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Fred Van Lente & Cary Nord Knight Valiant's Immortal Brothers Special in April

Published Thu, 12 Jan 2017 14:00:41 -0600

Last updated Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:19:19 -0600

Image Comics isn't the only publisher celebrating 25 years in 2017. Valiant is as well.

Though admittedly, there was a bit of a gap.

Ayway Valiant is getting in on the action too with the first of four oversized one-shots, beginning in April, that will honor the silver anniversaries of their biggest characters' first appearances, beginning with a three-way team-up for Archer & Armstrong, the Eternal Warrior, and Ivar, Timewalker in the newly announced Immortal Brothers: The Tale of the Green Knight #1.

Unveiled today at ComicBook.com, the 48-page special will return long-time A&A and Ivar scribe Fred Van Lente to the immortals corner of Valiant's universe, along with Eisner Award-winning artist and X-O Manowar veteran Cary Nord.

The Immortal Brothers issue – told in the style meant to homage Barry Windsor-Smith's classic Musketeers tale from 1992's Archer & Armstrong #8 – will retell the Arthurian legend of the Green Knight with the publisher's three eternal adventurers standing in for the Knights of the Roundtable. Here's Valiant's synopsis:

It's winter at King Arthur's court in Camelot! The monstrous Green Knight has appeared before the Round Table with no armor, a gigantic axe, and a challenge. He has come to insist that the weaker knights participate in a friendly "winter's game" where anyone can strike him once with his axe, but on one condition: That the Green Knight can return the exact blow in one year's time. King Arthur has agreed to face the mysterious knight himself, but the Round Table's youthful and most gallant champion, Sir Gilad, takes up the challenge to protect his king. Much to the court's surprise, the Green Knight doesn't flinch as his head is struck clean off…only to pick it up himself and warn Gilad that he is fated to receive the same blow before the year is out. Now, Gilad – the Eternal Warrior – must solve the mystery of who the Green Knight is before his hour at the axe comes to pass! But first, he'll need to find some help…in the form of his own immortal brothers – Armstrong and Ivar – who shall be united once more!

Valiant is also promising three more 25th anniversary-style specials honoring "honoring the most memorable Valiant tales ever told" throughout the summer.

Immortal Brothers: The Tale of the Green Knight #1 arrives on April 12th, 2017 with covers by Cary Nord, Mico Suayan, Marc Laming, and JM Dragunas.

Thanks to tenzilkem for the typo check.