relentless and surgical strike team from the farthest reaches of space  –  sworn to exterminate the armor and all like it – have found their fi nal target. The ARMOR HUNTERS are coming. They will hunt. They will trap. They will kill. And they will rid the universe of the X-O Manowar armor’s incalculable destructive power…even if it means taking the Earth with it.

In the tradition of the universe-shaking HARBINGER WARS, be here when New York Times bestselling writer Robert Venditti (X-O Manowar, Green Lantern) and superstar artist Doug Braithwaite (Unity, Justice) launch Valiant’s biggest heroes into the year’s blockbuster crossover event – ARMOR HUNTERS! Collecting ARMOR HUNTERS #1-4 and ARMOR HUNTERS: AFTERMATH #1.

$14.99 | 128 pgs. | T+ | On sale NOVEMBER 5
TRADE PAPERBACK | ISBN: 9781939346452

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UNITY VOL. 3: ARMOR HUNTERS TPB

Written by MATT KINDT
Art by STEPHEN SEGOVIA
Cover by MICO SUAYAN

In battle with the Armor Hunters!

When an ultra-powerful threat from deep space begins brutalizing Earth, humanity’s fi rst
response is – who else? – the fearless team of heroes, soldiers, and short fuses called Unity!
Now it’s down to X-O Manowar, Ninjak, Eternal Warrior, and Livewire – plus some special surprise recruits – to lead the assault on the ARMOR HUNTERS’ frontline…even if they die trying! Valiant’s unbreakable all-star superteam leads the resistance against the Earth’s fi rst all-out extraterrestrial incursion right here in an all-new, standalone story arc from New York Times bestselling writer Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT) and red-hot artist Stephen Segovia (Superior Carnage)! Collecting UNITY #8-11.

$14.99 | 112 pgs. | T+ | On sale NOVEMBER 19
TRADE PAPERBACK | ISBN: 9781939346445

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X-O MANOWAR CLASSIC OMNIBUS VOL.1 HC

Written by BOB LAYTON, JORGE GONZALEZ, JIM SHOOTER, STEVE ENGLEHART, JOHN HARTZ and ROB JOHNSON
Art by JOE QUESADA, BOB LAYTON, BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH, SAL VELLUTO, MIKE MANLEY, STEVE DITKO, MARK MORETTI, MICHAEL LEEKE, HOWARD SIMPSON, BART SEARS, JOSE DELBO, JIM CALAFIORE, PARIS KAROUNOS, and RIK LEVINS
Cover by JOE QUESADA

Relive the complete adventures of Valiant’s original armored hero with Valiant’s next essential omnibus collection – clocking in at a massive 800+ pages!

Aric of Dacia, a fifth century Visigoth warrior abducted and enslaved by the brutal Spider Aliens, fights his way free of his captors and steals their ultimate weapon, the X-O Manowar armor. But 1,600 years have passed while the Spider Aliens held Aric captive and the time hereturns to is not his own. Trapped in the modern day, Aric is now the last of his people, a savage warrior out of time in a world of corporate treachery and casual deceit. But, armed with the power of the X-O Manowar armor, Aric will rule… and he will make the Spider Aliens pay. Featuring work from comic book legends Bob Layton (Iron Man), Barry Windsor-Smith (Wolverine: Weapon X), Joe Quesada (Daredevil, Amazing Spider-Man), and many more, get the complete epic of Valiant’s flagship hero starting here with this massive oversized volume collecting X-O MANOWAR (1992) #0–30, ARMORINES #0, X-O DATABASE #1, as well as material from SECRETS OF THE VALIANT UNIVERSE #1.

$99.99 | 800 pgs. | T+ | On sale NOVEMBER 26
HARDCOVER OMNIBUS | ISBN: 9781939346308

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Fawkes and Eisma Bank on Archer & Armstrong: The One Percent #1 – Coming in November!

This November, crime pays when Valiant’s viceroys of villainy – the secretive One Percent of Wall Street – step into their very first solo adventure!

Valiant has announced Archer & Armstrong: The One Percent #1 – an all-new one-shot tale spinning directly out of the pages of Archer & Armstrong’s Harvey Award-nominated ongoing series!

Arriving in stores this November, join Eisner Award-nominated creators Ray Fawkes and Joe Eisma as they reveal the secret inner workings of a power-obsessed conspiracy that secretly runs the world from the catacombs beneath the Financial District.

They tried to save the Euro, but almost destroyed the world. Thwarted by the adventurers known as Archer & Armstrong at every turn, Valiant’s own wolves of Wall Street then turned their attention to Occupy Wall Street…and we all know how that worked out! Now, in the wake of their greatest victory, a vicious new brand of One Percenter is about to rise to the top of his class, and this time there will be no one to BAIL OUT their enemies as Archer & Armstrong face down a brand new kind of hostile takeover!

Featuring a standard cover by fan favorite artist Juan Doe – plus two limited, special edition shelf covers featuring perforated, fully detachable One Percent bull and bear masks by legendary artist and designer Rian Hughes – get rich or die trying this November as Ray Fawkes and Joe Eisma foist a brand new breed of villain to the top of the corporate ladder in Archer & Armstrong: The One Percent #1! (That will be $3.99, please.)

ARCHER & ARMSTRONG: THE ONE PERCENT #1
Written by RAY FAWKES
Art by JOE EISMA
Cover by JUAN DOE
Bull Mask Cover by RIAN HUGHES
Bear Mask Cover by RIAN HUGHES
$3.99 | ONE-SHOT | T+ | 32 pgs.
COMING IN NOVEMBER!

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