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. 

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.

 

 

Here are more collectible covers:

 

 

 

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. 

Free For All HC Review

 

Writer, Artist, Colorist & Letterer: Patrick Horvath

Cover Artists: Patrick Horvath, Matt Kindt, Juni Ba, Matt Lesniewski with Dave Stewart, Noah Bailey, Brian Level & Maria Wolf with Rico Renzi

Publisher: Oni Press

Price: $19.99

Release Date: February 11, 2026

 

Cameron Miller has made his millions by running a pharmaceutical company. But when the World Finance League came calling, Cameron didn't play ball. Instead of giving away half of his fortune, Cameron raised the cost of medication for young cancer patients. So, the judge renders her decision. Cameron must defend his 200 million dollars in mortal combat. How will Cameron fare as a gladiator? And how has life changed in the 22^nd Century? Let’s leap into Free For All HC and see!

 

Story

While protestors gather outside the stadium in Jakarta, crowds fill the stands. They shout encouragement to reigning champion Ted Brooks, urging him to win another round. All this seems unreal to Cameron as he straps on his armor and enters the arena. But when he has the chance to attack the real estate magnate, Cameron's lack of preparation becomes evident.

 

Unlike Cameron, Ted enjoys life in the arena. But then, he lives his life as a competition. Winning means coming out on top, regardless of what he loses along the way. While Ted walked away from their relationship with no hard feelings, Luella Dominguez bears a grudge against how Ted treated her. So, in Free For All HC, she has poured her anger at Ted into building another company that helps people forge better connections with others.

 

Cadin Heywood and his co-host Dorothy Kym introduce the contenders and call the play-by-play. The TV hosts seem oblivious to how the viewers delight in others’ misfortune, while elevating soulless entertainers into society’s elite. Patrick Horvath blends social satire with vicious battles to address wealth inequality without lessening the combatants' desperate struggle for victory in Free For All HC.

 

Art

As Cameron gazes up at the judge reading her tablet, a girl clutches a metal hand. She walks alongside the robot through the crowd of protestors and shows her serious expression among panels of glib TV commentators. Fans wear shirts and raise banners urging Ted Brooks onto yet another victory, while Cameron dons armor that seems a cross between Rollerball and Robocop. Ted Brooks wears Roman armor with a lion-embossed chest piece. A wooden mask covers Ted’s features as battle commences. Hovering ball drones and a camera secreted in a Zardoz-like wall carving follow the battle.

 

While lavishing a bright and attractive palette on Free For All HC, Patrick Horvath uses colors to link sequences together. A young boy with pink hair follows the battle as Cameron plucks a pink rifle from a yellow-and-black weapon rack. When the combatants spill blood, a woman with red hair cheers, while a man in a red jacket rejoices. But red also forms a theme, opening the story with the judge's robe, and slicing apart Ted’s head to show how he views himself. And while the crowds cheer, a red-and-green scoreboard announces society’s Christmas-like windfall after appropriating the loser’s estate.

 

The colored borders link the white dialogue balloons with each speaker's apparel. Words swell for raised voices and shrink for lowered voices. Weapons and robots speak into rectangular balloons, while white narrative boxes convey Ted’s thoughts. As technology, weapons, and cheering crowds fill panels with sound effects, former lovers and business partners meditate as they prepare for battle. Extras include a cover gallery and an interview with the creator. Thanks to Oni Press and Superfan Promotions for providing a review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

When we often lose sight of what is important to us, mentors can help us get our lives back on track. As a robot teaches a young girl how to concentrate her thoughts and energy, she shows her elder how to survive the brutality of the economic combat arena in Free For All HC.

 

Rating 9.4/10