The Delinquents #1 Preview: The Toilet Humor is Strong With This One

Valiant Comics seems to be taking the team up crossover train at full speed recently. First there was “Unity” and now they have announced “Delinquents” which is a crossover of “Archer and Armstrong” and “Quantum and Woody.”

The preview Valiant has released is a bit different than normal. Instead of giving you the first few pages, this preview spells out the plot. Archer is trying out various ways to achieve enlightenment, while Quantum and Woody are at a spa that is spoofed to the extreme with every eastern cliché, available except for the fortune cookies and Armstrong receives a treasure map from a hobo friend.

The alternate title of the comic is “And an Ass Map Shall Guide Them.” This comes from the fact that the map is printed on a hobo’s underwear. It seems like the toilet humor of both series is strong with this crossover.

This crossover could work. Both series are more comedy than anything else. Of course, how well these four characters work with each other could be a challenge. Archer seems like the biggest problem because, though he is the “straight man,” he doesn’t play the straight man part properly. He’s more like a serious character stuck in a comedy and has no idea what the rules are.

Of course, come August 20th readers will see if “The Delinquents” will be a laugh out loud satire crossover or it will be a mess like a Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer movie.