EXCLUSIVE! When Archie branched out…
Archie Comics has been doing a terrific job with its Facsimile Edition line and September boasts another winner — 1958’s Life With Archie #1.
Dig the solicitation info, which will be officially released later Friday:
LIFE WITH ARCHIE #1 FACSIMILE EDITION
In 1958, Archie Comics introduced a landmark new series: LIFE WITH ARCHIE, which saw Archie and all his friends in Riverdale embark on long-form, exciting adventure stories unlike any they had ever done before! We’re celebrating this monumental title nearly 70 years later, which involves Archie, Betty, Veronica, and Jughead taking a trip to the U.N. Go globetrotting with Archie and the gang in LIFE WITH ARCHIE #1, faithfully reprinted in a full-facsimile edition!
Script: Sy Reit
Art: Harry Lucey, Samm Schwartz, Bob White, Vincent DeCarlo
Main Cover: Harry Lucey & Terry Szenics
Variant Covers: George Frese, Matt Talbot
Foil Variant Covers: Harry Lucey & Terry Szenics, George Frese, Matt Talbot
On Sale Date: 9/9
32-page, full color comic
$4.99 (REG) / $7.99 (FOIL)
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Buncha thoughts:
— Here are the variant covers:
George Frese
Matt Talbot
— Archie has completely gotten into the foil game. Clearly it’s working.
— Obligatory Price Comparison: An unslabbed, total beater copy of an original recently sold on eBay for $85.
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June 19, 2026
This looks fun. And I’m always down for the early Archie titles. So I will definitely get this. But it just hurts to not understand how this can get done but the Kickstarter campaign to reprint dozens of earlier titles is stuck in legal/court muck.