Thursday, November 15, 2012

Archer & Armstrong Volume 1: The Michaelangelo Code [2012]


ARCHER & ARMSTRONG VOLUME 1: THE MICHAELANGELO CODE TPB
10,000 years ago Ivar used the Boon to resurrect his youngest brother Gilad against his other brother’s wishes. The world was destroyed and the Boon was hidden by Armstrong who was one of the three brothers. The secret society known as the Sect has raised Archer to find and kill Armstrong as they plan to assemble the Boon.

Archer & Armstrong deal with the One Percent in New York and ninja nuns in Rome who are the daughters of Lilith. Meanwhile the Sect has sent its children all over the world to collect the pieces of the Boon. Archer runs into his once ally Mary-Maria who steals a piece of the Boon before escaping.

Archer & Armstrong head out to find their next piece however the Boon has been assembled by a group of Nazi lamas. We discover it was the Boon that granted the three brothers immortality and why everyone is after it. The Boon takes away life from others and gave it to the three brothers and now the cycle is about to begin again. Ivar has been the one guiding Archer to his destiny of destroying the Boon.

The Sect has captured a Geomancer however he dies after the Boon was destroyed. Now the Eternal Warrior is out to kill both Archer and Armstrong unless the next Geomancer can appease him. A strong relaunch of the series with mystery and intrigue which is missing in much of the DC and Marvel Comics books. A very well thought out first arc which builds towards the second.

This paperback collects
Archer & Armstrong #1-4

RECOMMENDED – 4 OUT OF 5