Archie In Hell #1 Review

 

 

Archie In Hell #1 Review

Writer: Patrick Horvath

Artist: Tyler Crook

Colorist: Francesco Segala

Flatter: Sabrina del Grosso

Letterer: Tyler Crook

Cover Artists: Tyler Crook, Patrick Horvath, Paul Azaceta, Jessie Lonergan, Kano, Dan Parent, Mirka Andolfo & Mahmud Asrar

Publisher: Oni Press

Issue Description: 32 Pages, Full Color

Price: $4.99 US

Release Date: November 4, 2026

 

Archie Andrews loves life. He’s got the best girl in the world, Betty Cooper. But then, he also adores Veronica Lodge. When he's not dating the lovely ladies in his life, Archie hangs out with his friend Jughead. His life in Riverdale couldn't be better. Still, Archie will do his best to make it Heaven on Earth. What happens when Archie resolves to pack more into each day? Can Archie juggle his love life, schoolwork, sports, time with his friends, and still find time for charitable endeavors? Let’s leap into Archie In Hell #1 and see!

 

Story

It may be the weekend. Still, Archie rises at dawn. He has a date with Betty in the afternoon, then another with Veronica in the evening. But first, he wants to help the food drive. Archie grabs cans of food for Reach Out Riverdale and goes out to collect more. The people in Archie's life received the same appeals. Still, Archie is the one who mobilizes them to contribute.

 

Life has taught Sabrina to be careful. When she gained her magical abilities, Sabrina tried to shirk them. Yet in Archie In Hell #1, Sabrina no longer needs Salem to urge her to take her role as Greendale's protector seriously. Instead of rebuking her for not being cautious enough, her familiar thinks Sabrina is being too cautious. Yet when a spell alerts her to danger, the teenage witch needs her aunts' help to understand the stakes and who might be most endangered.

 

As Patrick Horvath splits the narrative between his two protagonists, Archie does good works, while Sabrina races to protect him. Along the way, Reggie seeks to discredit Archie to gain Veronica's favor. Yet even though he inadvertently helps his rival, Reggie and Sabrina are two steps behind the villains. In Archie In Hell #1, the Order of A’ldarax has planned its operation well. And whether they succeed or fail, Riverdale, Greendale, and the world will never be the same.  

 

Art

As the sun rises, Archie's mother carries a hamper of clothes to Archie's bedroom. Her jaw drops when she finds his room empty. Archie's father sits in the dining room, nursing a mug as Archie passes. Both parents lean out to watch their industrious son depart. A framed painting of a thatch-roof cottage links Fred and Mary Andrews’ conventional lifestyle with Hilda and Zelda Spellman’s old-world magic.

 

As Tyler Crook links Riverdale and Greendale, white space frames rectangular panels. Francesco Segala and Sabrina del Grosso adorn Archie In Hell #1 with limited and full palettes. Yellow sunlight streams into Archie’s bedroom as candles fill a dark room with yellow light. The teenage witch confers with her aunts amid yellow light while Reggie rides his yellow motorcycle. Archie's orange hair links him with Sabrina's top and Reggie's helmet. Archie's red car seems to herald bloodshed. Yet as panels adopt more diagonal angles, green conjures change in Archie's reality.

 

While Tyler Crook places black uppercase letters in white dialogue balloons and colored narrative boxes, Salem’s white uppercase letters appear in black balloons. Reggie’s words quickly shrink and swell as jealousy unbalances him. Yet when they recognize the danger threatening their world, Sabrina lowers her voice, Archie’s words grow bold and unbalanced, and both friends conjure large letters into spiky balloons. Sound effects link Archie's car with Reggie's motorcycle as Archie knocks on doors in Riverdale. Thanks to Oni Press for providing a review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

As each day brings new opportunities for Archie and his friends, Archie's innocence makes him a target of nefarious individuals. A sect needs someone like him to accomplish their goal. Yet, with Sabrina's help, Archie may surprise the Order of A’ldarax in Archie In Hell #1.

 

Rating 9.2/10

 

For more collectible covers, see Archie In Hell #1 Cover Preview. 

 

For Sabrina's early struggles with witchcraft, see Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1 Review. 

 

For more of Archie's adventures, see Archie #1 Review and Archie #2 Review. 

