Archie’s going to hell, and we’re going with him. FANGORIA is excited to partner with Oni Press to exclusively reveal the variant covers for the first issue of Archie in Hell, their newest horror series that pits everyone’s favorite boy next door up against some of the most demonic forces you’ve ever seen.
Archie in Hell is written by Patrick Horvath with art by Tyler Crook, featuring a series of variant covers by Paul Azaceta, Jesse Lonergan, Kano, Dan Parent, Mirka Andolfo, and Mahmud Asrar. The new line follows the titular redhead in an alternate universe Riverdale where his life goes completely to hell…literally, with a synopsis as follows:
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.
“Archie in Hell really puts our favorite Archie characters through their paces,” says Oni’s Sierra Hahn. “Missed dates, ritual sacrifice, and a hero forced to confront the darkest annals of Riverdale’s past now caught in a demonic grip. This world is equal parts familiar, shocking, gruesome, and fun. This isn’t your grandma’s Riverdale…”
This new series lines up with the eighty-fifth anniversary of Archie’s first appearance in 1941, in Pep Comics #22, which began a legacy that continues to this day, and stretches from comics to television shows to a new live-action movie currently in development. Oni’s anniversary lineup also includes a new mainline Archie series, as well as a brand new story for Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
Archie in Hell #1 hits shelves on November 4. Check out its variant covers below:
