B&V sell their souls to Satan — literally! PLUS: a Sabrina special with a vintage variant cover, as well as three old-school collections…
September’s gonna be fun for fans of old-school Archie Comics: The publisher will release the Archie’s Girls Betty and Veronica #75 Facsimile Edition — an infamous issue from late 1961, in which the girls sell their souls to the Devil — as well as a Sabrina one-shot with a special variant cover featuring art from her first appearance in 1962’s Archie’s Mad House #22.
Plus, there are three digests jammed with Halloween-themed stories old and new.
Dig the official solicitations:
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Variant cover
BETTY & VERONICA #75 FACSIMILE EDITION
Betty and Veronica make a deal with the devil?! What wouldn’t you do to get the attention of the one you love? What kind of deal would you make? Enter Mr. Inferno; dealing in wishes is his job, and he’s very good at it. However, love in Riverdale is rarely simple, and he may have just met his match… er… matches. All this and two more timeless tales from the world of Archie in BETTY & VERONICA #75 from 1962, faithfully reprinted in a full-facsimile edition!
Script: Frank Doyle, Joe Edwards
Art: Dan DeCarlo, Joe Edwards
Main Cover: Bob White
Variant Cover: Bob White, Dan DeCarlo
On Sale Date: 9/24
32-page, full color comic
$4.99 U.S.
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Variant cover
SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH: MAGIC UNLEASHED (ONE-SHOT)
Now packed with 30 PAGES of story content, including a BRAND-NEW STORY! Sabrina’s greatest foe, the evil witch Mother Striga, is back and this time she’s enlisted the aid of the wicked scientist Mad Doc Doom and his daughter Medusa! Will the powers of science be too much for Sabrina’s magic, and who can she turn to for help? Plus, a SPECIAL COLLECTOR’S EDITION VARIANT COVER featuring the art from the very first appearance of Sabrina in comics!
Script: Craig Boldman
Pencils: Steven Butler
Inks: Lily Butler
Colors: Glenn Whitmore
Letters: Jack Morelli
Main Cover: Vincent Lovallo, Dan Parent, Rosario “Tito” Peña
Variant Cover: Dan DeCarlo, Rudy Lapick, Vincent DeCarlo
On Sale Date: 9/3
32-page, full color comic
$4.99 U.S.
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ARCHIE JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #364
BRAND-NEW STORY! Archie and Jughead take Jellybean trick or treating, but it’s Archie’s dog Vegas that gets all the attention when they bring him along in a doggy costume!
Script: Dan Parent
Pencils: Dan Parent
Inks: Bob Smith
Colors: Glenn Whitmore
Letters: Jack Morelli
Cover: Dan Parent, Rosario “Tito” Peña
On Sale Date: 9/10
192-page, full color digest
$9.99 U.S.
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BETTY & VERONICA JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #338
BRAND-NEW STORY! Mr. Lodge is renovating an old house in town… but when Veronica gets the idea to turn it into a haunted house, there might be more dangers than just ghosts to worry about!
Script: Dan Parent
Pencils: Dan Parent
Inks: Bob Smith
Colors: Glenn Whitmore
Letters: Jack Morelli
Cover: Francis Bonnet, Dan Parent, Rosario “Tito” Peña
On Sale Date: 9/17
192-page, full color digest
$9.99 U.S.
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WORLD OF ARCHIE JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #154
Kick off spooky season in the best way possible—with loads of magic and mischief featuring Archie and the gang!
Script: Dan Parent, Frank Doyle
Art: Dan Parent, Dan DeCarlo
Cover: Francis Bonnet, Dan Parent, Rosario “Tito” Peña
On Sale Date: 9/24
192-page, full color digest
$9.99 U.S.
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MORE
— 1971’s SABRINA, THE TEEN-AGE WITCH #1 to Get Facsimile Edition This Summer. Click here.
— AUGUST Is Hot With New ARCHIE Stories and FOUR Vintage Collections. Click here.
