I have my moments.
- -- Armstrong
Solicitation[]
What secrets await inside the Vault of Spirits?
Deep beneath New York City’s seediest dive bar, Armstrong – the hard-hitting, harder-partying immortal veteran of history’s greatest escapades – is hosting an invitation-only affair for his most beloved friends and allies! Archer… Ivar, Timewalker… Faith… Quantum and Woody… And special guests from across the Valiant Universe… All have been offered a seat at the table for a personally guided tour of Armstrong’s most valuable and tightly guarded treasure… From the Great Flood to ancient Greece to the height of the Crusades, raise a glass as Armstrong recounts the true stories of his wine-soaked path down through the ages and the artifacts that reside within his own secret archive!
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG maestro Fred Van Lente returns with rising star CAFU (RAPTURE) to chronicle the first landmark solo adventure in the very (very, very) long life and times of Valiant’s very own disorderly immortal!
Armstrong and the Vault of Spirits[]
Appearances[]
Featured Characters:
- Armstrong / Aram Anni-Padda (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Eternal Warrior / Gilad Anni-Padda (Cameo; by magic)
- Faith Herbert
- Ivar Anni-Padda (Flashback and main story)
- Neela, Timewalker
- Obadiah Archer
- Quantum and Woody
- Punk Mambo
Villains:
- Canaan (descendant of Ham (and Noah))
- Noah
- The Sect
- Bacchae (First appearance)
- Knights Templars
- Wolves of Wall Street
Other Characters:
- 3 sons of Noah
- Bacchus (Flashback only)
- Baphomet (Mentioned only)
- Circus D'Soleil (Mentioned only)
- Edgar Allan Poe (Mentioned only)
- Geomancer (Mentioned only)
- Harbinger Foundation (Mentioned only)
- Jesus of Nazareth (Flashback only)
- Peter Stuyvesant (Mentioned only)
- Wife of Ham
- Wife of Japheth or Shem
Locations:
- The Great Cataclysm (on a Tuesday; as usual)
- Asia
- Mesopotamia
- Mount Ararat (in today's Turkey)
- Ur (Mentioned only)
- Mesopotamia
- Asia
- 3,000 years ago
- Europe
- Roman Empire
- Ancient Rome (Flashback only)
- Roman Empire
- Europe
- 1st Century
- Asia
- Jerusalem
- Last Supper (Flashback only)
- Jerusalem
- Asia
- 4,002 AD (Mentioned only)
- The Grove (Mentioned only)
- Deadside (Mentioned only)
- Present day
- North America
- United States of America
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Meatpacking District
- Sows and Cows (Melissa's bar)
- Meatpacking District
- Manhattan
- New York City
- New York
- United States of America
- North America
Items:
- Aram's Vine Collection
- Amontillado (Mentioned only)
- Geshtin
- Book of Genesis (Quoted)
- The Boon (Flashback only)
- "Days of Wine and Roses" by Ernest Dowson (Quoted)
- Detonator
- Dossiers
- Ebay (Mentioned only)
- Explosives
- Skeleton
- Tachyon Compass
- Unicorn (Deceased)
Vehicles:
Credits[]
- Writers: Fred Van Lente
- Pencilers: Cafu with Darick Robertson
- Inkers: Cafu with Darick Robertson
- Colorists: Andrew Dalhouse with Diego Rodriguez
- Letterers: Dave Sharpe
- Cover Artists: Kalman Andrasofszky (A), Juan Jose Ryp & Andrew Dalhouse (B), Ryan Bodenheim & Michael Garland (1:10), Clayton Henry & Gabe Eltaeb (1:20)
- Editors: Benjamin Peterson
- Editor-in-Chief: Warren Simons
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Notes[]
- The story is a Valiant retelling, or just another version, of the Genesis flood narrative.
- The part of the story about Noah and Canaan is based on the Curse of Ham.
- The original poem "Days of Wine and Roses" by Ernest Dowson goes:
Vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam.
("The brief sum of life forbids us the hope of enduring long." by Horace)
They are not long, the weeping and the laughter,
Love and desire and hate;
I think they have no portion in us after
We pass the gate.They are not long, the days of wine and roses,
Out of a misty dream
Our path emerges for a while, then closes
Within a dream.
- This issue has been collected in the hardcover A&A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong Deluxe Edition (July, 2018).
Quotes[]
And they said I was hearing things! You know what I don't hear now? Those idiots blabbing at me! 'cause they're dead! HAH!
- -- Noah
No one will miss the unicorn! They were untamable, and always getting into the crops! There's a reason they were known as "hoofed vermin!"
- -- Noah
Schist, kid, I said schist. It's my favorite metamorphic rock.
- -- Armstrong
It was my mother's favorite excuse to give me a paddling! -- And then an exorcism.
- -- Archer
Dump?! You got no taste, Eric. All quality drinkeries smell vaguely of urine and mop water...
- -- Woody
You, uh... you seem upset, big bro. Did I...do something bad to you the last time we met? Our meetings never really happen in linear order so it's hard to know...
- -- Armstrong
Hardly, Herbert. History likes to pretend it's science but really it's a game of telephone, stories getting screwed up a little bit with each retelling 'til by the time it gets to us it's mostly B.S.! The cataclysm wasn't a flood of water or nothin'... and Noah was one of the luckiest guys who ever lived, with a weird animal fetish. Let me tell you--
- -- Armstrong
I will not hear any of this blasphemy! You were half-drunk through history, so I can't believe anything you say anyway!
- -- Archer
I knew it! I knew villains would find this high concentration of heroism irresistible! This is like a two-in-one annual fight! Come at me, bros!
- -- Faith
Absolutely! I am only unintentionally hilarious!
- -- Armstrong
Man. I know the world is swimming with douchebags...why do I have to be a magnet for them?!
- -- Armstrong
They are not long, the weeping and the laughter...love and desire and hate. I think they have no portion in us after we pass the gate--
- -- Armstrong
I have my moments.
- -- Armstrong
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