Archie Andrews To Be A Serious Superhero From Archie Comics in 2024

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Archie Comics writer Jon Goldwater has informed Publisher’s Weekly that they may launch a comic book that includes Archie Andrews as a superhero

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Archie Andrews takes on a severe superhero position in a brand new 2024 comedian sequence.
Publisher’s Weekly reveals Archie Comics’ plan, shifting away from campy tones.
Return of Afterlife With Archie guarantees contemporary storytelling in the undead saga.
Archie Comics, a staple since 1939, explores new frontiers in character IP.

Archie Comics writer Jon Goldwater has informed Publisher’s Weekly that Archie Comics will launch a comic book sequence that includes Archie Andrews as a superhero however in a vogue that’s “not tongue in cheek” in 2024. A severe superhero? It’s not the primary time that Archie Andrews has been seen to don supertights, however it’s a very long time since anybody has been anticipated to taken that significantly. WatchArchie perhaps? The Dark Riverdale Returns? Miraclejughead? They have completed this type of factor earlier than, however solely with a comedy or camp tone, like beneath.

Archie Comics may even return to the Afterlife With Archie sequence from a brand new perspective. The unique noticed the sequence a zombie apocalypse hit Riverdale with Archie and mates battling zombies, those that hadn’t been bitten themselves in fact. Jon Goldwater described the direct market and comedian e book shops the place Archie is completely distributed by Diamond Comic Distributors as “our laboratory,” the place “we want to try new things” and “get feedback on IP on our characters.” That’s proper, people, you’re all a part of the experiment.

But Goldwater additionally said that Archie additionally nonetheless drastically advantages from its placement at large field shops, newsstands, and supermarkets. Its rising graphic novel enterprise, in the meantime, has distribution by Penguin Random House, which Goldwater says is is “doing an amazing job for us.”

Archie Comic Publications, Inc., is headquartered in Pelham, New York and its titles primarily function the youngsters Archie Andrews, and the Riverdale gang together with Jughead Jones, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Sabrina Spellman, Josie and the Pussycats and Katy Keene. The firm started in 1939 as MLJ which primarily revealed superhero comics. And now it appears it’s making an attempt to return to these days as soon as extra…

The preliminary Archie characters had been created in 1941 by writer John L. Goldwater and artist Bob Montana, in collaboration with author Vic Bloom, and first appeared in Pep Comics #22. They have gained new fame with the YA-themed Riverdale TV sequence and a brand new Archie TV sequence set in India.

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