Artists from the Abyss: Charlie Adlard #1 Review

 

Artists from the Abyss: Charlie Adlard #1 Review

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

 

Words can calm. Or they can kill. But the most dangerous of all are the words we want to hear. Morris Graves knows all about that. As a lobbyist, he 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? Let’s leap into Artists from the Abyss: Charlie Adlard #1 and see!

 

Story

Morris Graves has spent his life explaining how life works. So when an interviewer talks about society's dreamers, Morris shuts her down in "Just Another Memory." Humanity’s essential need drives them to consume. It’s hard enough to secure the life you want and get through each day. In Chris Condon’s story, Morris wants to make things easy for everyone. But even if Humanity won’t strive for greatness, life has a way of surprising us.

 

In “A Crossroads Repetition,” Professor Ben Richmond lectures about the nature of Hell. As he delves into historical literature and mythology, Chris Condon ponders who created Hell and the Devil. Yet, our lives are made up of choices. And choices are powerful things. They can change the world around us. In Artists from the Abyss: Charlie Adlard #1, our choices reshape reality, often in unpredictable ways.

 

Ezra Hallum dreamed of becoming a storyteller. Yet after his first novel, repeating his literary successes grew increasingly difficult. In "Writer's Block," Tim Seeley shows how creativity's enormous demands have drained Ezra's creative juices. So, Ezra draws on his genre's tropes to create his next literary masterpiece.

 

After tackling society's contemporary problems, Artists from the Abyss: Charlie Adlard #1 looks back to an earlier era. "Death And Pickaxes" recalls an age when Humanity shared the Earth with other intelligent species. Instead of technology, magic shaped people's lives. Yet people still needed others to help them. And as Chris Condon points out, caring for others takes a toll on your emotional health.

 

Art

Straight lines and rectangles define Morris Graves’s world in “Just Another Memory.” Morris smiles as the interviewer leans toward him and glares. Yet despite the comforts of his ordered existence, his modern house and furnishings cannot protect him from the natural world's unpredictability.

 

While Morris greets the world in a suit, unbuttoned shirt, and gold chain necklace, Ben Richards wears a suit and tie as he faces his audience in the darkened auditorium. Saul Henry watches the images Ben conjures on his glowing screen. In "A Crossroads Repetition," a piece of wrapped candy symbolizes one man's moment of contemplation. When a photograph of a smiling man recalls memories, a diagram reveals the intersections between our lives.

 

Tattoos adorn his arms. Cover art from his novels hangs on Ezra’s walls. As he types away on his laptop, he uses a hammer to construct his next story in Artists from the Abyss: Charlie Adlard #1. As in “A Crossroad Repetition,” a loaded palette enriches Ezra’s world. Yet like Saul Henry’s contemplations, a limited palette adorns Ezra’s furious search for inspiration in “Writer’s Block.”

 

Vibrant pastels adorn “Death And Pickaxes.” As a dwarf regards the princess’s smile, he frowns when he studies the world around him. No matter how green and idyllic, life aboveground hasn't delivered what he desired. So, as red once again seeks to right the scales, blue clothing emphasizes the dwarf's mood.

 

Amid this quartet of tragedy, uppercase letters fill dialogue balloons. Thoughts, off-camera dialogue, and the narrator’s words fill colored narrative boxes. Sound effects accompany protagonists’ attempts to retake control of their lives and the world’s response to their efforts. Yet music notes also help a protagonist see the world from a new angle. Thanks to Oni Press and EC Comics for providing a review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

Life rarely goes our way when we take the easy path. As a new story leads this band of reprints toward uncertain futures, the characters wrestle with their responsibility to others while striving for the lives they desire. Mythology, fantasy, urban legends, and ecological concerns haunt the pages of Artists from the Abyss: Charlie Adlard #1.

 

Rating 9.8/10

 

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Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #5 Review

 

Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #5 Review

Writer, Artist, Colorist & Letterer: Matt Kindt

Cover Artists: Matt Kindt & Mike del Mundo

Editors: Sierra Hahn & Joelena Despard

Designer: Winston Gambro

Production: Melanie Ujimori

Flux House Production: Ella Kindt

Publisher: Oni Press

Issue Description: 32 Pages, Full Color

Price: $4.99 US

Release Date: November 4, 2026

 

The future has never looked bleaker. Every day brings new opportunities for society to go off the rails. To stave off Humanity’s extinction, Mind Mgmt agents work to prevent bad actors from igniting the spark that will detonate the world.

 

The secret government agency trained Jon Swon to see with his nose. By mixing custom scents, he can focus witnesses’ memories or pacify criminals. His partner, Gemini Delphi, has mastered the world’s most lethal martial arts. Yet she’d rather employ her abilities to calm suspects. After arresting the world’s luckiest assassin, what case will the existential detectives tackle next? And why doesn’t Jon’s boss want him to remember more of his past? Let’s leap into Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #5 and see!

