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Now, Archie Comics announces a plan to break out of comic shops and the grocery store checkout section and into your purse Archie Comics has announced the Betty and Veronica Collection, a new collaboration between the publisher, Kate Spade New York, and King Features Offering merchandise inspired by each of the iconic, red-head obsessed characters, the Betty and[...]

Archie and the gang are back with a new Archie Horror collectible for San Diego Comic Con with a black and white Vampironica limited statue.

For the past few decades, Archie Comics has not shied away from inclusiveness Since they introduced Chuck Clayton, Archie Comics has made great strides in trying to create an equal and just world within the safe pages of the Archie Comic Universe As of late, Archie has been going above and beyond with showing the[...]

With the unofficial start of summer here, it's time we took a peek as to what's coming to us this summer from Archie Comics via Previews Now these books won't be out until August, but you can get your orders in now with your favorite local comic book shop. Archie & Friends Endless Summer #1 The cover[...]

From Phantom Lady #17 to Batman #1, we've seen some of the best that the Golden Age world has to offer! For those of you who are looking for an affordable, if not off the beaten path of regular good girl art, look no further than Suzie #51. Suzie was introduced into the MLJ (Archie Comics)[...]

This bright and beautiful cover by MLJ cover wizard Irv Novick is one of his best. Jackpot Comics might not have lasted for a long time; in fact, MLJ would rename their company to Archie Comics before the Golden Age was even over, but this is an essential comic in the Archie universe and is one[...]

But did you know the vivacious red-head made her first appearance in Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #320? In 1982 Dan DeCarlo unleashed Cheryl into the world, only for Archie Comics to quickly put her on a semi-hiatus due to parental uproar over the overtly sexy Cheryl She would then reemerge in the 90's thanks[...]

Hello and welcome back to Diving Into the Comic Vault! Today we'll be looking at Pep Comics #8. Dashing heroes in timeless adventures.

It's hard to believe that Archie Comics is turning 80 years old What started as a superhero comic under the MLJ publishing name, our iconic redhead, didn't make his first appearance until two years into the publisher's life Archie initially served as a backup story to MLJ's superhero comics, starting with Pep Comics #22 in[...]

World of Archie Jumbo Comics Digest #98 is out from Archie Comics this week, one of the few new comics hitting stores amidst an industry-wide shutdown The comic mostly collects older stories, but it does feature one new story by Bill Bettwy, Kennedy Bros, Bob Smith, Glenn Whitmore, and Jack Morelli. That story is called The[...]

This was sadly the norm at the time, but I do not feel it reflects on the Archie Comics of today If you are looking to re-read these issues, it's important for you to be aware that you will see people of color depicted in a racist manner. Next, we jump back into The Comet[...]

With Bill Golliher writing and Dan Parent on pencils, you know this is a solid, excellent Betty and Veronica story. These two know the magic formula.

I wish Archie Comics would put out some kind of hardcover collecting their pre-Archie days These stories are fun, and a good way to see how life was during WWII. Welcome back to another episode of Diving Into the Comics Vault! We're now five issues into MLJ's flagship title, Pep Comics. This issue of Pep Comics[...]

There are some slight changes — Dilton is not a character (instead we have a brainy kid named Eugene), Jughead's iconic beanie is purple, and Veronica is wearing an awful giant bow — but it still captures the heart and imagination that only Archie Comics knows how. My personal favorite story in this book is Wrestle-Maniac,[...]

(Archie Comics, creative team for Sabrina: Something Wicked: Kelly Thompson, Veronica Fish, Andy Fish, Jack Morelli) With an approach much closer to Melissa Joan Hart version of Sabrina than Kiernan Shipka, this is actually two comics happening at the same time: there's a fairly basic teenaged tale of trying to balance friendship, schoolwork, romance and a[...]

If you want to read the previous entry in this series click here. Pep Comics #4 has one of my favorite covers. Featuring The Shield, we see our hero

Welcome back to Diving Into the Comic Vault! Today we'll be focusing on Pep Comics #3, with its signature hero -- The Shield.

This anthology comic is easy to digest and read, and paints a very real picture of how Archie Comics would become once the war effort was over The art is delightful and fun, and also very colorful The inkers of this time did a good job. Overall this a great comic to read, or even own! [...]

What soon would become Archie Comics, MLJ created many superheros under their umbrella, as well as a number of comic anthologies One of their most popular — and long time standing — anthologies was Pep Comics. Pep Comics #1 has a cover date of January 1940, but came out in November of 1939 Pep Comics #1[...]

Archie Comics has issued a following statement to retailers, about their plans to publish their April 1st titles next week as usual, in print and in digital, and send them to subscribers or directly to retailers, including Sabrina: Something Wicked #1 and Cosmo the Mighty Martian #5, as well as Vampironica: New Blood #4 on[...]

But yesterday, as Bleeding Cool was reporting on Diamond's plans to close their doors to new product, Archie Comic Publications has issued the following statement regarding the Coronavirus pandemic: Archie Comics will be making all of our new products scheduled for release in March and April fully returnable for comic book retailers due to increasing restrictions[...]

In times like these it's important to find comfort in places. For me, I find comfort in classic Archie stories. Betty and Veronica: Friends Forever #1

Feel free to contact richjohnston@bleedingcool.com. Image Comics – staff told to go home earlier in the week. Archie Comics – staff given the option to work from home as needed. IDW Publishing – with few reported cases in San Diego, staffers have been told to practise social distancing at work. Diamond Comic Distributors – enhanced cleaning, cancelling meetings, allowing[...]

These new figures will be quite popular with fans of the comic rather than the tv series and there is nothing wrong with a revisit to the classics.  Pre-orders for each of these Archie Comics Funko Pops are already live and you can find them located here Stay tuned here at Bleeding Cool for all of[...]

Archie Comics is having a bit of a skip month for a number of regular series… with the classic Archie Comics coming to the fore in May 2020 Here's a look at Archie Comics' solicitations for May 2020. ARCHIE GIANT COMICS JUMP (TR) JUMP into the fun in this all-new collection of some of Archie's most hilarious[...]

Having now shrugged off the whole "crossover/spinoff" tag, Lucy Hale's Katy Keene and the show named in her honor are wasting no time letting viewers know

Happy Ides of March, you bloodsucking vampires! This week's episode of The CW's Riverdale is full of wacky shenanigans - including - drumroll, please -

Netflix's "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" Part 3 wasn't lacking in "Riverdale" easter eggs - and The CW series was kind enough to return the favor...

The world of Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka) has gotten a whole lot hotter now that Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa‘s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina has returned

The world of Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka) is about to get a whole lot hotter - literally - when Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa‘s Chilling Adventures of