Artists From The Abyss: Charlie Adlard #1 Cover Preview

 

Cover A By Charlie Adlard

 

 

Words can calm. Or they can kill. But most dangerous of all are the words we want to hear. As a lobbyist, Morris Graves spends his life calming people’s fears. He believes he helps improve their lives. But when he gives them what they want, people die. And the longer they listen to him, the worse the world gets. 

 

Morris enjoys a comfortable lifestyle by helping people prosper. But what price might he pay for steering society in an unhealthy direction? And who else will this special issue introduce us to?

 

Here's all the info from Oni Press:

 

 

Artists From The Abyss: Charlie Adlard #1 (One-Shot) Cover Preview

Writers: Chris Condon & Tim Seeley

Artist: Charlie Adlard

Publisher: Oni Press

Issue Description: 32 Pages, Full Color

Price: $5.99 US

Release Date: November 11, 2026

 

 

 

From the depths of the endless abyss... 

 

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EC Comics and Oni Press proudly present the first in a new series of one-shot celebrations spotlighting the boldest and bloodiest talents from EC’s new class of caustic cartoonists! (Take it from us: They really put the “ill” in “illustrator,” heh heh!) Our first victim? Comics legend and Eisner Award–winning artist Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead, Of the Earth)!

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For the first time between two covers, survey Adlard’s punishing portfolio of uninvited resurrections, souls sold cheap, and spectacularly sadistic horrors as illustrated in the immortal EC Comics manner (with lots and lots of red, naturally). Plus: A brand-new, never-before-told tale reuniting Adlard with acclaimed writer and fellow survivor of the Tormentor’s rack: Chris Condon (Ultimate Wolverine, That Texas Blood)!

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This is sure to be the most murderous mag you’ll read all winter! Shovel and lyme not included.

 

 

Here's another collectible cover:

 

 

 

B&W Artist Edition Variant (1:20) By Charlie Adlard

 

Thanks to EC Comics and Oni Press for sharing this cover preview with us.

Batman #15 Review

 

Batman #15 Review

Writer: Matt Fraction

Artist: Jorge Jiménez

Colorist: Tomeu Morey

Letterer: Clayton Cowles & Jorge Jiménez

Cover Artist: Jorge Jiménez

Variant Cover Artists: Jim Cheung & Jay David Ramos; Dustin Nguyen; Becky Cloonan; Jorge Jiménez; David Aja

Editors: Jessica Berbey & Rob Levin

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $4.99 US | Variant $5.99 US (Card Stock) | Variant $7.99 US (foil)

Release Date: November 4, 2026

 

As Tim Drake recovered from police brutality in the hospital, a TV interview with Dr Annika Zeller offered Bruce Wayne hope of helping criminals forge better futures. Instead, Professor Hugo Strange commissioned a high-speed hit on the psychological researcher via Dantai Tozuki’s motorcycle-riding Triple Zeros. Then, the night got even livelier when the sword-wielding Ōjō attempted to assassinate Bruce Wayne. 

 

Now, Bruce Wayne appears on Sophie Silvaire’s talk show. Will the TV interview inspire others to help make Gotham safer? Or might it unleash more deadly attacks on the Bat-family? Let's leap into Batman #15 and see!

 

Story

Jim Gordon’s life has become a nightmare. He’s struggled to uphold the law while Vandal Savage corrupted the GCPD, sent his daughter to Supermax, and ordered his private army to kill masks and bats. But when Batman requests his help, Jim Gordon agrees. Then Jim discovers that, like Vandal Savage, Batman wants him to break the law.

 

Dr Annika Zeller vowed to leave Wayne Enterprises. Then, Bruce Wayne convinced her to stick around a little longer. She and Bruce share more than a disastrous (not a) first date. They both attempt to help others using controversial methods. But remaining on staff at Arkham Towers traps Dr Zeller in Batman’s ethical labyrinth in Batman #15.

 

Batman identified six assassins who want to kill Bruce Wayne. Verity Pennyworth helped him take two off the streets of Gotham. Still, he cannot risk endangering bystanders by letting the remaining four choose when and where to attack him. So, Bruce announces he’s leaving Gotham. Then he gives them one more opportunity to kill him by announcing he will attend the Gran Gala Enmascarada at the Vauxhall Center.