 

Story

The Mind Mgmt Agency used to train its agents to work in pairs. By organizing agents into small cells, the leaders believed they could insulate their organization against corruption. But after a shakeup, one woman runs the government agency. Eraser tests her people until they break. She mixes truth with lies until they crack. Then she congratulates herself on finding weaknesses in her organization.

 

As Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #5, another agent seeks to escape from Eraser's manipulation. He tells a police detective about his experiences. Under questioning, the man repeats his story and explains how his superiors controlled him. He wonders what happened to the other agents he trained with.

 

After apprehending Ayush, Jon Swon and Gemini Delphi began another investigation. But rather than picking up where the previous issue left off, Matt Kindt rewinds the clock to reveal how and why their quarry went missing. The story follows different characters as Gemini Delphi's mission statement changes.

 

Once again, Jon and Gemini's lives circle back to their boss's insatiable need to test her agents. The world may constantly perch on the edge of disaster. Yet, like the Duplo Brothers' Sleep Deep podcast, the truth is whatever Eraser needs to manipulate her agents in Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #5.

 

Art

Like literature's greatest consulting detective, when Jon tried to remember elusive facts, smoking multiple cigarettes aided his cognitive abilities. Now, the man in the interview room smokes multiple cigarettes simultaneously. Outside the room, a police officer at a desk watches rows of monitors as a man walks behind him. Taking a seat, the visitor watches over the officer’s shoulder. He recreates what he sees inside pre-drawn panel outlines. When the artist leaves the police station, a blond man with hunched shoulders follows. A lightbulb becomes a symbol of enlightenment, while layers of secreted equipment reveal the science of perception.

 

A blue tint covers the questioning as cigarette smoke surrounds the frightened agent’s head like a calming collar. Pink accompanies the people privy to secret knowledge who prevent the world from falling apart. The man with hunched shoulders wears a yellow jacket, but the moisture trickling down his face isn’t from a recent storm. Most of the watercolors on the white and tan pages follow the agency’s reporting format. One black-outlined page, adorned with another medium, reveals scenes from a non-agent's perspective. Yet blue and pink converge in a location that bridges a frightened man's past and future in Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #5.

 

The frightened agent’s confession fills white boxes with typed letters. Dialogue appears in white, beige, and blue-tinged balloons. Off-camera dialogue and characters’ thoughts fill colored and black narrative boxes. Yet despite all the action and violence in a seemingly tranquil city, sound effects accompany a book that captures what paper, cameras, and microphones never can. Thanks to Oni Press and Superfan Promotions for providing a review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

While Jon Swon helps Gemini Delphi search for another rogue agent, he sees more examples of Eraser’s mismanagement. The Human costs of training agents may seem unnecessary to Jon. But as the government agency charged with maintaining world peace goes to war against itself, Jon glimpses more memories Eraser doesn’t want him to remember in Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #5.

 

Rating 9/10

 

For all the collectible covers see Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #5 Cover Preview. 

 

For how Agent Ayush killed an Immortal, see Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #4 Review. 

For how Agents Swon and Delphi escape a death cult in Arizona, see Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #3 Review. 

 

Scott Pilgrim Ex: Dawn Of Metal Scott #1 Cover Preview

 

Scott enjoys reconnecting with his friends. But his life is so busy that sometimes it's just impossible. Still, today, he's making it happen. Scott is finally reconnecting with Wallace Wells. Plus, other Scott is there. Hooray! They can enjoy a great lunch together and reconnect. So what if their reminiscences don't jive? Their disagreement couldn't herald a confrontation with a dangerous new enemy, could it?

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Scott Pilgrim Ex: Dawn Of Metal Scott #1 Cover Preview

Writer, Artist & Cover Artist: Bryan Lee O’Malley

Colorist: Nathan Fairbairn

Design: Jacob Ferguson

Publisher: Oni Press

Issue Description: 24 Pages, Full Color, One-Shot

Price: $3.99 US

Release Date: November 11, 2026

 

 

 

Multiple Eisner Award winner Bryan Lee O’Malley returns to Scott Pilgrim for the first time since the bestselling series’ conclusion... with a brand-new, one-shot prequel to the hit Scott Pilgrim EX video game!

 

Scott met Ramona. Sparks flew. The two of them had to work together to defeat Ramona’s Seven Evil Exes and their nefarious leader, Gideon Gordon Graves. Some other stuff happened in various media formats that may or may not be canon. That’s all in the past. These days, Scott and Ramona are a happy couple, and the Exes have moved on from their unhealthy obsessions. I guess they all got therapy. Or whatever. Now, after a period of peace, a new threat is about to emerge. Are our heroes ready? Let's find out!!!

