Lots of stuff coming out in April!


The Black Hood Season 2 #4
Greg Hettinger has traveled thousands of miles to end up back in Philadelphia, where his nightmare began—and where his adversaries are waiting, as well as another man wearing a black hood, who claims that Greg stole his life...
Script: Duane Swierczynski
Art: Greg Scott, Rachel Deering, Kelly Fitzpatrick
The Black Hood Season 2, #4 CVR A Reg: Greg Smallwood
The Black Hood Season 2, #4 CVR B Variant: Michael Walsh
Ship Date: 3/29
On Sale Date: 4/12
32-page, full color comic
$3.99 U.S.


Archie #19
With Veronica Lodge back in town, everyone's vying for her hand--from Archie to Toni to Reggie Mantle! Romance runs deep in Riverdale this issue!
Script: Mark Waid
Art: Pete Woods, Andre Szymanowicz, Jack Morelli
Archie #19 CVR A Reg: Pete Woods
Archie #19 CVR B Var: Emanuela Lupacchino
Archie #19 CVR C Var: Greg Smallwood
Ship Date: 4/5
On Sale Date: 4/19
32-page, full color comic
$3.99 U.S.


Archie Volume 3 (TR)
Introducing... Cheryl Blossom! The fiery red-head takes center stage as Archie and Veronica's worlds are torn apart as the two are living thousands of miles away from each other. What will happen to the rest of Archie's friends in Riverdale? And just what kind of havoc will Cheryl Blossom wreak? All the answers and more in the third volume of the SMASH HIT Archie series! Collects Archie issues 13 – 17.
Script: Mark Waid
Art: Joe Eisma, Andre Szymanowicz, Jack Morelli
Cover: Joe Eisma
ISBN-13: 978-1-68255-993-2
$19.99/$21.99CAN
TR
176 pp, Full Color
Direct Market On-Sale Date: 4/1


Betty & Veronica By Adam Hughes #3 (RESOLICIT)
All Heck breaks loose in Riverdale as the final act of BETTY VERSUS VERONICA reaches its combustible conclusion! The streets of Riverdale run red under the rockets' red glare and no one will ever be the same!
Script: Adam Hughes
Art: Adam Hughes, Jose Villarubia, Jack Morelli
Betty & Veronica #3 CVR A Reg: Adam Hughes
Betty & Veronica #3 CVR B Var: Adam Hughes
Betty & Veronica #3 CVR C Var: Bengal
Betty & Veronica #3 CVR D Reg: David Mack
Betty & Veronica #3 CVR E Var: Paolo Rivera
Ship Date: 3/29
On Sale Date: 4/12
32-page, full color comic
$3.99 U.S.


Big Moose One-shot
Riverdale's resident jock gets the spotlight in this special one-shot where everything's Moose! Stories by Sean Ryan, Ryan Cady and Gorf with art by Cory Smith, Thomas Pitilli and Wilfredo Torres!
Script: Sean Ryan, Ryan Cady, Gorf
Art: Thomas Pitilli, Cory Smith, Wilfredo Torres
Moose One-Shot CVR A Reg: Thomas Pitilli
Moose One-Shot CVR B Var: Cory Smith
Moose One-Shot CVR C Var: Wilfredo Torres
Ship Date: 4/12
On Sale Date: 4/26
48-page, full color comic
$4.99 U.S.


Josie & The Pussycats #6
With the Pussycats arrested for plagiarism, Alexander Cabot is determined to put the band on trial! The girls are shipped to the Cabot family's sovereign patch of Antarctica, where the Cabots' word is law! How will the girls get out of this one? (Spoilers: Probably friendship.)
Script: Marguerite Bennett, Cameron DeOrdio
Art: Audrey Mok, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Jack Morelli
Josie and the Pussycats #6 CVR A Reg: Audrey Mok
Josie and the Pussycats #6 CVR B Var: Michael Allred, Laura Allred
Josie and the Pussycats #6 CVR C Var: Ben Caldwell
Ship Date: 4/5
On Sale Date: 4/19
32-page, full color comic
$3.99 U.S.


