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Archie Comics First Looks for October 24th & 31st, 2012


ARCHIE #638
Script: Dan Parent
Art: Dan Parent & Rich Koslowski
Cover: Dan Parent
Publisher: Archie Comics
Publication Date: October 24, 2012
Format: FC, 32 pages
Price: $2.99

The Story:

"Archie's Storybook: A Riverdale Fable" (Part 2 of 2)

Riverdale's been overtaken by the storyland world, but now that true love has surfaced, the curse has been broken! Or has it? It's the battle of the storybook characters in this fantasy epic! Will everybody return to their old lives? Will anybody remember what has happened? And most importantly, will Archie get all his homework done in time when (if?) he gets back home?



ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #234
Script: Bill Golliher
Art: Pat Kennedy, Jeff Shultz, Ken Selig & Jim Amash
Cover: Dan DeCarlo
Publisher: Archie Comics
Publication Date: October 24, 2012
Format: FC, 160 pages
Price: $3.99

The Story:

It's Christmas Eve and the gang is gathered at Pop's comparing their holiday traditions. When it becomes clear that Pop is without a family to celebrate with, Archie and friends are determined to inject some holiday cheer into the Chok'lit Shoppe owner's life in "Pop Goes the Holidays!" Meanwhile, Moose and Dilton debate the existence of a certain jolly man in red in "Not a creature was stirring, not even a... Moose!"



ARCHIE'S GIANT JOKEBOOK
Script: Various
Art: Various
Cover: Dan DeCarlo
Publisher: Archie Comics
Publication Date: October 24, 2012
Format: TP, FC, 320 pages
Price: $9.99

The Story:

Discover laugh after laugh on page after page of this massive Archie kids' cartoon joke book! It's brimming over with our picks of over 200 of the funniest cartoons and comic strips drawn to perfection by all of your favorite Archie cartoonists! The perfect companion piece to the best-selling Best of Archie, it's the ultimate casual-reading Archie collection!



ARCHIE AND FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #21
Script: Mike Pellowski
Art: Fernando Ruiz & Jon D'Agostino
Cover: Dan DeCarlo
Publisher: Archie Comics
Publication Date: October 31, 2012
Format: FC, 160 pages
Price: $3.99

The Story:

Tis the season to be jolly, that is unless Mr. Weatherbee has anything to say about it! After a ban on holiday decorations is enforced at Riverdale High, the school halls just aren't very festive. Archie and the gang intend to do something about it, but without breaking any of the school rules in "Decoration Daze!"



ARCHIE COMICS SUPER SPECIAL MAGAZINE #1
Script: Various
Art: Various
Cover: (Foil Enhanced) Dan Parent, Rich Koslowski & Tito Pena
Publisher: Archie Comics
Publication Date: October 31, 2012
Format: FC, 128 pages
Price: $9.99

The Story:

Something exciting is happening in Riverdale! Get in on the ground floor with the debut of the ALL-NEW quarterly Archie Comic Super Special Magazine! It's Christmas the Archie way with a brand new foil enhanced cover that'll get you in the spirit! The Archie Comic Super Special Magazine features the greatest Christmas stories from the Archie vault, plus an extraordinary story never before seen in print, "Betty and Veronica Save Christmas (or Not!)". All this plus creator spotlights, the latest Archie news and and much, much more in this jam packed magazine! It's Christmas fun for the whole family!



JUGHEAD DOUBLE DIGEST #186
Script: Craig Boldman
Art: Rex Lindsey & Rich Koslowski
Cover: Dan DeCarlo
Publisher: Archie Comics
Publication Date: October 31, 2012
Format: FC, 160 pages
Price: $3.99

The Story:

Christmas shopping is hard enough, especially when you've got a grinch like Reggie on your list. Jughead is determined to get the perennial trickster the perfect gift, but what do you get for the guy who puts the "bah" in "humbug"? Only way to find out is to read "The Christmas Turkeys!"



KEVIN KELLER: WELCOME TO RIVERDALE
Script: Dan Parent
Art: Dan Parent & Rich Koslowski
Cover: Dan Parent
Publisher: Archie Comics
Publication Date: October 31, 2012
Format: TP, FC, 112 pages
Price: $11.99

The Story:

Kevin Keller is sure making a splash at Riverdale High! Recently elected class president, Kevin has gone from new kid in town to one of the most well-known and popular students in school. From his first date to his first prom to his first summer job, it's a year of new beginnings for Kevin. Now with his second collection of stories, it's getting increasingly harder to imagine Riverdale without Kevin at the center of it.



SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #242
Script: Ian Flynn
Art: Jamal Peppers, Steven Butler, Terry Austin, John Workman & Matt Herms
Cover: Yardley!, Terry Austin & Matt Herms
Publisher: Archie Comics
Publication Date: October 31, 2012
Format: FC, 32 pages
Price: $2.99

The Story:

"Olympic Trials"

It's a special event issue in honor of the Summer 2012 Olympic games! Sonic and his friends are preparing for the ultimate contest of sportsmanship, but Dr. Eggman plots from the shadows to take more than the gold! All this plus an exciting bonus story featuring Sonic the Hedgehog and Team Fighters!



SONIC THE HEDGEHOG: GENESIS
Script: Ian Flynn
Art: Patrick "Spaz" Spaziante, Tracy Yardley, Ben Bates, Terry Austin, John Workman & Matt Herms
Cover: Patrick "SPAZ" Spaziante
Publisher: Archie Comics
Publication Date: October 31, 2012
Format: FC, 32 pages
Price: $2.99

The Story:

"Olympic Trials"

It's a special event issue in honor of the Summer 2012 Olympic games! Sonic and his friends are preparing for the ultimate contest of sportsmanship, but Dr. Eggman plots from the shadows to take more than the gold! All this plus an exciting bonus story featuring Sonic the Hedgehog and Team Fighters!





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