 

Matt Fraction opens his story by interweaving Bruce's public façade on Sophie Silvaire's talk show with his private conversation with Superman and Wonder Woman. The TV interview also evokes Vicki Vale's earlier interview with King Panther, and Bruce's suggested reading for his son. While Sophie Silvaire bookends this story about illusions, Gotham’s modern masque reawakens inhabitants’ love for masked heroes. As they recover from Poison Ivy’s prehistoric plants, the traumatized residents readily embrace a night of glamor, knowing its aura of safety is just another mask that Gotham wears in Batman #15.

 

Art

When he meets with his Justice League friends, Wonder Woman stands before him, while Superman hovers above him. Yet both look down as Bruce tells them his plan. In Gotham, angels rise above the Vauxhall Center. Batman clings to a nearby building, knowing the search lights glowing from every corner aren't sending the bat-signal. Later, he addresses his team beside a bank of monitors. Amid the sterile walls and floors, glass partitions make the Batcave feel like Gotham General.

 

As Jorge Jiménez chronicles Bruce Wayne’s grand illusion, the sun sinks into the distant hills, filling the sky above Bruce, Superman, and Wonder Woman with yellow and orange light. The red carpet before the Vauxhall Center forms a cross, signaling a need for medical attention. Yet the green trees and the living arch surrounding the entrance link with Dr Zeller attending to her patient in Arkham Towers. As she adjusts her Crown of Thorns amid red lighting, Bruce Wayne walks the red carpet in a red suit. The green tank and Robin’s green mask highlight how Annika and Bruce strive to influence those under their care. Yellow and gold link an entertaining TV host with an entertaining killer. Yet Tomeu Morey adorns the walls, floors, and monitors with blue, linking the Batcave with the masked hero who brings hope to Gotham in Batman #15.

 

Clayton Cowles fills white balloons with uppercase black letters, while Bruce Wayne’s interview with Sophie Silvaire appears above images from the TV broadcast. The dialogue grows bold with intonation and shrinks for lowered voices. White offscreen dialogue fills colored boxes, while giant red letters signal a challenge. As the celebrities arrive in classy cars, revving engines signal danger. Sound effects also accompany a confrontation between rivals, while an assassin adapts to Bruce's carefully laid plan. Yet white lowercase letters in a gray box evoke another occasion when an assassin killed people to lure Batman into a trap. Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this story with us.

 

Final Thoughts

It’s easy to follow the rules when they make sense and are administered responsibly. But after Vandal Savage and Poison Ivy leave office, Batman isn't the only one wondering if more ethical leaders will take their place. Unable to work openly with Gotham's officials, Bruce Wayne lies while Batman breaks the law. As his friends and enemies worry about his decisions, Batman strives to prevent four assassins from killing people to hurt Bruce Wayne. Yet to capture the world-class killers, he lays a trap at the city’s heavily populated celebration in Batman #15.

 

Rating 9.8/10

 

To look inside see Batman #15 Preview. 

 

For Batman's recent struggle to protect Gotham, see my Bad Seeds Event List.

 

For Bruce Wayne's battle with the Triple Zeros and the assassin Ōjō, see Batman #5 Review. 

 

For the masked people who hired Lady Ōjō, see Batman #11 Preview.   

 

For Vicki Vale's interview with the "Suplex Superman," see Batman #12 Preview. 

Green Lantern Corps #22 Preview

 

 

Penned by the original Guardians, the Book of Oa is billions of years old. Yet it continues to lead the Lanterns as they navigate all the changes life throws their way. Finding his name written in its pages propelled Hal Jordan on a quest of discovery. And recently, it began speaking to Guy Gardner.

 

Jessica Cruz has appointed a team of Alpha Guardians to help unite all the Lantern Corps. Given his relationship with the Emotional Entities, Jessica wants Guy Gardner’s help in leading the combined Corps. Yet after the Manhunters attacked his team, stole Aya’s body, and invaded Oa, Guy prefers his own company. Where will the Book of Oa send Guy next? And who is the imminent visitor that Predator keeps warning Guy about?

 

Here's all the info from DC Connect:

 

 

Green Lantern Corps #22 Preview

Writer: Morgan Hampton

Artist & Cover Artist: Fernando Pasarín & Oclair Albert

Variant Cover Artists: Ramon Villalobos & Juan José Ryp

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Price: $3.99 US | Variant $4.99 US (Card Stock)

Release Date: November 11, 2026

 

 

Krona Returns!

“Green Lantern: First Light” Part 2!