Jughead #14
When Juggie's ruined everyone's lives (BUT BY ACCIDENT, OBVIOUSLY) and also drawn the entire internet's attention to Riverdale, can he fix it? And how can a man who only wants to eat burgers in peace have caused such problems? All these questions and more are answered in this issue!
Script: Ryan North
Art: Derek Charm, Jack Morelli
Jughead #14 CVR A Reg: Derek Charm
Jughead #14 CVR B Var: Joe Quinones
Jughead #14 CVR C Var: Chip Zdarsky
Ship Date: 3/22
On Sale Date: 4/5
32-page, full color comic
$3.99 U.S.


Little Sabrina One-shot
Little Sabrina encounters very colorful doppelgangers of her little kitty Salem! When she tries to use magic to whisk them back to wherever they came from she finds that their magic abilities are more than she bargained for!
Script: Art Baltazar and Franco
Art: Art Baltazar
Little Sabrina One-Shot CVR A Reg: Art Baltazar
Little Sabrina One-Shot CVR B Var: Jay Fosgitt
Little Sabrina One-Shot CVR C Var: Evan Stanley
Ship Date: 3/22
On Sale Date: 4/5
48-page, full color comic
$4.99 U.S.


Riverdale #1 (RESOLICIT)
From Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and the writers of the new CW series Riverdale comes the first issue of the MUST-READ, brand new, ongoing comic series. Set in the universe of the TV series, the Riverdale comic offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica, Josie & the Pussycats and their friends, exploring small-town life and the darkness bubbling beneath Riverdale's wholesome facade.
Script: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Various
Art: Joe Eisma
Riverdale #1 CVR A Reg: Alitha Martinez
Riverdale #1 CVR B Var: Elliott Fernandez
Riverdale #1 CVR C Var: Francesco Francavilla
Riverdale #1 CVR D Var: Peter Krause
Riverdale #1 CVR E Var: Djibril Morissette-Phan
Riverdale #1 CVR F Var: Ron Salas
Ship Date: 3/22
On Sale Date: 4/5
32-page, full color comic
$3.99 U.S.


Road To Riverdale Volume 2 (TR)
READ THE STORIES THAT INSPIRED THE NEW CW TV SERIES! Road to Riverdale Vol. 2 presents to readers all of the second issues of each of our new series so far, including Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica, Josie and the Pussycats, and Reggie & Me, timed to the release of the brand new CW series Riverdale.
Script: Mark Waid, Chip Zdarsky, Adam Hughes, Marguerite Bennett & Cameron Deordio, Tom DeFalco
Art: Fiona Staples, Erica Henderson, Adam Hughes, Audrey Mok, Sandy Jarrell, Andre Szymanowicz, Jose Villarrubia, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Jack Morelli
Cover: Francesco Francavilla
ISBN-13: 978-1-68255-962-8
$14.99/$16.99CAN
6 5/8 x 10 3/16" TR
136 pp, Full Color
Direct Market On-Sale Date: 4/26


Riverdale Digest #1
See how it all began with this digest-sized collection featuring stories from our recently relaunched New Riverdale titles, including Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica, Josie and the Pussycats and Reggie and Me!
Script: Mark Waid, Adam Hughes, Chip Zdarsky, Marguerite Bennett, Cameron DeOrdio, Tom DeFalco
Art: Fiona Staples, Erica Henderson, Adam Hughes, Audrey Mok, Sandy Jarrell, Andre Szymanowicz, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Jack Morelli
Cover: Francesco Francavilla
Ship Date: 3/22
On Sale Date: 4/5
128-page, full color comic
$5.99 U.S.


Archie Comics Annual #278
This month, digests go global! In the NEW LEAD STORY "From India, with Love," Archie's friend Raj needs help with a movie he's making, so Archie travels with him to India!
Script: Dan Parent
Art: Dan Parent
Cover: Dan Parent
Ship Date: 4/12
On Sale Date: 4/26
192-page, full color comic
$5.99 U.S.