 

Features the complete 16-page Dawn Of Metal Scott prequel comic, plus never-before-seen extras!

 

 

Thanks to Oni Press and Superfan Promotions for sharing this cover preview with us. 

 

 

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.

 

 

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

 

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

Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #5 Cover Preview

 

Cover A By Matt Kindt

The future has never looked bleaker. Every day brings new opportunities for society to go off the rails. To stave off Humanity’s extinction, Mind Mgmt agents work in a variety of fields to prevent bad actors from igniting the spark that will detonate the world. 

 

 

Mind Mgmt trained Jon Swon to see with his nose. By mixing custom scents, Jon can focus witnesses’ memories or pacify criminals. His partner, Gemini Delphi, has mastered the world’s most lethal martial arts. Yet she’d rather employ her secondary skill of Ultimate Calm to apprehend suspects. 

 

 

After arresting the world’s luckiest assassin, what case will the existential detectives tackle next? And why doesn’t Jon’s boss want him to remember more of his past?

 

 

Here's all the info from Oni Press:

 

 

 

Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #5 Cover Preview

Writer, Artist, Colorist & Letterer: Matt Kindt

Cover Artists: Matt Kindt & Mike del Mundo

Editors: Sierra Hahn & Joelena Despard

Designer: Winston Gambro

Production: Melanie Ujimori

Flux House Production: Ella Kindt

Publisher: Oni Press

Issue Description: 32 Pages, Full Color

Price: $4.99 US

Release Date: November 4, 2026

 

 

 

All-New Arc!

All-New Jumping-On Point! 

 

 

 

From the mind of New York Times bestselling cartoonist and multiple Eisner Award nominee Matt Kindt (BRZRKR, Dept. H), enter a brand-new, self-contained starting point for the genre-bending, cerebellum-piercing “psy-fi” epic that AiPT! heralds as “an unsettling, must-read return that turns memory itself into the mystery.”

 

 

When Detectives Swon and Delphi are together, nothing can take them by surprise—or maybe that’s what Mind Management wants them to believe. But their professional bond and uncanny abilities are about to be tested in more ways than one as Swon’s feelings for his partner begin to deepen, and Delphi experiences the full-on cognitive shellshock of another operative’s tragic mission gone wrong. If only Swon’s extrasensory cognition could let him see into the future... But, even if he did, it would already be too late.

 

 

Welcome to the all-new Mind MGMT. We’ve been expecting you.

 

 

 

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Cover B By Mike Del Mundo

 

 

 

 

Full Art Variant (1:20) By Mike Del Mundo

 

 

Thanks to Oni Press and Superfan Promotions for sharing this cover preview with us.

For how Agent Ayush killed an Immortal, see Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #4 Review. 

For how Agents Swon and Delphi escape a death cult in Arizona, see Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #3 Review. 

Archie #2 Review

 

Archie #2 Review

Writer: Ben H. Winters

Artist: Fábio Moon

Colorist: Jason Wordie

Cover Artists: Stuart Immonen, Fábio Moon, Rachael Stott, David López, Dan Parent & Matt Kindt

Publisher: Oni Press

Price: $4.99 US

Release Date: October 28, 2026

 

Archie Andrews and Forsythe Pendleton "Jughead" Jones III enjoy life in Riverdale. Archie tries hard at his studies. He sings and plays guitar. His closet is full of varsity jackets. Jughead has a voracious appetite and loves hanging out at Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe.

 

Lately, Archie has been struggling to fit everything he wants to do into each day. Jughead has begun to contemplate a future when he doesn’t attend Riverdale High, hang out with his friends, and order everything on Pop’s menu (twice). How will serving food and drinks to their predecessors at a school reunion affect them? And who are all the other people in their lives? Let’s leap into Archie #2 and see!

 

Story

As Josie and the Pussycats play on the stage, Archie, Jughead, and Betty mingle with the former students. They carry platters of food and drinks around the gym. In "Life and How to Live It," Archie and his friends may be working for tips. But instead of dropping coins and bills, some people attending the class reunion seem more intent on dispensing advice.

 

In Archie #2, a shadow hangs over Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe. As Archie and his friend share a meal, Jughead notices his friend is quiet. He wonders what is troubling his normally buoyant friend. But as Archie resumes his busy schedule, Jughead affects his usual carefree manner. Yet in “Jughead’s Journal: Part 2,” Jughead returns to Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe. It's a happy place that symbolizes his life in Riverdale. Yet, like Archie, he is troubled by the inevitable changes that life will bring.

 

While the first story follows Archie as he tries to adopt contrasting views on life, the second shares Jughead's contemplations. For Archie, school and relationships serve as the foundation of adulthood. And while he enjoys his teen years, Archie wants to get the next chapter of his life right. But listening to people who don't know him puts Archie in conflict with those who care about him.

