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1) Never Sleep
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When Abraham Lincoln becomes president-elect of the United States, slave owners in the South begin rumbling about secession-and assassination. Kate Warn, the first and only female detective in Allan Pinkerton's National Detective Agency, is enlisted with several other spy agents to infiltrate the groups heading up the assassination plot and stop them. Hattie MacLaughlin becomes the second female detective, Kate's reluctant protégé, and immediately...
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Comic Book History of Animation volume 1
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From the team behind The Comic Book History of Comics comes the perfect companion piece telling the story of the triumphs and tragedies of the filmmakers and beloved animated characters of the past century and a half-essential for hardcore fans of the medium and noobies alike! It's all here, from Aardman to Zoetrope, Disney to Miyazaki, Hanna-Barbera to Pixar, and everything in-between! Begin in the early 1900s with J. Stuart Blackton and the first...
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U.S. history comes to life like never before in this full-color graphic novel! We all know that Theodore Roosevelt protected the environment and was the cousin of President Franklin Roosevelt. But did you also know that he was the inspiration for the teddy bear, wrote adventure books, and once gave a speech with a gunshot wound in his chest?
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U.S. history comes to life like never before in this full-color graphic novel! We all know that John F. Kennedy was a World War II hero and a pro at giving speeches. But did you also know he survived shark-infested waters, suffered a case of mistaken identity, and once used a coconut to send a secret message?
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Castaways in the Faraway!
Mary-Maria, Archer's arch-nemesis/love interest/adopted sister, is back and dead-set on taking over the Sect by any means necessary. What better way to seize control of the most secret of secret societies than by unlocking their most secretive of secrets inside the secretest place on Earth? Now, as Mary-Maria sneaks her way inside Area 51 to claim a long-hidden prize, Archer & Armstrong are about to discover the forbidden...
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Archer and Armstrong volume 14
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Every enemy. Against each other.
For centuries, the cloak-and-dagger coalition of conspiracies collectively known as The Sect has worked together to bring silent oppression and undercover tyranny to a world that thought it was free. But, now after centuries of profit sharing and uneasy alliances, the factions of The Sect are about to erupt into open conflict…and the only men that can end the insanity are Archer & Armstrong! Too bad they're fighting...
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Archer and Armstrong volume 1
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It's history in the breaking!
After years of meditation and training, 18-year-old Obadiah Archer has been dispatched to New York City to carry out the sacred mission of his family's sect — locate and kill the fun-loving, hard-drinking immortal known as Armstrong! But as this naive teenage assassin stalks his prey, he'll soon find that both hunter and hunted are just pawns in a centuries-old conspiracy that stretches from the catacombs beneath...
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Archer and Armstrong volume 5
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No one in the Valiant Universe is more dangerous or more experienced in the art of war than the undying Eternal Warrior. After thousands of years on the battlefield, he's a master of strategy and weaponry, an unrelenting force of nature capable of dismantling entire armies with little effort and less conscience. His brother Armstrong, on the other hand, likes to read poetry and drink beer. Maybe that's why they had such a bad falling out? But now...
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Archer and Armstrong volume 20
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Living it up at the Hotel California!
His whole life, Obadiah Archer has been lied to about his true heritage - but when he and his pal Armstrong arrive in L.A. to meet his real parents, they find them in the clutches of the Church of Retrology! What insidious plans does The Lizard King, the head of the favored religion of the Left Coast's rich and famous, have for the Valiant Universe's premier conspiracy busters? And what lurks in the Hollywood...
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Archer and Armstrong volume 18
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MISSION: IMPROBABLE - PART ONE! Archer & Armstrong at war with Bloodshot and H.A.R.D Corps! (GULP.)
That's right, Valiant's swashbuckling adventure duo have been targeted for elimination by Project Rising Spirit's most elite kill crew. Their mission? Elimainte Obadiah Archer - or die trying. Hot off the secret revelations of Archer #0, the fight of the year begins right here in the landmark first issue of this special four-part crossover event!