 

 

Guy Gardner and Kyle Rayner have entered the Well of the Emotional Entities in a desperate attempt to find Hal Jordan, who is lost in the universe following a cryptic hint from the Book of Oa. They’ll need the new chromatic Alpha Lanterns to work together and manage their powers to face what’s on the other side: the decrepit surviving Guardians of the Universe and the monstrous reborn Krona!

 

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

 

Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this preview with us.

For why Simon Baz tells John Stewart the kids are all right, see Green Lantern Corps #21 Preview. 

For Jo Mullein's visit to the Living City, see Green Lantern Corps #20 Review.

For how Guy gains his new "Chrome" power, see Green Lantern Corps #19 Preview. 

For how Guy Gardner introduces Jessica Cruz to the Emotional Entities, see my Green Lantern Corps #18 Review. 

For Oa's sun went supernova, see my preview of Green Lantern Corps #17. 

For how Jo Mullein helped Guy Gardner regain his confidence, see my review of Green Lantern Corps #16. 

For Jo Mullein's fears of returning to Earth, see Justice League: Dream Girls—A DC Pride Event #2 Preview. 

 

Vampire: The Masquerade: Wake In Hate #1 Preview

 

Cover A: Andrea Sorrentino

The police enforce the rule of law. Sadly, sometimes they go too far. When allegations of police brutality spark protests across the United States, three friends join the call for change. Yet the evening doesn’t go as planned. Battered and confused after a night of unexpected violence, Ronnie, Chloe, and Kyle try to find their way home. But all the streets seem the same.

 

 

Can the students escape the police squads sweeping the Capitol Hill district? And as police search for destructive protestors, who else views Seattle's back streets and alleys as their hunting ground?

 

 

Here's all the info from Titan Comics:

 

 

 

Vampire: The Masquerade: Wake In Hate #1 Preview

Writer: John Lees

Artist: Tom Mandrake

Colorist: Walt Barna

Letterer: Andworld Design

Editor: Louis Yamani

Designer: Matt Bookman

Publisher: Titan Comics

Issue Description: 32 Pages, Full Color

Price: $4.99 US

Release Date: November 11, 2026

 

 

 

Based on the Hit Tabletop RPG

& the Brand-New Video Game:

Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2

 

 

 

When a city on edge becomes a feeding ground, one vampire is sent into the chaos to uncover what’s really hunting amidst the protests.

 

In the shadows of a city on fire, the bloody feed on every screen has spilled into the streets. Amidst the turmoil, whispers spread of bodies drained in the chaos, killings too precise to be human. When suspicion falls on vampires exploiting the unrest, the powers that be turn to Silky, enigmatic owner of The Dutchman bar, to uncover the truth.

 

 

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are more collectible covers:

 

 

Cover B: Seth Adams

 

Cover C: Tom Mandrake (Colors by Justin Prokowich)

Cover D: Andrea Olimpieri

Cover E: Andrea Sorrentino Virgin Cardstock

Cover F: Seth Adams Foil

Cover G: Tom Mandrake Virgin Inks Cardstock

 

Vampire: The Masquerade: Wake In Hate #1 is available through local comic shops or Forbidden Planet for the UK and Europe.

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Absolute Catwoman #4 Review

 

Absolute Catwoman #4 Review

Writers: Scott Snyder & Che Grayson

Artist & Cover Artist: Bengal

Colorist: Giovanna Niro

Letterer: Lucas Gattoni

Variant Cover Artists: Marcio Takara, Dustin Nguyen, & Is*A Works

1:25 Variant Cover Artist: Riley Rossmo

Editors: Andrew Marino, Katie Kubert & Chris Conroy

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $4.99 US | Variant $5.99 (Card Stock)

Release Date: November 4, 2026

 

Selina Kyle had plans for a life after the Calicos. She might have been raised in foster homes. Even without connections and resources, Selina aspired to an enviable career. But after the explosion in David Cain’s apartment, Selina believed Cassandra had died. She couldn’t pursue her dreams knowing that she had cost the girl her life. So, Selina took responsibility for the Calicos. She turned herself in. Yet fate had other plans in store for Selina Kyle.

 

After rebuilding her life on her own, Cassandra’s Copycats blew up Selina’s London Penthouse the way the Calicos blew up Cassandra’s childhood home. And Selina discovers that the girl she thought she had killed still lives. Selina has reunited with two members of her former team. They have traveled to Candia to rescue the fourth. But can they rescue Holly Robinson from Cassandra Cain's clutches? Or will Cassandra destroy their world? Let’s leap into Absolute Catwoman #4 and see!