 

As Archie strides toward an uncertain future, Jughead looks around, and he sees the perfect world he has. He’s not ready to move on. But after Pop’s worrying statement about his future, the school reunion prompts Jughead to face his future in Archie #2.

 

Art

Archie, wearing a tux and sneakers, carries a platter of champagne flutes around the gym. While one woman in casual attire smiles and offers Betty advice, two women in formal attire walk past with frowns. One man sweeps a flute off Archie's platter, smiles as he raises it, and grabs Archie in a half-embrace. Then another man pulls Archie into a side hug as he reaches for the other flute. Despite their contrasting views on life, both strut away.

 

As Fábio Moon portrays Archie and Jughead’s fun life in Riverdale, Jason Wordie adorns Archie #2 with a vibrant palette. Surrounded by red and blue, the first man who offers Archie advice wears beige and orange, while the second wears beige and green. The strong red and blue from the gym link with the red booths and blue windows of Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe. A phone conversation between Archie and Betty surrounds them with pink, purple, and orange. Purple and pink also adorn the background when they clash amid beige and orange. When Jughead leaves a full palette of colors in Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe, the green walls and blue blinds link with his moment of self-examination.

 

As Archie, Jughead, and their friends enjoy life in Riverdale, black uppercase letters fill white dialogue balloons. The words grow bold for intonation and swell for raised voices. Hand-printed lowercase letters on pieces of perforated paper reveal Jughead's thoughts in "Jughead's Journal: Part 2." Then, lowercase words in yellow boxes introduce readers to Riverdale’s most prominent citizens in “Get to Know…The Lovely Homes of Riverdale.” Thanks to Oni Press and Superfan Promotions for providing a review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

If one thing in life is guaranteed, it's that life will change you. Archie works hard at having fun, while Jughead breezes through life. When both friends realize that they must adapt to what the future brings, Archie enthusiastically immerses himself in his preparations. Jughead steps back, adopting a more reserved view. Yet Betty, who looks after her family and Archie, seems untroubled by what the future may bring in Archie #2.

 

Rating 9.8/10

 

For more collectible covers, see Archie #2 Preview. 

 

For how this series started, see Archie #1 Review.  

Archie In Hell #1 Cover Preview

 

Cover A By Tyler Crook

Archie Andrews loves life. He’s got the best girl in the world in Betty Cooper. But then, he also adores Veronica Lodge. When he’s not dating the loves of his life, Archie’s hanging 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. 

 

So, what happens when Archie resolves to pack more into each day? Can he juggle his love life, his scholastic endeavors, sports, time with his friends, and his charity work without everything falling through his hands?

 

Here's all the info from Oni Press:

Archie In Hell #1 Cover Preview

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

Also Available: Blank Sketch Cover 

Publisher: Oni Press

Issue Description: 32 Pages, Full Color

Price: $4.99 US

Release Date: November 4, 2026

 

 

 

To Save Him . . .

They had to Damn Him! 

 

 

 

In the bloodstained tradition of Afterlife With Archie, something wicked this way comes to Riverdale in an infernal new ongoing series from multiple Eisner Award nominee Patrick Horvath (Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees) and Russ Manning Award winner Tyler Crook (Out of Alcatraz, Harrow County)!

 

They say that every small town has a secret. Well, in the case of Riverdale, it’s one heck of a humdinger: An ancient order of cultists has infiltrated its townspeople, bent on using human sacrifice to usher a demon lord into our mortal plane. And they’ve finally identified the final target they need to bring a century’s worth of planning to fruition: hometown football champion and all-around good guy Archie Andrews. 

 

But this secret cabal never dreamed that actual witches walk Riverdale’s streets . . . and when cult and coven clash in the final stages of Archie’s secret-ritual sacrifice, the consequences will be cosmic . . . and young Archie Andrews will find himself damned to something far worse than Hell’s inner circle.

 

Unstuck from time and space. Bound to a terrible curse. Late for school. Things are about to go from bad to downright diabolical as Horvath and Crook unleash the most malevolently merciless Archie Comics tale ever told . . . and, truly, you’ll never, ever expect what happens next.

 

 

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Cover B By Patrick Horvath

 

 

Cover C By Paul Azaceta

Cover D By Jesse Lonergan

Cover E Blank Sketch

Foil Variant ($8.99) By Tyler Crook

Foil Variant ($8.99) By Patrick Horvath

Teaser Variant (1:10) By Kano

Legacy Variant (1:20) By Dan Parent

Variant Cover (1:50) By Mirka Andolfo

B&W Variant (1:250) By Jesse Lonergan

Not Pictured:  

Variant Cover (1:100) By Mahmud Asrar

 

 

Thanks to Oni Press and Superfan Promotions for sharing this cover preview with us.

 

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

 

For more of the magical realm of Archie's world, see Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1 Review.