Archie Comics Is Getting Back Into Superheroes, and Taking It Seriously

The creation of Riverdale and superheroes have interbreed overplenty of times before — the Black Hood , the Crusaders , Captain Flag — and neither Archie Andrews and his champion nor Archie as a publisher are completely unfamiliar with the classic underpinnings of the literary genre . But Archie Comics ’ previous sally at the superheroic lash is bridging the gap betweenprevious pastichesand loving , all - ages riffswith something that levels up in tonus and seriousness .

io9 has your first exclusive look at Archie ’s next miniseries , Archie Is Mr. Justice , a new four - part miniseries that blends a metatexual examination of Archie Comics ’ history with superheroes in the Golden Age of funnies , with a new story of Archie himself coming into baron unknown and becoming the earth ’s mightiest hero . Each issue in the series will be recite by dissimilar creative teams and offer a different linear perspective from one of Archie ’s Friend and family on the story of how the young teenager discovered that he had superpowers , donned the mantlepiece of Mr. Justice — a name itself cribbed from Archie Comics ’ previous issue history , even if the new book is not a reboot of that fictional character — and saved the world , only to of a sudden , mysteriously vanish .

“ I ’m honored to shape with this fantastically talented team of God Almighty to craft something totally alone for Archie Comics — a longform story presented from multiple points of vista from dissimilar originative squad . And I ’m twice esteemed to have the amazing squad of Tim Seeley and Mike Norton to plain off this enterprise , ” Archie ’s senior editorial director , Jamie L. Rotante , added . “ This is n’t just another superhero story . This is a floor that ’s about hope in a world that feels progressively hopeless . And in this timeline , Archie is our beacon of Bob Hope . ”

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The first outlet ofArchie Is Mr. Justiceis define to murder shelves November 20 .

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