 

Story

Life might have separated them, but Holly Robinson always believed in Selina Kyle. Fearing an Artificial Intelligence would rewrite her reality, Holly snuck Selina Kyle the key. Now, Cassandra Cain holds Holly hostage. She controls the Yarn, which would knit everyone's life into a new, global tapestry. Selina has reunited with her former Calico partners, Victoria and Helena. She uses Jonesy, her personal AI, to search for the Yarn's probable location.

 

As Selina, Victoria, and Helena search for Cassandra’s stronghold, Scott Snyder and Che Grayson stitch Selina’s past into her present. While the Calicos use the methods that brought them success in Gotham, Selina remembers how Gotham repaid her repentance with condemnation. Yet Absolute Catwoman #4 isn't just Selina's story. It also follows Cassandra Cain, as she attempts to make her plans her new reality.

 

Selina Kyle is a thief. Cassandra Cain is an assassin. While they seem worlds apart, they both seek the same things. Safety. Security. And most of all, belonging. Cassandra grew up among Gotham's elite before becoming a woman who inhabits the shadows. Selina climbed above the cruelty of the foster care system and others' indifference to join the world's elite. Yet as Selina wrestles with her insecurities and her yearning to trust others, Cassandra knows she can never be safe. So, Cassandra Cain fights to escape the shadows in Absolute Catwoman #4.

 

Art

As ground-level cameras follow Selina to GCPD Headquarters and then toward the courthouse, inset panels reveal Gotham's lies. Bengal uses downshots and upshots to reveal the city’s cruelty. Selina remembers Gotham’s towers. Yet skyscrapers dominate Candia. The camera constantly roves up and down to catch the action, as Selina leads the Calicos above the city. Cassandra and the League of Shadows stride through the streets, unnoticed by those they pass.

 

Compared with Gotham's limited, muted colors, Giovanna Niro fills Candia with bright, luminous colors in Absolute Catwoman #4. Pink light shines down on Cassandra as she gazes up at Holly. Bound to a rat’s nest of pipes and conduits, Selina’s former stray seems a necessary sacrifice to awaken a new world. Pink lines overlay an indigo map guiding Selina’s mission of mercy. As the Calicos once bounded past a pink neon sign, Cassandra walks beneath a yellow one in this gleaming yellow city. Cassandra’s actions seem cruel as she clutches the blue orb. Yet red highlights the kill-or-be-killed nature of Cassandra’s reality.

 

Lucas Gattoni slips black uppercase letters into white dialogue balloons. White uppercase letters in blue boxes blend Selina’s past with her off-screen dialogue and thoughts. Stylish black letters in light blue fields locate readers in space and time. Unable to speak, Cassandra shares her thoughts with lowercase letters in beige parchment scraps. Sound effects accompany Selina's rough welcome to Blackgate Penitentiary, Cassandra’s offer to choose her fate, Selina’s attempt to make a good impression, and her decision to emulate Holly. Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this story with us.

 

Final Thoughts

Selina Kyle grew up without knowing her parents. All she had was a list of names and a postcard. Believing her family abandoned her, Selina made her own way and pushed anyone who got too close away.

 

Her father taught her not to speak up. Her mother’s voice became the foundation for Cassandra Cain's new life. Like Selina, Cassandra also had a list of names. But unlike Selina, she risked her place in her family so everyone on her list felt like they belonged.

 

Now, life is bringing Selina Kyle and Cassandra Cain together. But whether this clash brings them more pain or healing remains to be seen in Absolute Catwoman #4.

 

Rating 9.6/10

 

 

To look inside see Absolute Catwoman #4 Preview. 

 

For how the girl the Calicos injured remade her life, see Absolute Cassandra Cain: The Shadow's Hand #1 Preview. 

For Selina, Victoria, and Helena's original post-Calicos plans, see Absolute Catwoman #3 Preview. 

For how Selina reunites with Victoria and Helena, see Absolute Catwoman #2 Review. 

For Selina's desperate battle to rescue Holly, see my review of Absolute Catwoman #1. 

For Selina Kyle's relationship with Bruce Wayne, see my preview of Absolute Batman #12, 

 

 My preview of Absolute Batman #13, and 

 

My preview of Absolute Batman #14.