Thursday, September 12, 2013

Archer & Armstrong Volume 3: Far Faraway [2013]


ARCHER & ARMSTRONG VOLUME 3: FAR FARAWAY TPB
Archer and Armstrong head to Area 51 to find out more about Project Rising Spirit. Meanwhile Mary-Maria arrives at Area 51 and all of them are transported to the Faraway where the Boon was first discovered. Archer is captured by a flying saucer as Armstrong and Mary-Maria are taken by the natives.

Archer is told by a 1955 Army General Alphonse Redacted that the Faraway is a place where humans will evolve into. Archer escapes Alphonse and meets Ambrose Bierce where he takes him to the collective of Sages. The Sages remove their robes and they are dressed just like Archer.

General Redacted plans are killing the New Roanoke and return home to save it. However Armstrong and Mary-Maria plans to stop Redacted while Archer unknowningly releases Iva the Timewalker from his prison.


After defeating the aliens, Archer finds Armstrong and Maria-Maria sleeping together. Archer manages to defeat General Redacted and punches Armstrong for betraying him with Maria-Maria. Archer steals Ivar’s Timearc charts and disappears when the portal arrives. The next arc begins the Sect Civil War.  

Archer & Armstrong #0
The Boon is discovered and the injuries of the Eternal Warrior are sustained. The event precedes the first issue of the series. 

This paperback collects
Archer & Armstrong #0, #10-13

RECOMMENDED – 4 OUT OF 5