Archie's Funhouse Comics Annual #26
In the NEW LEAD STORY "On the Road Again ...and Against!," the Archies go on tour in the Philippines, while at the same time a documentary is being filmed about them.
Script: Dan Parent
Art: Dan Parent
Cover: Dan Parent
Ship Date: 3/22
On Sale Date: 4/5
192-page, full color comic
$5.99 U.S.


Betty & Veronica Comics Digest #253
In the NEW LEAD STORY "Oh, Canada!," Betty and Veronica are excited to go to a charity event in Canada—but they're even more excited to meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau!
Script: Dan Parent
Art: Dan Parent
Cover: Dan Parent
Ship Date: 4/5
On Sale Date: 4/19
160-page, full color comic
$4.99 U.S.


Jughead and Archie Spring Annual #26
In the NEW LEAD STORY "You're Cooked!," Jughead wins a food channel contest where you compete in a cook off...in Paris, France!
Script: Dan Parent
Art: Dan Parent
Cover: Dan Parent
Ship Date: 3/29
On Sale Date: 4/12
192-page, full color comic
$5.99 U.S.


Sabrina 80-Page Giant Comic #1
This GIANT-SIZED collection features the best, classic stories filled with magic and mayhem, starring Sabrina the Teenage Witch! This is the perfect companion book to the BRAND new Sabrina the Teenage Witch One-Shot!
Script: Various
Art: Various
Sabrina 80-Page Giant Comic #1 CVR A Reg: Various
Ship Date: 3/22
On Sale Date: 4/5
80-page, full color comic
$4.99 U.S.


Sonic the Hedgehog 5: Champions (TR)
It's a Sonic battle in a championship of fighters! Shady media mogul Breezie has gotten her hands on a Chaos Emerald Sonic needs to save the world. The only way he can get it is to fight in her televised battle royale against friends and foes alike! SONIC THE HEDGEHOG VOL. 5: CHAMPIONS collects SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #268-271.
Script: Ian Flynn.
Art: Diana Skelly, Ryan Jampole, Terry Austin, Gabriel Cassata & John Workman
Cover: Evan Stanley, Terry Austin & Ben Hunzeker
978-1-68255-892-4
$12.99/$14.99CAN
TR
120 pp, Full Color
Direct Market On-Sale Date: 4/5


Sonic The Hedgehog #294
"Memories": Sonic reminisces with his buddies Mighty and Ray, but Sonic and Mighty disagree on how they met. Can their friendship survive their egos' revisions? Then in "Baking Bad," Bunnie and Antoine put their competitive cooking skills to the test! Featuring cover art by Tyson Hesse and a "Kooky Kitchen variant" by Jennifer Hernandez!
Script: Ian Flynn and Aleah Baker
Art: Tracy Yardley, Terry Austin, Gabriel Cassata and John Workman
Sonic the Hedgehog #294 CVR A Reg: Tyson Hesse
Sonic the Hedgehog #294 CVR B Variant: Jennifer Hernandez, Gary Martin & Matt Herms
Ship Date: 4/12
On Sale Date: 4/26
32-page, full color comic
$3.99 U.S.


Sonic Universe #297
"Freedom Fighters" Part Three: Amy Rose and Cream join Sally Acorn as they seek the components needed to repair Nicole's systems, but during their quest an old adversary reemerges! Featuring cover art by Jamal Peppers and a "Sonic and the Freedom Fighters variant" by Tyson Hesse!
Script: Ian Flynn
Art: Adam Bryce Thomas, Jim Amash, Matt Herms and Jack Morelli
Sonic Universe #97 CVR A Reg: Jamal Peppers, Jim Amash & Matt Herms
Sonic Universe #97 CVR B Variant: Tyson Hesse
Ship Date: 3/29
On Sale Date: 4/12
32-page, full color comic
$3.99 U.S.

I'll preorder these
Archie #19- I like all 3 of them
Betty & Veronica  #3- I preorder Betty cover & Veronica cover back in July.
Big Moose One-shot- Thomas Pitilli's
Josie & The Pussycats #6-
Jughead #14- Charm's cover
Riverdale #1- I preorder this one in the summer from tfaw
Riverdale Digest #1

The interesting thing is Riverdale was originally solicited as a one-shot a couple months ago, and now it's an ongoing series even though the show hasn't aired yet.

