A&A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong Vol 1 5

Solicitation[]

ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT! A VALIANT TALE FOR THE AGES! This ain’t no ordinary team-up… It’s Archer & Faith’s first date!

A&A’s whirlwind ongoing series is hitting the town with the one and only FAITH! With Armstrong on the road, Archer is taking some much-needed personal time…and bringing his long-distance Romance with Los Angeles’s number-one superhero off of FaceTime and into the real world! As these friends take their relationship to the next level, will romance conquer all? Or will they still find the time to brawl with some loan sharks? When a teenaged martial arts expert and high-flying psiot get together, anything goes!

Come on board here with the swooning standalone adventure of the summer as paramour extraordinaire Rafer Roberts and Eisner Award-winning artist Mike Norton bring you THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER & FAITH! More crossbows than Sleepless in Seattle! More fistfights than The Notebook!

The Date[]

Appearances[]

Featured Characters:

Archer & Armstrong
- Aram "Armstrong" Anni-Padda
- Obadiah "Obie" Archer

Supporting Characters:

Faith

Villains:

The Loan Sharks (First appearance)
- Joe
- Sal
- Simon
Toyo Harada (Mentioned only)

Other Characters:

Andromeda (Armstrong's ex-wife) (Mentioned only)
Animalia (Mentioned only)
Murial Devlin
Psiots (Mentioned only)
Harbinger Renegades (Mentioned only)
- Charlene Dupre (Mentioned only)
- Kris Hathaway (Mentioned only)
- Peter Stanchek (Mentioned only)
- Torque (Mentioned only)
Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)
Neville Alcott (Mentioned only)
Restaurant guests and cosplayers (at Garbonzo)
- Angel
- Astronaut
- Bunny
- The Catman (from Kiss)
- Edward Scissorhands
- Elvis Presley
- He-Man & She-Ra
- Miss El Segundo
- Princess Leia & Luke Skywalker
- Vito Corleone (as waiter)
  - Blofeld’s Cat
The Sect (Mentioned only)
Unity (Mentioned only)
X-O Manowar (Mentioned only)
Waiter dressed as Vito Corleone with Ernst Stavro Blofeld's white cat

Locations:

Los Angeles
- Garbonzo (Italian restaurant)
- Movie theater
New York
- The Dozing Motorist Inn
X-O Manowar's wedding (Mentioned only)

Items:

Archer's skills
- Kirk-Fu
- Kissing
- The spinning hook kick
Tasers

Vehicles:

Jet Airliner / Boeing 747
Lone $hark$ van
Muriel's station wagon
Red convertible

Credits[]

Writers: Rafer Roberts
Pencilers: Mike Norton
Inkers: Mike Norton
Colorists: Allen Passalaqua
Letterers: Dave Sharpe
Cover Artists: Kano (A / 2nd), David Lafuente (B), Darick Robertson (C), Joe Eisma & Pete Pantazis (D), Swyft Media (Emoji), Pere Perez (1:10), Diego Latorre (1:20), David Lafuente (1:50)
Editors: Danny Khazem
Editor-in-Chief: Warren Simons

Synopsis[]

Armstrong leaves Archer for a few days in order to help Murial track down his wife. Archer phones Faith and asks her out on a date.

Faith and Archer prepare for their date. The pair go to dinner and discuss the films that Faith recommended to Archer.

After dinner, the pair go to the cinema to watch The Princess Bride. After the film, the pair are attacked by The Loan Sharks. After defeating them, Faith flies the Archer to a roof. The pair kiss.

When Archer meets Armstrong again, they leave to find Armstrong's wife.