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Archer and Armstrong volume 17
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The SECT CIVIL WAR reaches its earth-shattering climax!
(...and for once we mean that literally)! ARCHER versus ARMSTRONG! An incredible second identity for MARY-MARIA! Obadiah Archer gets a bold new role - and mission! The secret of the MASTER BUILDERS revealed! We were kidding, before but now we're serious: This one changes EVERYTHING, and the Valiant Universe will never be the same again!
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Archer and Armstrong volume 11
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Dinosaurs! Flight 19! The lost colony of Roanoke! Alien Greys! Ambrose Bierce?!
The mysterious disappearances of history have all wound up in the hollow world called The Faraway - and now so have Archer & Armstrong and their arch-nemesis! Can the Valiant Universe's greatest conspiracy-busters find their way out before they're trapped forever? And we warn you to have your insurance premiums paid up before reading the last page revelation of the origin...
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Archer and Armstrong volume 5
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ALL-NEW ARC! Not even time itself can escape the Eternal Warrior!
No one in the Valiant Universe is more dangerous or more experienced in the art of war than the undying Eternal Warrior. After thousands of years on the battlefield, he's a master of strategy and weaponry, an unrelenting force of nature capable of dismantling entire armies with little effort and less conscience. His brother Armstrong, on the other hand, likes to read poetry and drink...
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Archer and Armstrong volume 10
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ALL-NEW ARC! Archer and Armstrong and Aliens. Oh my!
Mary-Maria, Archer's arch-nemesis/love interest/adopted sister is back, ready to take over The Sect - by any means necessary. And what better way to seize control of the secret society of secret societies than by unlocking their most secretive of secrets on the secretest place on Earth? And who but the Valiant Universe's premiere team of conspiracy-busters can possibly stop her? Just when you thought...
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Archer and Armstrong volume 16
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Showdown on the lowdown! The secret factions of Sect Civil War steamroll into their biggest battle yet!
The multiple Sects that secretly govern our world have stepped out of the shadows and right into each others' faces! Now the newly reunited Archer and Armstrong (for now) must stand tall in this conspiracy free-for-all and find a way to not only survive, but save the world in the process (again)!
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Archer and Armstrong volume 15
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WARNING: This is no longer a (FINGER QUOTES) "fun" comic.
Now that the Sect Civil War has begun, it is now a (FINGER QUOTES) "grim" and (FINGER QUOTES) "gritty" work of (REAL QUOTES) "sequential literature" with blood and headshots and naughty words (like "H-E-DOUBLE-HOCKEY-STICKS") and if you squint real hard at the backgrounds, maybe boobies.
In this particular issue that will change the Valiant Universe forever*, the man now calling himself Dark...
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At last – an oversized deluxe hardcover collecting the complete first year of Archer & Armstrong by New York Times best-selling writer Fred Van Lente (Amazing Spider-Man, Marvel Zombies)!
Join one of the most acclaimed adventures in comics as naive teenage assassin Obadiah Archer and the fun-loving, hard-drinking immortal called Armstrong unite to stop a plot ten thousand years in the making! From the lost temples of ancient Sumeria to modern day...
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Archer and Armstrong volume 4
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Archer & Armstrong make their last stand against The Sect high in the Himalayas!
Every clan of The Sect has gathered together for the first time in millennia to harness the unthinkable, sanity-shattering destruction of the mythical Book. But one piece is still missing - and Obadiah Archer has it! If he turns it over, The Sect will give him back his family. If he refuses, the man called Armstrong dies!
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Archer and Armstrong volume 6
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The all-new Geomancer must battle the "Wrath of the Eternal Warrior." Throughout all of human history, the sacred lineage of the Geomancers has protected Earth from all who would seek to do it harm. But, now, a new Geomancer has been chosen - and she's stuck keeping Archer & Armstrong out of harm's way! But why has Kay McHenry been selected to wield this exceptional power? And just what is her connection to the Eternal Warrior's blood vendetta? Only...
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