Isn't that India story a digest? Once again more interested in the digest stories especially the Trudeau one.

Sadly no Reggie & Me #5. I hope the last issue has a lot of covers. But I just wish it was going be more than 5 issues.

Alright! Love the Moose special.

And could Betty & Veronica come out before the next Afterlife be in April? It's the ultimate tortoise vs turtle race reaching it's conclusion!!

Quote from: PTF on January 24, 2017, 09:17:39 AM
Alright! Love the Moose special.

And could Betty & Veronica come out before the next Afterlife be in April? It's the ultimate tortoise vs turtle race reaching it's conclusion!!

From what I've been reading, Betty and Veronica have already "come out". 

I'd say "YAY!" for a Sabrina 80-Page Giant, but I'm still not convinced any of those 80-Page Giants will actually see print, since the Reggie 80-Page Giant was already cancelled, and we still haven't seen any of the others previously solicited yet.

Nice to see the return of Agents B & V, though!

But RIVERDALE DIGEST #1 !?!  Oh, please... does that damn show have to taint every format of their publishing line? Ugh. Just seeing all the ads filling up the digests is disgusting enough.

Quote from: Oldiesmann on January 23, 2017, 06:41:09 PM
The interesting thing is Riverdale was originally solicited as a one-shot a couple months ago, and now it's an ongoing series even though the show hasn't aired yet.

The RIVERDALE one-shot was just that... a one-shot (scheduled to ship 03-01-17 ...but we'll see...). That issue contains four short stories each focusing on a single character (and all written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa) which serve as prequels to the TV pilot episode.

Which was then followed by a solicitation for RIVERDALE (ONGOING) #1... which has since been cancelled. The ongoing series was also supposed to have been written by "Aguirre-Sacasa and the members of the show's writers' room, along with art by up-and-coming artist Alitha Martinez" according to the original solicitation.

So the one-shot #1 and the ongoing #1 are (or were) two different comics. Since they cancelled the ongoing #1 issue, it shouldn't create any confusion down the road as to which is the proper #1 issue (in effect, the one-shot #1 would have actually been like issue #0... but now we don't have to worry about that).

And on a side note, AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE #11 and 12 were both cancelled as well (along with SABRINA #7), so B&V #3 just may come out before those do. And when I say "cancelled", I mean that those issues will have to be re-solicited (just like B&V #3) before you'll see them published.

But what I want to know is if Josie & Sabrina are actually going to BE in JUGHEAD #14, or did Derek Charm just draw them on the cover??

*Pop Tate is one creepy looking fat man now, isn't he?*

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on January 24, 2017, 09:29:00 AM

From what I've been reading, Betty and Veronica have already "come out". 

Please elaborate. Sounds like I would love to be reading what you've been reading!

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on January 24, 2017, 09:29:00 AM

Quote from: PTF on January 24, 2017, 09:17:39 AM
Alright! Love the Moose special.

And could Betty & Veronica come out before the next Afterlife be in April? It's the ultimate tortoise vs turtle race reaching it's conclusion!!

From what I've been reading, Betty and Veronica have already "come out". 

Oh please, GOD, NOOOOOOOOOO

Quote from: Purgatori on January 25, 2017, 08:46:43 AM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on January 24, 2017, 09:29:00 AM

From what I've been reading, Betty and Veronica have already "come out". 

Please elaborate. Sounds like I would love to be reading what you've been reading!

                                 ^ Reading the Shoutbox...  ^

TV shows are really easy to write, if you only remember to start with the basic premise of "Hey, you know what would be cool? If everybody was having sex with everybody else !" And, of course, make sure you advertise the show heavily in all of your digests. Wouldn't want any of the 10 year olds to miss anything cool!

Thanks.


I may be too cynical for my own good, but, my suspicion is that the photo has nothing to do with them dating, but is some sort of Sweeps prick-tease

Fun for all ages, and wholesome family entertainment, I'm sure...